# Why political forgiveness and cooperation won't be coming any time soon **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 23, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-political-forgiveness-and-cooperation-wont-be-coming-any-time-soon/931296 "2021-01-23T17:14:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 33
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-political-forgiveness-and-cooperation-wont-be-coming-any-time-soon/931296/33 "2021-02-01T08:23:44Z")
I’m not particularly familiar with dispensionalism, good on you for reminding me of that. I had been writing off the kind of fundamentalism described by _Rolling Stone_ (to be honest it doesn’t make much sense to me, theologically, but I guess that’s another topic). So, wild guess, maybe 10-15% of Americans have a religious obligation to ensure their Trump/GOP-aligned political goals are met. If they don’t do so, they risk not being raptured - seven years of Tribulation (?) under the Antichrist(s). Just what _do_ we do about these religious extremists? They’re asking for political forgiveness and cooperation. This > But they shouldn’t have access to the tools of a technological society because they’ve proved they don’t have the discernment to use them safely. is not an option, IMO. ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-political-forgiveness-and-cooperation-wont-be-coming-any-time-soon/931296)._