Texas Politics

[WapPride]

Those in Texas have known about this for a while, but it's good that it's getting some national attention.

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.

www.propublica.org

 

[PAWrocka]

“Christian Nationalists”

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[WapPride]

“Christian Nationalists”

K

Read the article. Dunn and Wilks are ****ing lunatics

 

[fatpiggy]

Read the article. Dunn and Wilks are ****ing lunatics

It's interesting to think about what they are doing compared to what the unions are doing.

 

[PAWrocka]

Read the article. Dunn and Wilks are ****ing lunatics

Any article that uses made up bullshit labels like “Christian Nationalist” are of no interest to me.

 

[WapPride]

Any article that uses made up bullshit labels like “Christian Nationalist” are of no interest to me.

They’re trying to turn the US into a Christian theocracy…

But okay, I guess ignorance is bliss

Edit: it’s also not a “bullshit label.” https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/sh...it-raises-concerns-about-threats-to-democracy

 

[PAWrocka]

They’re trying to turn the US into a Christian theocracy…

But okay, I guess ignorance is bliss

Edit: it’s also not a “bullshit label.” https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/sh...it-raises-concerns-about-threats-to-democracy

These jackals are no different than those CAIR assholes.

Stop being so frickin alarmed by EVERYTHING! Just because some fringe ahole has some fringe idea doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. Not everything is a “threat to democracy”.

 

[WapPride]

These jackals are no different than those CAIR assholes.

Stop being so frickin alarmed by EVERYTHING! Just because some fringe ahole has some fringe idea doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. Not everything is a “threat to democracy”.

lol? I posted an article about how 2 hyper evangelical billionaires have put the entire Texas political sphere in a stranglehold and they’re branching out to other states. They’re pushing out anyone conservative or liberal that doesn’t kowtow to their will. It also is something that quite literally affects me in Houston, so there’s that.

You’d know all that if you read the article instead of boohooing because it said “Christian nationalist.”

 

[UrHuckleberry]

These jackals are no different than those CAIR assholes.

Stop being so frickin alarmed by EVERYTHING! Just because some fringe ahole has some fringe idea doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. Not everything is a “threat to democracy”.

I will also note that I feel that you’ve been around long enough to know that WAP isn’t running around being alarmed by everything

 

[PAWrocka]

lol? I posted an article about how 2 hyper evangelical billionaires have put the entire Texas political sphere in a stranglehold and they’re branching out to other states. They’re pushing out anyone conservative or liberal that doesn’t kowtow to their will. It also is something that quite literally affects me in Houston, so there’s that.

You’d know all that if you read the article instead of boohooing because it said “Christian nationalist.”

Cool, well good luck with that.

 

[PAWrocka]

I will also note that I feel that you’ve been around long enough to know that WAP isn’t running around being alarmed by everything

I know, I just balk at the phrase “Christian Nationalists”

But carry on

 

[UrHuckleberry]

I know, I just balk at the phrase “Christian Nationalists”

But carry on

I hear you, guess I balk at a capitalization of everything for a pretty reasonable poster. We all have our things I guess.

 

[fatpiggy]

lol? I posted an article about how 2 hyper evangelical billionaires have put the entire Texas political sphere in a stranglehold and they’re branching out to other states. They’re pushing out anyone conservative or liberal that doesn’t kowtow to their will. It also is something that quite literally affects me in Houston, so there’s that.

You’d know all that if you read the article instead of boohooing because it said “Christian nationalist.”

How does this jive with your positions on Unions.

They are essentially a two man union, no?

 

[dpic73]

Any article that uses made up bullshit labels like “Christian Nationalist” are of no interest to me.

Made up?

 

[WapPride]

How does this jive with your positions on Unions.

They are essentially a two man union, no?

Jibe* - personal pet peeve of mine!

I don't really think that's an apples to apples comparison, but I'll answer the best I can. Unions, provide a collective service to their party members by fighting to make sure they're paid commiserate with what they perceive to be their market value. I don't agree that they should be allowed to donate large swaths of money to any party or candidate, but I believe that about any collective unit - churches, corporations, etc. These two gentlemen are trying to fundamentally change a key tenet of the US - the separation of church and state. I vehemently oppose any attempts at trying to blur those lines and incorporate religious doctrine/beliefs/dogma into the state apparatus.

If the Union leaders came out saying they want to do the exact thing that Wilks/Dunn are doing, then yeah i'd be right there with you. I mainly want to illustrate that my main issue with this whole fiasco - beyond the undeniable fact that money/wealth has way too much influence in politics - is the casual erosion of the separation of church and state.

 

[loveoysters]

Jibe* - personal pet peeve of mine!

I don't really think that's an apples to apples comparison, but I'll answer the best I can. Unions, provide a collective service to their party members by fighting to make sure they're paid commiserate with what they perceive to be their market value. I don't agree that they should be allowed to donate large swaths of money to any party or candidate, but I believe that about any collective unit - churches, corporations, etc. These two gentlemen are trying to fundamentally change a key tenet of the US - the separation of church and state. I vehemently oppose any attempts at trying to blur those lines and incorporate religious doctrine/beliefs/dogma into the state apparatus.

If the Union leaders came out saying they want to do the exact thing that Wilks/Dunn are doing, then yeah i'd be right there with you. I mainly want to illustrate that my main issue with this whole fiasco - beyond the undeniable fact that money/wealth has way too much influence in politics - is the casual erosion of the separation of church and state.

George Soros says hello

 

[WapPride]

George Soros says hello

What part of my "beyond the undeniable fact that money/wealth has way too much influence in politics" comment did you not understand?

 

[DW4_2016]

What part of my "beyond the undeniable fact that money/wealth has way too much influence in politics" comment did you not understand?

Whataboutism used as debate.

It’s a shock trump could get votes.

 

[fatpiggy]

Jibe* - personal pet peeve of mine!

I don't really think that's an apples to apples comparison, but I'll answer the best I can. Unions, provide a collective service to their party members by fighting to make sure they're paid commiserate with what they perceive to be their market value. I don't agree that they should be allowed to donate large swaths of money to any party or candidate, but I believe that about any collective unit - churches, corporations, etc. These two gentlemen are trying to fundamentally change a key tenet of the US - the separation of church and state. I vehemently oppose any attempts at trying to blur those lines and incorporate religious doctrine/beliefs/dogma into the state apparatus.

If the Union leaders came out saying they want to do the exact thing that Wilks/Dunn are doing, then yeah i'd be right there with you. I mainly want to illustrate that my main issue with this whole fiasco - beyond the undeniable fact that money/wealth has way too much influence in politics - is the casual erosion of the separation of church and state.

I agree 100% that the church and state need to be separated. If these two violate that line then they should be held accountable.


It's weird to me that people are scared of "Christian Nationalism" or "Christianity". Has there been any group that has lost more power than Christians over the last say 25 years?

The pure number of Christians has declined. Their influence on politics has declined. They are constantly under attack. It just seems weird to me that people are scared of them?


But i don't understand that money / wealth has too much influence in politics. They go hand in hand. Without money you don't have politics. Without politics you don't havea governed society. Don't think you can separate the two.

The separation of the church and state is literally written into the constituion. If that is broken, we no longer have a country.

We all get to pick what we worry about, but these guys don't make the top 10 on my list.

Im much more concerned a highly unqualified, unelected, communist, Kumala Harris gets in the White House.