Sarah Jones, raised in a white evangelical household where James Dobson's books on child-rearing were prominently displayed and where her father followed Dobson's advice to beat her, opens her remembrance of Dobson by saying,

"About ten years ago, I created a Google alert so I’d know the moment James Dobson died."

#JamesDobson#Trump#Republicans #evangelicals #authoritarianism #patriarchy #homophobia
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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/james-dobson-was-my-horror-and-yours.html

Finally:

"There is arguably no path to Trump without Dobson, and it begins with the broadcaster’s commitment to violence and ideological rigidity."

#JamesDobson#Trump#Republicans #evangelicals #authoritarianism #patriarchy #homophobia
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"A childhood like mine is a personal tragedy with political dimensions. Dobson served tyranny all his life, and over time, he sought to enshrine it in the highest seats of power. To him and his heirs, the American home is a laboratory; they inflict suffering in private to better reproduce it in public."

#JamesDobson#Trump#Republicans #evangelicals #authoritarianism #patriarchy #homophobia
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Then:

"Dobson did not hit me; my father did. But Dobson told him that he was right to hit me, that God gave him permission. That if he hit me, I would obey my parents and the Lord, and that everything would be all right because to strike a child is to love her."

And:

"Now that Dobson is dead, it is easier to see the scope of his legacy."

#JamesDobson#Trump#Republicans #evangelicals #authoritarianism #patriarchy #homophobia
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Sarah Jones, raised in a white evangelical household where James Dobson's books on child-rearing were prominently displayed and where her father followed Dobson's advice to beat her, opens her remembrance of Dobson by saying,

"About ten years ago, I created a Google alert so I’d know the moment James Dobson died."

#JamesDobson#Trump#Republicans #evangelicals #authoritarianism #patriarchy #homophobia
/1

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/james-dobson-was-my-horror-and-yours.html

"Trump has inserted himself into just about every aspect of American life — beyond politics and governance. He is staging a cultural revolution reminiscent of the one in China in the 1960s and ‘70s that destroyed much of the country’s heritage and suppressed intellectual thought."

~ Dan Rather

#Trump#Republicans #authoritarianism #fascism#WhiteSupremacy #patriarchy#MaleEntitlement
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https://steady.substack.com/p/culture-crash

Trump wants to fundamentally change the culture of our country to reflect not America as it is today, but as it once was, controlled by an old, white, conservative patriarchy. …

He is using the power of the presidency to rewrite American history and destroy our culture as we have known it — and remake the nation in his sordid image."

#Trump#Republicans #authoritarianism #fascism#WhiteSupremacy #patriarchy#MaleEntitlement
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Trump wants to fundamentally change the culture of our country to reflect not America as it is today, but as it once was, controlled by an old, white, conservative patriarchy. …

He is using the power of the presidency to rewrite American history and destroy our culture as we have known it — and remake the nation in his sordid image."

#Trump#Republicans #authoritarianism #fascism#WhiteSupremacy #patriarchy#MaleEntitlement
/7

"Trump has inserted himself into just about every aspect of American life — beyond politics and governance. He is staging a cultural revolution reminiscent of the one in China in the 1960s and ‘70s that destroyed much of the country’s heritage and suppressed intellectual thought."

~ Dan Rather

#Trump#Republicans #authoritarianism #fascism#WhiteSupremacy #patriarchy#MaleEntitlement
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https://steady.substack.com/p/culture-crash

'FEMINICIDE ALERT IN THE NETHERLANDS‼️
❌This is not rare. It’s not an “individual tragedy.” It’s not “intimate terror.”
📣 This is feminicide: the most brutal expression of gender-based violence (GBV) - basically patriarchy at work. And it is reinforced and entrenched by racism, capitalism, colonialism, imperialism, Zionism, cis-heteronormativity, transphobia, ableism, and violent migration and border regimes.
Feminicide exposes patriarchy’s logic: granting men control and power over the lives and bodies of women, trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people.
🚫And the numbers don’t lie: here in the Netherlands almost weekly - every 8 days - a woman is killed. In nearly 60% of cases, by her partner or ex-partner.
🔔 Given recent events, it seems that we need to put this out there: neither patriarchy nor feminicide know borders, and they do not belong to a specific culture. They are endemic everywhere. Yet migrant and racialized communities are constantly scapegoated for violence embedded in all societies.
👉🏽 [...] To end feminicide, we must confront that complicity.' See all slides and caption ► https://www.instagram.com/p/DNtXghaUKyE/?img_index=1 #femicide #feminicide #patriarchy

