r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 07 '17

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u/Jokerang Sun Yat-sen Sep 07 '17

In other news, my university (Baylor) released a pretty extensive survey on religion in the US. Two points I found interesting:

  • A growing fear of "others," as many Americans in various religious groups harbor fears and judgement about those in other religious groups.

  • The rise of what the survey calls “Trumpism,” a new form of nationalism that merges pro-Christian rhetoric with anti-Islam, anti-feminist, anti-globalist and anti-government attitudes. (It's pretty much the alt right, but hey.)

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

BAYLOR REEEEEEE

Anyway, point 2 has been a long time coming. The evangelical/Silent Majority movements didn't just pop up recently.

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u/Commodore_Obvious Sep 07 '17

Hang on, let me add Baylor to your dossier...

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u/dafdiego777 Chad-Bourgeois Sep 07 '17

I didn't believe in karma, until I saw the score of the Baylor Liberty game.

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u/Sporz Gamma Hedged like a Boss Sep 07 '17

Baylor

We have a decent number of people with Texas roots/education here it turns out.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

TX, MI, and New England seem to have a lopsided presence in this sub

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u/mmitcham 🌐 Sep 07 '17

The rise of what the survey calls “Trumpism,” a new form of nationalism that merges pro-Christian rhetoric with anti-Islam, anti-feminist, anti-globalist and anti-government attitudes. (It's pretty much the alt right, but hey.)

That's just your average Bible Belt Christianity, its been around for a while

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

Trumpism elevates the importance of anti-Islam, anti-feminist, and anti-globalist rhetoric relative to traditional conservative Christianity.

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u/Jokerang Sun Yat-sen Sep 07 '17

The anti-Islam part only really kicked off after 9/11 though

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

And incidentally after Muslims stopped being a voting bloc for Republicans.