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

"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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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65862847/james-c-dobson-death-religious-right/
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

"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 …."

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

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