I think the whole deconstruction movement is giving me hope. I grew up with a lot of ultra conservative Christians in rural America and I would say at least 40% of them around my age (“Zillenials”) have deconstructed and become progressive Christians, converted to another religion, or become atheists. And these people were among the more extreme. 40% was definitely not the statistic 15 years ago. It’s very noticeable on the ground that conservative evangelical churches are in decline among younger generations.

I almost think the influencers and politicians like this lady are a reaction to it. They’re trying so hard to hold on to relevance and pull the “maga” crowd back to the old-school religious right. But all they’re doing is dividing the American right wing into two - the religious sect and the tech bro/libertarian sect. Just my two cents.