I would defy any rational, thinking person to watch this Youtube video by Barbera Plett Usher and not be disturbed, or even frightened. I don’t want to say too much about it for fear of winding myself up, but it’s a twenty-five minute exploration of Christian Nationalism in America. Frankly, as someone concerned with religion, power, and religious interference in politics, it is very uncomfortable viewing indeed: so-called pastors are going in front of audiences of hundreds or even thousands, and actively brainwashing people with homophobic, racist, anti-vaccination bullshit, justified through the claim that they are speaking for God. Watching clips of such people speaking just now was truly frightening: under any other circumstances, I honestly think they would be either ignored as the fascist nutters they are, or sectioned as being mentally ill; but, justifying their bile with Christianity, they are allowed to speak, spouting more and more hatred, and claiming that they are being persecuted by those of us who realise what they are trying to do. Most worryingly, this is becoming more and more prevalent in the US, buoyed by the midterm elections and the desire to see Trump return to office. If this film is a realistic indicator of the political state of affairs in America, I think it’s very worrying indeed.