This Year in Extremism: Discussion on Far Right Extremism in 2022 - Join the discussion Friday, December 16th at 12:00pm EST (11:00am CST / 9:00am PST) twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRJZ…
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It’s refreshing to see so many conservatives and self-styled free speech absolutionists exhibiting ideological and intellectual consistency by expressing alarm and not at all gloating about this evening’s Twitter suspensions.
This Week in Extremism: Understanding the Attempted Coup in Germany ― A discussion with @ardenthistorian about the thwarted coup attempted by far right extremists in Germany. Join the discussion today at 12:00pm EST (11:00am CST / 9:00am PST): twitter.com/i/spaces/1DXGy…
This does not include all of the sexual abuse of children that has never been reported, and this does not include all of the sexual abuse of children that has been covered up by pastors, staff, elders, and congregants. This isn't just sexual abuse, this is also spiritual abuse.
Important to note: This is not unique to churches in Texas, this type of abuse happens in every state in America. This is also not unique to a specific denomination or particularly theology ― this type of abuse happens throughout the Christian Church in America.
🧵The far right in Texas is obsessed with “groomers” and "child predators." Are they looking in the right places?
This year in Texas, several pastors or staffers of Christian churches have been arrested, charged, or convicted for various allegations of sexual abuse of children:
In Temple, Texas: "At least six local pastors and teachers were named among the hundreds of Baptist leaders accused or found guilty of sexual abuse of children" kcentv.com/article/news/c…
Jonathan Ryan Ensey "a pastor’s son and Conroe church worship leader was sentenced to prison... convicted of victimizing a congregant by committing indecency with a child and online solicitation of a minor." yourconroenews.com/neighborhood/m…