No Matter Who Rules -- Democratic (sic) Party or Republican Party -- Deadly White Supremacy Is U.S. Imperial Policy at Home and Abroad
ANOTHER
EXTENDED WEEK of breaking news and time-consuming personal obligations
again delays my work-in-progress on (the few) anti-Nazi Christians and
once more makes for a somewhat abbreviated anthology of Dispatches:
Viral footage of (white) teenagers mobbing a Native American man and his companions at Friday's Indigenous Peoples March
is sparking outrage. In the video, the man—identified by Indian Country
Today as Omaha elder Nathan Phillips—is seen singing and drumming with
fellow marchers while encircled by chanting teens, many of whom are
wearing President Trump's Make America Great Again apparel. One youth
pointedly stands directly in front of Phillips, smirking.
The
teens are thought to be students of Kentucky's Covington Catholic High
School, which dispatched students to Washington D.C. for the
anti-abortion March for Life, which was also held Friday.
See also: ...It’s the kid’s face. The face of self-satisfaction and certitude, of edginess expressed as cruelty.
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U.S. ChristoNazism Encouraging Ever-More-Violent White Racism
Due to its unusual growth spurt, this (bigotry) is now openly assailing people of color, physically and emotionally...
This unfounded hatred was once done secretly, now it is out in the open.
The national government has become an obvious nesting site for this
violent bigotry. Also, it is obvious to see that it has infiltrated all
levels of local government, including courts, police, jail, and social
services. These bigots are of European Caucasoid origin, educated,
illiterate, elderly, young, rich and poor...
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The Psychological Underbelly of the ChristoNazi Malignancy
Everyday
we look at unfolding news and events through the lens of politics.
Suppose we tried to understand it all instead through the lens of
psychology? Suppose we got beyond the zero-sum political construct, and
into how we have been and are still being manipulated.
What
if we realized that President Donald Trump is just a symptom of the
deeper crumbling psychological infrastructure of our country? One that makes us so vulnerable to divisive political tactics?
Our guest on this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast is psychologist and attorney Dr. Bryant Welch. In his book State of Confusion, he argues that these are questions not of politics, but about the health of the...
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