cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12367209
“Welcome to the end of democracy!” Posobiec declared. “We’re here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6th, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this right here,” he said, holding his fist in the air. “That’s right, because all glory is not to government, all glory to God.”
Steve Bannon, former White House adviser, is heard in the background exclaiming, “All right! Amen!”
All Republicans are perfectly happy with the idea of having a (Christo-)fascist dictatorship in power in the U.S. . All that they care about is that the dictatorship rewards them with money and power. I know Republicans like this, people you might think were just ordinary folks, and they’re masters of telling themselves stories to justify their violence and thievery and masters at not seeing anything that might cause cognitive dissonance, to the extent that they’re capable of that at all.
Honestly
is probably the part of his speech that has me most angry. Fucking Christofascists.
Christofascists is such a stupid term. Not because it’s inaccurate but because I can’t think of anything further from Christ than a fascist.
If Christians followed the teachings of Jesus they’d be socialists. But we live in backwards land, so there’s nothing closer to a fascist than an evangelical Christian.
“Supply Side Jesus”
It’s pretty clear to me that Christianity can turn into fascism given the way that it’s been used to support anti-LGBT and anti-abortion propaganda.
Absolutely, but anti-LGBT and even anti-abortion are not in keeping with Christ’s message. I’m an atheist. Why is this so clear to me and not the folks who dedicate themselves to following his word? (It’s rhetorical, I can answer that question for myself in great detail, but fuck…)
Also the most insincere and cynical line in any speech he’s ever given.
Of course, the people he aimed it at don’t really believe it either or they’d maybe read the new testament even just a little.