This is my third time to the office. Im waiting for the Doctor to come in and whie waiting in the examination room, I spot this. I start flipping through it, and I am getting upset.
I wait for the doctor to come in. I immeditely ask him, hey what it this? why is it here? He blew me off and just said “oh its just an opinion piece” and I said, yeah, but who put it here, do you believe in this? And he just shrugged. I said, Im leaving, that is so wierd, thats weird to have in a doctors office. And I left. Ill never go back to that place.
I need a doctor who believes in science. You wanna be christain thats fine, but this literally says,for christain nationalism. gross.
Putnam CT, USA if anyone is curious. I want to post the photo in google maps reviews, but I am afraid to, even with my google account being a burner. Yes, it’s the red pocket of an overall blue state, but, I just, was not expecting to see this.
Using the term nationalism like it’s a good thing. Holy shit Batman.
One thing that’s not a dog whistle; they openly admit to being Christian Nationalists.
Seems a lot of the right wing “dog whistles” are more of an air raid siren. They don’t need to be subtle - a horrifying number of people build their whole identity around things like racism and religious superiority. The louder the whistle, the more support they drum up from those evil shits.
There are no Dog Whistles any more. That was when being a treasonous racist pedophile was something you weren’t proud of and wasn’t socially acceptable, so you had to communicate with your douchebag buddies under the radar.
MAGA Has given them permission to let their Traitor flag fly, and they are too stupid to understand that this won’t last forever, and the punishment will be a bitch, so they are demonstrating to the world just how ugly they are. At least when this is all over, we will have no doubts as to where the problems are. They’ve made it easy to improve society with a little thinning of the herd.
They’re typically used in real life situations, for example, when trying to figure out whether their coworkers are like-minded. Once they know they can get away with it, though … I have a few coworkers that will talk right-wing talking points practically non-stop. Another coworker and I have considered reporting them to HR, but all that would do is put a target on our backs; or at best, get them to silently hold a grudge against us. And it takes a lot more than office drama to get fired where I work.
Great job asking about it.
I mean that’s horrifying. How can you trust your care to someone who believes you should be exterminated or at the very least forcefully subjugated and converted?
When I moved to the rural South I discovered half the businesses have crosses in their logos or big bible verses on the building’s outer walls, and yes, doctors had Christian shit in waiting rooms. Well, sure as shit, it meant they were the ones who would cut a corner and mark up a bill at the end. Shake your hand and call you their brother. Just avoid, just get up and leave and stop going to that place. It’s a warning sign every time, and every time I wish I’d have listened to my gut when I do go in.
Well, sure as shit, it meant they were the ones who would cut a corner and mark up a bill at the end.
That sounds like Moral Licensing at work, especially when you consider the bible-thumper context. This is the same reason why food-service workers (table servers mostly) learn to fear the after-church lunch rush.
Yeah, you are GUARANTEED not to get the best quality care at a doctor that believes in Christian Nationalism. It’s not the 50’s anymore, but they are trying to bring us back.
Christian nationalism did not exist in this sense in the 1950s. What we are calling Christian nationalism is toolism of big business and their Unholy alliance with the religious right.
The evangelicals, the baptists, the calvinists, they were never that political before like the '70s to '80s I forget something about Newt Gingrich and a bunch of assholes.
Lol
I fully support stupid business owners wearing their shitty politics on their sleeve. Cuts their business in half and virtually ensures they’ll fail.
“It’s just an opinion piece.”
Sure, bud. The magazine exists to advocate theocracy.
On the cover:
R R Reno, right wing theologian and editor of the rag.
Matthew B Crawford, can’t find much about him other than he’s at UVA’s center for advanced studies. Looks like his writing was chosen for the rag rather than written for it.
Glenn C Arbery, former president and current professor at Wyoming Catholic College, the college is labeled “conservative” by some sources.
Christian Smith, theistic author and professor at Notre Dame.
Note how there is a piece highlighted on the cover against Notre Dame, a Catholic university. It isn’t simply being Christian that these people want.
Interestingly, the magazine’s editor (who’s credited for the “For Christian Nationalism” article), is listed as Catholic in the magazine’s Wikipedia page.
First Things is a “Catholic” mag. but they’re generally considered on the far right of the spectrum. Hated Pope Francis, think Notre Dame is a liberal haven, etc.
Oh I’m an idiot. I thought they were mad at the cathedral.
or the COLLEGE.
“I like cathedrals that don’t burn down.”
No shit.
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all worship the same God, and often respect each other’s important figures as at least prophets.
