Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s recent First Things essay, “Our Christian Nation,” may warm the hearts of Christian nationalists and confound historians and theologians who worry about continuing threats to the separation of church and state.

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    5 months ago

    Like the 9 Oathkeepers that were convicted of seditious conspiracy, which is defined in Title 18 as:

    If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both

    ?

    Yah redundant muffin.

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      5 months ago

      Still not an “insurrection”.

      Democrats love altering definitions to fit their warped reality. It’s propaganda 101.

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        5 months ago

        That is literally the definition of an insurrection, genius. That is what you get charged with when you’re a part of an insurrection. Treason is a completely different thing, if that’s what your brain cell is struggling to get out.

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        5 months ago

        Do you dress up in a uniform mommy gave you when play word police? Or is just like a mental thing?