Thread by @monaeltahawy

Marjorie Greene is a reminder that while the U.S. has obsessively focused its “War on Terror” on brown Muslim men both outside and inside its borders, this white, blonde, Christian woman inside its Capitol is the face of terror at home. feministgiant.com/p/if-marjorie-…

Fed up as I am with the consistent refusal to take seriously the danger of white women like Marjorie Taylor Greene, I present my If so-and-so was a Muslim Test to cut through the fuckery that white woman are allowed to commit. This was part one feministgiant.com/p/if-amy-coney…

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Greene was dangerous and vile long before she was elected but because much of her vileness was directed at Muslims, Black people, and Jews, Republicans shrugged and carried on being the craven shits they are, happy to throw their weight behind anyone who brings them votes.

The danger, always, is that someone as vile as Greene is normalized by the U.S. media. White, blonde, Christian women--even the dangerous ideologues--are afforded the privilege of default and the audacity of innocence.

In a feature on QAnon in October 2020, Elle magazine described her thus:

Even as calls for her expulsion from Congress grow, Axios sees fit to create a false equivalence. On January 28, the publication included her among “The Mischief Makers”, who Axios says are “troublemakers within their parties and political thorns for their leadership.”

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