PEOPLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ASK ME MANY, MANY THINGS. OFTEN, I HAVE NO ANSWERS. TODAY THE NEW YORK TIMES BRINGS QUESTIONS FROM READERS THAT ARE STUNNED BY THE ROLE RELIGION PLAYS IN DENIAL AND INTOLERANCE

Religion has abandoned its roots of martyrdom for Institutional Martyrdom even as its adherents bring death to the community. Religion is culpable. It’s hard for Americans to change even when those changes suggest it will save lives. It’s a brick wall that has become a political act of terrorism. The cops have guns. The army has guns. The National guard has guns. Religion has the guns of sin. The people who advocate change are charged with relativism and revenge. In this very piece in the New York Times, revenge is limited to mainly the Town And Country photography featuring rich Americans who can afford Town And Country and the illusions it creates.

Particularly children. Here they are visual asides that say everything.

Oh, look at the beautiful kids.

I don’t have to go anywhere to look at kids of enormous racial diversity who are on the superhighway to death. Some live in migrant camps. Many more are about to die. Who is buying Town And Country stereotypes that present hope as something one can pay their way out of with coin as they escape and then return to make their Town And Country apartments redesigned and pretty a pumpkin pie.

This piece has more credibility than the people who created it  could ever know. It is a racist piece about accesability.

So is religion. One of the most visceral fears down here in Appalachia is the fear that the Yankees (we live in the past) will impose their take on reality and make us into versions of them. Religion and sheep have bonded.