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Aug 11, 2017 13:58
6 yrs ago
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English term

Bible-punching

English Social Sciences History Labour and socialistic parties try to take, beside working-classes, other social strata into the parties
And yet the appeal of such parties sometimes went far beyond the working classes; and even those mass parties most uncompromisingly identifying themselves with one class patently mobilized support from other social strata. There were, for instance, countries in which socialism, in spite of its ideological lack of rapport with the rural world, captured large areas of the countryside - and not only the support of those who might be classified as 'rural proletarians': as in parts of France, of central Italy and of the USA, where the most solid stronghold of the Socialist Party was, suprisingly, to be found among the Bible-punching poor white farmers of Oklahoma - with a vote of more than 25 per cent for its 1912 presidential candidate in the twenty-three most rural counties of that state. Equally remarkable, small artisans and shopkeepers were notably overrepresented in the membership of the Italian Socialist Party, compared to their numbers in the total population.
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4 +10 pushing the Bible in an aggressive way
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Non-PRO (2): Tony M, writeaway

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5 mins
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pushing the Bible in an aggressive way

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Bible-puncher
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bible-t...

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Note added at 6 mins (2017-08-11 14:04:27 GMT)
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bible thumper
One who uses the Bible to attack/defame others' characters instead of as a guide to proper living. These people tend to be depressingly ignorant of anything else except the Bible and behavior as expected by the religious.


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Note added at 8 mins (2017-08-11 14:06:06 GMT)
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these people are often not very tolerant of others' beliefs and customs and probably are red-neck as well

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Note added at 10 mins (2017-08-11 14:08:28 GMT)
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just to be clear, it's the TYPE of people being talked about; it's an adjective here
Peer comment(s):
agree Tony M : I've also often heard 'Bible-thumping'.
19 mins
Thanks! yes, "Bible-thumping' is the standard US English
agree Mark Nathan
26 mins
Thanks:-)
agree Björn Vrooman : Yes, "bible thumper" was the first thing I thought of when reading your concise explanation (and before seeing your added notes or Tony's comment). Never know why this term's mostly used for the States; it's not like there aren't any in Europe.
38 mins
Yes, thanks! I was actually thinking of US English. Not so sure the European variety is quite the same. I certainly associate the term with a particular American type.
agree Robert Forstag : Here (given that the phrase is being applied to "poor white farmers" and not Christian preachers) the phrase seems to simply mean that the latter were devout Christians who vocally espoused a fundamentalist version of Christianity.
59 mins
Thanks. Indeed, except most are very far from being at all Christian...
agree Charles Davis : I've nearly always heard "bible-basher/ing", which is said to be mostly British, with bible thumping more common in US.
1 hr
Yes, I was thinking in US English! Thanks.
agree writeaway : with Charles. bible-bashing, bible-thumping https://books.google.be/books?id=yflt3ZOuvFMC&pg=PT171&lpg=P...
1 hr
Yes, I was thinking in US English! Thanks.
agree Jack Doughty
1 hr
Thanks:-)
agree philgoddard : I always think bible basher would be a more appropriate term for an atheist.
1 hr
LOL. Except atheists wouldn't have Bibles (to bash)?
agree Rachel Fell : bible-thumping or bible-bashing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_slurs
3 hrs
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agree jccantrell : Bible thumping is my choice, but I guess you could make a fist and punch it, too.
3 days 6 hrs
Many thanks:-)
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