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Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

Trump and the Christian Fascists

Author:     Chris Hedges
Source:     truthdig
Publication Date:     Jul 23, 2017
 Link: Trump and the Christian Fascists
Stephan:   The threat of Christofascism that I have been talking about for several years is beginning to draw the attention of others who see it much as I do. Here is one take from Chris Hedges, a journalist who is also a professor at Princeton. I have chosen this piece because he lays out the case quite clearly. Hedges and I agree that the Christofascist movement is one of the greatest threats facing American democracy.

Donald Trump and Pat Robertson, one of the fathers of the Christofascist worldview.

Donald Trump’s ideological vacuum, the more he is isolated and attacked, is being filled by the Christian right. This Christianized fascism, with its network of megachurches, schools, universities and law schools and its vast radio and television empire, is a potent ally for a beleaguered White House. The Christian right has been organizing and preparing to take power for decades. If the nation suffers another economic collapse, which is probably inevitable, another catastrophic domestic terrorist attack or a new war, President Trump’s ability to force the Christian right’s agenda on the public and shut down dissent will be dramatically enhanced. In the presidential election, Trump had 81 percentof white evangelicals behind him.

Trump’s moves to restrict abortion, defund Planned Parenthood, permit discrimination against LGBT people in the name of “religious liberty” and allow churches to become active in politics by gutting the Johnson Amendment, along with his nominations of judges championed by the Federalist Societyand his call for a ban on […]

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1 Comment

  1. Teresa on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 8:17 am

    Hedges says ‘If we do not act, American fascists, clutching Christian crosses,’. How do I fight such god fearing good people without a whole lot of people thinking I am the grinch?
    Now I know how liberal Muslims feel in Saudi Arabia…..
    Can one be against ‘Christians’ and still be a good American? They love to brand everybody as unpatriotic.