Compassionate Opposition Is NOT "Trump Derangement Syndrome."

Adam Swenson writes at https://substack.com/@friendlyneighborhoodphilosopher

Pat Kahnke's Substack page: https://culturefaithandpolitics.substack.com/

Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon:

"A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny

"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ

In this episode of Culture, Faith, and Politics, Pat Kahnke and Adam Swenson tackle a loaded label: Trump Derangement Syndrome. Is it a legitimate critique—or a tactic to silence moral and spiritual conviction?

Drawing from real-life stories—Facebook fights, global health missions, and encounters with cruelty—they explore how the Trump era is reshaping Christian identity, numbing compassion, and redefining what it means to love your neighbor. They confront the growing cultural pressure to suppress emotion, detach from injustice, and label empathy as weakness.

Rooted in James 1:27, they ask: What if caring deeply is actually obedience, not derangement?

With political honesty, biblical grounding, and a call to stay tender in a hardening world, this episode challenges listeners to resist authoritarian tactics and reclaim faith as a force for healing—not harm.

📖 Featuring themes of:

• Christian nationalism

• Emotional integrity vs. political gaslighting

• The character cost of supporting cruelty

• Why compassion is not derangement—but discipleship