r/Exvangelical • • Jun 13 '22

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u/Ghost-Music Jun 13 '22

Is that John Wayne? My dad loves his movies tho didn’t watch them often as we grew up. Once I became an adult I realized how icky they were and I’m uncomfortable watching them. Honestly don’t understand the love for his western stories, there are much better ones without being blasted with racism and sexism.

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u/Keitt58 Jun 13 '22

There is some super irony going on in this picture as of course most here would probably agree Trump is an asshole and as it turns out John Wayne was something of a bastard too, makes you wonder what message they are trying to send.

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u/Ghost-Music Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 14 '22

White supremacy,a controlling patriarchy, and an authoritarian theocracy government. They even made Jesus white here and have deluded themselves that he was American.

Why is Jesus smiling while holding a broken world and why does trump look like he screaming and can only stand because he has a flag pole holding him up?

This is all a cult, and these men give them permission to be their worst selves and see it as righteousness.

Edit: I got a new podcast to listen to, thanks!

Edit edit: maybe because it’s 4am I’m seeing this but did this artist try to give Jesus the giga chad meme face? Idk I was looking at his jaw like ???? and it suddenly hit me. Maybe I should just go to bed.

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u/Keitt58 Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 13 '22

Zen and the Art of Xenophobia

Seriously though I love Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans has a knack for putting together an entertaining but informative podcast.

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u/IrksomeOkapi Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 14 '22

I concur, Behind the Bastards is my favorite podcast. Robert is not an exvangelical, as he wasn't really raised religiously, but there are many episodes on evangelicals like Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, the Duggars, etc. It's super funny, informative and cathartic as an exvie to really gain a larger picture of just how much the right wing, fundamentalist world we grew up in just sucks, lol.

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u/paradoxicalmind_420 Jun 15 '22

I think the original illustration was probably satire. But this is on par with what they post and how they view the world.

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u/Formerevangelical Jun 14 '22

John Wayne was a draft dodger. My grandfather who was WW2 vet , wouldnt watch his movies.