White Hate is Idolatry
(And I don't mean just their obsession with honoring statues.) The terror perpetrated by Nazis in Charlottesville is one consequence of divine truthiness. There is a long history of lifting up to the status of God the worst of human vices, like revenge, abuse, and violence. If violent people can say even God engages in detestable vices, then in one move they absolve themselves from the stain of their own abusive actions. It starts with a wholesome intent to express universal