“…One claimed the country was at a “crossroads,” where one path leads to freedom and the “the other path leads to socialism, globalism, destruction—a dismantling of our great nation as we know it … Now is our moment to save our republic and protect our freedoms from the corrupt and destructive forces at work” (Seidel, 2022, 4). “Revelation,” here too, translates to a familiar “Manichean binary,” that demands action as the sole resolution, yet both sides of the binary are described in largely secular terms (Douglas, 2021, 5). Similarly, another ad features “multiple speakers talking about losing the nation, losing freedom, the last stand, and ‘fighting’ to prevent that” (Seidel, 2022, 2).…”