Author Joyce Carol Oates: ‘Christianity is Now Indistinguishable from White Nationalism’

The “Donald Trump is racist” argument didn’t work during the campaign, but that hasn’t stopped the left from using it. Known-leftist Joyce Carol Oates, however, is taking the argument one step further. She thinks that all Christians are “white nationalists” because the majority of them voted for the president-elect:

Author and prolific Tweeter Joyce Carol Oates openly pondered the state of Christianity in America in a post to her Twitter account Thursday afternoon — and believes Christianity is now indistinguishable from white nationalism in many parts of America.

“Those (of us) who could not believe in Christianity as a religion nonetheless believed that its tenets & ideals were noble, profound. But” — Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 13, 2017

“@JoyceCarolOates what has happened to Christians in recent years! Virtually synonymous w/ white nationalism in many parts of country.” — Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 13, 2017

“Of course, many of the 78-year-old author’s 160,000 social media followers (and presumably some Christians) took umbrage at the suggestion that their faith automatically makes them a white nationalist. — “@JoyceCarolOates so all those Yazidis massacred in Syria. White Nationalists?” — ZendoDeb (@ZendoDeb) January 13, 2017

“.@JoyceCarolOates Country is full of black churches & packed every Sunday, they’re Christians. Or are you not aware Baptists are Christians?” — Michelle (@1MonthLeft) January 13, 2017

Many people have claimed that comments such as these might be why Christians flocked to Trump in the first place. They were tired of being talked down to by the liberal elite. If that’s the case, maybe Oates should keep at it. All she’s doing is hurting her own cause.

@JoyceCarolOates what has happened to Christians in recent years! Virtually synonymous w/ white nationalism in many parts of country.

— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 13, 2017

@JoyceCarolOates so all those Yazidis massacred in Syria. White Nationalists?

— ZendoDeb (@ZendoDeb) January 13, 2017

.@JoyceCarolOates Country is full of black churches & packed every Sunday, they're Christians. Or are you not aware Baptists are Christians?

— Michelle (@LessThan1Week) January 13, 2017

@JoyceCarolOates It's only "virtually synonymous" in your own head.
And that's about YOU, not Christianity.
But don't worry, you're forgiven

— The Department of No (@SantasTavern) January 13, 2017

@JoyceCarolOates I'm not even Christian and still find this a disgusting, bigoted generalization.

— Cate (@ArmyofBlonde) January 13, 2017

Then again, Oates has a long history of issuing questionable tweets; in June of 2015, the National Book Award-winner expressed her outrage that director Steven Spielberg had posed for a photograph with what appeared to be a dead animal.

So barbaric that this should still be allowed… No conservation laws in effect wherever this is? https://t.co/hgavm9IBaM

— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) June 9, 2015

This guy thinks it's cool to kill defenceless animals then take a selfie. Jerk. pic.twitter.com/WbgMklrd9u

— Chris Tilly (@TillyTweets) June 9, 2015

Source: Breitbart