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White Christian Nationalists frequently say “they” are coming after your children. But who are “they,” and how are they doing it? “They” are often liberal teachers and media who supposedly are turning students away from Christianity and toward Marxism, or “they” are gays recruiting children to become gay or trans. “They” also favor illegal immigration, taking away your legal guns, and trying to convince pregnant women to obtain abortions. In addition, “they” are purportedly talking young people into voting for Democrats. Obsessing over such issues suggests that these religious conservatives are unwilling to allow their own children to grow up and think for themselves. Imagined conspiracies about liberals trying to “indoctrinate” kids are usually based on liberals trying to educate kids and offering them support for who they are. Liberals are interested in engaging with students and teaching them critical thinking, not in trying to mold them into unthinking automatons. White Christian Nationalists worry about liberal indoctrination because they, themselves, are guilty of religious indoctrination, often trying to recruit other people’s children and frightening their own children about the dangers of exploring thoughts outside of the ones approved by their inflexible ideologies. Some of these parents and family members refuse to acknowledge that their children are gay and claim that gender dysphoria is a liberal hoax.
White Christian Nationalists frequently say “they” are coming after your children. But who are “they,” and how are they doing it? “They” are often liberal teachers and media who supposedly are turning students away from Christianity and toward Marxism, or “they” are gays recruiting children to become gay or trans. “They” also favor illegal immigration, taking away your legal guns, and trying to convince pregnant women to obtain abortions. In addition, “they” are purportedly talking young people into voting for Democrats. Obsessing over such issues suggests that these religious conservatives are unwilling to allow their own children to grow up and think for themselves. Imagined conspiracies about liberals trying to “indoctrinate” kids are usually based on liberals trying to educate kids and offering them support for who they are. Liberals are interested in engaging with students and teaching them critical thinking, not in trying to mold them into unthinking automatons. White Christian Nationalists worry about liberal indoctrination because they, themselves, are guilty of religious indoctrination, often trying to recruit other people’s children and frightening their own children about the dangers of exploring thoughts outside of the ones approved by their inflexible ideologies. Some of these parents and family members refuse to acknowledge that their children are gay and claim that gender dysphoria is a liberal hoax.