• @SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de
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    258 months ago

    Andrew L. Seidel and his book presentation titled “The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American” fit in here. He really captures some key phrases that fits very well with the topic.

    The best indicator of a Trump voter in the 2016 election was not race, was not religion, but was actually the believing the United States were founded as a christian nation.

    He goes deeper how evangelicals shifted over decades the perception of topics and artifacts to feed their myth. The actual Segment is only 18 Minutes long (starting at Minute 3:10) before it goes into a Q&A Session. Pretty on point how he describes the situation. Video is 4 years old…