How Dare You rant.

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+title = "How Dare You"
+date = 2021-01-09
+taxonomy = [
+    "evangelicals",
+    "politics",
+    "rant",
+]
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+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
+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.
+
+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.
+Friends, brothers, sisters, wives, and husbands watched in growing horror as
+their loved ones were entangled into a web of lies and lost their grip on
+reality. And as it continued you kept giving his followers permission to align
+with Trump. You dragged God's name through the mud for Israel and some court
+seats.
+
+I don't want to be you when God asks you to justify yourselves. You are
+responsible as shepherds for your flock. And you are a part of the reason
+there were flags with Jesus name being waved on national television as those
+people you led stormed the Capitol building.
+
+**Shame** on you! And may God have mercy on you when you face him.