Larre Bildeston: This Plus I do wonder what proportion of political evangelicals are sociopathic, or if ppl with typical levels of affective empathy can *become* that way after being trained by their church. These churches seem to reward those who don't feel a strong sense of shame.

One of the most important things you can do as an ally and as fighter of fascism is stop laughing at evangelical Christians and realize they mean every single word they say. They’re not funny, they’re absolutely terrifying. Take them extremely seriously and act accordingly.

And stop assuming that there is any chance of hypocrisy shaming them about "religious freedom" They know what they mean and they don't freaking care

Yep. Lying is bad, except when in service of gaining political power, in which case the lies ultimately serve God, so it’s ok actually. For a case study in this, Chris Luxon, PM of Aotearoa NZ.

When someone genuinely, literally sees the world outside their own walls as inherently corrupted and evil, they can't be shamed for breaking their own rules, because they believe the whole entire point of those rules is to protect THEM from US, and never the other way around.

This Plus I do wonder what proportion of political evangelicals are sociopathic, or if ppl with typical levels of affective empathy can *become* that way after being trained by their church. These churches seem to reward those who don't feel a strong sense of shame.

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"They engage in wild hypocrisy as an act of domination, adhering to something demonstrably untrue out of spite, because they believe that power belongs to those with the greatest will to take it, and what greater sign of will than the ability to override truth?" Dan Olson youtu.be/JTfhYyTuT44?...

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Love that quote, Dan's video is top quality and I think it helps in explaining why a lot of people are the way they are

Yes, I wish everyone would watch it. These days I'm even seeing this commitment to cause over reality infecting the left, but I think it's still just a minority view. thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-anti-l...

The Anti-Liberal Left Has a Fascism Problemthomaszimmer.substack.com Prominent leftwing intellectuals are allowing their singular, disdain-driven focus on (neo-) liberalism to completely distort their perspective on the Right

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