So... according to the Republiscum/Trump/MAGA Cult...
You're not a REAL Roman Catholic if you deliver a prayer at the Democratic National Convention.
You're not a REAL Christian if you're a Democrat.
You're not a REAL Christian if you believe that Christianity focuses on God being love and calling for acceptance of others.
According to Christian tradition, Satan is "the father of lies". The Orange Fuhrer lies about his wealth, on his taxes (for which he is a convicted felon), about the size of any and all crowds to which he speaks, about "winning" the 2020 presidential election, about "winning" his debate with Vice-president Harris, about encouraging organized groups of thugs like the Proud Boys, 3%ers, etc. to mount a coup, knowing that Nick Fuentes is a white supremacist and anti-Semite, his "right" to hoard classified government documents, encouraging the January 6, 2021 insurrection, wanting dictatorial powers, wanting to suspend the U. S. Constitution, his criminal activity, his convictions for his various crimes and, basically everything down to his golf scores and yet he is the anointed of God? Is it not obvious that anyone who claims to be your one and only salvation is out to scam you, especially if he has scammed others in he past?
You're not a REAL American if you're not a Christian.
You're not a REAL American if you believe in the separation of church and state.
You're not a REAL American if you live in a city.
You're not a REAL American if you live in a state that touches the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic north of Cape Hatteras.
You're not a REAL American unless you're white.
You're not a REAL American unless you're as white (supremacist) as Tucker Carlson.
You're not a REAL American if you believe that the U. S. Constitution is the law of the land instead of a talking point.
You're not a REAL American unless you live in "Fly-Over Country" because there are definitely no airports west of Pittsburgh and east of Las Vegas.
You're not a REAL American unless you think that the murderer, Kyle Rittenhouse, is a hero.
You're not a REAL American unless you fetishize our flag, using it for ridiculous, public displays of affection overkill without giving a damn about anything it actually stands for.
You're not a REAL American unless you're willing to use the hallowed ground of a national cemetery for a political photo opportunity.
You're not a REAL American unless you believe any bat shit crazy conspiracy theory that validates your own bat shit craziness.
You're not a REAL American unless you believe that immigrants whose delicious, traditional cuisine centers on goat meat are suddenly inclined to eating household pets.
You're not a REAL American unless you want to "deport" millions of people you deem "illegal" after giving them an identifying number just like those magnificent role models, the Shutzstaffel, gave to their "deportees" at Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau and Treblinka.
I am appalled that my fellow Americans hold "these 'truths' (above) to be self-evident" when they are not self-evident at all.
I am appalled and frightened that a majority of my fellow citizens swallowed the lies above with incomprehensible gusto on November 5, 2024. Henry Louis Mencken observed a century ago that, "No one ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence of the American public." And that's not lie!
