STARTING IN 3 MINUTES: Dan Crenshaw’s 2-day Youth Summit in downtown Houston, which will include appearances by Jordan Peterson, Gov. Abbott, Dennis Prager, rich Lowry of the Natl. Review and Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon.
Will be tweeting details below.
Outside the main hall:
Show starting. Crowd has filled in a bit more.
We begin with a film in which Crenshaw and others are ostensibly looking for BBQ. It’s mostly jokes about pronouns, safe spaces and at least one Austin jab.
Ronald Reagan is here.
Crenshaw is talking in front of a slideshow of Reagan while taking about taxes, the welfare state, juvenile delinquency, a society security system “built on a house of cards” (quoting Reagan) and other traditional conservative issues.
There is A LOT of Regan talk so far.
Crenshaw now calling for a "new Reagan revolution." He takes a jab at AOC and what he says is her lack of relevant knowledge/experience. But then says that you don't "fight fire with fire," IE other politicians with a lack of relevant experience/knowledge.
Some of the speech
Jordan B. Peterson is now zooming in from Finland to talk about the war on Western Civilization, Protestantism, the Priesthood of Believers and weaponized "identity."
He says Protestantism + liberalism "has given rise in part to these identity claims."
I'll upload the full clip later on his Priesthood of Believers portion.
Missed this earlier but Crenshaw came in on a Delorean — which is an interesting choice given the heavy focus so far on Reagan + this being a youth summit, and that (by my estimate) 90% of the attendees weren’t alive for Back to the Future.
An audience member just asked Peterson if its better to be a jack of all trades or a master of one.
Peterson: "It's better to be both."
As Jordan B Peterson hits minute 4 in response to this question, let’s take a look inside the literature at every seat:
Peterson now talking about “bloody social media” platforms and “narcissists/psychopaths” (who he says account for 3% of the population) who overrun social media; “and with no regulation whatsoever.”
He then says he has a problem with people who use social media for attention.
Peterson continues by calling for more regulations online, including in comment sections. (Which, unless I’m missing something, is an interesting take given that the Texas GOP is currently fighting precisely the opposite in court)
There is now a session on climate change
Outside, attendees being asked if “God had a voice in your classroom.”
Yays: 20
Nays: 19
Homeschooled: 9
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Last week, AP reported Texas AG Ken Paxton’s office — which oversees voter fraud — screened Dinesh D’Souza’s debunked conspiracy film “2000 Mules.”
Here, I take a look at how the film was mainstreamed by the Texas GOP — and why it concerns voting groups. texastribune.org/2022/10/07/tex…
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and three other Houston-area legislators sponsored a watch party at a local church in June. Another pastor/state rep showed it at his church too.
The Texas GOP screened it 3 times at their convention — whereat leaders called for stronger penalties for fraud + officially adopted election conspiracies in their platform.
#BREAKING The Department of Justice is investigating the Southern Baptist Convention over its handling of sex abuses, months after a third-party report that was prompted by 2019 reporting by the @HoustonChron
@HoustonChron@John_Tedesco The DOJ investigation follows a bombshell report from May, in which a third-party found that top SBC officials had for two decades intimidated abuse survivors and fought reforms that they privately said would help - but could cost $$ in lawsuits #SBCtoo houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
That report was prompted by Abuse of Faith, a 2019 investigation by @HoustonChron & @ExpressNews that detailed hundreds of criminal convictions by Southern Baptist pastors + decades of inaction by top leaders
1/ Got thoughts on pirates? Like petty drama and/or care about abuse in the nation’s 2nd-largest Christian denom?
GOOD NEWS: I have an absurdly long and meticulously sourced #thread for you thats crucial to understanding that historic report on Southern Baptist abuse
On Monday, the Conservative Baptist Network Tweeted this statement about the historic report re: 20 years of SBC leaders’ attempts to silence abuse survivors/dismiss prevention reforms, among a litany of other accusations detailed in a ~400 pg. report.
CBN is a splinter SBC organization that was formed in 2020 re: what they say is a “liberal drift” in the SBC, one of the most theologically conservative denoms w/ members who still largely/staunchly support the GOP/Trump. baptistpress.com/resource-libra…
The historic report details how a small, insular and influential group of leaders “singularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC to the exclusion of other" abuse preventions #SBCtoo#churchtoo
BIG NEWS: A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention is accused of sexually assaulting a woman, weeks after his tenure as the faith group's leader ended. he allegations are included in a historic review of SBC leaders abuse responses #SBCtoo houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
@R_Denhollander 1/ Pressler's accuser Duane Rollins says he used drugs/alcohol to suppress memories. In 2016, a prison psych agreed and said he had PTSD from child trauma. Rollins sued. Three other men filed affidavits alleging similar misconduct. But Rollins' suit was dismissed on SOL grounds.
@R_Denhollander 2/ Rollins sued with a new firm, Houston's powerful Baker Botts. His attys said the psych report + Rollins' "unsound mind" meant it was impossible for Rollins to file his lawsuit inside Texas' window for abuse lawsuits. They said his window shouldve started when he had his outcry
Begins with Ronnie Floyd: I hear you. The Executive Comm respects the messengers. We need this deliberative process. We know that this will make our convention stronger. #SBC21#SBC2021#SBCtoo#SBC
NOW: Troy Bush, whose church we covered this week, is now speaking. Accuses the executive committee of not even doing the bare minimum when "investigating" a church
"We believe that the executive comm does not have the ability to handle this task force." #SBC21#SBC2021 @SBCtoo