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Did all these conservatives sleep through US history class?
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Of course they didn't, but they're willing to sacrifice core American values in the name of hate. They want to kill the LGBT population because a book said to (it wouldn't even be a sin to them) and they might not get into heaven if they don't, kill immigrants because they're afraid, and kill minorities because they're aggrieved (they resent having to have given up their slaves).
That's it. That's the entire reasoning. This is why MAGA had that mass-psychosis about the "Rapture" late last September. This is the stated reason our Republican Senators and house Reps echo when supporting Israel. Because the Bible says those who support Israel will be raptured... except the Bible doesn't actually say that. MAGA just wants to be free of this world.
Even with their politicians in office, MAGA hates this time as much as the most devout leftist. We're all suffering, everywhere, unless you have Big money. Republicans just think that suffering under their Dear Leader is how they ascend into the afterlife, so they can finally be free of their pain. Rather than support actual policy changes, they'll try to unlock some "secret ending" they heard about in their churches.
It's actual insanity. You'd have better luck quoting scripture to getting these people to believe different nonsense, than to get them to touch base with reality. Fuck.. I can't really blame them. The last year has made me lose my mind, and I don't want it back.
Where does the Bible say to kill? And let's say it does it also says a lot about helping people and collecting wealth is wrong. I believe it say rich men won't get into heaven.
Odd that there is no mention of how to deal with people who broke the covenant with the lord. Surely no bible would have such information.
Leviticus 18:22. The fact that it's old testament doesn't matter to them. They find it icky.
MAGA's anti-elitism is partly what got us here in the first place. Does anyone else remember "drain the swamp"? I don't think any of the people are for this.
All of the magats I got around hate the rich, and they're starting to turn on donny... but I'm not holding my breath for them to change their hard R votes.
It will be so hard to wake some of these people up enough to vote against the Confederate Party, because of all their training to balk at doing so - because, OMG, "woke", "DEI", "CRT" and "antifa".
Besides all the wedge identity politics (their fixation on things that have zero impact on their quality of life, like "men in women's bathrooms/sports" is legendary), the red-baiting bullshit runs nearly as deep. It's just common currency among so many Republicans to just casually talk about the Democratic Party as if they really are filled with literal Communists.
They are for whatever the fuck they are told to be for
Yep. Reprogrammable meat bags. As long as they think their vote will be hurting the people they think need to be hurt, they'll vote for it. Even if they get royally reamed at the same time.
"reprogrammable meat bag" 🤣
I wish I could claim credit for it, but it's 100% the invention of driftglass from The Professional Left podcast. He says it fairly frequently on the podcast, but he blogs about it, too:
https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2023/07/americas-reprogrammable-republican.html
Anecdotal, but from my time in school most people actually did. AP US history was the straw that broke the camel's back for all of the stu-co honors society top 15 kids I had that class with. The most hated class, just absolutely whinging about the sheer onerousness of the exam and study guide. My theory has always been their heads were already full to the brim with memorizing the physics and maths and other classes' materials. History is just too much to memorize and regurgitate like that, it requires thinking, and a lot of it. I came away from that experience with the understanding that a lot of people fucking hate thinking any more than they have to, even (or especially) a-political folks. Loved that class, we had an excellent teacher too. S-tier teacher, really cool guy.
Thinking involves discovering new experiences and feelings, some of which may be uncomfortable or troubling if uncovered or undertaken in contexts in which we do not feel secure, since our survival instinct may in many cases outpace our adapted ability to draw knowledge from our families and peers to glean insight into the general best practices or possible outcomes when attempting new activities or procedures for navigating or contributing to our world/society. Many people live and die by fear, never finding true rest or feeling a complete sense of peace for more than mere moments, at the edges of their more conscious experiences.
US history is full of obscenely rich white people dictating governance and oppressing the working class. There was never a time when that wasn’t the case.