Ohmagosh and then he circled back after I blocked him so he could get the last word! What a sad strange little man!
This is maybe the most encouraging thing I’ve seen in a while. If Conceptual James circled back to a relative nobody like me in the middle of his *abundant* tweets *a whole damn day later*, he’s got more time than work.
Or I’m absolutely right & he’s scared.
Y’all if little ol’ me can get Conceptual James that worked up, if we all lean in together we can smush those little anti-CRT crybabies & their gross little white supremacist model legislation games.
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I have thought about @GovBillLee’s foot-washing event all weekend. It’s important to get the details accurate, because we need to be specific about the toxicity of this stunt. (Of course it’s a 🧵)
1. The obvious place to start is the fact that nobody is masked—not the Gov or 1st Lady, not volunteers or school staff, not the kids.
The calculated defiance of this cannot be overstated, esp w/ a @usedgov investigation, multiple class action lawsuits, & sky-high Covid rates.
2. How did Lee arrive at this caricature of Scripture? Jesus washed the feet of some men...his *disciples*, already in relationship w/ him.
What does this have to do w/ the Governor touching public school kids? What does it imply about consent? biblegateway.com/passage/?searc…
Relieved to get a vaccine booster today at the Williamson Co. Dept of Health, esp since my high-risk 16yo’s school has no virtual option & no mask mandate this year. His school starts tomorrow.🧵
It is nothing short of miraculous that our son is alive. He was born in 2005 w/ what his specialist calls “the most severe birth disorder compatible with life”-a 1 in 400,000 condition. Within that, his variables place him in the 5th percentile. 2/
It is a tragedy of our age my son was displaced from his birth family because they lacked access to adequate health care for his disability. The care facility that received him made his name a prayer, in case he died on the drive to the hospital.
He lived. 3/
In this sliver of air time, Rufo confirms this is a battle of pedagogy. The meaning of CRT is whatever negative responses he can cause it to trigger. The dude railing against German Crit Theory finds language identity not in nations or religions, but in audience response.
Another thing about Reid’s clip here is Ibram’s statement he doesn’t “identify as a critical race theorist”. Last month when Carl Trueman brought his traveling hate-show to our presbytery, a pastor told my husband Kendi would call us racist for adopting internationally. 2/
Kendi may well do just that, but first-why would a pastor ever need to deflect our valid concerns over White nationalism wing amplified in our faith community by shifting our anger to a Black man? It’s not the 1st time I’ve seen this management technique in the PCA. It’s 🐓💩. 3/
@DavidDark@lisasharper@jon_mathieu@timkellernyc I have benefited from Keller’s work, but mercy. If we can’t be honest about this, how many well-meaning white pastors keep piling onto the racist tradition, thinking they’re defending Jesus when they hedge protection around Keller or Saddleback or SBC or whatever other brand? 1/
@DavidDark@lisasharper@jon_mathieu@timkellernyc I know it’s not enough to be well-meaning, but I’m reminded of @greg_thornbury & @DavidDark’s *excellent* kayfabe writing, & all I can think is that my alums leaving capital-m Ministry now are crushed in spirit from sustaining a system they aren’t free enough to be honest about.
Is it really that hard to just let Black people talk about the injustice they face every damn day & hear what change they think needs to happen? (Spoiler: it’s going to be easier for you to focus on my potty mouth word & my being a woman than it is to be honest.) 🧵
1. “Intersectionality teaches rightly that it is possible for people to be discriminated against on the basis of more than one personal characteristic. That is an absolutely true ‘insight’, but I don’t need CRT to arrive at that insight. All I need is a biblical doctrine of sin.”
2. “A biblical doctrine of sin” isn’t a universally agreed upon standard in Christianity-hence denominations. Beyond that, my faith-based doctrine of sin may be enough to point me to an understanding of intersectionality, but it doesn’t give me practical tools to address it.
So @DavidDark examined a public call I posted to @MarshaBlackburn to do better by my kids, 1 of whom attends a school she started. I know she has it in her. She even let me use her office once to host a mtg about the harm sheltered workshops cause disabled ppl.
I owe a lot to the good @MarshaBlackburn has done. The school she helped start was my 1st FT teaching gig. The Angels in Adoption honor inspired me to work supporting adoptee voices/rights. B/c of her 90s support of Kurds, I worked in a co-ed indigenous-led Iraqi school 1 summer.
That’s why I owe it to @MarshaBlackburn as a fellow Image-bearer to speak as directly as I can to the good I know she has done & can do. I owe it to her to expect better, b/c her advocacy during Pres Obama’s audit of adoptive families kept us from losing our home.