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I wish I had read, "Unholy" instead. I had many conflicting emotions reading this book. He is an excellent writer, and knows the weaknesses of the Evangelical Trump supporter. I understood a lot about the community from his perspective.
However, he is by far the most conservative author I have ever read (I did this on purpose, to stretch my liberal bubble). This was a book written by a white Christian republican man for other white Christian republican men. The target audience felt like Evangelicals who may have voted for Trump the first time and were on the fence for voting Trump the second time-- important, sure, but missing a lot of key oversights. To name just a few that irritated me enough to put the book down, he blamed the rise of racism in the Republican party to leftists "who cried racist, fair or not" to Republicans that then leaned in and became racist-- not understanding that as the left is more diverse than the right, people of color have a more intimate and nuanced understanding of systemic and personal racism that goes far deeper than blatant Klan meetings. He wrote about a tweet he published during the 2014 Ferguson riots: "If I was Darren Wilson, I would have shot Michael Brown without a doubt." He claims to have done this in response to his frustration that the left would reject any "evidence" that Michael Brown's shooting was not a racist act (no shit, it was). In an entire book about Trump supporting Evangelicals, he discusses whiteness in no greater detail than a single paragraph. It goes on. Faith is also a huge part of this book, and his "reason- based, moral absolutism," implying bigoted views like against same-sex marriage.
He is a very talented and persuasive writer, but the lack of self-reflection on his positionally made me very frustrated. Don't really like that I gave my money to this guy.
However, he is by far the most conservative author I have ever read (I did this on purpose, to stretch my liberal bubble). This was a book written by a white Christian republican man for other white Christian republican men. The target audience felt like Evangelicals who may have voted for Trump the first time and were on the fence for voting Trump the second time-- important, sure, but missing a lot of key oversights. To name just a few that irritated me enough to put the book down, he blamed the rise of racism in the Republican party to leftists "who cried racist, fair or not" to Republicans that then leaned in and became racist-- not understanding that as the left is more diverse than the right, people of color have a more intimate and nuanced understanding of systemic and personal racism that goes far deeper than blatant Klan meetings. He wrote about a tweet he published during the 2014 Ferguson riots: "If I was Darren Wilson, I would have shot Michael Brown without a doubt." He claims to have done this in response to his frustration that the left would reject any "evidence" that Michael Brown's shooting was not a racist act (no shit, it was). In an entire book about Trump supporting Evangelicals, he discusses whiteness in no greater detail than a single paragraph. It goes on. Faith is also a huge part of this book, and his "reason- based, moral absolutism," implying bigoted views like against same-sex marriage.
He is a very talented and persuasive writer, but the lack of self-reflection on his positionally made me very frustrated. Don't really like that I gave my money to this guy.