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Strange example on YMMV.ASoundOfThunder

I'm not sure how to handle this. On one hand, we have obvious natter. On the other hand, the single-bullet part appears to be giving details that weren't established in the novel, which is something the second-level bullet is trying to clarify.

The second-level bullet was added by Tropers.The Book Was Better. The initial entry was added by Tropers.AK 47 Productions. Page history.

• Values Dissonance: It's Keith, the liberal president, who is devoutly Christian, while the conservative Deutscher is specifically called out for being "Anti-Christ". In modern America it's most usually the conservative politicians who use Christian morals to attempt to enforce their conservative views, despite a traditional separation of Church and State. It's worth noting that Bradbury himself was a staunch conservative in his final years, during which time he had some very positive things to say about Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Take that as you will. This is mainly due to the Sound of Thunder being made during the time when Christianity was generally considered as a "neutral" topic until the rise of the Moral Majority movement among American Conservatism in 1980's.
  • The story never actually classifies the candidates as being "Liberal" or "Conservative". It only describes Deutscher as "anti-Christ, anti-human, and anti-intellectual" These terms could describe extremism at either far end of the spectrum, especially depending on the reader's point of view. Then again, political ideologies might be aligned differently in the fictional world of the story than in ours. Hence, YMMV.

Problems not withstanding, what should be done about this? This is rather political and there is the real possibility some of the details are false.