Highlights: One of the defining features of the rise of American neofascism is violence. This is in no way surprising: violence is one of the primary tools that enemies of democracy use to impose their will, undermine institutions, and prevent the types of consensus-seeking that’s foundational to a healthy democracy and society. Contrary to what right-wing leaders and their disinformation media would like to suggest, this violence is not on “both sides.” The data and other evidence show that political violence and extremism in the Age of Trump (and from the late 1980s to the present more generally) is a phenomenon almost exclusive to the right-wing and “conservative” movement.

National security experts and law enforcement are continuing to warn that right-wing political violence as seen on Jan. 6, in mass shootings and other acts of terrorism, hate crimes, and other such actions – up to an including the possibility of a sustained insurgency to remove President Biden and the Democrats from power – is the greatest threat to the country’s domestic safety and security.

  • @popemichael
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    138 months ago

    I’m not Christian, but I did study Christian mythology while working on my doctorate in philosophy.

    There are several near universal signs that a person is the Anti-Christ

    ✅ Religious Leader - As I pointed out, MAGA is arguably a fanatic cult within the Christian belief system

    ✅ Come in the name of Jesus - He literally used his power as president to take a picture of himself in front of a church with a bible while people were protesting him. He also likens himself to Jesus whenever he faces the consequences of his actions, like one of his impeachments.

    ✅ Preforming ‘miracles’ - He has falsely taken credit for miracles of modern technology, like the quickness of the successful COVID vaccine, predicting the paths of weather phenomenon, and even gender equality in the work force.

    ✅ He will be elected to a place of great leadership and use his ‘power’ to change laws and ‘fix’ a broken society - See the year 2016 through 2020

    ❌ Denies Jesus existed IRL - He’s not outright said it, but due to his actions, he does not act like a believer in Christian mythology

    ✅ Rejects the laws of the Christian god - Through his actions and inaction, he does not live by the laws of Christianity. His violations range from divorces, hurting others, to being incredibly wealthy… The list goes on and on.

    ✅ Persecute Christians - The whole point of the MAGA Republicans and its propaganda is to target people who are Christians and make them bend to the will of Trump.

    • @Daft_ish@lemmy.world
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      38 months ago

      Denies Jesus existed IRL - He’s not outright said it, but due to his actions, he does not act like a believer in Christian mythology

      This is only a matter of time

      • @popemichael
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        18 months ago

        I agree 100% - It’s an eventuality.

        As of right now, Trump simply acts like it. Actions speak louder than words sometimes.

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          There is no topic he hasn’t taken both sides on. Just a miracle for him no one’s got him on tape yet. Or they keep those tapes under wraps.

          Hell, I bet you would only have to ask him like three times before he says no jesus wasn’t real.

          • @popemichael
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            18 months ago

            I’d love to be a fly on the wall in like 50 years when they are able to open the CIA archives to the public on everything top secret that Trump did.

            I’d bet half of the GOP would be in chains if that stuff came out today, let alone what Trump has said.