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Jun 19, 2023, 19 tweets

“A Guardian investigation has revealed that a controversial church whose leader has openly expressed the ambition of creating a ‘theocracy’ in America has accumulated significant influence in the [traditionally “blue”] city of Moscow, Idaho.” 11/2/21
1/ theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…

2/ If you think you are safe from the theocratic assault on America because you live in a “blue” city, you may want to take a look at what Doug Wilson is doing in Moscow, Idaho.

3/ It can happen fast. This is from 11/5/19. religionnews.com/2019/11/05/dou…

4/ Even Doug Wilson characterized Moscow, Idaho as a “blue dot.” That didn’t stop him.

5/ I included a discussion of Doug Wilson in my recent piece on Michael Farris. Wilson’s church church previously ran Canon Press, which is now part-owned by his son & recently published a book promoting Christian Nationalism. #ShinyHappyPeople buckscountybeacon.com/2023/06/christ…

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8/ Wilson has also helped produce a Christian (“Classical”) homeschooling curriculum.

9/ Doug Wilson’s Christian homeschooling curriculum is as offensive as you might expect.

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11/ Doug Wilson’s annual “Repairing the Ruins” conference is coming to Pennsylvania on 6/23/23, less than a week before the Moms for Liberty annual summit, which will also take place in PA. Theocrats have targeted the Keystone state. They want it bad.

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13/ Backup.

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15/ Backup.

16/ More from the Guardian piece in post 1.

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In 2004, the SPLC profiled Doug Wilson “after he co-authored a pamphlet on slavery, characterizing it as a ‘life of plenty’ 4 Black people. (His co-author was Steven Wilkins, the former director of the white nationalist League of the South.)” 8/1/20 18/ hcn.org/issues/52.8/ex…

Wilson “revels in his controversial profile: In one 2018 video, he casually smoked a cigar while sitting on a burning couch. ‘It’s not the job of the preacher to be a firefighter out in the world,’ he said. ‘We’re supposed to be arsonists.’” 9/

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