Will the faithful listen to Ben Carson and be willing to die for Jesus?
Carson, a conservative who's considering running for president, made the comments at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting.
"A bunch of rag tag militiamen defeated the most powerful and professional military force on the planet. Why? Because they believed in what they were doing. They were willing to die for what they believed in," Carson told a luncheon audience of national committee members.
"Fast forward to today. What do we have? You've got ISIS. They've got the wrong philosophy, but they're willing to die for it while we are busily giving away every belief and every value for the sake of political correctness. We have to change that." Carson then preemptively criticized the press, whom he said would seize on the comments
I used Democratic Underground's news clip link for this story because I thought it might be of interest to read the comments left there. Well, happy Religious Freedom Day from neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
What Ben Carson is really saying is "Are You Willing to Die For Jesus" because abortion, the gays, unspecifically "every belief and every value" the hard core, so-called Christian Dominionists want to fix. They want to run the country based on Mosaic law. Period.
Let's put this into some context by including Mikey Weinstein's controversial diary from yesterday. U.S. Army Oficially Recruits for "Mission for God" which, for some reason, devolved into a lengthy debate of whether or not the photo was real or not. That debate was clarified with this response diary, clarifying that, in fact, the poster is real, not photoshopped.
I commented "These are terrifying people, and I fear they believe they are waiting for a clarion call to the well-armed believers to wreak havoc within the USA."
Did Ben Carson issue a clarion call?
Of course, those not entrenched in dominionist beliefs, the Right Wing nuttery, and who have meaningful lives independent of a cause they are willing to die for brush all this off as just wing nuttery.
Personally, I find Carson's comment inflammatory because there are so many with empty lives who have been "locked and loaded" ever since President Obama won in 2008 and there is a well-documented, deeply embedded, Dominionist presence in the U. S. Military.
Am I afraid? Hell no. Do I think there are deluded people willing to shoot Americans they believe are a threat to their hopeful version of America? Hell yes.