Definition of "Republicanity"

Republicanity: the calculated melding of the American political right with poorly constructed, spiritually empty Christian theology so that the blind adherent loses track of where one ends and the other begins, thereby (1) fallaciously allowing Republicanism to claim the moral high ground above the Democratic party in all things political and (2) socially demonizing Democratic party members in the process

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Separating Immigrant Families Isn't "Christian."

In the midst of the impeachment craziness that has swept this country, it has been easy to forget about some of the numerous atrocities our President has championed under the guise of "patriotism."  So, as a reminder, I wanted to make sure that we remembered that separating families at the border and forcing these human beings to live in cages indefinitely has not gone away.  In fact, a new report states that there were an additional 1500 families which were previously unreported that have been directly affected by this administration's policy. And most of those families have yet to be reunited.

So, "Christian" Republicans, ...


  • If your political party specifically implemented the current "zero-tolerance," inhumane parent-child immigrant separation policy;
  • If your political party is thoroughly complicit with the squalid, unsanitary, cage-living, concrete-sleeping conditions at the border for both immigrant children and immigrant parents;
  • If your political party wants to make it a felony to give life-saving humanitarian aid to human souls crossing a human-constructed border to try to better their lives;
  • If your political party knows of immigrant children deaths while specifically in the care of American authorities and literally does nothing about those deaths, not even so much as voicing public indignation;
  • And if your political party does all of this while, at the same time, hypocritically screaming, "ALL lives matter" and "We are Pro-Life";

Then do us all a favor and stop claiming to be a party that espouses Christian values. 

You aren't.  And you don't.

Period. 

And, to paraphrase a meme that's out there right now, if your response to all of these facts about your political party and the immigration crisis is nothing more than, "Well, they shouldn't have broken the law by crossing the border," then you and I don't have a difference in politics; we have a difference in morality.  (And, just so we're clear, your morality isn't the Christian one.)

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