Lefty journo mocked after equating a ‘blessed’ day nod to ‘creeping Christian nationalism’

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A faith-filled sendoff from a flight found Mother Jones Editor-in-Chief Clara Jeffery mocked for a “weirdo” as her extreme reaction raised questions on how she reacts to a sneeze.

From removing prayer in government-run schools to the war on Christmas, the push for a secular society has proven less an absence of religion from the public setting and more the supplanting of God with devotion to the state or the self.

Much like gender ideologues pushing pronouns that demand others accept their view of themselves, Jeffery found fault with a flight attendant’s use of the term “blessed,” going as far as to suggest the Alaska Airlines employee demonstrated “Christian nationalism.”

“Creeping Christian nationalism alert,” wrote the Mother Jones editor on X Friday. “@AlaskaAir flight attendant just wished us a ‘blessed’ night as we landed in [San Francisco International Airport] (!) to groans. Other adjectives that would have sufficed: great, awesome, fabulous, amazing, fantastic…As my rowmate said, ‘this ain’t Montgomery, sweetie.’”

Akin to pushing the oft-misunderstood “separation of church and state” argument, the lack of an officially recognized national religion did not do away with the reality that the United States was founded on Judeo-Christian principles.

Likewise, it did not change the reality that according to an average of Gallup’s polling for 2023, roughly three-quarters of Americans identify with a specific religion and 68% specifically identified as Christian.

While those numbers had declined from 1973 when 87% of American adults considered themselves Christian, it remained that the vast majority were open about their faith just like it was also true that the notion of “blessing” was not exclusive to Bible believers.

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As Christina Pushaw noted in response, “Clara that’s very narrowminded of you, are you aware that there are other religions besides Christianity, and that they have their own versions of ‘blessing’ people?”

Viewed nearly 10 million times in less than two days time, the heavily ratioed post didn’t just attract conservatives who torched Jeffery for being affronted by the flight attendant’s sentiment.

Even Armand Domalewski, a San Francisco-based, self-described practicing Catholic supporter of Vice President Kamala Harris chided the editor for her take as he prompted a response by writing, “Respectfully, I’m a pretty left leaning guy and I wish folks a blessed day fairly often. It’s just a nice thing to say.”

“Eh,” replied Jeffery before she attempted to make the case that in this situation the audience’s views superseded that of the orator. “It’s a matter of respect for the audience before you. Respecting their space and norms and wishes. Dominant cultures always feel they have a right to enforce their norms and intents. And…way off @AlaskaAir’s brand.”

Despite her protestations, an avalanche of comments reacting to the post found her jump to a radical narrative over the use of the word “blessed” extreme, especially given her own past record in the public square.

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