Movement participants genuinely believe their stance predates modern political history.

Evidence

I watch Megan watching Trump. It’s as if I can see the lines of power traced in her eyes. But when I ask her what she makes of the fact that Protestants by and large did not oppose abortion rights fifty years ago, and neither did many Republicans, she gives me a blank look. “Christianity is pro-life,” she says with certainty. “Republicans are the party of life.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 231

Categorization

• XREF: Recalls the described participants’ inability to see position as contingent, echoing the historicization that frames the whole chapter.