Story
These quotes/tweets are listed alphabetically by author and then date published. They are included here because, in my opinion, they can spark important reflection. Click on a quote image for further discussion.
Chris Hedges Barack Obama Mike Pence Marco Rubio Bernie Sanders Rick Scott Donald Trump
CHRIS HEDGES
”Dominionism, born out of a theology known as Christian reconstructionism, seeks to politicize faith. It has, like all fascist movements, a belief in magic along with leadership adoration and a strident call for moral and physical supremacy of a master race, in this case American Christians.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 11.
”The dominionist movement, like all totalitarian movements, seeks to appropriate not only our religious and patriotic language but also our stories, to deny the validity of stories other than their own, to deny that there are other acceptable ways of living and being. There becomes, in their rhetoric, only one way to be a Christian and only one way to be an American.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 11.
”Dominionists and their wealthy, right-wing sponsors speak in terms and phrases that are familiar and comforting to most Americans, but they no longer use words to mean what they meant in the past. They engage in a slow process of "logocide," the killing of words. The old definitions of words are replaced by new ones. Code words of the old belief system are deconstructed and assigned diametrically opposed meanings.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 14.
”This seemingly innocent hijacking of language mollifies opponents, the mainstream and supporters within the movement who fail to grasp the radical agenda. It gives believers a sense of continuity and tradition. Radical logocides paint themselves as the defenders of an idealized and more virtuous past.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. pp. 16-17.
”Justice, under this process of logocide, is perverted to carry out injustice and becomes a mirage of law and order. The moral calculus no longer revolves around the concept of universal human rights; now its center is the well-being, protection and promotion of "Bible-believing Christians.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 17.
”While a majority of Christian Americans embrace a literal interpretation of the Bible, only a tiny minority--among them the Christian dominionists--are comfortable with this darker vision of an intolerant, theocratic America. Unfortunately, it is this minority that is taking over the machinery of U.S. state and religious institutions.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 19.
”Traditional evangelicals, those who come out of Billy Graham's mold, are not necessarily comfortable with the direction taken by the dominionists.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 20.
