Porn Stars, Playmates, and Christian Politics
March 26, 2018 at 8:44 am
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2018 at 8:45 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Wapo ran a story today with an ambitious headline.
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I think that they might have missed something utterly basic in their attempt to dignify this continued support by way of ideology, though. That he cheated on his hot young wife bareback with pornstars and playmates doesn't make the man repulsive to them, in truth..it makes them want to be him. It adds to the myth of his celebrity, and it's that myth that's always been compelling to them - even if other myths are equally compelling. Like the myth that this is a fundamentally christian nation, or the myth that the trumpster ever could (or even -would-) make it so.
Quote:Despite porn stars and Playboy models, white evangelicals aren’t rejecting Trump. This is why.
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Quote:Our points to a different answer than others have offered. Voters’ religious tenets aren’t actually what’s behind Trump support; rather, it’s Christian nationalism — their view of the United States as a fundamentally Christian nation.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monk...732d1f67ab
I think that they might have missed something utterly basic in their attempt to dignify this continued support by way of ideology, though. That he cheated on his hot young wife bareback with pornstars and playmates doesn't make the man repulsive to them, in truth..it makes them want to be him. It adds to the myth of his celebrity, and it's that myth that's always been compelling to them - even if other myths are equally compelling. Like the myth that this is a fundamentally christian nation, or the myth that the trumpster ever could (or even -would-) make it so.
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