My family member(s) on the current societal turmoil: “some people think we [whites] paid our debt by blood in the civil war.” Me: “ya, but others kept saying “the South will rise again,” and their descendants & loyalists wormed their way into police forces & elected office.” One of the major ways the “Southern” traitors …
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Lying in the Name of the War Lord: Jane Roe’s Fake ‘Conversion’ is a Feature Not a Bug of the Extreme Christian Right | Religion Dispatches
Lying in the Name of the War Lord: Jane Roe’s Fake ‘Conversion’ is a Feature Not a Bug of the Extreme Christian Right | Religion Dispatches — Read on religiondispatches.org/lying-in-the-name-of-the-war-lord-jane-roes-fake-conversion-is-a-feature-not-a-bug-of-the-extreme-christian-right/
Conspiracy Theories and the Civil War – The Atlantic
The most powerful people and institutions in the South spread paranoia and fear to protect slavery. Their beliefs led the country to war—and continue to haunt our politics to this day. — Read on http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/conspiracy-theories-civil-war/612283/
‘They want their civil war’: Far-right ‘boogaloo’ militants are embedded in the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis | Raw Story
‘They want their civil war’: Far-right ‘boogaloo’ militants are embedded in the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis | Raw Story — Read on http://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/they-want-their-civil-war-far-right-boogaloo-militants-embedded-themselves-in-the-george-floyd-protests-in-minneapolis/amp/ ______________________ OTHER RESOURCES: Bing Search "Proud Boys (News)" Accelerating the boogaloo From Then to Now: How to Make Sense of the Radical Gun-Packing Protestors in VA & MI
Thread by @DavidNeiwert: 1) A thread about Sarah Palin, who in many ways was the key figure in the transformation of the Republican Party into the know-nothing, anti…
Thread by @DavidNeiwert: 1) A thread about Sarah Palin, who in many ways was the key figure in the transformation of the Republican Party intnothing, anti-science, conspiracy-theory-loving, cultishly authoritarian Party of Trump it is today. W/ video. 2)… — Read on threadreaderapp.com/thread/1263271502536822784.html
Jesus was Born in Bethlehem, NOT Rome: Choosing to Lose the “War for Christmas” | Theology Curator
Jesus was Born in Bethlehem, NOT Rome: Choosing to Lose the "War for Christmas" | Theology Curator — Read on theologycurator.com/bethlehem-not-rome/
A Century of Trauma, Part 2: How Each War Affected America’s Trauma – Listen Carefully
A Century of Trauma, Part 2: How Each War Affected America’s Trauma – Listen Carefully — Read on mikeinsac.com/2019/09/21/a-century-of-trauma-part-2-how-each-war-affected-americas-trauma/amp/
Rep. Matt Shea Promotes Group Training Child Soldiers for Holy War – Slog – The Stranger
On Wednesday the Spokesman-Review and the Guardian published an update on Rep. Matt Shea's relationship to right wing extremist groups who are actively preparing for holy war. Shea is a Republican state representative in Spokane Valley who wants to secede from Washington in order to found a new Christian theocracy called Liberty, and who believes …
Princeton professor: ‘We are in a cold civil war’ | TheHill
Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr., responding on Sunday to the shooting deaths of at least 20 people in El Paso, Texas, said the U.S. is in the midst of a “cold civil war.” — Read on thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/456111-princeton-professor-we-are-in-a-cold-civil-war
The Civil War, the South and the church
Abuse had begun to open my eyes to evils in my church culture. Then, God took me on a pilgrimage into the past, to show me what is happening now. — Read on http://www.keytruths.com/the-civil-war-the-south-and-the-church/
