diff --git a/content/how-dare-you.md b/content/how-dare-you.md index f263502..2fd380b 100644 --- a/content/how-dare-you.md +++ b/content/how-dare-you.md @@ -8,30 +8,33 @@ taxonomy = [ ] +++ -Be aware the following is a rant. It is not carefully researched, nor is it a methodical analysis or logical argument. It is instead an attempt to capture my feelings after the events of Jan 07, 2021. +Be aware the following is a rant. It is not carefully researched, nor is it a +methodical analysis or logical argument. It is instead an attempt to capture my +feelings after the events of Jan 07, 2021. # I'm really angry -I'm angry. Not just a little angry, I'm furious. Angry enough that I want -to punch something. For context I am a Christian. There are times in my life -that I would have been considered a conservative politically, at least in some +I'm angry. Not just a little angry, I'm furious. Angry enough that I want to +punch something. For context, I am a Christian. There are times in my life that +I would have been considered a conservative politically, at least in some dimensions anyway. But I do not recognize evangelical conservatism today. The recent events at the capitol are the perfect culmination of 4+ years of Trump politics. But that isn't really the source of my anger. The source of my -anger is illustrated by the flags with Jesus on them at Capitol. I'm angry -with every prominent evangelical who aligned with and supported Trump. To -borrow some phrasing from Christ. "Depart from me I do not know you." In the -name of some policy wins you supported a fool. You made excuses for him. You -encouraged him. You praised him. You told the people that it was Okay to follow -Trump, _and they did_. They followed him as he bullied others. They followed -him as he ridiculed and belittled women. The followed him as he treated -veterans shamefully. They followed him as he called foreigners names. They -followed him as he lied. They followed him as he tried over and over to do more -than the powers of the President allows him to. They followed him as he -demonstrated incompetence over and over and over again. They followed him as he -downplayed the pandemic. They followed him as he falsely claimed success over -it. They followed him as he contributed to deaths of 300,000+ Americans. +anger is illustrated by the flags with Jesus on them at the assault on the +Capitol. I'm angry with every prominent evangelical who aligned with and +supported Trump. To borrow some phrasing from Christ. "Depart from me I do not +know you." In the name of some policy wins you supported a fool. You made +excuses for him. You encouraged him. You praised him. You told the people that +it was Okay to follow Trump, _and they did_. They followed him as he bullied +others. They followed him as he ridiculed and belittled women. The followed him +as he treated veterans shamefully. They followed him as he called foreigners +names. They followed him as he lied. They followed him as he tried over and +over to do more than the powers of the President allows him to. They followed +him as he demonstrated incompetence over and over and over again. They followed +him as he downplayed the pandemic. They followed him as he falsely claimed +success over it. They followed him as he contributed to the deaths of 300,000+ +Americans. As they followed him they got more and more angry. They believed more and more lies. They were sucked into conspiracy theories. Families were ripped apart.