Have you noticed the rise in memes and posts on your progressive friends' social media pages in which the term "Christian Nationalist" is used in a derogatory manner? I sure have. Here is the easiest explanation as to what it is and why we are seeing the term used.
From Crisis Magazine,
"In a prior day, these mainstream folk were called social and fiscal conservatives or 'values voters.' But today, as the progressive utopia (not the Republic, as claimed) is slipping away at the ballot box, they’re labeled 'Christian Nationalists'—this, despite the fact that a vanishingly small percentage would fit the nefarious descriptions presumed by most critics and denounced by all decent people, including those who are being so labeled."
"It is a clever strategy intended to marginalize and delegitimize anyone and anything standing athwart the progressive march to new moral norms and government expansion."
"What better way to silence your opponents than to associate them, and their beliefs, with the darkest examples of human history? What better way to impose your will on them and undermine democracy?"
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Thanks for this. I've seen commentary, but never much detail on who these nefarious "Christian nationalists" are. This is typical of progressive efforts to relabel traditional beliefs and traditional morality as bad.
ReplyDeleteAnd I recently saw the term “Christofascism” floating around. Once they start calling names, you know that they have no real argument. - UGP (on the road to Bethlehem).
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