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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 18 Aug 2019

      Tom Nichols Retweeted Daniel W. Drezner

      It's a great paragraph, but in my mind it boiled down to: "Because basically, they're hypocrites." But I defer to @BenHowe on this. I distrust political evangelicals intensely and my bias - and I admit to it - is to give them zero benefit of the doubt about sincerity.https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/1163074280399233024 …

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      Daniel W. DreznerVerified account @dandrezner
      As always, I learned many things reading @ebruenig’s exploration of why most Texas evangelicals back Trump so fiercely. This paragraph stood out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/14/evangelicals-view-trump-their-protector-will-they-stand-by-him/?wpisrc=nl_ideas&wpmm=1 … pic.twitter.com/sUV4WIqx3L
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    2. Ben Howe‏Verified account @BenHowe 18 Aug 2019
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom

      I think hypocrisy is inadequate to describe it (which is why I appreciated how Bruenig dove deep into what is animating people like Jeffress) because hypocrisy (especially among leaders) requires an underlying principle to betray. One I'm no longer convinced existed.

      9 replies 12 retweets 155 likes
    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Aug 2019
      Replying to @BenHowe @RadioFreeTom

      Also there's a difference between leaders and ordinary folks. "Let's support a bad man who holds back the deluge" is a more understandable sentiment from a guy who drives a tow truck in Southeast Texas than it is from a university president or the pastor of a megachurch.

      3 replies 1 retweet 30 likes
    4. Ben Howe‏Verified account @BenHowe 18 Aug 2019
      Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom

      Yes, I carve out leaders often. But that's not to give followers a pass. I personally see a lot of embrace for evangelical leadership that says what people want to hear (what most aligns with their self-interest). Leaders provide the cover, but followers accept it for a reason.

      3 replies 4 retweets 43 likes
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Aug 2019
      Replying to @BenHowe @RadioFreeTom

      People are responsible for their choices. I just think when you're asking the hypocrisy question, you have to account for the fact that ordinary citizens typically don't - and needn't - have thought-through principles to the same extent.

      10:17 AM - 18 Aug 2019
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        2. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 18 Aug 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @BenHowe

          When you're making arguments about the mortal soul, you'd think people would reflect a bit longer.

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        1. Jason Thomas‏ @neithan2000 18 Aug 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @BenHowe @RadioFreeTom

          As usual, C.S. Lewis has examined this point, in his short essay "Screwtape Proposes a Toast".

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        1. Janet‏ @Janet_Wilson 18 Aug 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @BenHowe @RadioFreeTom

          I would posit that when you’re so deep into a cult like evangelical Christianity, which bears no resemblance to Christ, you’ve turned over responsibility for your choices to someone else.

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