The What & The Why
Understanding and fighting back against the ideology attempting to control all levers of power
The Why
The Root of The Rot
We all tend to focus on what we see, mobilizing to fight back an injustice. What we fail to realize is the interconnected nature of what the real cause is, what lurks below the surface.
Until we address the root, the weeds will continue to sprout all across our collective lawn.
Christian nationalism is "one of the leading predictors of embracing political views and values that are anti-democratic, that are authoritarian, that are pro violence, that are xenophobic and racially prejudiced and Islamophobic.
Samuel Perry
Christian Nationalism is an entire identity based on disinformation: America was not founded as a Christian nation. Our Constitution was not based on the bible or "Judeo-Christian" principles (whatever they might be).
Andrew Seidel
One of the elements of Christian nationalism is a very strong sense of of moral traditionalism that the world is and should be designed according to sustaining social hierarchies. Generally this revolves around gender and sexuality, so very traditional gender norms and sexuality norms.
Andrew Whitehead
Christian nationalism's purpose is to hollow out democracy until nothing is left but a thin cover for rule by a supposedly right-thinking elite, bubble-wrapped in sanctimony and insulated from any real democratic check on its power.
Katherine Stewart