#douglaswilson — Public Fediverse posts

“'But even more worrisome is his infusion of his Christian beliefs as the basis for our war in Iran,' Beirich added. 'Our national security should not be based on fanatical holy war fantasies, but that is what Hegseth, and by extension Trump, have wrought.'”

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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"'Their anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and extremist views about women should give anyone pause, as well as his "biblical" attacks on journalists, especially when Hegseth is sharing them with our soldiers and blasting away at the separation of church and state.'"

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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"At key moments in his cabinet tenure, Hegseth has given CREC pastors a platform in services that have put Christian nationalism at the centre of the US military. ...

Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said: 'Hegseth has aligned himself with some of the most extreme Christian nationalists in the country.'"

~ Jason Wilson

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/pete-hegseth-iran-war-christian-extremism

"It didn’t hedge. It didn’t dance. It didn’t translate hard truths into palatable euphemisms. It simply said: this is what this is.

And in doing so, it exposed how much of modern political discourse depends on not saying the obvious."

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #media
/3

"Don’t say white supremacy—say racial tension.
Don’t say Christian nationalism—say religious conservatism.
Don’t say propaganda—say messaging.

But language shapes reality. And when you refuse to name something directly, you don’t neutralize it—you protect it.

What made this moment resonate is that it broke that pattern."

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #media
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Danielle Moodie writes about why Wajahat Ali's videotaped confrontation of Hegseth's religious mentor Douglas Wilson struck such a nerve and caused the video to go viral:

"For years, there has been a quiet agreement in mainstream discourse: soften the language, blur the edges, avoid offending the 'center.' Call things adjacent to what they are—but never exactly what they are."

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #media
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https://daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/the-moment-the-script-broke

"As a person who is a practicing Muslim and went to a Jesuit Catholic High school, I also think it’s because many Democrats and progressives have ceded religion to the right-wing, which has used and abused the Bible, religious values, and prophets to advance white supremacy, greed, and misogyny."

#Hegseth #DouglasWilson #Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #homophobia
/22

"I believe it’s because we rarely see corporate media aggressively and calmly confronting these charlatans to their face for fear of being seen as biased. There’s also a double standard and a sliding curve that gives MAGA grace — just look at the career of Scott Jennings on CNN."

#Hegseth #DouglasWilson #Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #homophobia
/21

Wajahat Ali and Mary Trump discuss "why this clip [in which Ali and Tim Miller confront Hegseth's mentor Pastor Douglas Wilson], in particular, touched a nerve and resonated with people."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Hegseth #DouglasWilson #Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #homophobia
/20

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-to-confront-maga-bigots-and-christian

"I have no problem attacking you, a man who is the religious leader of Pete Hegseth, a man who’s a cosplay crusader who’s leading some type of crusade—probably you put him on as Secretary of Defense—getting Americans and innocent civilians killed. I wish you would be a better Christian.”

#Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #homophobia
/19

"I have no problem attacking a man who wrote that American slavery was mutually harmonious between the slave and master. That’s you. I have no problem attacking a man who proudly says he wants to do away with the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. I have no problem attacking a man like yourself who sits here incoherently supporting an incoherent, unwinnable, illegal war in Iran."

#Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #homophobia
/18

"All the effort to spell out the toxicity of his theonomy and neo-confederate allegiances and homophobia and misogyny (if Ali and Miller hadn’t yet caught the message on abuse and abuse mishandling)."

Stankorb quotes what Ali, who's Muslim and educated by Jesuits, told Wilson:

“I have no problem attacking wolves in sheep’s clothing."

#Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #homophobia
/17

(continued from /15)

"and as a wider normalization of Christian nationalism has taken hold across the country. …

There is effervescent schadenfreude in seeing Douglas Wilson get called out on his bad behavior, but I think part of the joy was knowing all the work to reveal his character has finally been heard. All the stories whispered, told and reported."

#Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #homophobia
/16

Sarah Stankorb notes the schadenfreude she felt watching Pete Hegseth's mentor Douglas Wilson get owned recently by Wajahat Ali and Tim Miller:

"Douglas Wilson, once considered the 'crazy uncle of evangelicalism' has enjoyed rising relevance in America, as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s spiritual mentor" (continued in /16)

#Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #homophobia
/15

https://sarahstankorb.substack.com/p/watching-douglas-wilson-get-schooled

The meanness, cruelty, exclusion, scapegoating, and outright hatred of people solely for being who God makes them to be: this has increasingly proven to be a bridge too far for many Christians.

So why are so many post-evangelical churches now flourishing? Gushee says, among other factors:

"They have resolved the LGBTQ+ inclusion issue in the affirmative, it is not a matter of debate."

