Christian Nationalist rally ignores USC and history

[kan...@aol.com]

https://www.ms.now/opinion/rededicate-250-christian-nationalism-rally-national-mall

A very dangerous normalization of abnormal thinking. 

The best argument against Christian Nationalism comes from CHRISTIAN religious leaders. 

As an aside, Trump didn't even show up for this rally. Went to play golf instead. 

[David Fairchild]

DT's not showing up seems further evidence that he no longer cares about election outcomes and that he never cared about his base. Maybe MAGA can now just slowly dissipate? One can hope.  

[GMoney]

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 8:55 AM David Fairchild <dfairc...@gmail.com> wrote:

DT's not showing up seems further evidence that he no longer cares about election outcomes and that he never cared about his base. Maybe MAGA can now just slowly dissipate? One can hope.  

Trump's time as president and as a political figure has term limits.....the millions of Americans who support him and think like him and support MAGA...have no such term limits.

Trump did not create a more bigoted, xenophobic, scientifically ignorant society....he highlighted it, normalized it and gave it credence. 

We cannot hope for the dissipation of millions of people, but perhaps their normalization, their influence, their credence...can fade.  But that just means they are still there, waiting in the boggy mire of  their own ignorance....for the next Trump to come around.

Cheery thought, huh?

[kan...@aol.com]

Ouch, G. You haven't posted for a couple of weeks and THIS is what you lead with? Naked, unvarnished truth. 

Sadly you're right. The MAGA people and the even worse racists, Christian nationalists, etc have been around for ever. They have in the past lurked in the shadows and under the rocks. Trump let them loose and normalized their ideas. 

I would hope, against likely reality, that when the cult leader dies the cult dies too. But MAGA has legs; racism has LONG legs; Christian nationalists have legs. Hopefully they'll use them to find their way back into the shadows. 

It appears that the pendulum that characterizes politics also swings for things like this. Hopefully, with enough push, it can be coxed to swing back to where it used to be. If the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice, maybe we can wish that the arc of human nature bends towards goodness. 

[David Fairchild]

After Kentucky's primary last night, I now think you are more correct than me, G.

On Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 1:19:49 PM UTC-5 G wrote:

[kan...@aol.com]

Dave, a cult leader's influence will persist a LONG time, even after death. Then they become part of a "mythology". Think Jesus, or more recently, Elvis. Today's blogosphere will allow Trump's legacy to persist far longer than sanity would wish. 

As much as I don't like the idea, re-education camps may be the only way to end this blemish. In reality world, capturing the levers of gov't should help. This will entail, among other things, a re-balance of the SC. These current clowns were put there, not only by Trump, but by the heavy influence of VERY dark money. They are beholden to ideology, not the USC or case law. 

My consistent answer is to increase SCOTUS to 12 members. An even number would require rulings to have a majority of more than one person. That might increase the credence of their rulings.