Ted Cruz: ‘I’m a Christian First, I’m an American Second’

[theworldismine13]

Ted Cruz: ‘I’m a Christian First, I’m an American Second’
Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Christian First, I'm an American Second' - The Daily Banter

I’m one of those people who has learned to become chill about theocratic tendencies in politicians because I’ve realized that America has always been a limited theocracy. It’s like herpes, the best we can do is manage it and ride out the outbreaks. For those who aren’t so chill, this Ted Cruz clip is sorta like porn and a snuff film in one, but for me, it raises other questions:


“I’m a Christian first, I’m an American second, I’m a conservative third, and I’m a Republican fourth, and that’s part of the problem, is that there are too many people who don’t have that ordering correct.”

I love the fact that he lists four things, probably because “lying douchebag” was fifth, but I have two questions.

First, where is “Canadian” on that list? This is no way to treat your homeland, Ted.

But more importantly, if we are a Christian nation as these guys always say, then why would there ever be a need to order your Christianity ahead of your American-ness? Why does Ted Cruz hate America so much? Jesus is holding George Washington as he weeps in Heaven.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

what makes him different than the people he targets most? he wants to bomb out people because they put religion above national allegiance...and look at this fool. man i dont get it

dude thinks hes Richard I of England

led the christian crusade...and "I am born of a rank which recognizes no superior but God"

 

[hashmander]

he was a canadian before he was an america, so 3rd at best then.

 

[smitty22]

he was a canadian before he was an america, so 3rd at best then.

He was a cuban after being a canadien before being a American so 4th at best

 

[714562]

he was a canadian before he was an america, so 3rd at best then.

He was a cuban after being a canadien before being a American so 4th at best

He's also a penguin. Like, if you look at his face, he looks like The Penguin (comic book villain).

So it goes: (1) Penguin; (2) Christian; (3) Cuban; (4) Canadian; (5) American.

Fifth best.

 

[smitty22]

He's also a penguin. Like, if you look at his face, he looks like The Penguin (comic book villain).

So it goes: (1) Penguin; (2) Christian; (3) Cuban; (4) Canadian; (5) American.

Fifth best.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

He was a cuban after being a canadien before being a American so 4th at best

He was white before he was a cuban so being an American 5th best

 

[714562]

He was white before he was a cuban so being an American 5th best

"Cuban" isn't a race, though.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

"Cuban" isn't a race, though.

this is gonna develop into an investigation between which came first: white skin in humanity or cruz's lineage making it to cuba

 

[smitty22]

"Cuban" isn't a race, though.

For the sake of figuring out which came 1st it is

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

He's also a penguin. Like, if you look at his face, he looks like The Penguin (comic book villain).

So it goes: (1) Penguin; (2) Christian; (3) Cuban; (4) Canadian; (5) American.

Fifth best.

His narcissism must rattle the order:

1) Himself 2) God 3) Penguin 4) Christian 5) White/Cuban(?) 6) White/Cuban(?) 7) Canadian 8) His family 9) American

 

[714562]

He's also a penguin. Like, if you look at his face, he looks like The Penguin (comic book villain).

So it goes: (1) Penguin; (2) Christian; (3) Cuban; (4) Canadian; (5) American.

Fifth best.

His narcissism must rattle the order:

1) Himself 2) God 3) Penguin 4) Christian 5) White/Cuban(?) 6) White/Cuban(?) 7) Canadian 8) His family 9) American

No, that doesn't make sense. We're making a list of which identities of Cruz's take precedent, not who Cruz prioritizes in his life. So "himself" and "God" wouldn't be on the list.

So the order is still: (1) Penguin; (2) Christian; (3) Cuban; (4) Canadian; (5) American.

However, if we're ordered them by magnitude and not chronology, Cuban should be last. He's the most un-Cuban Cuban ever. Doesn't speak Spanish, isn't Catholic, and chooses to go by Ted rather than Rafael (though that may be to avoid confusion with his father, who is also Rafael).

So: (1) Penguin; (2) Christian; (3) Canadian; (4) American; (5) Cuban.

If we wanted to include "family" then the correct categorization would be "father." And it would probably go between American and Cuban.

 

[Starman]

what makes him different than the people he targets most? he wants to bomb out people because they put religion above national allegiance...and look at this fool. man i dont get it

dude thinks hes Richard I of England

led the christian crusade...and "I am born of a rank which recognizes no superior but God"

 

[↓R↑LYB]

He's also a penguin. Like, if you look at his face, he looks like The Penguin (comic book villain).

So it goes: (1) Penguin; (2) Christian; (3) Cuban; (4) Canadian; (5) American.

Fifth best.

You forgot to add suspected white supremacist to the list. It definitely should be first

 

[714562]

You forgot to add suspected white supremacist to the list. It definitely should be first

Okay but again, that doesn't make sense. We're ordering Cruz's personal identities. He does not identify himself as "suspected white supremacist." That would mean he suspects himself of white supremacy.

You might say that he fancies himself an actual white supremacist. But, unlike Penguin, that identity is unproven.