christian_fascists unhinged 'christian fascists are now the vanguard of this emerging american fascism. they ferret out facts and formulas that buttress their peculiar world view and discard truths that contradict their messianic delusions. they mouth a few biblical cliches to justify bigotry misogyny homophobia chauvinism and repression. it is propaganda masquerading as ideology. these christian fascists are singularly incurious. they are linguistically culturally and historically illiterate about the muslim world and most other foreign cultures, science, and intellectual pursuits yet they blindly write off one-fifth of the world's population, muslims, as irredeemable while they dismiss climate change as a hoax. the inability of white supremacists and christian fascists to recognize the humanity of others springs from their spiritual and intellectual impoverishment. they mistake their bigotry for honesty. they mistake their ignorance for innocence. they cannot separate fantasy from reality and such people are, as james baldwin said, moral monsters. evil for them is embodied in the dehumanized other. once the human personification of evil is eradicated evil itself is supposed to disappear. except of course that as soon as one group of human beings is annihilated another human embodiment of evil rises to take it's place. the nazis began with the jews. our fanatics are beginning with the undocumented and muslims and history has shown where the will go from here' - Chris Hedges 171120 ... unhinged ive been more cornel than chris lately but i still love me a good scathing hedges quote 191004 what's it to you? who go blather from