WaPo columnist Jennifer Rubin compares the MAGA movement to the Confederacy, says that 'extreme White Christian nationalism' will result in 'violence, cruelty and lawlessness'
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Alex Nitzberg
Washington Post opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin has drawn a parallel between the Southern Confederacy of the Civil War and the modern-day MAGA movement, and said that "extreme White Christian nationalism" which goes unchecked results in "violence, cruelty and lawlessness."
"Indeed, the MAGA movement venerates the Confederacy and managed to accomplish what the South never did: stage an assault on the U.S. Capitol bearing the Confederate flag and organize an effort to stave off the peaceful transfer of power. Both the old Confederacy and the MAGA movement pine for a fraudulent past and dress up base racism in a gauzy wrapping of honor, masculinity and military virtue. And the paranoia about an existential crisis that so many MAGA followers share tracks with the Confederacy’s fear that their way of life (slavery) was endangered by Northern forces," Rubin wrote.
"No, the MAGA movement isn’t advocating for slavery. But it does seek to rewrite the history of race through its fraudulent attack on 'critical race theory,' just as Jim Crow defenders sought to refashion the Civil War by erecting monuments to traitorous secessionists. The aim is the same: to exonerate Whites and to recast them as noble victims," she continued.
MAGA is an acronym that stands for former President Donald Trump's oft-repeated campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
"If left undisturbed, the extreme White Christian nationalism of today will inevitably lead to violence, cruelty and lawlessness," Rubin asserted.
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https://www.theblaze.com/news/maga-confederacy-white-christian-nationalism#toggle-gdprSeptember 07, 2022
