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Okay the problem with American Religion (and White Christian nationalism) in general is that the people whom are telling people whom to hate are raking in millions of dollars, where the poorest people are giving up their money to be used for the household good.
04:43 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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The scam of White Supremacy and White Christian nationalism is that the for profit prophets sell a bill of isms/phobias to their pliable base, and they send all of their money to them, with little regard. After all these grifters hate the same folks they do.
04:44 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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RobPalmerIRL (he/him/his)
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Think about how the poor white person, who works at Walmart, in a ruby red district, is blaming others for their misfortunes in life. Of course they have come out to hate the same groups of people that they were assigned to hate. LBJ had those people pegged during his term in office.
04:45 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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That's right, a lot of these scam artitits are doing this because they're corrupt and do not want to face the music. However, this is not sustainable. Think about how Steve Bannon is making his money off of these unfortunate souls, while these folks are giving him money left and right.
04:47 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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That is, White Christian nationalism and White Supremacy is a dangerous scam that must be snuffed out if we're to advance as a society. Also that means that people whom are sending their money to these people will eventually get a wake-up call.
04:48 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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Next time you see a video on Right Wing Watch, or it being reported by Jesse Dollemore, etc...think about how much money these for profit prophets are grifting off of the pliable. It's the similar standard of the prosperity pimps of early morning televangelism shows.
04:49 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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Verifiably Nobody
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I haven't been to any kind of church since I was 15, and that was Anglican in England, so it wasn't like that at all. Is it genuinely true that all of American Christianity is like this, or just the bits that associate with politics and televangelism? I have no idea, that's why I am asking.
In response to Merci Merci Me.
05:06 PM - Oct 21, 2023 (Edited)
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VergeClub
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Just a fraction. Religion in the US swings both ways: repressive and liberating. Jimmy Carter's version is near the liberating end.
09:02 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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Merci Merci Me
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In response to Verifiably Nobody.
American Christianity hasn't always been a business but it has always been full of lunatics. The church is responsible for literally 100% of keeping women separated from their rights. It also kept people from learning to read & write for 1000s of years. They killed scribes once they were finished.
05:44 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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Meg Smythe
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I renounced the Christian church decades ago because of the rife sexism, racism, & misogyny. As far back as I remember, Christianity was about who’s going to hell, who to hate, who to blame, who hates whom, & who’s “better than.”
05:33 PM - Oct 21, 2023 (Edited)
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Verifiably Nobody
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Interesting. That so far away from what I grew up with. What I really found difficult was how illogical biblical stories are. It was an intellectual rejection. I don’t remember anything that led to fear, anger or hate. Thanks for sharing your experience.
06:19 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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