This is a question to American folks.
I've come across quite a few Republican/Libertarian Christians on social media, and I'm under the impression that they seem to like keeping themselves "outraged" by sharing memes, YouTube videos, etc. about what they object to.
They also seem to like generating notions like "The left destroy everything they touch.", "We're on the verge of the third civil war (culture war?).", that sort of things. Rather extreme... Being outraged like this all the time is surely bad for their own well-being.
Is it typical of Republican/Libertarian Christians in America? I believe that American society is very polarised over politics.
I don't live in America, so...
I'm just curious, really. If you could provide me with some insight, I would be grateful. Thanks.
No, that sort of thing is not exclusive to libertarians, and in reality both of those on the far-right and far-left do the same damn thing. Don't believe me? Just take a closer look around on this site alone, you'll find members associated with far-right politics keep rambling on about the next civil war while members associated with far-left political views keep babbling on about how democracy is going to come to a total end if any more rightwingers get elected into office. And on and on it goes, with no end in sight.
Based on my observations, the centrists and libertarian types are the ones trying to find solutions to the problems we face, while people from either of the two political extremes are busy dehumanizing one another with memes.
As far as I can tell, the thin skin is pretty evenly distributed.
It seems to me that many LIbertarians fall under one of two categories:
Very religious, and resentful that government is taking on the appearance and role of a providential God, and
Agnostic, and not believing in government-as-god, either.
Conversely, I believe many people that are totalitarian fall into one of two categories:
Very religious, and believing that government should also take on such a noble role as God, and
Atheist, but have such a yearning for the existence of a god that they want Government to fulfill that role for them.
@GlyndonD This
American politics has been steadily getting more polarized over the past few decades. When the Tea Party arrived their agenda was to stop all working with the Democrats and only do why they feel is right... Not working with others to come to a mutually beneficial outcome. Then it turned into "anything to stop Obama because he isn't an American citizen. This was, of course, all total BS but it did rile the redneck red states who are so stupid they can be convinced that voting for someone who will do everything they can to harm their constituency is a good thing... As long as you stop abortion and let me keep my guns.
Flash forward to Russia's meddling and Trump's rise. The polarization deepened and now is more extreme than ever before. You now have morons saying they would rather be Russian than Democrat? Good! Let them move to Moscow!
The fact that the religious right would hook their wagon to a known and proven con-man shows how full of shit they are!
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Posted by SpikeTalonNeither one of the extremes, and yet the best of both worlds...
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