Crash Course: Mike Johnson's Satanic panic: How evangelical delusions trained Republicans to love Trump's lies

If you believe Noah's arks was real and demons come out of the TV, it's just a small jump to embrace the Big Lie. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnI2NBP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd2E4MXNqZWJ1Yy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXB6OHA0YzU4eHlXA3NwY0IKZT1B3kBlZg3xkVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnI2NBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcDhpNjhoczVuZi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXB6OHA0YzU4eHkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZT1B3kBlZg3xkVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Mike Johnson's Satanic panic: How evangelical delusions trained Republicans to love Trump's lies Amanda Marcotte: It's important to understand that most fundamentalists like Johnson "believe" that Noah's ark was real or Satan controls Disney in a very different way than most people understand the word "believe." It's not an assertion about reality. An assertion is valued for how it makes them feel or whether it helps them get power. Evangelical culture is full of these quasi-beliefs, from creationism to urban legends about everyday encounters with angels. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnI2NBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbW9oY2wxM3RmMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXB6OHA0YzU4eHkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZT1B3kBlZg3xkVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Trump’s channeling Hitler for protection Chauncey DeVega: Trump and the other Republican fascists and members of the white right and “conservative” movement are increasingly apocalyptic in their language and imagery, where putting Trump back in the White House by “winning” the 2024 election by means legal and quasilegal – or through violence and the [Red Caesar](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnI2NBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvb2hvZnFzdDZhOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXB6OHA0YzU4eHkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZT1B3kBlZg3xkVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) scenario – is a literal matter of life and death for (White) America. To great effect, the Nazis also deployed similar rhetoric and imagery. 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