A watch thread for N. American Christian nationalism, Christo-fascists and the evangelical far right

[teqniq]

I just came across this substack earlier. I didn't actually fully realise what an absolutely awful person Mike Flynn is. I like the retired gernara's idea of reinstating his commission so he can then stand trial for pretty much everything he has done:

American Monster — Mike Flynn

Sixth in a series on US criminals accelerating global fascism

www.bettedangerous.com

 

[two sheds]

From there:

Curiously, Charles Flynn has not publicly expressed concern about the optics of his brother taking money from Russia — which he was forced to return — to celebrate the Kremlin’s lie factory RT’s 10th anniversary beside Putin; tweeting Russian propaganda from Prigozhin’s troll factory, the Internet Research Agency, which attacked the 2016 election; posting anti-Semitic tweets and conspiracy theories, including Pizzagate — a lie about Hillary Clinton and high-ranking democrats running a child sex ring, during the Trump campaign; and working on behalf of Turkey leaders to delegitimize and potentially kidnap a US-based Turkish cleric, who was a rival of Tayyip Erdogan.

so I wonder who'll be doing this sort of thing this time, and what they'll be?

“Fascist politics creates a state of unreality, in which conspiracy theories and fake news replace reasoned debate. As the common understanding of reality crumbles, fascist politics makes room for dangerous and false beliefs to take root.”-Jason Stanley, How Fascism Works

really interesting and well written article, ta.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I just came across this substack earlier. I didn't actually fully realise what an absolutely awful person Mike Flynn is. I like the retired gernara's idea of reinstating his commission so he can then stand trial for pretty much everything he has done:

American Monster — Mike Flynn

Sixth in a series on US criminals accelerating global fascism

www.bettedangerous.com

I think I've brought this guy up a couple of times. He was deep into the coup plan on 1/6.

 

[pbsmooth]

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.​

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.​

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.

www.propublica.org

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I find billionaire preacher a very scary expression :/

 

[Nylock]

Straight out of the book of revelation....

 

[Dogsauce]

Tim Dunn should stick to writing about trains.

 

[two sheds]

Christian Republicans not creepy at all:

Bathrooms with a view: Cutting windows into student restrooms is a new level of weird

These adults want to make it easier for other people to watch your children while they’re in the bathroom. It’s absolutely mind-boggling.

eu.yorkdispatch.com

At the risk of stating the obvious, South Western’s elected school board is making some strange decisions.

For the last two years, they’ve fixated on which bathrooms LGBTQ+ kids use. In 2023, officials in this Hanover-area district played musical chairs with school bathrooms in a misguided attempt to appease the loudest bigots among them — ending up with five different types of bathrooms.

After a low-turnout school board election in which several far-right members joined their ranks, they hired a Christian law firm, decided to begin banning books and reopened the bathroom issue. Board President Matthew Gelazela, who was elevated to his post after previously serving as the board’s most vocal bomb-thrower, pointed to Red Lion’s discriminatory policies as something to aspire to.

Now, upon the advice of that law firm — the Harrisburg-based Independence Law Center — the board approved spending $8,700 to cut windows so passersby can look into the so-called “gender-identity” student bathrooms.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.​

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.​

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.

www.propublica.org

One of the benefits of organized religion is that you don't have to form an organization if you want to accomplish something. There's a ready supply of volunteers (aka "fanatics") and church resources that can be steered toward whatever goal you have in mind. Steering it toward a political end is simple. All you have to do is to make the goal sound like it's what god wants. Or, that the people who oppose it are evil. Or both. Add a few billion dollars and it's a combination that's difficult to beat.

Texas isn't the only place that has a religious/political machine that makes the decisions. Nebraska is the same. The Catholic Church runs everything and basically makes the laws. All of our elected politicians are part of the same Catholic group. It was put together by a Catholic billionaire who made his money in the magazine printing industry. He sought out and funded people he thought would push his agenda and it's worked well for him.

 

[frogwoman]

Utah book banners now want to make Little Free Libraries susceptible to criminal charges

 

[mentalchik]

Utah book banners now want to make Little Free Libraries susceptible to criminal charges

As someone that has a huge amount of very well loved books and has been reading since before i started school, i just find it really hard to wrap my head around the mentality driving this...what a scary place it must beinside their heads.

 

[two sheds]

For a party that is so enamoured of free speech, they're clearly aiming to legislate people they don't like (i.e. "liberals" and anyone who's not fundamentalist christian) out of existence.

 

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Greg Locke’s house was shot up with automatic gunfire about a month ago.

A misleading headline here. No one was hurt.

Gunman opens fire on Tennessee pastor's home, nearly missing them

Pastor Greg Locke and his family are shaken up but are thanking God that no one was hurt after a gunman shot up their house.

reachfm.ca

Firing machine guns into someone’s house in the middle of the night looks like stochastic terrorism to me.

Probably no coincidence that Locke has started wearing camo gear at his sermons. He never wore camo before recently.

Why is an evangelical Christo-fascist church leader wearing camo gear while preaching to his flock….?

