Do 'Christians' who believe in 'God, country, family' typically joke around about drug use and swinging with convicts who had their kids taken away?
I know people like to point to Vatican II as the point at which the rot began, but it seems to me it began a little earlier than that
Interesting. I think it's a much more modern phenomenon. I blame the following in equal parts:
- Social media in which every confirmation bias is reinforced and conspiracy theory is "verified".
- A large proportion of MAGA and "alternative facts" where lies are amplified. See the compilations of Tucker's unhinged rants contemplating a demon visitation at night, that Daddy Trump will come home to spank America's collective daughters (so fucking weird and porn-ish), whether the NAZIs would have done a better job, and that Churchill was a failure. (I'm convinced he's on coke; I've seen this movie before.)
- The moral bankruptcy of libs and connected MSM who, long ago, lost any moral credibility (see the trans debate most recently).
Anyway, as recently as the 80s, morally shamed politicians and CEOs would be forced to resign for infidelity, drug use, corruption, etc. Bill Clinton changed all of that.
To keep this focused on Nick, the Spicer/New London/Willmar community is an interesting example.
I've looked up the social media of at least 100 members of that community. While most appear to be 'good people' and not completely unhinged (they turned in Nick, after all), most of their social media is littered with anti-vax conspiracy (Pfizer, etc), obsessive God-speak, pro-gun, anti-college, and pro-homeschool rhetoric. Their facts are often inaccurate if not fully disputed by objective data. They repost the stupidest sources (BusinessInsider, for example).
I'm sure a subsection of them believe that Hillary was torturing kids in pizza parlors.
I'm also sure that if Nick came out tomorrow and repented, he would be fully embraced by most of his local community as a redeemed soul who should continue to prophetically proselytize his conservative rhetoric on social media.
God and the Bible have become tools for political points - and it's working. One of the reasons I stopped watching Joe Nierman, a man whose personal life seems VERY biblical and moral, is his complete brain-rot about Trump's personal crimes. The Evangelical right and Ortho Jews don't seem to give a shit.
As for Nick's followers, see Grifty.
The libs are ALWAYS worse in this universe.