He was right. These people were scared. They were scared, in part, because of economic and cultural instability. But mostly they were scared because people like Reed were trying to scare them; people like Reed needed to scare them. Sure, the Bible’s most frequently cited command is “Fear not,” but remember, Reed is no preacher. He’s a political organizer. The job of a political organizer is to win campaigns. To win campaigns, Reed realized long ago, his most valuable tool was fear. And so, in Nashville, Reed unleashed a pack of starved partisan animals to feast on the fright of Christians. For
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