'FEMINICIDE ALERT IN THE NETHERLANDS‼️
❌This is not rare. It’s not an “individual tragedy.” It’s not “intimate terror.”
📣 This is feminicide: the most brutal expression of gender-based violence (GBV) - basically patriarchy at work. And it is reinforced and entrenched by racism, capitalism, colonialism, imperialism, Zionism, cis-heteronormativity, transphobia, ableism, and violent migration and border regimes.
Feminicide exposes patriarchy’s logic: granting men control and power over the lives and bodies of women, trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people.
🚫And the numbers don’t lie: here in the Netherlands almost weekly - every 8 days - a woman is killed. In nearly 60% of cases, by her partner or ex-partner.
🔔 Given recent events, it seems that we need to put this out there: neither patriarchy nor feminicide know borders, and they do not belong to a specific culture. They are endemic everywhere. Yet migrant and racialized communities are constantly scapegoated for violence embedded in all societies.
👉🏽 [...] To end feminicide, we must confront that complicity.' See all slides and caption ► https://www.instagram.com/p/DNtXghaUKyE/?img_index=1 #femicide #feminicide #patriarchy

"He was a leader of the 'religious right' whose every public action showed that he understood the message of the Gospels as well as I understand quantum mechanics. He was a bigot and a homophobe who encouraged more bigotry and more homophobia and weaponized it for the political advantage of American conservatism and its primary vehicle, the Republican party."

~ Charles Pierce

#JamesDobson#Republicans #evangelicals#LGBQTQ #patriarchy #homophobia #heterosexism
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65862847/james-c-dobson-death-religious-right/

About Dobson's demise, Jemar Tisby writes,

"If we want a good testimony at the end of our lives, then every single day matters as to how we treat people and what we're teaching."

~ Jemar Tisby

#JamesDobson#Republicans #evangelicals#LGBQTQ #patriarchy #homophobia #heterosexism
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https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/why-we-still-need-to-talk-about-slavery

"This is one of those moments when I ask all of our new Never Trump allies: Where were you people when this monster was running things? This guy, who once advised fathers to shower with their sons so they could see dad’s penis and know what it means to be a man. This guy, who wrote that fathers should hit their recalcitrant children …."

#JamesDobson#Republicans #evangelicals#LGBQTQ #patriarchy #homophobia #heterosexism
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"He was a leader of the 'religious right' whose every public action showed that he understood the message of the Gospels as well as I understand quantum mechanics. He was a bigot and a homophobe who encouraged more bigotry and more homophobia and weaponized it for the political advantage of American conservatism and its primary vehicle, the Republican party."

~ Charles Pierce

#JamesDobson#Republicans #evangelicals#LGBQTQ #patriarchy #homophobia #heterosexism
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65862847/james-c-dobson-death-religious-right/

"It’s not surprising, then, that whole podcasts and books exist to talk about the harmful results of Dobson’s teachings. He was a psychologist who didn’t seem to comprehend what it means to be human."

#JamesDobson#Republicans #evangelicals#LGBQTQ #patriarchy #children#MaleEntitlement #homophobia #heterosexism
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"Discipline rooted in fear, not love, was a hallmark of Dobson’s teachings and a hallmark of his writings about children. On top of that, the way he vilified gay people helped lay the foundation for the anachronistic political beliefs of today’s GOP. He leaves an indelible stain on our politics and culture."

~ Anthea Butler, professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania

#JamesDobson#Republicans #evangelicals#LGBQTQ #patriarchy
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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/religious-right-james-dobson-dead-at-89-rcna226322

"They have demonized and brutalized immigrants from certain countries. Now they are attempting to take over cities with large Black populations in the name of law and order.

This will result in a very small group of wealthy people—mostly white, mostly male, mostly Christian nationalist—imposing minority rule on the majority who disagree with their leadership and policies."

#DouglasWilson#Hegseth #churches #patriarchy #misogyny #homophobia#Trump#WhiteSupremacy #immigrants
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