The final act of hijacking history itself...
Not enough to paint the founding fathers as Evangelical Christians (which most weren't, certainly not by the standard of modern Evangelism which only dates back to the 1880s), the right-wing nutcases are now lying by mixing present ideologies with past political parties.
Bryan Fischer has decided that because it was Republicans that ended slavery 150 years ago, it was "Conservatives" that ended slavery and the "Liberals" wanted to keep it going. Similarly, because Southern Democrats of the 1960s (a demographic concept that ceased to exist as Newt implemented the final step in the election of 1994) were the ones that filibustered the Civil Rights acts at the time, Fischer declares the obvious non-conclusion, that "Liberals" were the ones doing that.
The Party now is the Ideology always - history doesn't matter anymore, because nothing has ever changed, ever.
I suppose if you believe the earth to be 6,000 year old, that must make some kind of sick sense...
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update: I'll note it is very unlikely that he'll take the example of Republican President Teddy Roosevelt and decide that
Bryan Fischer has decided that because it was Republicans that ended slavery 150 years ago, it was "Conservatives" that ended slavery and the "Liberals" wanted to keep it going. Similarly, because Southern Democrats of the 1960s (a demographic concept that ceased to exist as Newt implemented the final step in the election of 1994) were the ones that filibustered the Civil Rights acts at the time, Fischer declares the obvious non-conclusion, that "Liberals" were the ones doing that.
The Party now is the Ideology always - history doesn't matter anymore, because nothing has ever changed, ever.
I suppose if you believe the earth to be 6,000 year old, that must make some kind of sick sense...
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update: I'll note it is very unlikely that he'll take the example of Republican President Teddy Roosevelt and decide that
- National Parks are a great way to spend public funds
- Large monopolistic corporations, including banks, need to be split up and regulated
- Unions are the backbone of corporate and economic justice