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Charles Louis Richter

2 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read

I'm gonna need everyone to quit using #AmericanTaliban and #TexasTaliban--not only are they xenophobic copouts that ignore the role of white American Evangelicalism behind the Texas law, but they also get the timeline mixed up. This form of US Christianity PREDATES the Taliban.

I know you think you're being cute, but trust me, white American Evangelicals have never needed to look abroad to get ideas about how to enact oppression here at home.

The Texas abortion law is rooted in whiteness, Christianity, and Americanism.

When you can only describe a purely American phenomenon in terms of the bad stuff that happens elsewhere, you're saying you think the bad stuff *belongs* in those other countries. You're saying you think it's always been sunshine and roses here, and injustices here are anomalies.

The absolute fucking fragility of a liberal who loves their shitty slogan.

Note to anyone offended by this: rest assured that though I began this thread with the phrase "I'm gonna need," my tweets do not hold the power of law, so you're free to continue using racist terms that mischaracterize your political opponents if that's the way you want to be.

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