One of the reasons that Donald Trump won the presidency (other than the massive amount of voter suppression and fraud of course), was because he appealed to the hatred and racism that has long plagued the United States. The legacy of Confederacy never really left, and so a significant portion of the population is filled with a burning animosity towards those that are different from them.

Part of Trump’s plan was drawn up by the Heritage Foundation, whose aim is to transform America into a theocracy. The only real obstacle at this point is that the Christianity they espouse has a little bit of a “pussy” problem, as reported by Amanda Marcotte of Salon, who has been following MAGA’s and interviewing their “thought” leaders.

“One of their pastoral leaders is a guy named Lucas Miles. He’s described the social gospel as heretical… He argues that Christianity started to go off the rails in the 17th century. He is elevating pro-slavery theologians like Robert Lewis Dabney and James Henley Thornwell. It was a time when many Christian pastors defended slavery as God’s established order.”

Ah yes, the good old days when all that talk of charity and good will towards men was a distant memory. The 17th century was one of witch burnings, brutal slave masters, and who could forget the Inquisitions? Certainly they haven’t. If anyone has any doubts that the cult of Trump wants to move the country back a few hundred years, here is the proof. The modern world just has too many bleeding hearts for them. It would be better if the days of killing people over stupid and pointless differences in eschatology returned in their eyes. Make America Grotesque Again!