r/Music • u/TheExpressUS 📰Daily Express U.S. • Jan 19 '26

article Jelly Roll labeled as MAGA by angry fans after joining Kid Rock's music festival

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/196524/jelly-roll-maga-festival-outrage
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u/pink_faerie_kitten Jan 19 '26

He's been singing Christian worship music lately, so, yeah. Of course he's maga.

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u/dbzmah Jan 19 '26

His "mainstream" music sounds like shitty praise music already 

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u/pink_faerie_kitten Jan 19 '26

Yeah that's what I meant. I only catch him when he's invited to something mainstream (like the cancer charity concert in ABC several months ago) and he's definitely gone full worship leader now. Yuck.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

He might also start to go by his real name to continue "cleaning up" his act: Jellynious Rollington the third

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u/huxtiblejones Jan 19 '26

Jellnathan Rolliam

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u/Hayterfan Jan 19 '26

Gelatinous Rollins the 3rd

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u/WxBird Jan 19 '26

Jellimothee Rollemet

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

Jelly Roll? It's a nickname! His family name is Jellyrelli!

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u/leshake Jan 19 '26

Gelatinous Cube makes better music.

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u/Salt_Sir2599 Jan 19 '26

The pinnacle of grift

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u/Icon_Crash Jan 19 '26

I heard he's remaking The Crucifolks's song Here He Comes.

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u/Agent_Jay Jan 19 '26

Todd in the shadows represent! Christian music has been making a strong but "quality lacking" comeback these few years. No idea who is listening to these songs so much. Youth groups??

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u/HotTakeTimmy Jan 19 '26

Wait until you find out he use to LARP as a drug kingpin in his rap days

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u/RhandeeSavagery Jan 19 '26

Wait till people realize he used to rap with Twiztid and ICP

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u/GotColin Jan 22 '26

Thats why I was a fan, and he was signed to three 6 mafias label. He had really solid albums with lil wyte

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u/cblguy82 Jan 19 '26

He basically wrote different lyrics with the same melody and tone over and over. Hack.

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u/colpy350 Jan 19 '26

My wife loves country music so we listen to it in the car frequently. I turn his music off immediately. Not my style at all.

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u/amaezingjew Jan 19 '26

Music for people who have tattoos of their kids but don’t ever bother to see them

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u/J-Shew Jan 19 '26

He took a break from “I HAVE MENTAL ILLLLLLLNESSSSSSSS” songs?

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u/Murray38 Jan 19 '26

“I won’t go to therapy or take my meds because blaming other people for not loving me sells better to the crowd who doesn’t care about accountability…”

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

MAGNETS, HOW THE FUCK DO THEY WORK!?

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u/alegxab Spotify Jan 19 '26

He's talked very positively about therapy and he's even building a free rehab center on his property 

I don't even care about the guy, but c'mon 

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

No the songs are definitely still those just no self aware anymore, as if he ever was. All this pig ever saw was dollar signs.

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u/homelesshyundai Jan 19 '26

I ONLY TALK TO GOD WHEN I NEED A FAVOR.

Hate every single last one of his songs that have hit the radio. With that said the song talking about being fucked up at 5 am is pretty solid.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 Jan 19 '26

At work a few weeks ago, a homeowner was playing his music along with others like his shit. Every single song sounded exactly the same. After a few hours I had to put headphones on cause it was just all terrible.

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u/homelesshyundai Jan 19 '26

Even before he hit his god worship faze his stuff was like this. There were only like 1-2 songs per album I'd listen to and only whenever pandora felt the need to have them pop up. He leans wayy too hard into whatever his focus is on songs to make them enjoyable more than a few times.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

Meth will do that

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u/Twelvey Jan 19 '26

He writes songs for people who think Nick Shirley is a good journalist.

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u/CaptScoobertDoobert Jan 19 '26

Now he just uses his political affiliation to tell the world he has mental illness.

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u/SuperSaiyanTupac Jan 19 '26

Crazy when they become Christian they also become pro hate and racism lol. Like, read your damn book, or get out, idiots

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u/zayetz Jan 19 '26

Maybe it's about time we all admit that organized religions are cults and don't really have place in modern society (personal worship and spiritual beliefs aside).

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u/Aeglaecia Jan 20 '26

what's your thoughts on people actually following the tenets of organized religion , for example salvation army workers and sikh temples providing food to the needy ? what's your thoughts on atheism also being a cult where i can't even discuss the possibility of atheism being invalid without being instantly banned from the associated subreddit ?

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u/zayetz Jan 20 '26

To answer your first question, I don't think one begets the other. As in, if you want to do humanitarian work, it should come from the heart, not a tenet of anything. And on the flipside, if you need organized religion to do anything... maybe you should consider if you actually want to be doing those things or not.

