Well, they get both the terms "conservative" and "Christian" wrong. They think it is OK to hate people who are not like themselves (when you are actually supposed to love your neighbor). From Mark 12:31--The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” I guess if all your neighbors are rich, elderly, white and cranky, you don't really have a problem, right? Wrong. This doesn't give people license to hate.
So, the Christian part is wrong, but what about conservative? Not really sure, they seem to follow the trends of what is called conservative ideology. But, the problem with today's alleged conservatives is they don't want any change unless it is change moving backwards and not forwards. So, really they are not true conservatives because they don't mind change, they want slow change. They are really reactionaries. These people want to return us to a time that didn't exist (it only exists in the fantasies of their minds which are propagated by the rightwing reactionary media that they watch and listen). So, no they are not conservatives.
A good example of how they are not both is this article from the NY Magazine about the Conservative Caribbean cruise. A cruise of righwing nutcases who believe liberals are fascists. The irony here being that these people truly are on the road to fascism as they meet all 14 defining characteristics of it. Yet, many of them are also mentally ill or disturbed and don't understand that they are projecting their characteristics onto others.
Anyway, read the NY Magazine article and you'll find that these people, many who would claim they are Christian, hate others, won't work to include minorities in their party, believe President Obama was sent to destroy America (yes, the guy who saved it from economic ruin actually was sent to "destroy America") and much more. And these are the nuts who will go crazy if you don't say "Merry Christmas".
Merry Christmas everyone!
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