Let's go, who?
They chanted a faux vulgarism in a church
If you’ve seen the meme, “Let’s Go, Brandon,” you know already it’s a stand-in for a vulgarism aimed at Pres. Joe Biden.
(Back when the Other Guy was president, I skipped the near-swears and went straight for the vulgarisms, but that’s just me acting on the strength of my convictions.)
The phrase — code for “Fuck Joe Biden” — is used by conservatives who want to signal to the troops that they’re down with the QAnon crowd, but not so down they’ll actually cuss and stuff.
Wimps.
The phrase was chanted recently in a San Antonio, Texas, church, Cornerstone Church, whose mission and purpose, from their website, is:
To fulfill the commission that Jesus Christ gave to His followers to go into the world and make disciples of all people. Our purpose is to save the lost and to build up and encourage those who are already believers. Discover the difference as we pledge to our congregants to take all the Gospel to all the world and to all generations.
You can contact the flock at connect@SACornerstone.org which I already have, but then, we can finger-wag at a bunch of believers for their tackiness, but I’ll go you one better. Chanting such a phrase in a faith-based gathering whose members enjoy tax exemption surely violates some kind of law somewhere. The crowd took up the chant at a (according to a Houston Chronicle article):
"ReAwaken America" conference that featured several controversial, QAnon-linked speakers including Michael Flynn, former National Security Advisor to Donald Trump.
So it wasn’t a church service, per se, but still. This was the same event where the disgraced Flynn said:
“We have to have one religion, one nation under God and one religion under God, all of us together.”
Let’s test that theory. Share with your government your concerns about Cornerstone’s tax exemption here. Their EIN is 74-2421136. Tell all your friends.
All this stuff is starting to take on a colosseum vibe. I hear Cornerstone is installing a vomitorium for its next potluck.
I think all churches and "churches" should lose tax-exempt status except on properties that are used for charitable purposes and no other purpose. For example, the square footage in the adjacent building that is used as a food pantry or soup kitchen. It's absurd for the government to have to decide what is and what is not a "legitimate" church for tax purposes. Witness all the mail-order "ministers" that get to deduct their home and car(s). And "ministers" with a fleet of planes so they can get from one fund-raising event to another faster. They're fleecing the flock for their own gain. And those who claim to be Christians who preach the "gospel of wealth" should be first in line to pay taxes. What happened in San Antonio is shameful, and if the attendees were also members of that congregation and not just the paying public, they should be ashamed, too.