"Instead of DEI, we now have WEI: White, Entitled, and Incompetent. ...

Almost none of the members of Trump’s administration have the needed qualifications or experience for their positions, and it shows. Like Trump, they show almost no understanding of American history or how to implement actual policy besides what Trump wants."

~ Pamela Hilliard Owens

#Trump #DEI #woke #diversity #mediocrity #WhiteSupremacy #MaleEntitlement

wearespeaking.net/p/the-choice…

The Choice: Meritocracy or Mediocracy

The Trump Administration's Mediocracy Equals Incompetence

^{Pamela Hilliard Owens (We Are Speaking)}

"The Christian Taliban isn't hiding its religious fanaticism anymore."

~ Andra Watkins

#WhiteChristianNationalism #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleDomination #MaleEntitlement #war #violence
/10

andrawatkins.substack.com/p/ho…

How Do Christian Nationalists Spell Fatwa?

The Christian Taliban isn't hiding its religious fanaticism anymore (Recording at the end)

^{Andra Watkins (For Such a Time as This)}

"They would limit the ability of believers of other faiths—including non-Protestant Christians—to publicly practice their faith; Wilson recently said on a podcast that the theocratic society he envisions would ban mosques from broadcasting calls to prayer and prohibit Catholic parades honoring the Virgin Mary."

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
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(continued from /4)

"not merely condoning a form of women’s submission in marriage that has been common in evangelicalism, but also severely limiting leadership roles in the church and in government and society to men only. …

Wilson & his followers would deny not only women but also non-Christians the franchise and the right to pursue public office."

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
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"Wilson and other Christian nationalists draw on a framework known as 'sphere sovereignty' to interpret and apply the Bible to every area of modern life. ...

The government would advance a view of the world that is deeply patriarchal—" (continued in /5)

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
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"For them, a Christian nation would be governed directly by biblical law, and in every area of of its common life and culture it would be shaped by a comprehensive 'biblical world and life view.'

A Christian nation, in his account, is a nation in which there is no area of life and culture where the Bible is not the ultimate authority."

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
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"Proponents of America as a Christian nation are often somewhat hazy about what the end state of a 'Christian nation' would look like specifically, but Wilson and his followers have carefully laid out a detailed vision."

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
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Julie Ingersoll provides an instructive rundown of what white Christian nationalism of the ilk of Douglas Wilson, Pete Hegseth's pastor, intends to impose on the US (and the entire world).

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
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thebulwark.com/p/douglas-wilso…

What Pete Hegseth’s Spiritual Mentor Wants for America

Pastor-theologian Douglas Wilson advocates theocracy, the restriction of the franchise from women and nonbelievers, and much else—and he is closer than ever to real power.

^{Julie Ingersoll (The Bulwark)}