I was raised an SDA so now that one of their icons (Ben Carson) has endorsed the dogwhistle fascist that is Trump I am unsurprised. Fundamentalism and authoritarianism go hand-in-hand.
What strikes me as staggeringly ironic is SDAs believe that an authoritarian government will persecute them for not worshiping on Sunday. I suppose voting for Trump might get the ball rolling on that so the apocalypse can get started and trigger Christ’s second coming. Maybe that’s Carson’s endgame.
Also, this sets up Trump nicely because now he has the whole “one black friend” thing to lean back on. Success!
Further reading:
Carson Endorses Trump (NYT)
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