"Since its inception, the Lord’s Resistance Army has kidnapped more than 100,000 children. The objective of the group, as articulated by Kony, is an explicitly Christian nationalist one: for Uganda to be a country governed by the Ten Commandments."
Orbán has made anti-migration rhetoric a key part of his platform since 2015, but his speech on Saturday – in which he spoke out against “race mixing” – was extreme even by his standards.
And this essay doesn't even mention the Doctrine of Discovery...
Oct. 2010:
The idea that the U.S. has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring—and utterly at odds with the historical record - by Kenneth C. Davis, historian and author smithsonianmag.com/history/americ…
Jul '22:
"Their world is theocratic and authoritarian, and they are seeking to use the law and those emboldened by these legal decisions to control and contain movement opposition."
"An emerging Christian movement that seeks to take dominion over politics, business and culture in preparation for the end times and the return of Jesus, is becoming more of a presence in American politics."
"To understand how power is wielded in America by wealthy politicians and their coteries of extremists in 2020, you have to consider the role of religion in our national life."
"After the KKK was resurrected in 1915, the second Klan claimed as many as five million members by the mid-1920s, a degree of proliferation in American society that represented one out of every three or four white Protestant American men"
"The contemporary American fascist movement is led by oligarchical interests for whom the public good is an impediment, such as those in the hydrocarbon business, as well as a social, political, and religious movement with roots in the Confederacy." theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
Propaganda poster from the Portuguese "Estado Novo" soft fascist regime (aka António Salazar dictatorship), which lasted from 1933-1974. It was overthrown by a pro-democracy military coup. ⤵️
↗️: THE LESSON OF SALAZAR
↙️: GOD, HOMELAND, FAMILY:
THE TRILOGY
OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
Poster: Portuguese "Estado Novo" soft fascist regime (aka António Salazar dictatorship), 1933-1974. Overthrown by pro-democracy military coup.
↖️ SALAZAR
Savior
of the
Homeland
🛡️ EVERYTHING FOR THE
NATION
NOTHING AGAINST
THE NATION
⬇️ Blessed Homeland that such children have
Aug 2019:
Christian nationalists support Trump because they see him as a means of overturning the U.S. Constitution and its rules separating church and state.
How Pat Robertson's Christian TV empire created a "shadow government" — and led to Donald Trump salon.com/2019/08/29/how…
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"But at least since January 6th, some MAGA sectors have been dropping much of the pretense of religious freedom, while they appear to openly prepare their audiences for vigilante violence and religious war."
"Nothing in my background could have prepared me for the political atmosphere of extremism, militant Christian fundamentalism, intimidation tactics, and threatening behavior currently being employed in the community.”
"School officials specifically instructed [teachers] to avoid books by authors of color and women...for fear we may violate [HB 1775]...can possibly face formal admonishment or lose their Oklahoma teaching licenses if...found to be in violation" aclu.org/news/free-spee…
Dec 30, 2019:
"Tens of millions of Americans live hermetically sealed inside the vast media and educational edifice controlled by Christian fascists."
"To address the threats to social stability, the U.N. chief recommended a series of measures “to provide universal health coverage, education, housing, decent work and income protection for everyone, everywhere.”
“We find year after year that life satisfaction is reported to be happiest in the social democracies... People feel secure in those countries... gov is seen to be credible and honest and trust in each other is high.” apnews.com/article/2021-w…
Dec 17 2021:
"Societies that are more unequal are more violent. As collective institutions like trade unions are weakened, ordinary people become increasingly atomized. As social cohesiveness is pulled apart by inequality, tensions rise."
-@benphillips76ipsnews.net/2021/12/global…
Because it wasn't really an "attack". It was an *assist* by the right-wing of 1 country to the right-wing of another country — part of a global right-wing alliance that Putin's party and the GOP are just 2 members of.
They've all been helping each other for decades and decades.
The fact that most Americans don't realize this is because U.S. establishment media is controlled by people who benefit from right-wing policies.
So it benefits them to keep us hating other countries without giving us enough info that would make us evaluate our own systems.
The U.S, under Bill Clinton, helped Yeltsin win a second term to prevent the resurgence of Soviet communism. It's what eventually led to Putin being in power.
@duchessofearl1@JYSexton Studies have demonstrated that the ONE characteristic that linked 2016 Trump voters across all *other* characteristics is that THEY ARE AUTHORITARIANS. 😖
The *illegitimate* Trump admin — which exists because an oligarch cheated to get elected — is an *illegitimate* neo-fascist regime building fascism.
Today's GOP is a neo-fascist party.
The USA is an OLIGARCHY.
Oligarchy and fascism are UNACCEPTABLE.
Monday, @NPR *reporters* repeatedly called the fascist, terroristic rally in Virginia, "peaceful", and Wednesday morning, NPR *reporters* called perfectly legal behavior by refugees, "Illegal".