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I'm going to knock out that white supremacy & abortion discourse thread for you today, but before I can get to that, we've got to talk about the 'religion' issue.
Some people are reacting to the Capitol and Christianity in the worst possible way - ethically and strategically.
Several people responded to Christian Identity / white supremacist theology thread with calls to eradicate religion.
Let's just get one thing out of the way:
1) that won't ever happen
2) you're assuming religion is the problem (spoiler; it's
Not only do non-religious ideologies prove equally lethal, but in many cases, religious observance - like regular attendance of mosques, for example - is inversely correlated with political violence.
Also: generalizations are always a very bad idea; they lack analytic depth.
I also had people read the Christian Identity thread, and then write to me to ask:
"I heard a politician open his/her remarks with the name of God / Jesus, and it worried me. Is he/she a Nazi?"
Okay, let me stop you RIGHT there.
The answer here is not “every Christian politician is a Christian identity Nazi, and every mention of ‘the words ‘Jesus’ and ‘God’ is the ‘Christian Taliban’” (or whatever Islamophobic term is in current use).
That ain't it.
For a couple of reasons.
Some people are reacting to the Capitol and Christianity in the worst possible way - ethically and strategically.
Several people responded to Christian Identity / white supremacist theology thread with calls to eradicate religion.
Let's just get one thing out of the way:
1) that won't ever happen
2) you're assuming religion is the problem (spoiler; it's
Brief thread on the white supremacist Christian Identity theology you asked in response to this thread.
— The Provost / \u0633\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u062a\u0646\u0629 (@MsEntropy) January 15, 2021
Incoming. https://t.co/TM4pDI3jcC
Not only do non-religious ideologies prove equally lethal, but in many cases, religious observance - like regular attendance of mosques, for example - is inversely correlated with political violence.
Also: generalizations are always a very bad idea; they lack analytic depth.
I also had people read the Christian Identity thread, and then write to me to ask:
"I heard a politician open his/her remarks with the name of God / Jesus, and it worried me. Is he/she a Nazi?"
Okay, let me stop you RIGHT there.
The answer here is not “every Christian politician is a Christian identity Nazi, and every mention of ‘the words ‘Jesus’ and ‘God’ is the ‘Christian Taliban’” (or whatever Islamophobic term is in current use).
That ain't it.
For a couple of reasons.