Daily Report

August 25, 2024

DNC panel: Supreme Court has become weapon for Christian nationalism

Why Troubling News:

The title already gives away the author's heavy bias against the American right. Their article goes on to discuss how there's an apparent rise in Christian nationalism in the United States and that the Republican Party is using the religion for political gain, or as they put it "obtaining authoritarian power." This is problematic for a few reasons. For one, fearmongering is a tactic that has been used by far right public speakers and writers, and this author doesn't exactly prove to be much better themselves when using the same tactic from the other side of the aisle. Second, if Americans are being told that a bunch of Christian nationalists are trying to take over the country and make it more authoritarian, that's going to put the people who believe that on edge. When that happens, they become more prone to demonizing the other side of the aisle and seeing them as an existential threat. That in turn only increases polarization which is something that doesn't need to be added to.

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