The Trump Rally is the New Klan Rally
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/irreverin/2016/03/the-trump-rally-is-the-new-klan-rally/
I wasn’t going to write about him today. I swear. We need a break from observing the gruesome underbelly of America’s blackened soul (as I have come to think of his whole campaign). I had a post about church growth trends all perking in my head and it was ready to roll.
But damn. Are you watching this? Have you seen what is happening?
The Trump Rally is the new Klan rally. It’s official. America has lost it’s damn mind.
I mean, we knew, right? We knew this is what he was about, in some not-so-subtle ways. But these last few days have just confirmed that Trump’s appeal to an overtly racist voter base is not subtle, nor is it unintentional. The Trump brand (which is not the same thing as the Republican Party brand) has finally married the nightmare vision of burning crosses, white hoods, and public hostility that we thought were locked in the archives. His spokespeople might say that was an unintentional association, and try to distance themselves from it as the election gets closer. But you can’t throw garbage out on the street and NOT EXPECT RATS TO SHOW UP....
Please vote, folks. Please, please vote for another narrative, another version of history. But more than that–stop un-friending all the Trump supporters on social media. Instead, keep posting better stories for them to see; keep showing the higher ground. Stop avoiding neighbors and extended family who are on this train; challenge the ones who say he “tells it like it is,” and will “Make America great again.” And if you are a pastor with a pulpit, then for the love–challenge your people to demand better from their leaders. Engage some difficult conversations about race. This is not a party issue, it is not even a political issue any more. This is a fight for the soul of our country. And it feels, at the moment, like we are losing.