re: #231 mmmirele

Right wing pastors in the rural Northwest US are using the coronavirus to push their ideologies. Featuring notorious right wingers Doug Wilson (slavery is AOK!), Chuck Baldwin (let’s mix up church & state) and others.

The conclusion from Florida State University professor Michael McVicar is chilling:

hcn.org

To me, “reasserting order” looks like “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and a big old FUCK NO to that.

Every time there’s been some sort of disaster throughout history, churches move to evangelise and prey on fearful and scare people.