Whenever you point out the hypocricy of so-called MAGA Christians on this site, you get downvoted. Never any replies with a counterargument.
I have to imagine it's people with a Christian identity who sense on some base level that this is all deeply wrong, but can't reconcile their politics with the actual tenants of their faith. So they just fume and try to hide the uncomfortable truth from view. (I say this as a Christian who is utterly aghast at the state of the country. At least the Catholic leadership has the right idea.)
> Whenever you point out the hypocricy of so-called MAGA Christians on this site, you get downvoted
And flagged, yes. Because it's completely inappropriate to the discussion, which was already off topic. It's simply bashing a political outgroup without insight, which violates HN guidelines in multiple ways. It does not merit a counterargument.
A political outgroup? You mean the dominant party in all
Chambers of government? Without insight? That’s too funny. ICE and CBP is murdering people left and right and the presidents goons are cosplaying Nazis and you’re mad we aren’t having a cogent high brow conversation?
> If you actually believed the world were as you describe it, you would not be sitting behind your computer on HN in the first place.
What a ridiculous ad hominem. Perhaps they're hundreds of miles away from any of the cities being terrorized by ICE and otherwise have their own life to live.
I agree with their sentiment even if it wasn't phrased particularly well.
While "outgroup" can technically just mean anyone the speaker doesn't identify with, applying it to the party in power creates a false equivalence. It frames the criticism as mere tribalism or bullying, rather than a legitimate response to the actions of those currently in power.
It’s hard to get behind the classification of the most powerful political movement in the country as a marginalized or "othered" group in this, or any context, really.
It’s true. I’ve seen it too. Seems HN and silicon alley money and tech aligned folks are pearl clutching their money and have made a deal wit the devil (Trump and MAGA). It’s fascinating and sad.
LOL. You can say that about the whole country that claims to be god’s nation and espouse Christian valaues, while doing the exact opposite most of the time.
Still the man they claim to follow welcomed the outsider. And some sects don’t even care or consider much of the Old Testament as much as they emphasize the New.
I believe that in Acts, His followers were told to “go out into all nations”, not “invite all nations back here to Roman Judea, the Romans will be totally cool with that!”.
No, it's not a leap it's a core prescription of Christian practice. The Parable of the Good Samaritan illustrates this. You are to treat your neighbours well, and your neighbours are anyone in need of your mercy.
Oh, is that all he said about how you should treat others? You're right, he'd probably advocate for strong territorial integrity and not at all be concerned with poverty and hunger. Jesus was the first libertarian after all.