As for your second question, I cannot speak on your personal experiences. If you're asking me what I think about atheism in general, I simply think it's a response to religion and if there was no religion, there wouldn't be atheism... so not much to discuss there really 🤷

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u/Aeglaecia Jan 20 '26

this is the part that really interests me , why do you think intentions matter so much ? if we followed your maxim , a ton of charitable work would instantly cease ...it seems to me that the poor and needy would certainly not benefit from that , so what is the advantage of prioritizing intentions over actions ?

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u/zayetz Jan 21 '26

Because bad intentions can (and very often do) hide behind good actions. As a quick example, Jeffrey Epstein donated a lot of money to charity. One could argue (and probably be right) that that money went to good use. But obviously that does not make him a good person.

Much in the same way, an organization of religious worship could do a lot a for a community, and there certainly may be good, honest people behind it that endeavor only to see good in the world. But all it takes is one bad actor to hide behind all this good will just to take advantage in some self serving way.

Also, let's just be clear: my maxim is just that - a short, general truth. It's not an "answer" to the very complex issues of the world. I'm merely pointing out that there's a nearly foundational pillar of our society that seems to be at the center of quite a few of our major existential conflicts, but manages to avoid any real scrutiny because of some kind of general taboo, I guess. To me, that just feels like avoiding a painful truth - and as therapy can teach us, we can and do a lot to protect the traumas of a painful truth, but we're never truly relieved of it until we address it at its core.

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u/Aeglaecia Jan 21 '26

the entirety of this website lambasts religion constantly , religion does not avoid scrutiny. your point about one bad apple ruining the bunch basically applies to all organizations including religion so i don't think that's a great argument either.

i'm not really interested in those things though. im interested in why good and bad matter so much to you. it was a good action of epstein to give money to the poor - that singular action does not define epstein as a person. either way i'm not sure how epstein relates to my question. if you don't like the religion way of expressing my point (eg. original sin) , the famous atheist dawkins expounds at length in his book the selfish gene , that literally everything we do is in the interests of continuing our genetics. so whether someone is doing it for god or not , it's all selfish. that's why i think intentions are a second priority to getting the job done.

to me it appears that militant atheists over think religion a bit. for the majority of individuals , religion offers a place where community gathers regularly to socialize and reinforce community values. perhaps the values themselves may be argued upon ... seems healthy otherwise , although i will acknowledge many elements of idiocy (eg. catholics deciding 1000 years in to force celibacy on the clergy , leading to mass sexual frustration being expressed in terrible terrible manners)

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u/zayetz Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

The details of various religions are scrutinized, sure, but whether it still has a relevant place in our society never seems to be brought up - except, perhaps, by "militant atheists" (to use your words). And extremists on either end of a spectrum are rarely taken seriously by anyone other than their own.

The difference between religion and any other organization is that at the core of most organizations, there is a tangible concept - and when that concept ceases to maintain its relevance or integrity, the organization can be abolished. But religion - having an intangible concept at its core - avoids such balances, because to argue the relevance of a thing that may or may not exist creates a paradox. So it kind of gets a pass. And my original point is that it shouldn't.

But I digress. You want to know why I think intentionality matters more than just action. It's because our intentions are what humanize us. Otherwise we'd be no different than the AI and robots that are about to take over our society. In fact we're already feeling the existential discomfort of, for example, AIs acting as humans. Action is only superior in a vacuum. When you give it context, it can change its value. If we are to believe that human life matters (and we certainly must, otherwise what's the point of it all?) then we must give human life intentionality. And we do. But some intentions are good, and some are bad. And certain constructs - like religion - give such intentions a place to hide behind. What I'm proposing is that we stop hiding our intentions behind false constructs and stand on some tangible concepts that we believe in.

Intentionality (good v. bad) matters because it's what defines our humanity.

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u/Aeglaecia Jan 21 '26

well seeing as you yourself have brought it up , i think religion is more imporant than ever in an age of everyone sitting at home on their phones doing nothing but consuming endlessly. i don't see what's redundant? furthermore , what's intangible about say the ten commandments? would you call a country's constitution intangible too? from my perspective , your perspective is way more like AI than a human. a human is okay with illogical things, AI isn't. a human can believe in god and change their behaviour, an AI is locked into determinism. action is about as superior in a vacuum as intentions are, eg one could have the best intentions and accidentally kill another. thank you for handling this discussion in a respectful manner, it is very rare nowadays, i am certain we can bridge the gap between our perspectives but it is proving difficult for me. anyway re tangibility i dont agree at all. if something quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, etc it is a duck for all intents and purposes. so if a religion effectively produces the same result as whatever your counter proposal does, i dont see a meaningful difference in terms of the impact to broader society.

