{"id":20358,"date":"2023-09-13T14:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=20358"},"modified":"2023-09-13T14:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:55:48","slug":"politics-as-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2023\/09\/13\/politics-as-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics As Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Politics often results in emotions overriding reason. But increasingly politics has become a form of faith, with political saviors and a good <em>vs.<\/em> evil mindset that seeks to purge heathens and heretics aside. Most troubling is a certain <em>gnostic<\/em> view that everyone else is ignorant and that that they have secret <em>revealed<\/em> information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How are you supposed to reason with such people? You can&#39;t, so ignore them and move on. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HrFj2WAlQe\">pic.twitter.com\/HrFj2WAlQe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Unfiltered\u2622Boss (@Unfilteredboss1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Unfilteredboss1\/status\/1696125664771113000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you don\u2019t accept their <em>gnostic <\/em>truth, then you <em>must<\/em> be one of the false liars for <em>them<\/em>. It is no different than twig worshipping climate activists who just<em> know<\/em> the Earth is doomed unless we appease Gaia. This is not healthy for a republic, and portends nothing good.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/faith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/faith.jpg 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/faith-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Politics As Faith\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Politics often results in emotions overriding reason.  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