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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 10:37 AM Dec 2016

This 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.
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This isn't the first time white, right-wing evangelical Protestants have chosen power over values. (Original Post) YoungDemCA Dec 2016 OP
I'm convinced get the red out Dec 2016 #1
You know what's REALLY funny? DetlefK Dec 2016 #2
I don't laugh about it... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #4
+1, it should and that should be part of our resistance uponit7771 Dec 2016 #8
There are a number of similarities between this election and 1980 jimlup Dec 2016 #3
I agree. potone Dec 2016 #7
Nor the first time that any human being has done so. n/t Orsino Dec 2016 #5
It's all in how you define "values." Garrett78 Dec 2016 #6

get the red out

(13,586 posts)
1. I'm convinced
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 10:40 AM
Dec 2016

I am convinced that they don't know what values even are! Hate, just hate and Church (where they learn who to hate).

DetlefK

(16,455 posts)
2. You know what's REALLY funny?
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 10:50 AM
Dec 2016

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.

jimlup

(8,002 posts)
3. There are a number of similarities between this election and 1980
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 10:51 AM
Dec 2016

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.

potone

(1,701 posts)
7. I agree.
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 05:09 PM
Dec 2016

I felt devastated when Reagan was elected; but I know that this will be worse. It already is.

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