It’s like watching a little bratty rich kid set fire to the drapes inside the living room … and then having a bunch of adults in the room defending the kid and stopping anyone from doing anything about the fire in the living room, even denying that there is a fire in the living room.
All the while arguing with everyone else in the house about the fire that is spreading around the living room and will soon take over the house. Everyone fighting and shouting as the fire slowly goes from the drapes, to the couch, the TV, the bookshelf and smoke is now starting to go into the hallway and flames are starting to make their way to the next room.
The neighbours are standing on the sidewalk pointing and shouting “Hey! … there’s a fire in your house!” … and everyone inside the burning house shouting back “No there isn’t! … (cough, cough, cough) … go away! leave us alone!”
It’s almost one step further to be honest; by tying politics to religion they have both tapped people’s blind faith and essentially equated not being a conservative to being a sinner.
I’ve heard things like “I am voting for [candidate] because they are a good Christian” all my life growing up in the southernish US.
It’s like watching a little bratty rich kid set fire to the drapes inside the living room … and then having a bunch of adults in the room defending the kid and stopping anyone from doing anything about the fire in the living room, even denying that there is a fire in the living room.
All the while arguing with everyone else in the house about the fire that is spreading around the living room and will soon take over the house. Everyone fighting and shouting as the fire slowly goes from the drapes, to the couch, the TV, the bookshelf and smoke is now starting to go into the hallway and flames are starting to make their way to the next room.
The neighbours are standing on the sidewalk pointing and shouting “Hey! … there’s a fire in your house!” … and everyone inside the burning house shouting back “No there isn’t! … (cough, cough, cough) … go away! leave us alone!”
The curtains were woke, and some collateral damage is to be expected.
100% agree. Why are people like this?
Because politics are no longer about outcomes for half the country, just identity.
It’s almost one step further to be honest; by tying politics to religion they have both tapped people’s blind faith and essentially equated not being a conservative to being a sinner.
I’ve heard things like “I am voting for [candidate] because they are a good Christian” all my life growing up in the southernish US.
Yeah, those people on the other side of the road should mind their own business.
/s
Everyone knows it was the drapes that tried to set fire to the child first.