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@ccuspis @ECMcLaughlin sigh yes...i've been trying to raise awareness for a while now. The Religious Right has taken over the GOP. If we are honest about our history, Christian Supremacy and White Supremacy are very closely intertwined. When you use religion to justify Supremacy it becomes a habit:
@ccuspis @ECMcLaughlin religion is a powerful political tool, it has been wielded in our politics for a good long time before Trump came along. Trump just brought the Christian R and the Alt/Openly Racist White together openly AGAIN. It's not new:
@ccuspis @ECMcLaughlin digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewconten…
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@ccuspis @ECMcLaughlin Specifically Trump has gone all-in with Evangelicals. For more on the inherently authoritarian culture of Evangelicalism I recommend following and reading @C_Stroop an authority on the subject cstroop.com/2018/05/30/aut…
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@JoyceWhiteVance We need to understand the ideological roots of the science denialism of this administration. Media refuses to cover, but the American people need to understand /1
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Dearest every single person following me,
I know I can sound like a broken record. I just feel the urgency/importance of exposing the threats I see clearly due to my experiences as a WOC raised in a country where racial/religious tensions were fanned to support a kleptocracy:
...oh and one of my parents has narcissistic personality disorder. So I get that too. For all of these reasons I have been clanging alarm bells since the primaries. Initially I'd hoped to alert media to some of these issues. I've come to the sad realization that our media is too:
insular and privileged to grasp these threats. In the long term we need much more diversity in media. In the short-term I will continue to do what I can to raise awareness here and elsewhere. We are fighting tremendous odds. Thank you for helping me to get folks thinking about:
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Maybe women should start taking a look at what religion is... it's a work of fiction meant to keep you in chains. You'll never realize the power they had over you until you try to leave. It takes years.

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