Which reminds me, I think that was the post that I said "a lot of what you said is a crock of bull"... I actually didn't mean that post because I agreed with a lot of it, but some of the other stuff you'd written before it.
It's something I never apologized for, and might not be the best thing to bring up again, but I wanted to say sorry for that now before I forget again.
Thanks for clarifying, because yes, I assumed you were refering to that particular post, but we've moved on sense then, so it's water under the bridge at this point.
I would agree with D'snowth that they now feel emboldened and empowered. Part of that is Trump, part of it is that they've been ruled by President Obama, a black man, who I'm sure it just killed them.
Oh, you know it did! There actually were a number of people out there prior to the 2008 election who were basically chanting, "We don't need a black man as president!" I wouldn't put it passed them if they had their own sense of feeling oppressed because of it. I think now that Obama's gone and Trump is here, they probably feel as though they've finally been liberated (and I use the term lightly) from having to be silent for all these years.
I seem to be rather skeptical about what role, if any, Trump's religious beliefs (?) play in his administration. Even though Trump himself participates in Communion, he feels no need to ask God for forgiveness of his sins, stating: "I think if I do something wrong, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture."
He's partly right: before you can ask for God's forgiveness, you do have to right the wrong yourself first - particularly if you've wronged somebody else, you can't just ask God for forgiveness without asking for forgiveness from the person you wronged first.
Then again, Orson Welles had a similar mentality, in which he once said something to the effect of, "I try to be a good Christian, but I don't pray very often because I don't want to bore God."