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So... I have a lot to say about this. I'd like to write a response article about my experiences in the job market and the challenges of finding a job when you won't promise to tell adults that they have to embrace a conservative sexual ethic. https://twitter.com/roddreher/status/1337232826505289728
The - in my experience, largely false and exaggerated - perception that "wokeness" is preventing conservatives from participating in the economy has fostered an aggressive push to keep even moderate Christian professionals on the fringes.
We desperately need more sociological research and a plan of attack in the church for why literally every conceivable demographic of American society sees itself as victimized, and how that is destroying our ability to address the very real dangers many in our society are facing
That said, I do want to say two quick things about this article. First, I'm glad Dreher called out Metaxas' delusional and hysterical language. Good on him.
Second, the article ends with the question of why millennials leaving the church in droves is not the same emotionally pitched crisis for churches that Trump losing an election is. In my experience, this is a problem millennials talk about, not boomers.
I have a theory why boomers don't express much concern or anxiety that their kids are leaving the church. It's because boomers don't want them there. They don't want to have to go to church with millennials, because they hate them.
Again, I think some of this owes to the problem I mentioned earlier that every conceivable class of people in America perceives themselves as victimized. A lot of boomers feel victimized by millennials. This is destroying our ability to collaborate intergenerationally.
