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Hegseth refusing — and continuing to refuse — to call Mormons "Christian" is a real leopards-eating-faces moment.
But it's a lot more than that. Christian nationalists depend on the myth of Christian unity.
Hegseth exploded that myth.
www.salon.com/2026/06/10/p...
Hegseth refusing — and continuing to refuse — to call Mormons "Christian" is a real leopards-eating-faces moment.
But it's a lot more than that. Christian nationalists depend on the myth of Christian unity.
Hegseth exploded that myth.
www.salon.com/2026/06/10/p...
Fascism attracts mediocre men fearful of being exposed as the frauds they are. Musk is exhibit #1.
Christian nationalism isn't just immoral — it's incoherent
Other governments can either learn from or ignore the lessons of the US. Musk is not changing, so either choose to adapt or accept that Musk will drive their politics.
"Once the principle of religious discrimination against non-Christians is established in American law, the next step was always going to be reclassifying huge swathes of Christians as non-Christians, so they can be marginalized, too."
www.salon.com/2026/06/10/p...
"At Rededicate 250, there were a couple token Catholics and one Jew among otherwise evangelical-led speaker list, but no Mormons were invited.
"Many speakers are anti-Mormon, including Robert Jeffress, who has repeatedly called the Latter Day Saints a 'cult.'"
www.salon.com/2026/06/10/p...
Worth reading. Don't think for a second that just because you call yourself "Christian" means you'll be on the right side of a push for Christian Nationalism: purges always narrow the definitions to exclude more and more people. And the Founders knew this, and that's why we have the First Amendment.
this should frighten you
I had a great time talking with Toby about the way everything in American politics is gender these days.
Why read past headlines: You laughed merrily at Sen. Mike Lee spiraling out over Hegseth's Mormon insult.
This goes deeper. I've covered the Christian nationalist movement for years and their coalition is fragile.
This analysis shows why.
www.salon.com/2026/06/10/p...
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this should frighten you
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Amanda Marcotte
Amanda Marcotte
Toby Buckle
Hegseth refusing — and continuing to refuse — to call Mormons "Christian" is a real leopards-eating-faces moment.
But it's a lot more than that. Christian nationalists depend on the myth of Christian unity.
Hegseth exploded that myth.
www.salon.com/2026/06/10/p...
Christian nationalism isn't just immoral — it's incoherent
"men have all the power, but none of the responsibility . . . Democrats are female and the Republicans are male, therefore, only the Democrats have agency"
- latest podcast with @amandamarcotte.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/maga-and-mas...