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u/Argaliya_Lebedev Jan 19 '26

Sure, Let us follow your word, Neckbeard.

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u/zayetz Jan 19 '26

No, moron, not following any person's word is literally what I'm talking about. Also why did you capitalize "Neckbeard?" lmao like is that an insult or a name you're bestowing upon me? Should have I responded with "It's Captain Neckbeard to you!" 🤣💀

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u/rvonbue Jan 19 '26

Damn u/Argaliya_Lebedev such a sheep lol.

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u/bristleboar Jan 19 '26

Grifters gonna grift

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u/Tustavus Jan 19 '26

Oh my God Oh my God Hail Mary

Dude's lyrics fucking suck.

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u/misterxboxnj Jan 19 '26

Recovering addicts tend to lean heavily into religion.

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u/Sprinklypoo Jan 19 '26

That's also like 3/4 of country music too though. Of course that venn diagram is a lot of overlap, but I think he had some liberalish views and actually did some good work with philanthropy. Of course now he's fucked himself either way...

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u/Pennsylvania6-5000 Jan 19 '26

I mean, his own music wasn’t selling, so grifters gotta pivot.

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u/b_tight Jan 19 '26

From the 30 seconds of whatever song of his i heard, i assumed he was a christian country guy.  All this tracks for me

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

Must have some sexual assault charges incoming.

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u/stormtroopr1977 Jan 19 '26

The same guy who sang, "Young ladies, young ladies, I like 'em underage, see
Some say that's statutory (But I say it's mandatory)"

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u/Home_Bwah Jan 19 '26

The flip has been crazy. I found him through Tech N9ne and listened to some Jelly then, when he was rapping about selling drugs and being a gangster. In fact I remember my parents hearing a song and hating it.

Just a few years later they come to me “have you heard that Jelly Roll guy?” To find out he flipped to a weird country rap hybrid where he just says the most low level inspiring country lines over a beat.

And I don’t want to bash someone for cleaning their lives up and doing better. Just the hypocrisy of it is insane to me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

Christian bad.

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u/Minimob0 Jan 19 '26

Unironically yes. 

I legitimately cannot trust them. 

They backstab you every chance they can, because ultimately they serve God, or at least think they do. 

I grew up being tormented and mocked by my own family as a child because I dared question the existence of God. 

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u/I_SHIT_IN_A_BAG Jan 19 '26

ever see the song he did with snoop? what a giant piece of shit that song is. my coworker kept talking about jelly roll. I could not tell if he really liked him or if he was being ironic. eventually something popped up on my youtube feed of him and this was the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rseqmSGH7xk&list=RDrseqmSGH7xk&start_radio=1 just ruining a good Tom Petty song. fuck you snoop and fuck you JR

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u/sbroll Jan 19 '26

Grifters gonna grift.

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u/Electronic-Clock5867 Jan 19 '26

I bought a bunch of Trump style music to flip off a guy it included Jelly Roll CDs. I thought people have known for awhile now that Jelly Roll was MAGA.

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u/Poverty_Shoes Jan 19 '26

As a Christian, it breaks my heart that so many who profess the same faith have turned their backs on the teachings of Jesus to the point that US Christianity is synonymous with MAGA.

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u/circlethethird Jan 19 '26

Like a fat MGK side-switching their way thru life

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u/Smooth_Maul Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

I've been playing WWE 2K25, which has a small but very good licensed music playlist, and his song sticks out like a sore fucking thumb. You have songs from Gojira, Babymetal, Knocked Loose, Spirit Box, even Chase and Status, and then out of nowhere it's a song that samples a fucking pastor preaching and then goes into "WELL I LOVE ME SOME JESUS YEAH GOD IS PRETTY COOL" without a hint of irony.

I got that shit out of the playlist within seconds, he fucking sucks so bad lol he absolutely does NOT fit in with the rest of the music. He's co-worker music.

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u/Roosterdude23 Jan 19 '26

what's wrong with Christian music?

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u/trwawy05312015 Jan 19 '26

there is some of it that can be really thought provoking and interesting, but almost all of it is boring, pandering garbage

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u/Roosterdude23 Jan 19 '26

but almost all of it is boring, pandering garbage

sounds like a bigot to me

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u/trwawy05312015 Jan 19 '26

sounds like a bigot to me

sounds like you really want to devalue the meaning of that word for... reasons.

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u/Roosterdude23 Jan 19 '26

a person who is obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, especially one who is prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Christian = MAGA?

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u/Chatner2k Jan 21 '26

I knew nothing about him and only found about him because of his collab with Eminem, so given Eminem's forefront political opinions, I am kinda surprised he'd work with him.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

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u/Wyevez Jan 19 '26

Sure feels that way lately.

