Jemar Tisby responds to Du Mez:

"A lot of this sounds really familiar with with what we're seeing now with white Christian nationalism and the kind of society particularly the structure and the hierarchy and the patriarchy that they envision really just echoes so much of what what Dobson was putting out there."

#JamesDobson #Republicans #evangelicals #LGBQTQ #patriarchy #homophobia #heterosexism
/7

Kristin Du Mez sums up the legacy of James Dobson:

"Dobson believed that children are born sinful and that their behavior showed that and so he mandated very strict punishment including corporal punishment for children. He gave instructions on how to spank your kids and and good Christian parents must spank their kids, how to use implements to do so."

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/6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmu_MwNy9Js&t=1s

"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

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/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."

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/2

"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

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/1

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/religious-right-james-dobson-dead-at-89-rcna226322