This is perhaps why, whatever Trumps has done (good or bad), his support has remained at roughly 43%* for the last four years. There are people for whom supporting Trump is about money and/or influence, of course, but, for many, it is IMO tribal or freudian.
Michael Gerson, Mark Wingfield, John Fea, Mark Silk, and Bob Smietana.Īuthor Warren Throckmorton Posted on DecemCategories Eric Metaxas Tags Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eric MetaxasĪs I have suggested elsewhere, I think there is also an almost freudian aspect to some people’s ‘Trumplove’. Others who have written regarding Eric Metaxas’ journey into election madness include: What should we expect from a guy who has put his faith and trust in Donald Trump? Anything but set the record straight, I guess. Now instead of to Bonhoeffer, he falsely attributes the quote to himself. He minimized his role in spreading the false attribution after I published a series of posts showing that the quote cannot be sourced to the great German pastor. To my knowledge, he has never fully acknowledged that he attributed the quote falsely to Bonhoeffer in his books on the subject in the first place. What is odd about it that he appears to be taking credit for it. This quote somehow is meant to vindicate his action supporting Trump. Metaxas has bought into the election delusion of Donald Trump and taken a leadership role among those who are promoting it. “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. This post returns to the fake Bonhoeffer quote he made famous. Others have chronicled his journey down the Trump rabbit hole over the past weeks (see links below). Eric Metaxas has become a parody of himself.
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