In the first 3 minutes of this video, the speaker quotes someone who is honest and blunt about what Christian nationalism (CN) is under MAGA and Trump's toxic influence. In short, MAGA-style CN is intolerant, bigoted, cruel, closed-minded, and deeply hypocritical. The speaker, Jennifer Welsh, is careful to distinguish regular Christians from the theocratic CN wealth and power movement.
Obviously, most CN believers would vehemently disagree with this description of the Trump/MAGA brand of "Christianity". Most of them do not truly understand what they are supporting. Polls indicate that when they are told what they understand, many of them find they are uncomfortable with their brand of Christianity.
Evidence of ignorance includes internal contradictions in CN supporters' views. Among those who say the US should be a Christian nation, 52% say the government should never declare any official religion. That is a direct contradiction. About 28% actually want Christianity declared as the official faith, while about 52% say government should advocate for moral values shared by SEVERAL religions, not Christian values alone.
What a lot of people do not know or understand, really can get a lot of us killed or seriously damaged. Like demagoguery, ignorance can be deadly.
Qs: Since CN elites are fully aware of majority public sentiment against CN theocracy and policy, what does that say about their personal morality by their knowing use of cruelty, lies, slander, and etc., to deceive people and win their support? Does the means of deceiving people to support CN theocracy amount to moral rot, or a sacred crusade fighting a sacred war to reach sacred Christian theocratic ends that justify morally rotted means?
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