> However large political factions have made church membership out to be undesirable.
This comment appears to be a dog whistle, so please do correct me if I'm totally wrong here. But this reads like "Democrats / the left have demonized belonging to a church / Christianity," which is a common right wing talking point. Is that what you're saying here?
There is no need to violate the principle of charity or HN norms. Whether or not the gp meant Democrats, do you really think that atheists, agnosts, members of all other religions, scientists, artists, spiritualists, conspiracy theorists, and rationalists of all stripes form a monolithic political faction?
I don't mean just the democrats no. It seems to me to be a large faction of people, including certain elements of the 'alt-right'.
But yes, you're right in that I perceive the left as having demonized belonging to a church. This explains the growing disconnect between the democratic party and minorities, and why the GOP has started to make gains with them. The democratic party ignores religion at its own peril.
It's especially weird since the democratic party used to be really into religion.
This is hardly a 'right wing talking point'. My own parents left the democratic party because of this, well before they had ever tuned in to Fox, Limbaugh, or whatever. Labeling something as a 'right wing talking point' is just a democratic dog whistle to ignore real phenomena.
This comment appears to be a dog whistle, so please do correct me if I'm totally wrong here. But this reads like "Democrats / the left have demonized belonging to a church / Christianity," which is a common right wing talking point. Is that what you're saying here?