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@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

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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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

"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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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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
Kagan MacTane (he/him)
@kagan@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp last week

Reposted with alt text.

#queer #pride#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA #homophobia #comic

A comic titled "Least I Could Do: Beginnings" by Sohmer and Lar. The first row of the comic is one long, wide panel, partly occupied by the title and credit just given. The rest of it shows a pair of white men (everyone in this comic is white) sitting on a park bench, kissing. One of them is blond and clean-shaved, the other is brunette with a beard and mustache, and has their dog on a leash. They both have shorts on, suggesting summertime, and there's a cute heart above their heads. Nearby, another man stands with his small son, who has a balloon and a Popsicle. A blonde woman all buttoned up in a pink business suit and skirt has a pinched, sour expression on her face and is gesturing at the gay guys, asking, "How will you explain this to your child?" The man says, "I'm not sure." He kneels down and asks, "Son? Do you know what you just saw?" The little boy immediately says, "Love." The father prompts, "And?" The boy says, "Bigotry." The blonde woman looks like she's choking on a lemon. Dad stands back up and says to her, "Yeah, no, he's got it." As she storms off, he adds, "Do you want him to explain it to you?" The little boy has a big smile. And a balloon, and a Popsicle.
A comic titled "Least I Could Do: Beginnings" by Sohmer and Lar. The first row of the comic is one long, wide panel, partly occupied by the title and credit just given. The rest of it shows a pair of white men (everyone in this comic is white) sitting on a park bench, kissing. One of them is blond and clean-shaved, the other is brunette with a beard and mustache, and has their dog on a leash. They both have shorts on, suggesting summertime, and there's a cute heart above their heads. Nearby, another man stands with his small son, who has a balloon and a Popsicle. A blonde woman all buttoned up in a pink business suit and skirt has a pinched, sour expression on her face and is gesturing at the gay guys, asking, "How will you explain this to your child?" The man says, "I'm not sure." He kneels down and asks, "Son? Do you know what you just saw?" The little boy immediately says, "Love." The father prompts, "And?" The boy says, "Bigotry." The blonde woman looks like she's choking on a lemon. Dad stands back up and says to her, "Yeah, no, he's got it." As she storms off, he adds, "Do you want him to explain it to you?" The little boy has a big smile. And a balloon, and a Popsicle.
A comic titled "Least I Could Do: Beginnings" by Sohmer and Lar. The first row of the comic is one long, wide panel, partly occupied by the title and credit just given. The rest of it shows a pair of white men (everyone in this comic is white) sitting on a park bench, kissing. One of them is blond and clean-shaved, the other is brunette with a beard and mustache, and has their dog on a leash. They both have shorts on, suggesting summertime, and there's a cute heart above their heads. Nearby, another man stands with his small son, who has a balloon and a Popsicle. A blonde woman all buttoned up in a pink business suit and skirt has a pinched, sour expression on her face and is gesturing at the gay guys, asking, "How will you explain this to your child?" The man says, "I'm not sure." He kneels down and asks, "Son? Do you know what you just saw?" The little boy immediately says, "Love." The father prompts, "And?" The boy says, "Bigotry." The blonde woman looks like she's choking on a lemon. Dad stands back up and says to her, "Yeah, no, he's got it." As she storms off, he adds, "Do you want him to explain it to you?" The little boy has a big smile. And a balloon, and a Popsicle.
Kagan MacTane (he/him)
@kagan@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp last week

Reposted with alt text.

#queer #pride#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA #homophobia #comic

A comic titled "Least I Could Do: Beginnings" by Sohmer and Lar. The first row of the comic is one long, wide panel, partly occupied by the title and credit just given. The rest of it shows a pair of white men (everyone in this comic is white) sitting on a park bench, kissing. One of them is blond and clean-shaved, the other is brunette with a beard and mustache, and has their dog on a leash. They both have shorts on, suggesting summertime, and there's a cute heart above their heads. Nearby, another man stands with his small son, who has a balloon and a Popsicle. A blonde woman all buttoned up in a pink business suit and skirt has a pinched, sour expression on her face and is gesturing at the gay guys, asking, "How will you explain this to your child?" The man says, "I'm not sure." He kneels down and asks, "Son? Do you know what you just saw?" The little boy immediately says, "Love." The father prompts, "And?" The boy says, "Bigotry." The blonde woman looks like she's choking on a lemon. Dad stands back up and says to her, "Yeah, no, he's got it." As she storms off, he adds, "Do you want him to explain it to you?" The little boy has a big smile. And a balloon, and a Popsicle.
A comic titled "Least I Could Do: Beginnings" by Sohmer and Lar. The first row of the comic is one long, wide panel, partly occupied by the title and credit just given. The rest of it shows a pair of white men (everyone in this comic is white) sitting on a park bench, kissing. One of them is blond and clean-shaved, the other is brunette with a beard and mustache, and has their dog on a leash. They both have shorts on, suggesting summertime, and there's a cute heart above their heads. Nearby, another man stands with his small son, who has a balloon and a Popsicle. A blonde woman all buttoned up in a pink business suit and skirt has a pinched, sour expression on her face and is gesturing at the gay guys, asking, "How will you explain this to your child?" The man says, "I'm not sure." He kneels down and asks, "Son? Do you know what you just saw?" The little boy immediately says, "Love." The father prompts, "And?" The boy says, "Bigotry." The blonde woman looks like she's choking on a lemon. Dad stands back up and says to her, "Yeah, no, he's got it." As she storms off, he adds, "Do you want him to explain it to you?" The little boy has a big smile. And a balloon, and a Popsicle.
A comic titled "Least I Could Do: Beginnings" by Sohmer and Lar. The first row of the comic is one long, wide panel, partly occupied by the title and credit just given. The rest of it shows a pair of white men (everyone in this comic is white) sitting on a park bench, kissing. One of them is blond and clean-shaved, the other is brunette with a beard and mustache, and has their dog on a leash. They both have shorts on, suggesting summertime, and there's a cute heart above their heads. Nearby, another man stands with his small son, who has a balloon and a Popsicle. A blonde woman all buttoned up in a pink business suit and skirt has a pinched, sour expression on her face and is gesturing at the gay guys, asking, "How will you explain this to your child?" The man says, "I'm not sure." He kneels down and asks, "Son? Do you know what you just saw?" The little boy immediately says, "Love." The father prompts, "And?" The boy says, "Bigotry." The blonde woman looks like she's choking on a lemon. Dad stands back up and says to her, "Yeah, no, he's got it." As she storms off, he adds, "Do you want him to explain it to you?" The little boy has a big smile. And a balloon, and a Popsicle.
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Adelaide Crows forward Izak Rankine on Thursday became the sixth AFL player since April 2024 to be suspended for directing a homophobic slur at an opponent in a match last Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/22/more-sports/aussie-rules-football-homophobia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #australianrulesfootball #australianfootballleague #homophobia

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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"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/
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"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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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"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/
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"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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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"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/

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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"Today, this explains why red state legislators can continue to focus on oppressing women and LGBTQ+ people instead of improving conditions for their states’ residents, while the poorest whites among them continue to re-elect them."

#Trump #sadopopulism #cruelty #fascism#Confederacy#WhiteSupremacy #homophobia#MaleEntitlement
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"And when you zoom out a bit, you see that the entire Confederacy, and even the post-Civil War era of Jim Crow in the South, was built upon sadopopulism. It explains the public torture and lynchings of Black citizens while whites looked on with their children in tow, as if attending a happy social gathering."

#Trump #sadopopulism #cruelty #fascism#Confederacy#WhiteSupremacy #homophobia#MaleEntitlement
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