#Trump #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA #fascism #misogyny #WhiteSupremacy
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"People are becoming aware of the danger of white Christian nationalism and how this ideology of hate and supremacy is now being promoted inside the White House. These individuals loathe women, people of color, Jews, Muslims, Catholics, and, honestly, anyone, even fellow Christians, who stand in the way of their violent, apocalyptic endgame."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA #fascism #misogyny #WhiteSupremacy
/14

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/a-conversation-about-christian-fascism

"The same way Trump became president. Wielding power, abusing power, convincing others that he’d wield power on their behalf and that they could get a little bit of that power for themselves. Power over others. Power to do harm, and call it righteous. ...

'Let me bring a banger from the Bible,' Wajahat offers. 'Beware of false prophets, who inwardly are ravening wolves.’ That’s for you, Pastor Wilson.”

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalists
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"For those of us who have been paying attention for years, or even decades, there’s a certain kind of horror watching a man like Doug Wilson, and then his congregant Pete Hegseth, move from the fringes of society to the centers of power. ...

How on earth did he end up getting profiled on CNN and featured in The New York Times?"

~ Kristin Du Mez

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalists
/8

https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/false-prophets-without-clothes

Tennessee Holler (see /6) is quoting Wajahat Ali's statement to Douglas Wilson:

“I’m so glad people are finally waking up to your cruelty — and to the idiocy of your star disciple Pete Hegseth."

Ali:

"I felt compelled to speak my mind and remember Bible verses taught to me by Jesuits at my Catholic High School. You could say I felt like I was on a mission from God."

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalists
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/its-time-to-drag-pete-hegseths-bigoted

Piers Morgan, Wajahat Ali, and Tim Miller have a video-taped conversation with Douglas Wilson, the Christian nationalist (and theocratic, misogynistic, homophobic) Reformed pastor to whose communion of churches Hegseth belongs.

And as Tennessee Holler says,

"@wajahatali.bsky.social eviscerates Hegseth’s pastor Doug Wilson (with @timmiller.bsky.social & piers in the front row)"

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3mjxyyvwjz22h

#Trump #Hegseth #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalists
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FNUgU738w8

- https://blogs.mediapart.fr/gabin-benard-mondon/blog/080426/guerre-en-iran-un-clash-des-fondamentalismes-religieux (Guerre en Iran : un clash des fondamentalismes religieux) par Gabin Bénard Mondon (https://blogs.mediapart.fr/gabin-benard-mondon)

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Alors qu'un incertain cessez-le-feu vient d'entrer en vigueur, la guerre entre l'Iran, les États-Unis et Israël est aujourd'hui l'expression d'une lutte entre trois fondamentalismes religieux. Et au milieu, les populations de la région se retrouvent prises entre des feux sacrés qui ne semblent pas vouloir s'éteindre.

Mais si l’armée étasunienne n’est pas historiquement exempte de crimes de guerre, le caractère évident, assumé, voire revendiqué, qu’ils prennent aujourd’hui sont le symptôme d’un changement de doctrine impulsé par le ministre de la Défense de Trump : Pete Hegseth.

Ce dernier, ancien membre de la Garde Nationale qui a été déployé en Irak et en Afghanistan, a une vision bien particulière de l’armée, aussi viriliste que fantasmée.

Après sa carrière militaire, il devient commentateur sur Fox News et il y déplore le « wokisme » de l’armée américain.

C’est-à-dire la présence de femmes au combat par exemple ou les politiques qui, selon lui, avantagerait la promotion d’officier·es femmes et/ou afroaméricain·es.

Et il est aujourd’hui le bras armé de ce qu’il voit comme une nouvelle croisade.

Évangéliste convaincu, il appartient à une église affiliée à Douglas Wilson, un pasteur évangéliste ultraconservateur.

Ce dernier est opposé au droit de vote des femmes, a justifié à plusieurs reprises l’esclavage dans le sud des États-Unis et est un nationaliste chrétien, défendant l’idée d’une nationalité étasunienne conditionné à l’adhésion à une certaine vision du christianisme.

Et il a pu officier une prière au Pentagone peu avant le début de la guerre, à l’invitation d’Hegseth.

En somme, Pete Hegseth est un fondamentaliste religieux, qui a publié un livre intitulé American Crusade en 2020 où il appelle à une nouvelle croisade contre les ennemi·es des États-Unis et du christianisme, en tête desquels le parti démocrate, les progressistes et les musulman·es. Il a d’ailleurs plusieurs tatouages réputés dans les cercles d’extrême-droite fans de croisade.

Et depuis son arrivée à la tête du Pentagone, il œuvre à modeler ce dernier à son image : valorisation d’une image viriliste du soldat (musclé, surentrainé et une machine à tuer), purges des hauts-gradés qu’il a en grippe et exacerbation de la violence.

Son mantra est celui de la « léthalité maximale » où rien ne doit jamais empêcher un soldat de donner la mort à qui que ce soit qui est perçu comme un ennemi.

C’est en ce sens qu’il a en 2019 plaidé auprès de Trump pour obtenir une grâce présidentielle pour deux soldats américains condamnés pour crime de guerre, une grâce que Trump a accordée.

