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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a moderate democrat and moderate in general. But I also find the state of the country absolutely depressing.  I have to just not think about it most days, or it makes me sad and angry too.  The gaslighting, the ignorance, the rise of an unabashedly un-Christian brand of Christianity, the slide into fascism and minority rule; it's all just pretty bad all around.

Lots of people will say you're being hysterical, the problem is you, blah blah.  That's the gaslighting part.  It's as bad as it seems, but I think what we need to do at this point is look out for ourselves and make sure we have an out for us and our kids and grandkids, if things get a lot worse quickly.[/quote]

Intriguing post. What is this rise of an unabashedly un-Christian brand of Christianity? Do you know [i]anything[/i] about the history of Christianity? The happy clappy Episcopalian church with BLM signs and rainbow flags is not what most Christian churches were till oh, about 25 years ago. So you know Christianity more intimately and "better" than nearly 2,000 years of Christian followers? We're obviously not talking about the Christianity of the great Crusades or the centuries long clashes between Catholics and Protestants and the systematic discrimination against the "wrong" Christian faith in most places by the Christian majority. Even most Episcopalians of 1922 would be horrified if they could see the modern Episcopalian church.

Where is this slide to fascism? I'm looking around. I see unhappy and authoritarian people on both the left and right. And many more authoritarians on the left. Who was it that forced through mandates and shutdowns and suspending civil liberties? Definitely not the right. Anyway, fascism? Do you even know what fascism is? I suspect not.

Your post speaks to your fears more than it does to both history or the current political situation. You probably believe everything said on CNN without realizing they are driven by ratings and feed off the paranoia of their watchers to make money. [/quote]

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