"That concept has since been reconstrued"
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Get the reconstrue mug.One who adheres to the idea that the United States of America should become a theocracy ruled by the rules of the Bible; a Christian Republic.
The President may not be a Christian Reconstructionist, but many of his favorite evangelical preachers are.
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by PsychoNifkin May 17, 2009
Get the Facial Reconstructive Intercourse mug."Counter-Reconstruction" was a white racist political movement that occurred in southern states after the Civil War. Counter-Reconstruction systematically sought denial black voting rights, removal of blacks from political office and curtailment of economic opportunities available to blacks. Southern whites had became terrified by wide-spread black engagement in legitimate political process by the 1870s. Counter-Reconstruction was the initial, reactionary phase of the Jim Crow era. The term plays on "Counter-Reformation". Since the Counter-Reformation was self-serving Catholic reaction to Protestant gains, the term further indicts the largely-Protestant southern white population for its Christian hypocrisy.
Robert Brown Elliot unavoidably fueled Counter-Reconstruction in his brilliant 1874 Congressional debate with the "brain of the confederacy". Southern whites were terrified by an eloquent, erudite black leader who was a living repudiation of plantation racism. They reacted in fear and overwhelming numbers to reimpose slavery in the form of Jim Crow laws. As a result, the aims of Reconstruction would not take hold for another 90 years.
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Get the Reconstribute mug.One of the many lovely Americans (using the term loosely) who mistakingly believes that our established free nation is merely a pot of clay for them to mold into a theocratic, religious fanatic regime where Mosaic Law (basically Sharia law, Old Testament version) is forced upon all and anyone who doesn't adhere to the established religion and beliefs is persecuted and killed. Basically this is the Christian version of the Muslim cleric/fanatic. This term is not to be confused to refer to merely anyone of the Christian religion.
Person 1: "Did you hear Christian Reconstructionist Bradlee Dean talk about how Sharia law is more moral than American values because it brutally slaughters gays and lesbians? Then he accused gays of tearing down our country's fabric to allow Sharia law"
Person 2: "Huh. Maybe he should try getting his facts straight before he opens his mouth. Someone ought to ship him over to Iran if he loves it so much"
Person 1: "He'd sure be much happier preaching the Gospel..."
Person 2: "Huh. Maybe he should try getting his facts straight before he opens his mouth. Someone ought to ship him over to Iran if he loves it so much"
Person 1: "He'd sure be much happier preaching the Gospel..."
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Many people who are praised for their ability to produce unique works are in reality reconstructionists.
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