The GOP was never actually “pro-life.” It was always a political cudgel to divide the electorate and maintain evangelical support.
The ideological basis for the modern Republican Party is weaponized white supremacy and white paranoia in opposition to the Civil Rights Movement.
The ideological basis for the modern Republican Party is weaponized white supremacy and white paranoia in opposition to the Civil Rights Movement.
This is why the Republican Party is more than happy to execute people, withhold assistance, watch black people being murdered, and shovel innocent lives into the jaws of a pandemic.
The “pro-life” was always about the continued life of white supremacy and the GOP at all costs.
The “pro-life” was always about the continued life of white supremacy and the GOP at all costs.
If you want more information on this, look at my writing on the Cult of the Shining City, or white-identity, Neo-Confederate evangelicalism.
The history books point to the pro-life movement as the inspiring factor, but it actually began with opposition to Civil Rights.
The history books point to the pro-life movement as the inspiring factor, but it actually began with opposition to Civil Rights.
Conservatism as we’ve come to understand it is a scam.
It’s not about spending or social modesty. It’s not about flags or open markets.
It’s about maintaining white patriarchal control.
That’s the long and the short of it.
It’s not about spending or social modesty. It’s not about flags or open markets.
It’s about maintaining white patriarchal control.
That’s the long and the short of it.
