The video is pretty scattershot in its approach (is this about Republicans or conservative Christians?) and, despite the disclaimer that scrolls up the screen at the beginning, the narrator nevertheless paints with much too broad a brush.
Not all Republicans are climate science deniers, and there is a growing sense among some clergy, including Evangelicals, that climate change is something that Christians -- as stewards -- need to address head-on. Yes, the deniers are preponderant in the GOP, but I suspect that many of the Republican public figures (as opposed to dipshit Joe Six Pack) who spout such nonsense do so, not so much out of real conviction, but out of a need to keep the corporate campaign contributions rolling in. That may make them scumbags. It doesn't necessarily make them idiots.
Yes, there are nuts who believe in faith healing, but most of them also go to the doctor when the shit hits the fan (you know, just in case their faith really isn't as large as a mustard seed). The out-and-out laying-on-of-hands, Holy Spirit babblers who rely on prayer alone is undoubtedly a small minority of Christians.
And historically, the Republicans were among the good guys on the issue of slavery and civil rights for black Americans. The southern reactionary Christians who supported slavery and, later, Jim Crow were overwhelmingly Democrats. The reason you see representatives of that group in the GOP today is because of the party's Southern Strategy, initiated by Nixon and brought home by Reagan. That's why you'll still hear such people referred to today as "Reagan Democrats".
Don't get me wrong. I have little use for either contemporary GOP or for conservative Christians, but groups can be opposed without resorting to caricatures or broad-brushing them. There's plenty to criticize about each group, just as there is plenty to criticize about Democrats and the PC liberal fringe.
Not all Republicans are climate science deniers, and there is a growing sense among some clergy, including Evangelicals, that climate change is something that Christians -- as stewards -- need to address head-on. Yes, the deniers are preponderant in the GOP, but I suspect that many of the Republican public figures (as opposed to dipshit Joe Six Pack) who spout such nonsense do so, not so much out of real conviction, but out of a need to keep the corporate campaign contributions rolling in. That may make them scumbags. It doesn't necessarily make them idiots.
Yes, there are nuts who believe in faith healing, but most of them also go to the doctor when the shit hits the fan (you know, just in case their faith really isn't as large as a mustard seed). The out-and-out laying-on-of-hands, Holy Spirit babblers who rely on prayer alone is undoubtedly a small minority of Christians.
And historically, the Republicans were among the good guys on the issue of slavery and civil rights for black Americans. The southern reactionary Christians who supported slavery and, later, Jim Crow were overwhelmingly Democrats. The reason you see representatives of that group in the GOP today is because of the party's Southern Strategy, initiated by Nixon and brought home by Reagan. That's why you'll still hear such people referred to today as "Reagan Democrats".
Don't get me wrong. I have little use for either contemporary GOP or for conservative Christians, but groups can be opposed without resorting to caricatures or broad-brushing them. There's plenty to criticize about each group, just as there is plenty to criticize about Democrats and the PC liberal fringe.
