July '22:
"But at least since January 6th, some MAGA sectors have been dropping much of the pretense of religious freedom, while they appear to openly prepare their audiences for vigilante violence and religious war."
#21stCenturyFascism
#AmericanFascism
religiondispatches.org/when-religious…
Aug 2022:
"Nothing in my background could have prepared me for the political atmosphere of extremism, militant Christian fundamentalism, intimidation tactics, and threatening behavior currently being employed in the community.”
-Library director in Idaho
krem.com/article/news/l…
Encyclopedia Britannica: Fascism - Identification w/ Christianity: britannica.com/topic/fascism/…
"Most fascist movements portrayed themselves as defenders of Christianity and the traditional Christian family against atheists and amoral humanists."
March 2, 2022:
How American Evangelicals Helped Make Putin’s Russia and How Russia Became the Darling of the American Right
#ChristianNationalism religiondispatches.org/a-twisted-love…
Aug '22:
“Administrators at a Nebraska [public] school shuttered the school’s award-winning student newspaper just days after its last edition that included articles and editorials on LGBTQ issues"
This is right-wing authoritarianism, not "culture war".
apnews.com/article/gender…
Sept 2022:
“Sheets has... a huge following...
Sheets decreed that “there is coming a great partnership of the church and government,” and asked his followers to “war with me for our great nation.”
#21stCenturyFascism
#AmericanFascism
#ChristianFascism
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
Sept. 2022:
"Sheets counseled followers to “divide and conquer,” calling on God to “raise up kingdom warriors who are willing to do whatever it takes to bring forth Your kingdom rule in the Earth.”
#21stCenturyFascism
#AmericanFascism
#ChristianFascism
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
Sept. 2020:
"Trump-loving right-wing pastor Rick Joyner appeared on “The Jim Bakker Show” Friday, where he once again urged Christians to form militias in preparation for a coming civil war... 'We need to get ready. I’m talking to law enforcement...'"
rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-joyn…
Sept '22:
"Postings offering $5,000 to kill members of group that advocates for freedom from religious coercion in the [US] military... extra $1,000 if victim is Jewish..."
Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Jewish leader face murder-for-hire threats jta.org/2022/09/05/uni…
"As the SoulFest crowd chanted lyrics like “Revolution from within/ Let the kingdom reign begin,’’ “Dominion’’ seemed... like a battle cry for a more militant method of salvation."
At Christian music festival, a message of hope and healing has a flip side
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynam…
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