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Prepare For The Worst: Holding The Christofascist Tiger At Bay After The Election

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You can't be a Christian If You Don't Own A Gun*- Pastor Gary Cass 

Our Nation Was Founded On Violence. It's still an option on the table- Pastor Stephen Broden 

Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.- Barry Goldwater 

From "Voting Democratic Will Endanger Your Soul" to "Obama Is The Anti-Christ", the extreme elements of the Christian Right have predictably gone for the jugular this election year. They have also made it clear that going into the home stretch of this very important election, America has to prepare for the worst: if Mitt Romney wins, the Chrisofascists will claim victory over every aspect of Americans' lives. And if Barack Obama wins, they will scream the loudest in protest - louder than any other party or faction, that America is headed for ruin and that the President's work should be obstructed, dismissed and held in contempt no matter what his goals or the outcome. They will feign "persecution" by the anti-Christ no less. Some have even suggested outright revolution, violence and secessaion. No doubt, the President will receive more death threats than ever before.

He will certainly receive more "imprecatory" prayers. 

The Flip-Flop Romney Factor 

Try as it might, the Romney camp cannot escape the image of being run as a popularity contest: whatever image the majority (to get elected) needs to perceive, it will be formed by the campaign to secure votes. Shifts to the middle have occurred after "47%" and "Big Bird". Repetitions of FEMA's fate have stopped after Hurricane Sandy. 

But the shifts do not guarantee a snap back to the Right -- maybe even over to the extreme Right, if Romney perceives that post-election support will depend in any part on Christofascism taking hold. Romney also has a debt to pay in the Christian Right's tolerance of his Mormonism. 

The Right will be looking forward to some major flip-flopping.

THE OPPRESSOR AND THE OPPRESSED

Any age dominated by Christofascism is one in which there are two major factions: the oppressor and the oppressed. One prime example was, of course, the reign of good Queen Isabella of Spain, when Jews and Moors were tortured by Thomas de Torquemada, executed, forced to convert or expelled for simply being of a different faith. Today's David Barton could be considered a modern day Isabella in declaring that America is a Christian nation - for he is not far from his goal: America as a Christian ONLY nation. The bloviations of Brian Fischer and the American Family Association have brought this to the fore in strong statements about deportation of Muslims and other undesirables.


Another strategy of oppression - and one quite widely and successfully used by the Christofascist movement - is the act of demonizing: from "Obama is a Muslim" to the "homosexual agenda", demonizing has become an art form all of its own, no matter that it is bad art at its most contemptible.

The Supreme Oppressor


It is ironic, of course, that some of the people who scream "persecution" are the most oppressive: they have admonished the teaching of evolution in schools, demonized anti-bullying and hate crime laws, and obstructed women's rights. They also use God as the Supreme Oppressor: after all, it was a vengeful God that wreaked His wrath upon America's East Coast simply because He was:

(choose one)
A. Displeased with the way America has seen fit to promote peace and justice for Palestinians as well as Israelis.
B. Angered at the thought of people of the same sex being united in secular matrimony thus giving them the same rights as other married people.
C. Disdainful of America's elevated womanhood.
D. Disgusted that His elderly were now prone to biblically unlawful handouts such as Social Security.
E. Discovered that parts of America were shaped like a dragon.
F. All of the above.

Yes, the Supreme Oppressor has been reduced to a petty, frivolous deity, petulant and vain.

Just the way today's Christofascists like Him. Because only with a petty, frivolous, petulant, vain deity can it gain and maintain the one thing that truly matters: control.

The Oppressed:

WOMEN
- pure and simple. Whether it be a pro-choice issue or an equal-pay issue, women will be targeted relentlessly. The "legitimate rape" meme will continue (in various forms) and CR politicians will continue to ease out abortion exceptions until there are no exceptions whatsoever. CR politicians will also continue to regard women as "child-bearers" - ONLY. The irony of the sharia law non debate is that the Christian Right's aim of controlling women is simply Islam without burkas. Female conservative leaders and pundits like Phyllis Schlafley and Ann Coultergeist openly state their opinions that women should not have the right to vote.

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