Demonization.

Why do Evangelicals in America call Barack Obama the Anti-Christ?

The answer is simple: political demonization.

Demonizing your political opponent was introduced by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s when he called the Soviet Union "The Evil Empire".

Reagan also demonized the Hippie Generation by calling them "unconscious agents of the devil".

This was because the rock stars of the 1960s and 1970s practised covert black magic and Satanism.

But it was not the Hippies themselves nor was it the left-wing politicians who turned to the devil but their rock stars.

Blaming the Hippies is blaming the victims of Satanism not the perpetrators.

So whenever you hear Evangelical Christians blaming the left for Satanism know that it is false.

And know that it is an example of blatant political demonization.   

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