Wright’s God damn America was conditional, aimed at militarism not the nation itself

Evidence

A 2003 sermon also came to light in which Wright uttered the memorable phrase “God damn America”—a phrase he qualified by adding, “as long as she keeps trying to act like she is God and she is supreme!” That sermon was a tirade against militarization, against those “blinded by a culture of war.” — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 527

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies what the famous phrase actually meant — a conditional rebuke of militarized supremacy, not a blanket curse.