"This misuse of religion is, sadly, an American tradition. Colonists who cheated Native Americans out of land and forced enslaved Africans to build a new nation worshiped a God whose demand for justice troubled their conscience." - @RevDrBarber /1
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One of the things I love most about the #PoorPeoplesCampaign is its willingness to appropriately and bluntly name the stark hypocrisy that has always been present in broad swaths of American religious life. /2
It's something media needs to do a much better job contextualizing in their reporting on evangelical support for Trump.
So many stories act as if this Christian hypocrisy is a new development, or that—by simply pointing out the contradiction—it will shame folks into changing. /3
The marriage of God and white nationalism has always been a feature of #SlaveholderReligion—not a bug. It's provided means for white people to oppress and exploit while simultaneously occupying—in their own minds—a place of moral superiority. /4
Stories about evangelical pastors endorsing Trump should draw a straight line between these charlatans and Christians who upheld native genocide, slavery and segregation.
Doing so isn't adding spin to reporting—it's simply telling the whole truth. /5
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