True.
As someone who has lived their life in Utah, it’s the religious colorblind moderate who’s ignorant of their own history that bugs me.
“Blacks should get over slavery. Now let’s dedicate the entire summer to talking about how our religion was persecuted unfairly, whitewash Joseph Smith, and pretend that we didn’t just occupy territory that wasn’t ours. We are so persecuted!” (Imagine if Mormon pioneers had been deported to El Salvador instead?)
“Jesus said a lot about humility, helping the poor, and the dangers of great wealth. So let’s have another lesson about paying tithing to the billion dollar church and how gays are ruining the planet.”
“Talking about Trump’s immorality makes me feel icky. So I’m gonna just pretend that abortion is the most important issue and use that as a heat shield for excusing that which I’d never excuse if they had a D by their name.”
“Can’t we just move on from (insert whatever is the latest Trump scandal) meanwhile let’s dwell on Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. I just can’t vote for a Dem cuz of that (even though we have 30+ years now of republicans raping women and children, including the guy we just voted for 3 times).”
“I’m a self-sufficient conservative who cares about fiscal things. When I was on the GI bill, on food stamps, and enrolled in Medicaid, no one helped me. Now that I’ve made a career at Hill Air Force Base and am ready to retire with social security, I just think cuts need to be made to the welfare queens out there.”
“All lives matter.”
