Showing posts with label white evangelicals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label white evangelicals. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Where Do Your Interests Lie?
As a white Eastern European woman, I know my interests are aligned with people of color, the LGBTQ community, immigrants, and other disenfranchised minorites. White male supremacists do not deem white women equal - they see us as slaves who also provide sex. Hitler spelled out the role of women in Nazi Germany: Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church). And evangelicals bring Biblical authority to the subjugation of women. As a white woman, my interests are #neverTrump: queer, worker, interfaith, rainbow, pink, diverse, global. And now more than ever, as fascism closes in, we had better realize where our interests lie.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
"God doesn't want you to retire."
White evangelicals are the driving force behind Trump. But living in a liberal bubble, it is difficult to appreciate the insanity of their thinking, for want of a better word, and the degree to which Republican politicians manipulate them with the Bible.
For example: Representative Greg Gianforte of Montana (the one who beat up the Guardian reporter) was talking about social security to a constituent. He asked, "How old was Noah when he died?" The constituent dutifully answered, "600." "So, God doesn't want you to retire!" retorted the Republican.
Or, Jay Sekolow (Trump's lawyer) writing about the end of days and claiming Trump to be the only hope against the Apocalypse.
Or, states like Texas asking writers of textbooks (me among them) not to mention the age of the Earth or evolution, as creationism replaces science.
The evangelical movement forgives Trump everything because they believe he is fulfilling prophecy and will bring about a theocratic state, with them in charge. Only one of the reasons I am a #neverTrump.
For example: Representative Greg Gianforte of Montana (the one who beat up the Guardian reporter) was talking about social security to a constituent. He asked, "How old was Noah when he died?" The constituent dutifully answered, "600." "So, God doesn't want you to retire!" retorted the Republican.
Or, Jay Sekolow (Trump's lawyer) writing about the end of days and claiming Trump to be the only hope against the Apocalypse.
Or, states like Texas asking writers of textbooks (me among them) not to mention the age of the Earth or evolution, as creationism replaces science.
The evangelical movement forgives Trump everything because they believe he is fulfilling prophecy and will bring about a theocratic state, with them in charge. Only one of the reasons I am a #neverTrump.
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