Christofascism--First time I've heard this term

[Sandy]

http://religiondispatches.org/a-pence-p ... its-money/

Stephen finds these pieces. He's posted a fair collection of them here over the years, usually to prove a point, but frequently disconnected from the real point he wants to make.

Other than a brief hiatus during the Reagan years from the staunchly Democratic, labor union, populism that I grew up with, I've stayed away from right wing Evangelical politics. Though I've never seen this particular term before--Christopher Hutchins book, American Fascists being probably the closest I've seen connecting the ideology of fascism to right wing Christian politics--this kind of ideology is one reason I've avoided the political right. For one thing, the "all or nothing" commitment required of politicians on the issues makes common sense consideration of most positions impossible and blatantly inconsistent. If you're a right winger, you have to be for protecting the unborn, and against protecting anyone from exploitation in health insurance or health care. You can't be pro-life, and pro-union. I think that's ridiculous. You've sold out your faith if your politics overwhelms its identity.

[Haruo]

That sort of all-or-nothingism is all too prevalent on the left, too.

[Sandy]

It is, unfortunately, though I have to say, the Democratic party precinct meetings and regional conventions I've gone to usually feature a lot of back and forth discussion, and I've never had my mic cut off for bringing up something that's not completely consistent with the standard agenda. More things are negotiable, and more things get voted on.

[Lou]

[Tim Bonney]

[Haruo]

[Haruo]

Which strikes me as the mirror image of the "I would vote for [Hitler/Satan/Pol Pot...] as long as he would reverse Roe v. Wade" verbiage Evangelical Republicans occasionally (frequently?) come out with.

[Tim Bonney]

[Sandy]

[Stephen Fox]

Google for the article if this link brings an intercept.

Evangelicals lost God and found Trump, Financial times.

Worth the search. Spotlights Bruce Gourley's PH D advisor and Harper Lee's good friend Wayne Flynt.
https://www.ft.com/content/b41d0ee6-1e9 ... 3f5a7f229c

And Sarah Pulliam Bailey has piece today on climate change and evangelicals in Wash Post.

[Stephen Fox]

http://religiondispatches.org/dont-igno ... onspiracy/

[Sandy]