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5 Nov

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@TheRaDR Hi :) I was raised Pentecostal, in a tiny cult in Louisiana. My grandfather was a missionary.

(Yes, I've reclaimed the Judaism from the other, Sephardic, not-Pentecostal side of the family.)

Anyway, a multi-part answer because it's too long for one tweet.

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@TheRaDR The White Supremacy Gospel believes that angels are constantly in Africa (and South America, specifically Brazil.)

They are engaged in "spiritual warfare" a la the The Book of Daniel. They can be summoned from this great warfare as needed. 2/

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@TheRaDR The reason they hang out in those two places are because Black people have especially nefarious demons attached to them - ones they brought with them when they "came to America" and that Whiteous people have been in battle with ever since. 3/

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@r_diamond

6 Dec 19

Cab Driver: "Oh, he's letting us go first. Thanks, fella, that's very white of you."
Me: "Play that one back for me again and 'splain how it's not racist."
Him: "Um...um...I didn't expect a white person to let me cross?"
Me: Nope. Nice try though. (a thread)

This particular driver was actually funny. His cab was clean, and he did the 4 hours each way trip over two days without complaint. He was careful about my allergies. Those are all good things.

But when he picked me up this morning, he said "I told Dispatch "You know, I thought that lady was white. She's a Jew! And boy, will she tell you to watch your mouth! I gotta be careful!"

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@r_diamond

26 Aug 19

Question for all the #exvangelical #exfundie #exchristian moms out there, if you nursed your child(ren):
Did you, too, encounter bizarre attitudes about breastfeeding in your time in church? #thread

It started when my son was tiny - he didn't nurse until he was 5 weeks old, so I pumped and syringe fed (with my husband's help) every two hours around the clock for 5 weeks until he could latch.
I was told it was just my pride making me fight to nurse.

When he finally could nurse, where, when, and how often I nursed him became ammunition for them, beginning with my mother.
I was "being seductive" by nursing in public, nevermind that I had him in a sling and was wearing a tank under my shirt.

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@r_diamond

22 Aug 19

So. I was born in 1976. I started school in August 1980, just before I turned 5, at home - my older brother had attended an ACE kindergarten, and it was deemed too liberal by my parents (his teacher wore PANTS when she wasn't teaching!) #thread CW: Abuse

I was literally part of the first wave of Christian Right-wing Homeschoolers; my parents had planned to homeschool us illegally, and it became legal that month in Louisiana because a legislator's relative wanted to homeschool.

I learned to read when I was 4. I also was acutely observant and aware - because by that time I'd already survived broken bones in my arm and neck, at least one rape, and an STD. This made me hypervigilant, and also primed me to be skeptical of everything around me.

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@r_diamond

19 Aug 19

So here's the thing. I've spent since 2015 talking to my MAGA friends and family, trying to initiate dialogue about how 45's whole ethos is the opposite of what they say they stand for as #Christian #evangelicals and #fundamentalists. (A thread.)

What they *say* they believe - love for humankind, protection of the most vulnerable, honouring marriage, intact family units - is so very clearly NOT what this administration stands for.

I've lost touch with many of these people because I won't shut up in the face of what they are endorsing. I've tried appealing to their better natures, discussing spiritual ramifications, trying to build bridges. Trying to understand them.

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29 Jan 19

With #ExposeChristianHomeschooling - yep. I have lots to say. Necessary disclaimer: I am not opposed to home education, when said education is properly done (as I am doing with my child, as many other parents are doing with theirs.) I am doing #SecularHomeschooling. (a thread)

We did "School at Home" - starting with ACE. I was 4 when I started first grade; I turned 5 two weeks later. I finished first grade in under 3 months, so my mother made me repeat it.
Then we switched to aBeka for my second grade year.

Don't get me wrong - I loved aBeka because it didn't take me long at all to realize that all I had to do was skim the text for bolded words, and read the sidebars for "terms and definitions" - that's all they ever tested on.

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