Family conversation about authoritarianism

[Funtatlaguy]

Liberal Atheist: “I now get why you Evangelicals still support Trump”.
Conservative Evangelical: “yeah, what is that”
LA: “Because you worship white male authority figures, real or imagined”.

[sharedvalues]

1. Thats exactly George Lakoffs theory

He describes the “strong father” ideology in his early books.

[Basic LA]

2. Exactly!

They crave a strict father figure & the big guy in the clouds is the ultimate. (To paraphrase Prof. Lakoff.)

[sharedvalues]

5. +1

[Freelancer]

3. Drumph is a father figure that lies at every turn...

and whose love-test is belief in those lies -- no matter how outrageous they may be. Nope, I don't see any similarity at all.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. Trump isn't a "strong father figure" His unfaithfulness has destroyed his marriage...

I am relatively sure that his repeated sexual indiscretions are also destroying his support among evangelicals. On edit: most evangelicals realize that Jesus was a Mid-Eastern Jew, who did not have "white" skin. Ancient Jewish families from the Mid-East had relatively dark skin, like Muslims, the other descendants of Abraham.

[lindysalsagal]

6. Eternal childhood and validated irresponsibility.

With a healthy dose of global sibling rivalry: ("I pray more than you, and so daddy likes me more".)

It's called an external locus of control: "I need to be cared for by someone more reliable than myself."

[Funtatlaguy]

7. Pretty deep

And accurate.