Is trying to unite the country a naive approach to politics? “We really are at a very troubling time,” says @robertpjones, who points to the white Christians in the Republican base who take ‘we the people’ to mean only them.

Jul 14, 2021 · 12:16 AM UTC

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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow
For a deeper dive on link b/t white supremacy and conservative Christianity @robertpjones discussed with @mehdirhasan, check out #WhiteTooLong, just released in paperback this week. tinyurl.com/WhiteTooLong
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @robertpjones
Your comments that imply that all white people are unable to live with people that look different is a lie.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @robertpjones
Astute perspective.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @robertpjones
Words matter. There is no such thing a “white Christian”. People only use skin color or religion to advance an agenda. These people know it is a fiction. Journalists and academics should not perpetuate this fiction.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @robertpjones
There is historical precedent - after all, the whole “we hold these truths to be self-evident” spiel was written by men who behaved as though only wealthy white men were endowed with those inalienable rights.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @robertpjones
Robert Jones is the BEST. He never ceases to educate me.
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