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1. Thread: I was a evangelical homeschooler who was raised to view the idea of democracy as fundamentally bad. Here are some clippings from the homeschooling material my parents used..
2. They very much pushed the idea of a shadowy "one world government", and said that democracy is doomed to fail, has always failed.
3. They added quotes from the founding fathers, like John Adams, to bolster that their claim that the USA was never meant to be a democracy.
4. They pushed the idea that the "will of the people" is just tyranny of the mob, violating God's laws, and cited the violence of the French revolution to bolster that claim,
5. They also claimed that democracy is just a slippery slope into dictatorship, and that the only "proper picture of authority" is when the power comes from above.
"God to government, husband to wife, parent to child"
"God to government, husband to wife, parent to child"
6. They also imply that it's obvious that democracy is bad, because it came from the Greeks, and Greek men had sex with each other.
They also say that Greeks had "a low view of women", which, lol, homeschooling evangelicals are fucking hypocrites.
They also say that Greeks had "a low view of women", which, lol, homeschooling evangelicals are fucking hypocrites.
7. They said in no uncertain terms, over and over, that democracy violates "the requirements for a Godly nation"
So excuse me for not being surprised that evangelicals don't give a shit about the attempt to undermine or overthrow the last election.
So excuse me for not being surprised that evangelicals don't give a shit about the attempt to undermine or overthrow the last election.
8. The idea that a government should represent the will of the people was seen as a fundamental flaw, and I was instead taught that elected officials should not vote in MY interests, but instead should represent the will of God.
9. One of the other ways they argued against democracy was by saying that it put "an overemphasis on fairness and rights" of the individual, and "misperceive the main purpose of punishment as the rehabilitation of the lawbreaker"
Capital punishment was said to be godly, and just
Capital punishment was said to be godly, and just
10. It harped over and over on the idea that democracy is bad because it considers the will of the people, which meant it would lead to the separation of church and state.
11. One of my homeschool "lessons" was to write a letter to someone who is in favor of the separation of church and state, and prove them wrong by pointing out that the pledge of allegiance includes "UNDER GOD"
12. So don't be surprised when evangelicals republicans are the loudest voices pushing to undermine all democratic norms. They are anti democracy, always have been, and democrats pretending that the solution is "reaching across the aisle" is wildly naïve.
13. Republicans are acting in bad faith when they fuss about Biden or AOC or whoever not "meeting them in the middle" or "engaging in the discussion". I cannot overstate that.
14. In conclusion, go follow @chick_in_kiev , buy her book, don't waste your time engaging in bad faith arguments with evangelicals.
(all clips are from the "wisdom booklets" published by Bill Gothard's cult, ATI/IBLP)
(all clips are from the "wisdom booklets" published by Bill Gothard's cult, ATI/IBLP)
