"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
/3

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
/5

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
/4

"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
/3

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
/2

"Despite their expressed grievance that they are discriminated against because of some wokeness they believe is holding their country hostage, it remains a fact that no one on Planet Earth is more privileged than a white male fortunate enough to be born in the USA and given opportunities that exist nowhere else in the world to build a good and successful life."

#Trump#WhiteMales #masculinity#MaleEntitlement#MaleGrievance #gender #misogyny #heterosexism #homophobia
/2

"Do not listen to the lament that has become the tired and loathsome refrain of many insecure white (and supposedly) heterosexual men in the Trump era."

~ Robert Mickens

#Trump#WhiteMales #masculinity#MaleEntitlement#MaleGrievance #gender #misogyny #heterosexism #homophobia
/1

https://www.ucanews.com/news/born-in-the-usa-blessings-and-curses-come-with-first-american-pope/109558