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It's easy to make fun of this, but the sentiment it's expressing explains so much about how Christians and conservatives in general are motivated.
The first premise is that conservatives in general are fixated on what's "normal". It's very important to them that they're in the mainstream and the majority. But they see faces that aren't like theirs in the media, on the streets, and worst of all in power. Their favorite show expresses values they don't hold. All the institutions celebrate black history and LGBT pride.
This is a problem because if what's normal changes, they'll have to change to be normal. Or even worse, they'll be excluded from the normal. This is a threat to their identities.
This is how I understand irrational Conservative issues like the 'war on woke' or the 'border crisis'. Trump speaks to this fear and anxiety in everything he does. When they say that "he's come to save us" that's what they're talking about.
Based on how much time I spend voluntarily associating with any openly conservative family members or coworkers these days (none), my anecdotal evidence is that this is already happening.
They are bringing it on themselves, but there's really no point trying to tell them that.
Which is ironic because the progressive ideal is to leave the concept of "normal" behind entirely and embrace new different things instead of excluding those who are different.