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The state of Alabama hypocrisy
The state of Alabama hypocrisy
A twisted version of rogue Christianity governs my deep-red home state in matters of life, death and control
By RANDALL HORTON
PUBLISHED MARCH 10, 2024 8:59AM (EDT)
(Salon) Last year, I wrote an article titled, “Damn right, I come from Alabama” in response to the Montgomery brawl that captured the nation’s attention for weeks.
I made a bold remark that Alabama was finally on the right side of history in terms of how it is viewed by others outside the state, for once: footage of Black folk standing up for themselves in the face of blatant racism went viral. However, I must admit, after the article ran, I privately contemplated how many days, minutes, seconds would it take for Alabama to reassume its stupidity-throne with some backward, ignorant thing that would once again recrown it as the epitome of whistling Dixie.
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To pull the covers off this Christian hypocrisy, follow me back to January 25, 2024, when Alabama made international news in how it killed a man on death row. The execution was a heinous, immoral and outright shocking display of vitriolic violence, incorporating a procedure that had never been used before. Of course, leave it for Alabama to be the worldwide leader in all things ignorant — or as they say down South, ignant. Allow me to give you the visual: a contraption resembling a diver’s helmet was placed on Kenneth Eugene Smith as he awaited death. One could surmise Mr. Smith looked like a deep sea diver or an astronaut, except his only exploration would be via a one-way ticket to the great beyond.
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This is what the new generation would call a WTF moment in history. Right after Alabama suffocates a human being to death, the state then spins its own narrative spin with yet another spin. How can the state kill a human being and yet say it is immoral to kill a human being? I would love to ask the powers that be within the state the following question: Are not all human beings molded in your God’s image? Or is this a selective God that will sanction murder in the same breath as condone it? .............(more)
https://www.salon.com/2024/03/10/the-state-of-alabama-hypocrisy/