We’ve already observed that the “individualism” or “libertarianism” associated with white Christian nationalism inclines Americans to claim “freedom” or “liberty” for themselves. And traditionally this has involved restricting the liberty of gender, sexual, or racial minorities. White Christian nationalism designates who is “worthy” of the freedom it cherishes, namely, “people like us.” But for the “others” outside that group, white Christian nationalism grants whites in authority the “freedom” to control such populations, to maintain a certain kind of social order that privileges “good people
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