A review of a review of a book everyone claims to be reading, plus thoughts about free speech and why so many Christians flocked to follow Charlie Kirk.
Today’s “Christians” need to be reminded that in Third Reich Germany, to be German was to be Christian was to be nazi. Any arrangement if that applied. And “christians” today need to see they are following psychopaths with god complexes. The very basis of cults (in the vein of Jim Jones, Charles Manson, Hitler, and everyone else through history to today assuming dictatorship over the people).
This is a side note to your main point, but I'm glad you post weekly or semi-weekly. I had to unsubscribe from newsletters that post every day because the volume was too much, and they were often reactive posts lacking in substance. They were by people I like, but I don't like that kind of writing. I'd rather read something thoughtful than a quick take. Thoughtful posts require time to think. I understand the feeling of pressure to publish though -- I feel it too. But keep doing what you're doing!
Thank you for this utterly perfect sentence from Jackson: "Since 2016 the Democratic Party has consisted of two things: the Sanders left and efforts to defeat it." Yes indeed. And they succeeded in destroying Sanders. And here we are.
The evangelical embrace of Kirk makes sense when you consider that apocalyptic thinking and authoritarianism often go hand in hand. These movements thrive on a persecution narrative that justifes almost any alliance in the name of defending faith. What's troubling isn't just the political alignment but the willingness to overlook basic moral contradictions when someone speaks the language of cultural war. That same impulse is what makes free speach debates so fraught right now. We're watching people defend positions they'd condemn in diferent packaging.
Today’s “Christians” need to be reminded that in Third Reich Germany, to be German was to be Christian was to be nazi. Any arrangement if that applied. And “christians” today need to see they are following psychopaths with god complexes. The very basis of cults (in the vein of Jim Jones, Charles Manson, Hitler, and everyone else through history to today assuming dictatorship over the people).
This is a side note to your main point, but I'm glad you post weekly or semi-weekly. I had to unsubscribe from newsletters that post every day because the volume was too much, and they were often reactive posts lacking in substance. They were by people I like, but I don't like that kind of writing. I'd rather read something thoughtful than a quick take. Thoughtful posts require time to think. I understand the feeling of pressure to publish though -- I feel it too. But keep doing what you're doing!
Thanks so much that makes me feel a whole lot better!!
Thank you for this utterly perfect sentence from Jackson: "Since 2016 the Democratic Party has consisted of two things: the Sanders left and efforts to defeat it." Yes indeed. And they succeeded in destroying Sanders. And here we are.
The evangelical embrace of Kirk makes sense when you consider that apocalyptic thinking and authoritarianism often go hand in hand. These movements thrive on a persecution narrative that justifes almost any alliance in the name of defending faith. What's troubling isn't just the political alignment but the willingness to overlook basic moral contradictions when someone speaks the language of cultural war. That same impulse is what makes free speach debates so fraught right now. We're watching people defend positions they'd condemn in diferent packaging.