White Christian nationalism went unnoticed by both its adherents and its critics

Evidence

White Christian nationalism is one of the oldest and most powerful currents in American politics. But until the insurrection, it was invisible to most Americans. It was invisible to most conservative white Christians, because for decades it has been the water they swim in and the air they breathe. It was invisible to most secular progressives, because they live in a bubble of their own in which white Christian nationalism seems “fringe” rather than mainstream. — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 27

Categorization

• XREF: The claim that a dominant ideology is invisible because it is one’s environment echoes Gramsci’s hegemony and Hochschild’s deep story framing, likely developed in later chapters. — connects to: White supremacist signs were often visible but ignored by parents — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 381