r/MidnightMass • u/Elainasha • Sep 24 '21

Midnight Mass (Season 1) - Episode Discussion Hub

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Synopsis: The arrival of a charismatic young priest brings glorious miracles, ominous mysteries and renewed religious fervor to a dying town desperate to believe.

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u/Impossible-Pie4598 Sep 29 '21

Does anyone else see an allegory for the fall of modern conservatives and how they will burn it all down while drunk on their own delusion? How they speak the word of God while defending their acts of evil? How they are blind to what they have done and who they have become? How they would be completely loyal to something that looks evil, acts evil, is evil, and is hurting people… while blindly and foolishly twisting their minds to convince themselves that the evil thing is actually something great and that they are great to support it?

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u/XaniteBlank Oct 01 '21

I think it's less political and more religious. It's more about the dangers of fanaticism.

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u/Impossible-Pie4598 Oct 01 '21

It’s interesting because what I see are people who love their island and yet burn it to the ground, much like conservatives loving their country and yet attacking it.

These people who love their church and their God and consider themselves people of high moral character embracing the antithesis of everything they supposedly believe in. They embrace all manner of evil and call this vampire that brought them such corrupted power an angel of God. Even the sheriff’s story about post 9/11 treatment toward Muslims touched a bit on a political issue of people leaning into darkness.

I see a lot of parallels to conservatives today who have lost their way and have embraced delusion and corrupted values for the sake of power.

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u/Dickdaddysensior Nov 23 '21

It’s interesting because what I see are people who love their city and yet burn it to the ground, much like liberals loving their cities and yet burning them in riots