![]() ![]() These believers find in Donald Trump a reflection of themselves, a champion of the unfettered greed, cult of masculinity, lust for violence, white supremacy, bigotry, American chauvinism, religious intolerance, anger, racism and conspiracy theories that define the central beliefs of the Christian right. By tolerating the intolerant it ceded religious legitimacy to an array of con artists, charlatans and demagogues and their cultish supporters…. The greatest moral failing of the liberal Christian church was its refusal, justified in the name of tolerance and dialogue, to denounce the followers of the Christian right as heretics. In an essay published at Salon, journalist and bestselling author Chris Hedges explained the growth of Christian fascism in America: Understood in that light, the Massie and Boebert's family Christmas photos are revealed as examples of stochastic terrorism, and a specific threat of Christian fascist violence. It is much easier to make fun of fascists for their evident absurdity than to confront them directly. Too many people in democracies assaulted by fascism choose to hide behind denial, mockery, defensive humor and contempt. Fascism attacks normal society in many ways, with the aim of overwhelming people and rendering them helpless. In this moment, we can see the corrosive effects of the Big Lie, along with the many smaller ones that create an alternate reality for its followers. Fascism arouses emotions of shock and anger among its targets and enemies, producing confusion and uncertainty in terms of assessing the danger. RELATED: Gun crazy: For too many Americans, guns are tied to masculinity, patriotism and white powerįascism, as an ideology and movement, is contradictory, often incoherent and difficult for outsiders to understand. Those reactions are valid in their own terms. But they are also examples of looking but not truly seeing - that is, of failing to understand the message and meaning being communicated in Massie and Boebert's family Christmas photos. Others used this episode to point at these two far-right members of Congress as illustrations of how deranged and cartoonish today's Republican Party has become. That should not be understood as a coincidence: The Boebert and Massie photos were intentional provocations, demonstrating cruel indifference toward the victims of gun violence, as well as their families and communities. There have been complaints that Massie and Boebert's behavior is not that of "good Christians." There was anger at the timing: Both photos were posted on social media within days of a mass shooting in Michigan, in which a 15-year-old boy allegedly killed four of his classmates and injured eight more. Many responses to Boebert and Massie's Christmas cards from the mainstream media and other public voices have struck typical notes of performative outrage and disgust. There's nothing unique about them. Such a "tradition" is fairly common among a particular subculture of American gun fetishists and "ammosexuals." This is but another symptom of America's unhealthy infatuation with gun violence. In the spirit of holiday cheer, Massie and Boebert recently shared family Christmas photos on social media - in which every family member is brandishing a gun. The Independent has reached out to the office of Ms Boebert for comment.Thomas Massie and Lauren Boebert, two of the most blatantly fascistic Republican members of Congress, are dreaming of a White Christmas - with the emphasis on "White." “Anti-Muslim bigotry has no place in Congress,” Ms Omar said after Ms Boebert implied that Ms Omar had been mistaken for a terrorist on Capitol Hill. ![]() Ms Omar has called Ms Boebert’s words “hateful and dangerous”, saying that “normalising this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all Muslims”. It was violent rhetoric that prompted Democrats to strip committee assignments from Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona. Massachusetts Democratic Representative Ayanna Pressley has introduced a resolution signed by other progressives that would remove Ms Boebert from the committees she’s serving on in the House.īut Democratic leaders are hesitant to go after Republican members every time they do something they consider outrageous, and both legislators and staff members in the chamber have expressed concerns in private about punishing Ms Boebert since she didn’t make violent threats against Ms Omar, CNN reported.
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