One has to imagine that for Jerry Falwell Jr., things feel very unfair right about now. For more than four years, the world of right-wing Am
https://www.alternet.org/2020/08/the-true-face-of-white-evangelicalism-has-been-exposed/
From Amanda Marcotte's article:
Trump illuminates a fundamental truth about right-wing Christianity, which is that itâs largely a cover story used to defend the otherwise indefensible.
As I argue in my book, âTroll Nation,â the true innovation of Trumpism is a kind of asshole pride, the collective conservative realization that thereâs no longer any need to pretend to be moral or virtuous or even to care about other people. Itâs become a time to embrace playing the role of the villain.
For the modern conservative, âtriggering the liberalsâ by being a jerk is the highest calling, and âpolitical correctnessâ is the slur directed at anyone who tries to harsh their vibe by suggesting that overt racism and sexism is uncool. Their president is a witless wannabe insult comic, and the more that Trump resorts to flinging childish insults, the more his supporters love him. Ours is an era where conservatives deliberately go to the grocery store without masks and film themselves harassing minimum-wage workers who are trying to enforce basic public health rules, so they can glory in what massive jerks they are. Their entertainment comes from crude right-wing shock jocks in the Rush Limbaugh tradition. Trolling liberals â for example, by awarding the odious Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom â has replaced pious posturing as the lingua franca of American conservatives.
In other words, the American right no longer feels any need to justify their will to power with over-the-top moralizing. Dominance has become its own justification.
