2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThis isn't the first time white, right-wing evangelical Protestants have chosen power over values.
One of these men is a white evangelical Protestant from the South and a devout Christian. The other won the votes of white evangelical Protestants despite being a divorced washed-up Hollywood actor who rarely went to church and who preached a secular Gospel of Wealth and Avarice. Guess who belonged to which party.
get the red out
(13,573 posts)I am convinced that they don't know what values even are! Hate, just hate and Church (where they learn who to hate).
DetlefK
(16,451 posts)The Evangelicals are worried about their brand. They are worried that "Evangelical" is becoming a by-word for extremism, hate, hunger for power, and hypocrisy among young people.
Supporting the most anti-Christian candidate ever will surely rectify this incorrect perception.
Wounded Bear
(60,629 posts)I just call them Talibangelists.
uponit7771
(91,671 posts)jimlup
(8,002 posts)and if history is any guide 1980 was devastating. The country is still bearing the wounds.
Personally, I think Trump is much worse (and that is hard to pull off - hated Reagan) but I guess we'll find out.
I felt devastated when Reagan was elected; but I know that this will be worse. It already is.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)The "Moral Majority" types value bigotry in its many forms.