Our friend Jerry over at Grumpy’s Grumblings has another post out today. Truth and facts continue to evade the GOP and, in turn, the evangelical community. Jerry gives us his unique perspective based on decades of experience with these folks. I’ve included a link at the end to continue reading on his site. Thanks for an excellent piece Jerry!
As I read news stories of Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatening telecommunication companies for complying with legal subpoenas to preserve phone records of principal figures apparently tied to the violent attempt to overthrow a lawfully elected government, my thoughts turn toward the value of truth in a world of lies.
The True Truth
Throughout my many decades deep within the white evangelical Christian movement, I always believed that we who followed the One who proclaimed Himself to be “the Truth” were the upholders of “true truth.” It was the “ungodly” liberals who sought to dilute true truth by making truth subjective and personal. We scoffed at those who referred to “my truth” as opposed to “the truth.”
In the Trump era of “conservatism,” it’s the conservatives who have made truth a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder.
But in the Trump era of “conservatism,” it’s the conservatives who have made truth a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder. Certainly, as many have astutely observed, conservatism and the Republican Party didn’t suddenly crumble into a state of relativistic nihilism on November 9, 2016. Trump’s election was the culmination of decades spent cavorting with conditional morality and situational ethical standards. Iran-Contra and bringing an unnecessary war to Iraq quickly come to mind.
No, Trump only brought to fruition the bad seeds that had been planted over the preceding decades. He merely brought to light the muck that had long been brewing in the GOP’s bawdy basement of deceits. But the difference now is that nearly the entire Republican Party—from Trump to nearly all GOP Congressional members to most Republican voters—have brazenly declared open season on “true truth.” America’s conservatives are now the unapologetic primary peddlers of “my truth.”
So, when I see commentators take solace in the eventually-to-be-revealed facts from the House Select Committee’s investigation into the January 6th insurrection, I fail to share in their consolation. The plain, undeniable, objective truth surely will come out, but if it isn’t the conservative movement’s “truth,” then for them it will quickly be dismissed as “fake news.”
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