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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA good article discussing the role of religion
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/rural-america-understanding-isnt-problem
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A good article discussing the role of religion (Original Post)
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Nov 2016
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. Long article, but he is spot on.
ismnotwasm
(41,999 posts)2. Wow
Gays being allowed to marry are a threat. Blacks protesting the killing of their unarmed friends and family are a threat. Hispanics doing the cheap labor on their farms are somehow viewed a threat. The black president is a threat. Two billion Muslims are a threat. The Chinese are a threat. Women wanting to be autonomous are a threat. The college educated are a threat. Godless scientists are a threat. Everyone who isnt just like them has been sold to them as a threat and theyve bought it hook, line, and grifting sinker. Since there are no self-regulating mechanisms in their belief systems, these threats only grow over time. Since facts and reality dont matter, nothing you say to them will alter their beliefs. "President Obama was born in Kenya, is a secret member of the Muslim Brotherhood who hates white Americans and is going to take away their guns." I feel ridiculous even writing this, it is so absurd, but it is gospel across large swaths of rural America. Are rural, Christian, white Americans scared? Youre damn right they are. Are their fears rational and justified? Hell no. The problem isnt understanding their fears. The problem is how to assuage fears based on lies in closed-off fundamentalist belief systems that dont have the necessary tools for properly evaluating the fears.
Yup. Long article but worth the read
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)3. K&R n/t
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,036 posts)4. K & R