Like their pro-slavery/segregation "Christian Conservative" forbears, the modern day version also appeals to White- racial resentment, race-based fears, anti-Black bigotry (which equates Blacks with "socialism") and white-supremacist undercurrents in American culture, both consciously and subconsciously.
They do so to rally the troops they need to help impose their Sharia-esque sovereignty over society while masking their plot to privatize the public sphere (e.g., water, parks, prisons, schools, Social Security, Medicare, etc.) by manipulative appeals to a "higher authority" and religious based "morality" in their sanctimonious attempts to appear "holier than thou" and "sincere."
As a result, there is plenty to be concerned about as we approach the 2012 election. Without exaggeration, the right-wing, religious extremism and racism that is being stoked in America for Conservative political gain is what the mass-murdering Norway Shooter, Anders Breivik, looked to for inspiration (including AYN RAND) to justify his killing spree and targeting of a Liberal Youth Camp (recall that Glen Beck referred to the victims as "Hitler Youth").
For how we can strive to thrive together in the midst of such malice, threats, and distress please see my articles:
"Why Right-Wing Christians Claim Obama As "The Antichrist.""
http://open.salon.com/blog/ronrobinson/2011/02/25/why_right-wing_christians_claim_obama_as_the_antichrist
"Crusader Christians, Tea Party Cult & the Left"
http://open.salon.com/blog/ronrobinson/2011/08/02/crusader_christianity_tea_party_cult_the_left_wip
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