Martin Gurri's point about people substituting politics for government is a good one.
But I believe the left is to blame for making a god out of politics. They have devoted their lives to political action. They have elevated politicians to godlike status. It wasn't Republicans who made a cult like following around JFK. It wasn't Republica…
Martin Gurri's point about people substituting politics for government is a good one.
But I believe the left is to blame for making a god out of politics. They have devoted their lives to political action. They have elevated politicians to godlike status. It wasn't Republicans who made a cult like following around JFK. It wasn't Republicans fainting at Obama rallies.
It has long been Democrats seeking ever more power for government. Republican political involvement has largely been in reaction to the "Leviathan" of government power grab. We are always accused of being the party of no. How bad does it have to get before we see the wisdom of no?
The right can thank itself for providing the religious framework around the left's deification of politics and woke ideology, copied directly from its equally disingenuous and morally bankrupt Christian fundamentalism.
They should definitely not clarify. Blaming Christians for wokeness is ridiculous. No one is forcing anyone to believe or practice anything they don’t want.
Perhaps you're not old enough to remember when the Christian Right was in ascension after the first inauguration of Ronald Reagan. It was a Bible-based morality that was at odds with late 20th-century human rights. As John McWhorter pointed out in his book Woke Racism, antiracism (I felt, woke causes in general) borrow heavily from the Christian framework, the only religious framework most Americans really know. The cultiness of wokeness is borrowed from Christian fundamentalism, itself, a cultier version of the religion.
Martin Gurri's point about people substituting politics for government is a good one.
But I believe the left is to blame for making a god out of politics. They have devoted their lives to political action. They have elevated politicians to godlike status. It wasn't Republicans who made a cult like following around JFK. It wasn't Republicans fainting at Obama rallies.
It has long been Democrats seeking ever more power for government. Republican political involvement has largely been in reaction to the "Leviathan" of government power grab. We are always accused of being the party of no. How bad does it have to get before we see the wisdom of no?
"Standing athwart history, yelling STOP!"
William F Buckley
The right can thank itself for providing the religious framework around the left's deification of politics and woke ideology, copied directly from its equally disingenuous and morally bankrupt Christian fundamentalism.
I don't understand your comment but I'm not sure I want you to clarify.
They should definitely not clarify. Blaming Christians for wokeness is ridiculous. No one is forcing anyone to believe or practice anything they don’t want.
Perhaps you're not old enough to remember when the Christian Right was in ascension after the first inauguration of Ronald Reagan. It was a Bible-based morality that was at odds with late 20th-century human rights. As John McWhorter pointed out in his book Woke Racism, antiracism (I felt, woke causes in general) borrow heavily from the Christian framework, the only religious framework most Americans really know. The cultiness of wokeness is borrowed from Christian fundamentalism, itself, a cultier version of the religion.
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