i don’t hate religious people. i fear them. i have studied history. what we’re experiencing is indeed an authentic revolt of the religious leadership in the united states.
i fully expect for religious fascism to be normalized in the USA by 2035. people forget quickly. because people are largely influenced by their environment. buckminster fuller was right all along.
trying to resist this flow of time and mind is important, however difficult.
unfortunately, my existence is everything the fundamentalists hate about themselves. i am not a christian. and as people are already beginning to embrace the rise of christianity, many of the fundamentals i depend on are disappearing. facts.
this isn’t just true for people like me, but millions of americans.
i know i can’t live in their world without being completely removed from it. does that make sense? going outside is dangerous now.
actual troops in the streets.
i hope i’m paranoid and wrong about everything. i hope the world isn’t ending. but there are omens, stark omens screaming for me to hide and to STFU.
It doesn’t make much difference for you, but this isn’t religious fascism. They’re fascists that occasionally use religion as a tool
The difference is they don’t answer to religious leaders. The fact the pope is openly criticizing JD Vance, a Catholic, with no change in policy shows this. It also means the fundamental motivations of government leaders is greed and power, rather than religion
I’m not in the US and I’ve never been there, but I certainly won’t go there ever (well, for the foreseeable future at least). I’m pretty LGBT-aligned (and atheist) so nope. I’m really sorry for people like yourself in this situation.
The problem is all the twisted narratives are reaching conservatives here in Europe too. And extreme right is booming.
It’s a contagious disease. Russian influence played a large part in Trump’s rise to power. Russian propaganda has been running rampant in the US for over a decade now
i hope i’m paranoid
100% justified. We experience paranoia for a reason. Like you said, you’ve studied history, and we’re officially in the “secret police disappearing people off the streets”, and “our own military being sent in as a hostile invading force into our own cities” phase of christofascism.
Now is the time to be assessing your options. Fight, flight, or blend in. Shit will most likely get worse before it gets better.
I’m a trans woman, I am white and I’m not disabled so I have those details as advantages, but I’ve still been internalizing for months that I probably won’t get to make it to my 35th birthday (in about 4 years). Only things keeping me going are the same things that always kept me going, looking forward to incomplete media (anime/manga that have more seasons/releases to come, and video games that aren’t released yet or haven’t finished their update/content cycle) and wanting to finally physically be with my long-distance boyfriend. But I’m so tired and so wary of all the shit happening and I worry myself sick about all the worst possibilities. Fuck everyone responsible for the way the world has gone. Every rich person and every power-mad narcissist. The fires of hell and eternal damnation are too cold and too lenient a punishment for any of them.
i am fearful of the same scenario. i strongly believe that fascism will be utilized to usher in a White Nationalist interpretation of Christian fundamentalism steeped in patriotism and American exceptionalism. we’re worried about the jingoism of the Trump administration but wait until the next guy.
i am not saying this lightly: we need to prepare for the escalation of physical actions committed by far right authoritarians. we cannot sit by and be caught off guard or unprepared. speak with your local community, if you don’t see one make one. i am considering this myself for my area. i am uncertain of my future and worry about being in some sort of indefinite hold at a detention center for whatever bullshit they identified me as.
it’s gotten incredibly scary exactly how we said it would, so… no, you’re not paranoid or wrong. i’m sorry. i wish i could encourage you but i cannot. however, let me tell you to remain hopeful and optimistic, comrade. this is what they want us to feel. they want us to retreat into our paranoia and fears and continue to be paralyzed and inactive. refuse that feeling and at the very least do not let them emotionally sabotage you.
we don’t know what may be being planned where or when. keep that in mind as well. just because we don’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. maybe we will see something soon, something to let us know there are others with a plan or idea of revolution.
Just read what the Jesuit Order is doing. In fact, listen to the Pope. You’ll know the plan right there… and it’s insidious.
I think because you’re realizing where Christianity comes from: Rome. I’ve researched this for a few months with another content creator (at our own time), and I can confirm that your fears of christofascism being normalized are nothing short of accurate.
To explain this, it has to do with people leaving the Roman Catholic Church when the last great war (which will be the war to end all wars for real) eventually becomes green. It’s safe to assume that Roman Catholicism, or any of its surrogates (and there are a ton of them), will become mandatory by 2035, and not doing so will result in one’s death. If one reveres (forehead) or obeys (right hand) the Antichrist Beast Popes of Rome, overruled by the False Prophet Jesuit Superior Generals of the world (since 1798), this is taking the Mark of the Beast. It’s that simple, and Revelation 13 explains exactly what these punks do.
Reality is scary and batshit insane enough as it is, no need to make up stories
True, we have enough made-up stories to fight these days. Like all the anti-trans narratives where they get themselves worked up about things that never actually happen.
Dude the people in power are … [Went and looked it up] holy fuck they’re 30% Roman Catholic that’s terrifying. I grew up Roman Catholic and that shit’s basically a cult.
Anyways I was posting to say I have absolutely no fucking idea what you’re talking about.
Dude the fuck are you smoking, roman catholic membership is way down, only 19% of Americans identity as Catholic, and a large portion of those are from Mexico. Evangelical Christianity while it has dropped is leveling off, those are the people pushing these laws, not catholics.
I was talking about the politicians specifically but I just realized this is only the house. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_affiliation_in_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives
Ah, even then I think that’s more their age showing than anything. Catholics were a big part of the boomer group, now that they’re dying off they’re not really getting more members as most young people are saying fuck religion.