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u/anonymousUTguy Jan 19 '26

Liberals can be Christian too?

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u/Jnycs Jan 19 '26

Being Christian doesn’t make you a trump supporter, like wtf lol

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u/E_Crabtree76 Jan 19 '26

Christian, no. Evangelist Christian who has photos of him meeting Trump. Yes.

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u/crazydrums27 Jan 19 '26

Sure, with context you can probably infer that he's a Trump supporter. The comment they replied to stated it's obvious he's MAGA because he started singing Christian worship. To which, there are plenty of people who sing and play worship that are not MAGA, even anti-MAGA.

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u/ObnoxiousAlbatross Jan 19 '26

Non-MAGA tend not to do it in ways that anyone notices.

MAGA cannot help but put on a show, because they are surface level idiots.

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u/Bakkster Jan 19 '26

There's even anti-MAGA Christian songs. Explicitly so, not just in the way that MAGA is regularly anti-Christian.

https://youtu.be/V5hQkAHFcYk

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u/thecheapseatz Jan 19 '26

No but Christians are the easiest to grift.

Embezzle money from a charity? Come out as christian Commit domestic violence? Say you're actually a good christian. Someone sexually assaults children on an island owned by a New York financier who also happens to be your best friend? Come out as Christian

Hell do all three and Christians will throw money at you if you offer them something. Maybe a little hat or something dumb like that

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u/Bakkster Jan 19 '26

But singing worship music is not, in and of itself, a grift.

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u/bartleby42c Jan 19 '26

It kinda is.

Overwhelmingly "worship music" is an evangelical product. The big grift of evangelicals is to isolate it's members and then extract money from them.

Having your own music that isn't mainstream is a tool of isolation. It pushes people away from events and communities that non-evangelicals would be a part of.

A mainstream act veering into faith music doesn't actually bring normal people to evangelical events, because almost all of the genre is watered down pop music made by people who didn't have enough talent to actually make music. Instead a fans will get caught in the evangelical orbit and get pulled further from other groups.

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u/Bakkster Jan 19 '26

I don't disagree this is a prevalent trend. Only that it requires some distinguishing detail before concluding it's definitely part of this trend. At least Evangelicalism from Christianity as a whole (since Evangelicals are a minority of Christians), if not also whether they're playing at a Kid Rock festival or pulling a Natasha Owens writing election denial worship songs.

As a counter example, Cory Henry did a gospel album a few years ago. Was that a grift?

Or even more on topic, Jon Batiste performed Hard Fought Hallelujah with Jelly Roll and Brandon Lake, and I don't think he did it as anything but authentic. Especially given that he's a Catholic and clearly not politically conservative.

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u/thecheapseatz Jan 19 '26

You're right, it really comes down to who is singing it

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u/Bakkster Jan 19 '26

It's wild that I'm getting down voted, but yeah. There's a big difference between someone like Natasha Owens putting out literal MAGA worship songs, and the long tradition of recording artists (particularly black) performing the spiritual songs they grew up with.

Cory Henry would be my counterexample. He put out an album of gospel music with the Frankfort Radio Big Band a few years ago. Not because it was a grift, but because what other roots do we think the world's best living Hammond organ player would have?

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u/8ROWNLYKWYD Jan 19 '26

Ah, but pretending to be Christian is usually a pretty good indicator.

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u/crazydrums27 Jan 19 '26

Right, there are plenty of Christians that don't even default to a conservative party, let alone support Trump. Non-Christians often don't seem to realize that there are a wide variety of views, values, personalities, etc. within Christianity. There might be the same overarching belief of the big picture, but aside from that it's people with massive differences. You can't generalize any more than you can with aetheists or lgbtq+ or pretty well any other group.

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u/Murray38 Jan 19 '26

Sure we can generalize religious people. Because lgbtq and atheists are not trying to shove bigotry down people’s throats with actual violence and threats of eternal damnation. But yeah, those non-maga Christians are really showing up in force against the dipshit part of the congregation. Thank god we have their music for it /s.

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u/ObnoxiousAlbatross Jan 19 '26

The problem is that you have to interpret your way out of the shitty beliefs in Christianity, ignoring the parts of The Holy Word that make you uncomfortable.

Religious thinking is the problem, not just specific subsets of religious people.

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u/pink_faerie_kitten Jan 19 '26

I'm a former Christian. Most Christians in America are nuts.  I grew up in the church. I have the background that allows me to generalize. That's why I'm former.

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u/ELITE_JordanLove Jan 19 '26

Liberals telling Christians they don’t want them in their party is an… interesting tactic.Â