I used to be a Christian until being a Christian meant condemning through Biblical means anyone who doesn't follow the Bible to the "t" and hating homosexuals.
Filindra describes how gun culture has changed from the colonial days of being a "citizen-soldier" who protects women and people to a more masculinized form of politics called ascriptive martial republicanism.
Also, she describes the masculinization of Jesus from being a person who helped the needy who never would have carried a weapon to a much more masculinized and macho form of Jesus. This occured when the Republican Party changed in the 1970s to being more against abortion which garnered support from the Evangelical Christian community.
Abstract
Today it is common to associate US gun-centric ideology with individualist and libertarian traditions in American political culture, but Race, Rights, and Rifles shows that gun-centric ideology rests on a very old, but different foundation—a belief system dating back to the American Revolution that fuses notions of civic duty and virtue with a belief in white male supremacy and a commitment to maintaining racial and gender hierarchies. This belief system is called ascriptive martial republicanism because it combines republican ideals of civic virtue with an exclusionary vision of citizenship and an emphasis on military preparedness over other forms of civic participation and service. Drawing on wide-ranging historical and contemporary evidence, Race, Rights, and Rifles traces how this ideology emerged during the Revolution and became embedded in America’s institutions, from state militias to the National Rifle Association (NRA). Although no longer a dominant ideology, ascriptive republicanism remains a potent force in American politics, and the NRA is a critical vector of its influence. New survey data show that many White Americans —including many outside of the NRA’s direct orbit—understand citizenship in exclusionary martial republican terms. This ideology is a robust predictor of gun ownership, support for the NRA, and beliefs that guns are a sign of good citizenship. Moreover, those who embrace this ideology are more likely than others to value gun rights over voting rights, perceive multiculturalism as a threat, embrace antidemocratic norms, and justify political violence.
Here's the source:
Race, Rights, and Rifles by Alexandra Filindra
https://academic.oup.com/chicago-scholarship-online/book/55650
Trump doesn't have policies. He has bad character and a broken moral compass.
But character doesn't matter to the Far Left.
So basically, all that matters is your identity.
And Trump doesn't have policy.
So, there's nothing to worry about.
Identity politics is total buttfucking bullshit.
CHARACTER MATTERS>
You can't go around being a rude, narcissistic, bombastic, selfish, underhanded blowhard all day as long as you're a Democrat, you're right as rain.
We can disagree all we want as long as we agree that America kicks ass
Deactivated my Twitter account.
I hate twitter.
so unreasonable.
80% politics.
so stupid.
absolute garbage
If you don't like what people say, you can get off of social media.
No one is compelling you to read my notes.
If you don't like it, leave
I'm sick and tired of peope trying to read my mind.
Read my thoughts here, don't assume. verify
I will not die.
College campus is ideologically homogeneous, not conducive to diversity of opinion.
Very censorious and group-think oriented.
Jobs not mobs
People die for our rights.
I am more than willing to die for the cause of free speech.
I am so fucking tired of doomsaying Jon Haidt and Greg Lukianoff.
Penn Jillette was right:
Two things are true.
Times are always getting better and people always say they're getting worse.
agree to disagree, jon haidt.
Nostr has enhanced my life.
I need to voice my opinion to the world.
I don't need Twitter. I need Nostr.
Nostr is good for my mental health.
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I'm not giving up because I haven't done anything wrong.
But I can't speak for these people,
Dude, I fucking love this site.
Free speech makes free people
violent criminals deserve our respect and compassion. please support progressive values