Erick Erickson, designated by The Atlantic as the “most powerful conservative in America,” thinks religious conservatives need to respond to the arrest of anti-gay Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis by killing in the name of Jesus.

We’ve reached a point where you can ignore laws if you’re on the left’s team and go to jail on the right. What day does the Civil War start?

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 3, 2015

Oh wait — he was just “joking,” you say? Har har. That’s a real knee-slapper.