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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
”Dominionists wait only for a fiscal, social or political crisis, a moment of upheaval in the form of an economic meltdown or another terrorist strike on American soil, to move to reconfigure the political system.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 21.
”Widespread discontent and fear, stoked and manipulated by dominionists and their sympathizers, could be used by these radicals to sweep aside the objections of beleaguered moderates in Congress and the courts, those clinging to a bankrupt and discredited liberalism, to establish an Amnerican theocracy, a christian fascism.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 21.
”The power brokers in the radical Christian Right have already moved from the fringes of society to the executive branch, the House of Representatives, the Senate and the courts. The movement has seized control of the Republican party.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 22.
”Faith-based organizations are consistently winning a larger portion of federal social-service funding, a trend that has tremendous social and political consequences if it continues.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 24.
”But then the Christian Right and radical Islamists, although locked in a holy war, increasingly mirror each other. They share the same obsessions. They do not tolerate other forms of belief or disbelief. They are at war with artistic and cultural expression. They seek to silence the media. They call for the subjugation of women. They promote severe sexual repression, and they seek to express themselves through violence.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 24.
”Tens of millions of Americans rely exclusively on Christian broadcasters for their news, health, entertainment and devotional programs. These followers have been organized into disicplined and powerful voting blocs. They attend churches that during election time are little more than local headquarters for the Republican Party and during the rest of the year demand nearly all of their social, religious and recreational time. These believers are encased in a hermetic world There is no questioning or dissent.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. p. 26.
”Most of America's fundamentalist and evangelical churches are led by pastors who embrace this non-reality-based belief system, one that embraces magic, the fiction of a "Christian nation" in need of revitalization, and dark, terrifying apocalyptic visions.”
Hedges, Chris (2006) American Fascists. Free Press - Simon & Schuster: New York, New York. pp. 26-27.
