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The Mouth

(3,164 posts)
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 07:28 PM Feb 5

Locals Say Eagle Pass Is Being Invaded by Christian Nationalists -- Not Migrants

Submitted for your consideration. I think this is an excellent read and a useful perspective.



"Eagle Pass, Texas—Residents of the border town at the center of an ongoing feud between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration made it clear over the weekend that the only people they see as “invaders” in their community are the 14 Republican governors and a convoy of Christian nationalists calling themselves “God’s Army.”

“There has been an invasion, but I’m not talking about the immigrants. The invasion is from Governor Abbott and his political rhetoric,” said Juanita Martinez, an Eagle Pass resident and chair of the Maverick County Democratic Party, on Friday outside the Maverick County Courthouse."

https://truthout.org/articles/locals-say-eagle-pass-is-being-invaded-by-christian-nationalists-not-migrants/?fbclid=IwAR1FBv0Qrl645LzYV6H8nxDK3p_SnKPspdzkXY9Z4lxyquD44O9y6QOp0oo

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Locals Say Eagle Pass Is Being Invaded by Christian Nationalists -- Not Migrants (Original Post) The Mouth Feb 5 OP
Yup Jilly_in_VA Feb 5 #1
Christian nationalists? They looked like drunk red neck thugs to me. n/t SheilaAnn Feb 5 #2
A few times there was video of them pushing and shoving one another. magicarpet Feb 5 #4
Such christ-like behavior! Crowman2009 Feb 5 #6
KKKrishton Fascists.... who harbor delusions that they are too patriots. magicarpet Feb 5 #8
Weak Diraven Feb 5 #11
"He gets us!" dchill Feb 5 #18
To-may-to, to-mah-to... Aristus Feb 5 #9
Its like an old fashioned camp meeting for Nazis. jaxexpat Feb 5 #10
why not both? ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 5 #14
truth. AllaN01Bear Feb 5 #3
Wouldn't the idiots involved in this trucker tantrum... canuckledragger Feb 5 #5
Americuh. The world must be incredulous at how far we have fallen. n/t Evolve Dammit Feb 5 #7
I would take Migrants over the Religiously Insane any day of the week. Emile Feb 5 #12
Creepy creepy creepy. byronius Feb 5 #13
Bravo! Duppers Feb 5 #20
I used to hunt dove down there. It's the middle of fucking nowhere. they are gonna get real bored real fast prodigitalson Feb 5 #15
Sure hope none of them has a horrible firearms accident. Crowman2009 Feb 5 #17
It's a rallying point for the GOP to take the focus off Trump and the criminal GOP. hadEnuf Feb 5 #16
And I would say the white supremacist nationalists are more of a threat... CaptainTruth Feb 5 #19
Insane that the holiest among us are choosing to stand by Greg Abbott's tyranny and his horrible death traps. Initech Feb 5 #21

magicarpet

(14,173 posts)
4. A few times there was video of them pushing and shoving one another.
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 08:21 PM
Feb 5

They don't seem to play well in the sandbox.

jaxexpat

(6,849 posts)
10. Its like an old fashioned camp meeting for Nazis.
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 08:43 PM
Feb 5

They'll think they're surrounded by aliens when they realize the overwhelming population of Eagle Pass is Spanish speaking and a tad "Mexican" looking.

canuckledragger

(1,667 posts)
5. Wouldn't the idiots involved in this trucker tantrum...
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 08:35 PM
Feb 5

...be considered the outside agitators that the right wing always whined about?

byronius

(7,401 posts)
13. Creepy creepy creepy.
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 09:06 PM
Feb 5

I’m generally not a fan of superstitious mysticism, but I have studied it in detail in various countries throughout my life.

These people are lost and crazy. Abbot and his murderous minions run a cult based in violent Christianity — the ‘other’ side of the Glory of God crap that has cursed our species since the Old Days. It is neither loving nor kind. Instead, it is primal and insane.

It worships the “Other” — not as a deity, but as a means to power. Hitler was one of many, not unusual in any way except scope. It’s all the same.

These people are not ‘American’ in any way; they clothe themselves in patriotic fervor tinged with ancient brain chemistry, and carry out rituals written into their DNA without thought or reason.

We’ve got a long way to go. I wish some of these ‘Christians’ would wake up and realize how close to the original reptile they are. ‘Fear the Other!’ ‘Cast Out The Unbelieving Of Different Color!’

I’m living in dark scifi. Same old, same old.

My grandmother was a Christian, and a good one — ‘feed the hungry’, and ‘love the children’.

These prehumans in Texas and around the country are all about judging the hungry and making the child fearful.

They don’t fool me. Reptiles.

hadEnuf

(2,212 posts)
16. It's a rallying point for the GOP to take the focus off Trump and the criminal GOP.
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 09:11 PM
Feb 5

The locals are probably standing around scratching their heads saying "what illegals"?

This is totally made up theater.

CaptainTruth

(6,601 posts)
19. And I would say the white supremacist nationalists are more of a threat...
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 10:33 PM
Feb 5

...to America than people who just want a better life.

Initech

(100,103 posts)
21. Insane that the holiest among us are choosing to stand by Greg Abbott's tyranny and his horrible death traps.
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 11:43 PM
Feb 5
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