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10 top reasons to pray for the Christian Right in America and their actions toward health reform
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10. The last U.S. presidential election broke their (Christian right) brains.
9. Words like Nazism and modern-day Hitler are inappropriate and irresponsible as metaphors for use by any Republican or right-wing advocate.
8. Mob rule that stifles informed public debate and dissent is unAmerican.
7. Using coded messages to stir race hatred and race mongering is not only anti-American, but extremely reckless.
6. There is a small legion of predominately white, misinformed conservatives who would rather see the United States government fail than succeed under the leadership of a black male president.
5. Spreading lies, misinformation and personal attacks as a political strategy in place of sound, reasoning that encourages objection is in direct contrast to the actions of our founding fathers who put aside their own political disagreements for the sake of setting policy that would unify America.
4. Mean-spirited personal attacks and fallacious statements that incite emotion rather than reason demonstrate a lack of political candor and authentic leadership within the Republican party.
3. The silence of Republican leaders like former Lt. Governor Michael Steele in refuting the far-fetched statements of individuals like Rush Limbaugh who publicly make constant comparisons between President Obama and Hitler is disappointing.
2. Hate speech and race mongering used deliberately as a strategy to characterize/oppose a political component has a very specific residence with people looking to justify violence. When someone is identified as a Nazi or modern-day Hitler, it infers that personal harm - even murder - is justified. This rhetorical strategy sets the stage for political violence.
1. Right-wing media that deliberately and systematically invokes ideas of political violence (i.e. assassination) to the masses is immoral.
"They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves” (Matthew 7:15).
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