Might seem like small things (gun crime in an America is not big news. Man wears camo is not big news) but when I step back and look at the pattern and direction of movement, these things look like steps on a particular path.

Oh, and he’s chatting about standing for president in 2032. Seems to be assuming that Harris may be elected and stay in office for two terms.

Greg Locke

Greg Locke (1976–) is an American transphobic, homophobic, climate change-denying[2] Baptist pastor and professional grifter at the Global Vision Bible Church, in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.

rationalwiki.org

 

[nogojones]

Joel Webbon looks like a lovely fella, with absolutely no skeletons in his closet

Joel Webbon Wants To 'Publicly Execute a Few Women Who Have Lied'

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon calls for the public execution of women who falsely claim to have been sexually assaulted.

www.peoplefor.org

 

[HeAthen]

Joel Webbon looks like a lovely fella, with absolutely no skeletons in his closet

Joel Webbon Wants To 'Publicly Execute a Few Women Who Have Lied'

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon calls for the public execution of women who falsely claim to have been sexually assaulted.

www.peoplefor.org

What a charmer!

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Christ.

So if a man is found not guilty of rape, because of lack of evidence, the woman victim should be publicly executed.

Vile shit.

 

[Cloo]

Christ.

So if a man is found not guilty of rape, because of lack of evidence, the woman victim should be publicly executed.

Vile shit.

Very convenient way to stop women from ever reporting SA.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Greg Locke’s house was shot up with automatic gunfire about a month ago.

A misleading headline here. No one was hurt.

Gunman opens fire on Tennessee pastor's home, nearly missing them

Pastor Greg Locke and his family are shaken up but are thanking God that no one was hurt after a gunman shot up their house.

reachfm.ca

Firing machine guns into someone’s house in the middle of the night looks like stochastic terrorism to me.

Probably no coincidence that Locke has started wearing camo gear at his sermons. He never wore camo before recently.

Why is an evangelical Christo-fascist church leader wearing camo gear while preaching to his flock….?

Might seem like small things (gun crime in an America is not big news. Man wears camo is not big news) but when I step back and look at the pattern and direction of movement, these things look like steps on a particular path.

Oh, and he’s chatting about standing for president in 2032. Seems to be assuming that Harris may be elected and stay in office for two terms.

Greg Locke

Greg Locke (1976–) is an American transphobic, homophobic, climate change-denying[2] Baptist pastor and professional grifter at the Global Vision Bible Church, in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.

rationalwiki.org

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I think this was just another in his contrived stories to convince his flock that he's in a death-grip struggle with the forces of evil. Previously, he claimed to be under attack by witches who were putting tarot cards in the woodchips he uses as flooring in his circus tent. I know a few witches and none of them would bother with that. In another incident, a trailer full of bibles was burnt. In this incident, no one was actually home or living in the house at the time. It all screams "false flag" to me.

 

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I definitely got that impression myself Yuwipi Woman but I couldn't be arsed to read more reports than I did.

I had a look at a couple of reports (I think some said one of his sons was at home when it happened but that sounded like window dressing to me) but once I saw that he'd pulled up at his house in a car loaded up with children at 2:00 AM I thought it was fishy.

Plenty of people do end up getting home with sleeping kids at that hour, but I cannot easily think of any reason Locke would be doing so.


The entire witch thing worries me as much as it entertains me. It's obvious that they don't understand anything about witchcraft and those who practice it. I've encountered shocking ignorance and fear about witches when talking with people.

If they (the Right) get more power, that's another group they'll go after. Lots of witches (genuine and self aggrandising) are easy to find on the socials. They'll definitely find themselves on the hit list.

 

[story]

Joel Webbon looks like a lovely fella, with absolutely no skeletons in his closet

Joel Webbon Wants To 'Publicly Execute a Few Women Who Have Lied'

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon calls for the public execution of women who falsely claim to have been sexually assaulted.

www.peoplefor.org

Jesus fucking Christ.

It's like we're over the event horizon and now sliding ever faster into disaster.


I'd like to think the quiet response in the room was lack of support, but I'm not sure it isn't passive acceptance.

His delivery sounds like he's not proposing something for debate, he's setting out the policy.

 

[teqniq]

Unrolled thread from Twitter, scary people and if Trump wins they are likely to have far more influence:

Thread by @TaylorMatthewD on Thread Reader App

@TaylorMatthewD: In case everyone missed this: This photo is Donald Trump being prayed over by faith leaders at a Turning Point Action event in Georgia on 10/23. The two most prominently featured faith leaders (next...…

threadreaderapp.com

I did not realise that the photoshopped image on the Trump ridicule thread was based on a real one:

 

[Sue]

Previously, he claimed to be under attack by witches who were putting tarot cards in the woodchips he uses as flooring in his circus tent.

Where to even start with this..?

 

[two sheds]

... buy some more tarot cards?

 

[Storm Fox]

Ben Shapiro getting owned in debate by a trans-man. The YouTube video is of the whole debate, but I linked to the section I saw as a tiktok. I haven't seen the rest of the video.