These Conservative "Crusader Christians" have also simultaneously appealed to White racial resentment, race-based fears, and white-supremacist undercurrents in American culture, both consciously and subconsciously, to rally the troops they need to help impose the above-mentioned plot.
As a result, there is plenty to be concerned about as we approach the 2012 election. Without exaggeration, the right-wing racist religious fundamentalism and extremism that is front and center in America is the same type that the mass-murdering Norway Shooter, Anders Breivik, looked to for his inspiration.
For more on this phenomena and how we can strive to thrive together in the midst of their malice, please see my articles:
"Crusader Christians, Tea Party Cult & the Left"
http://open.salon.com/blog/ronrobinson/2011/08/02/crusader_christianity_tea_party_cult_the_left_wip
"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
About Barack Obama
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