• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    who are these non-religious republicans? i’m sure they exist, but i’ve never, not once, met them or heard from them

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      They exist in significant numbers. Think incels, weebs, tech-bro wannabes, stoner rednecks, suburbanites with money and kinks… there’s quite a lot of types for whom MAGA is anti-establishment.

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      They are more numerous than you realise. I’d say about half the people that I grew up with when I lived in a red county were non-religious republicans. And you’d think that wouldn’t make any sense until you realise that actual republican voters that care about actual republican values don’t really give two shits about all that religious stuff. It’s just that the extremists are louder and, unsurprisingly, more preachy.

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        The Christpublicans are an essential component of the right wing coalition. They are vital because they are reliable voters who can be bought off with immateal things.

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          Well they don’t believe in God, but their mostly in favor of a few things trump said he was gunna do, like making the govt more efficient and the making of a Bitcoin reserve. They aren’t too happy with all the stuff he’s doing now though, like the tariffs and firings of federal workers