American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America | 
pick#DannyBoy not being a jerk for once, in lieu of a pic of this audiobook.
Fascinating and kind of terrifying look at the Dominionist movement in Christian America. I would love an update that covers the intervening 15-ish years.
We drove to Dallas after Christmas and there‘s a stretch of I-20 with billboards spouting this kind of garbage (abolish income tax/teacher unions/social security; bring back Yahwuh). Frightening.
“The Bible was not the literal word of God. It was not a self help manual that could predict the future. It did not tell us how to vote...It was a book written by a series of ancient writers, certainly fallible and at times at odd with each other...we took the Bible seriously and therefore could not take it literally”
These were my weekend reads, but I didn't get as much time in as I hoped. AMERICAN FASCISTS is so validating right now, and ELEANOR OLIPHANT is interesting because it's going places I didn't expect. Hope to finish these by the end of the month!
pickY‘all, we are in deep shit. Finishing this book on the day the news is reporting the hundreds of children “missing” as parents that came here seeking asylum are looking for them. Hedges wrote this in 2007 and predicted a lot of what is happening now. The reality is that some people will not survive this administration and those that will, won‘t survive unscathed. I will not dialogue with the Christian Right and I will not intellectualize racism.
bailedReally wanted to stick with this but had to bail, just couldn't get into it.
