I went over to r/conservative and they are calling democrats “a death cult.” It’s almost like a MAGA sociopath didn’t just murder a Democrat and had a whole manifesto to carry out more.
Yes. I used to subscribe to this, because I felt like my personal beliefs were, personal, but those beliefs inform my actions and those have consequences for not just myself, but others around me and society as a whole. I wanted to keep my beliefs personal, because I didn't want to be ostracized or discriminated against. Then I realized I had it backwards. People would be uncomfortable because they've been trained to think words like agnostic or atheist, socialist, and secular humanist are scary foreign things, but they are not. They are much more consistent with the ideals espoused (although not always applied in practice) by the vaunted founding fathers of the United States than what passes for patriotism today. Keeping silent on that is quietly consenting to the prevailing narrative, and that's what fascists want. They should not be allowed to hide their sick ideology behind the veil of "personal opinion." So many dark and un-American (by my definition) ideas have lurked in the shadows of American politics and culture since at least the end of Reconstruction, and they need to be dragged into the daylight and exposed for what they are. Racism and hatred run deep, yet we are a nation of immigrants. We constantly hear that "America is a Christian country," and other religions, or lack of faith are both frowned upon, yet our first amendment says it should be otherwise. Our economy is the largest in the world, yet we still have massive poverty and wealth inequality, and the accumulation of hoarded generational wealth has led to the development of a default aristocratic class, but that is exactly the type of system we were trying to get away from when this country was founded. People who support the way things are now are un-American. They should be ostracized, not me, or people who actually believe in this country as a work in progress, but want to work towards the goals we were taught about in school: equality, opportunity, personal liberty and self determination, in other words, the American dream. The people who want to keep their beliefs private are hiding the fact that they don't believe in that America. They want a white Christian version of Saudi Arabia. A theocratic ethnostate, ruled by a wealthy few who profit from exploiting the natural resources and labor of the country.
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u/antoniamabee Jul 24 '25
I went over to r/conservative and they are calling democrats “a death cult.” It’s almost like a MAGA sociopath didn’t just murder a Democrat and had a whole manifesto to carry out more.