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Pure false christian but true fascist endoctrination at a large scale starts with children. Shame on this corrupt republican party. Soon not even one will be respectable. Insane times for this country and by ricochet for the whole world.

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Great essay, Thom!

I find that the most insecure people are those who demand obedience from others, subordinate others by constantly usurping center stage, and obliterate the other's individuality. Secure people, on the other hand, can tolerate or even appreciate differences.

Evangelicals must be insecure people who bolster their individual sense of self-worth by banding together like a gang, and forcing their will on others. I'm guessing that they learned this style of interaction by having grown up in strict father, authoritarian homes where they automatically had to submit to the tyranny of their parents' mindset.

No wonder they fall in line behind authoritarian pastors and political demagogues who require obedience...they live in a psychic world where differences are punishable by excommunication, and most people can't emotionally survive that.

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I would upvote if I could.

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What does "upvote" mean, William?

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That selection at the bottom of yor comment, next to the Heart. It means like, some sites use upvote and downvote, substack uses Like.

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Oh...thanks for explaining!

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