Et depuis qu’il est à la tête du nouvellement renommé « ministère de la Guerre », il répète bien à qui veut l’entendre que les règles d’engagements militaires ne doivent plus exister et que l’objectif de l’armée étasunienne doit être de maximiser sa léthalité.

Et la ferveur avec laquelle Hegseth défend la guerre en Iran est largement motivée par son propre fondamentalisme religieux. Une guerre qu’il a qualifiée de « guerre sainte » lors d’une prière au Pentagone.

Ainsi, depuis le début de la guerre, la Fondation pour la liberté religieuse dans l’armée dit être inondée de centaines de témoignages de soldat·es. Ces dernier·es disent s’être vu présenter la guerre, par leurs officier·es, comme étant une guerre divine visant à favoriser le retour de Jésus-Christ et le Jugement Dernier.

Or, Hegseth n’est pas le seul à considérer l’implication militaire étasunienne au Proche-Orient comme étant un devoir religieux, c’est aussi le cas d’autres hauts-responsables étasuniens figures du sionisme chrétien.

Des personnalités comme le sénateur Linsey Graham qui s’est vanté d’avoir aidé Benyamin Netanyahou, le premier ministre israélien, à défendre l’intervention en Iran auprès de Trump.

Car aujourd’hui, la défense à la Maison-Blanche d’Israël et de sa politique, est avant tout portée par des chrétiens évangélistes et non par des personnalités juives. Et ce, car les évangélistes sont persuadé·es du retour imminent sur Terre de Jésus et que la fin des temps est donc proche.

Or, selon leur vision prophétique, il faut au préalable que la Terre Sainte (Israël et la Palestine donc) soit contrôlée par le « peuple juif », et lui seul, afin que l’Armageddon puisse arriver, entrainant le retour de Jésus sur Terre.

Un Armageddon qui, dans la prophétie évangéliste, verra la mort des deux tiers des juif·ves tandis que le tiers restant abandonnera le judaïsme pour se dévouer à Jésus.

Pas exactement une vision du monde particulièrement tolérante à l’égard du judaïsme donc.

Le sionisme chrétien, presque exclusivement portée par des évangélistes, est donc bien un fondamentalisme religieux qui est à la fois sioniste à l’extrême (soutien à Israël à tout prix) mais qui l’est pour des raisons profondément antisémites car les juif·ves n’y sont que des outils dont le destin est de : soit mourir, soit abandonner leur foi.
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#Iran #EtatsUnis #Israël #Fondamentalistes #FousDeDieu #StopWar #NoWar #Fascistes #ExtrêmesDroites #Religieux #PeteHegseth #Armageddon #Sionisme #SionismeChretien #Evangélistes #DouglasWilson #Croisade #CrimesDeGuerre

In that interview, Wilson stated that America was founded to be a Christian nation, a special place for evangelical Christians, who are meant to run things in this special nation.

He states that the America he is working to build would be one that outlaws Catholic processions, because they are "a public display of idolatry."

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #Pentagon #WhiteChristianNationalism #Catholics
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The church to which Hegseth belongs is part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. Hegseth has invited Douglas Wilson, co-founder of this Communion, to preach at the Pentagon.

Wilson sat down for an interview a month ago with John Papola.

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #Pentagon #WhiteChristianNationalism #Catholics
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiyUCxw92a8

"Wilson's remarks at the Pentagon assured the audience that their battles were God’s battles, that God would be their protector just as he was for figures from scripture like Noah and David. He suggested that God’s people, having searched for the enemy, now realize they are surrounded—the implication presumably being that the real enemy is other Americans."

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleDomination #war #violence
/7

"They would limit the ability of believers of other faiths—including non-Protestant Christians—to publicly practice their faith; Wilson recently said on a podcast that the theocratic society he envisions would ban mosques from broadcasting calls to prayer and prohibit Catholic parades honoring the Virgin Mary."

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
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(continued from /4)

"not merely condoning a form of women’s submission in marriage that has been common in evangelicalism, but also severely limiting leadership roles in the church and in government and society to men only. …

Wilson & his followers would deny not only women but also non-Christians the franchise and the right to pursue public office."

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
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"Wilson and other Christian nationalists draw on a framework known as 'sphere sovereignty' to interpret and apply the Bible to every area of modern life. ...

The government would advance a view of the world that is deeply patriarchal—" (continued in /5)

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
/4

"For them, a Christian nation would be governed directly by biblical law, and in every area of of its common life and culture it would be shaped by a comprehensive 'biblical world and life view.'

A Christian nation, in his account, is a nation in which there is no area of life and culture where the Bible is not the ultimate authority."

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
/3

"Proponents of America as a Christian nation are often somewhat hazy about what the end state of a 'Christian nation' would look like specifically, but Wilson and his followers have carefully laid out a detailed vision."

#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
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Men won’t know

If boys don’t learn, men won’t know.

~ Douglas Wilson

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