This comic isn’t saying (or even implying) that people are born communist, at all. The comic isn’t even implying that communism is necessarily a good thing. It’s saying that the random person clearly thinks that it should be morally acceptable not to love people who express or possess certain traits, while the messiah gave no such qualification. If your god says “love everybody”, you don’t get to say “but these people worship a different God, so I should get to hate them!”
Love everybody.
The comic makes clear that you can’t just claim to be a Christian, then reject one of the few things about which Christ was unequivocal. The ultimate point here is that most modern Christians do not follow the teachings of Jesus. That communism is mentioned is simply because it is a common scapegoat among american conservatives, who overwhelmingly identify as Christians. There has never been a significant communist presence in the united states, but that didn’t stop McCarthy from turning people against their neighbours in snipe hunts for the “reds”.
To explain what I see:
This comic isn’t saying (or even implying) that people are born communist, at all. The comic isn’t even implying that communism is necessarily a good thing. It’s saying that the random person clearly thinks that it should be morally acceptable not to love people who express or possess certain traits, while the messiah gave no such qualification. If your god says “love everybody”, you don’t get to say “but these people worship a different God, so I should get to hate them!”
Love everybody.
The comic makes clear that you can’t just claim to be a Christian, then reject one of the few things about which Christ was unequivocal. The ultimate point here is that most modern Christians do not follow the teachings of Jesus. That communism is mentioned is simply because it is a common scapegoat among american conservatives, who overwhelmingly identify as Christians. There has never been a significant communist presence in the united states, but that didn’t stop McCarthy from turning people against their neighbours in snipe hunts for the “reds”.