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walkingman

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2. I'm not surprised at all. Growing up in the Deep South during the 1950's

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 04:36 PM

Feb 2022

it was obvious that the Church membership was complicit in all of the nastiness that occurred during the Civil Rights movement. Their values were in no way good or Holy. I think the political/church relationships were promoted by the likes of Reagan, Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, and all of the other religious leaders of the day. It just got worse and worse and became the gold standard of values in the 90's. The GOP uses their nastiness to attract evangelicals to the ballot box.

Surprised - not at all. People like Trump speak their language and no wonder many white evangelicals consider him the "Second Coming".

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