If one of the three ever “won” and replaced the other two, the very next act would be going after a minor branch of their own religion.
The details they squabble over are already super minor, and basically come down to speaking different languages.
It doesn’t have anything to do with religion, it’s the power structure and people abusing others faith to convince them to do horrible shit.
It has everything to do with religion. without these made up stories, not a single justification would be left for all the shit these people have done over the years. zero.
If it wasn’t religion, they’d exploit something else.
You still think the people in charge of these movements actually give a fuck about the movement.
They’re just looking for a way to manipulate people. Religion might be the most common right now, but there’s other options that work just as well.
not a single justification would be left for all the shit these people have done over the years.
Do you not know what racism is?
The justification doesn’t matter because it’s always bullshit. Getting rid of the justification doesn’t solve the problem, it just replaced it with a different justification.
What you’re advocating for is perpetual whack a mole that doesn’t solve anything.
Fascist will use whatever rhetoric, belief, religion, creed, etc to their advantage. It is about power and manipulation.
Having said that religion, particularly Abrahamic ones, are complete garbage with or without fascism.
Modern day racism in the US traces it roots back to Christianity. There is no denying this. It is a garbage religion used to create servitude and slavery.
If it wasn’t religion, they’d exploit something else.
It’s gonna be harder to exploit something that is not based on “trust me bro”. Exploit what? Science? Fine. Reason? Ok.
Religion is THE tool for exploitation. You can lie to yourself, and that’s what you’ve been trained for (Yes, I assume you are at least somewhat religious. Only religious people defend religion).
Do you not know what racism is?
I do. And its origins are deeply rooted in religion. Lots of litterature about that.
So I’m not saying it’s a magical bullet. But if we stop teaching people shit like “faith”, we may have fucking chance of making it. Religions are not defendable anymore, it’s a cancer, and it must be abolished.
I do not respect religion.
It’s gonna be harder to exploit something that is based on anything other than “trust me bro”.
I legitimately can’t tell if that’s a typo or a real opinion…
But either way, I can’t see this being productive.
Just so you’re aware, most of the Nazi ideology is based in a form of science and reason, yet it spread hate like nothing else. Eugenics is a way to use science to to fuel hate towards people for whatever characteristics you choose. Science is not immune to this abuse. Sure, it’s not as common as religion, but it’s something we will always have to look out for. Don’t think you’re immune because you don’t follow a religion. That’s how you end up believing this other shit that tells you you’re better than others.
Do you understand that they are saying the “trust me bro” is going to come from somewhere else, if not religion? Elon Musk and his claims over the years are a great example.
I highly recommend you give the South Park episode “Go God Go” a watch. It’s pretty funny.
Elon musk fandom is religious. It’s full blown religious thinking. That is exactly my point.
Guaranteed the quack doctor believes in the fucknuts Doug Wilson and RFK Jr.
Bravo for accepting the inconvenience of actually leaving and making the statement.
In aggregate, it changes things from the bottom up.
I did appreciate the doctors deafeated expression he wore apon his face and I walked out.
If he denounced it, or explained something…maybe… but, he blew off my concern and shrugged. No. Plenty of other doctors around, I was driving pretty far anyway.
Lol. Maybe this wasn’t the first time.
Yeah, because despite it all, I am still open to and sympathetic to folks who genuinely have just been duped somehow. It definitely gets harder and harder to buy that folks are oblivious the more time that goes on, but I’m never gonna make the mistake of pushing someone back into the fascists’ arms because they think I’m not willing to accept them.
Alternatively, you keep this doctor, steal the fascist propaganda and leave anarchist propaganda instead.
problem here is your doctor is someone who is fine with that being in the waiting room. Why do you need birth control. Your married. Why do you need birth control. Your not married.
I was at a walk in clinic and perusing their pamphlets when I noticed some that were in a different style than the rest. They were by Focus on the Family and included anti-abortion and anti-LGBT propaganda. I scoffed, collected them all out of the wall holder thing, and threw them in the trash – the receptionist gave me a weird look.
A few minutes later she comes out and pulls them out of the trash can. She skims a few, frowns, and takes them to the back. I never saw those pamphlets in that waitingroom again.
So at least in this case it seems like it was one asshole (that possibly didn’t work there) put them out. Good call on questioning them about it.
Shoulda drawn cocks all over it
So you mean your former doctor. Good. Fuck that wackadoo bastard.
My gyno’s office once had an entire stack of Chick Tracts. None like. Super related to the gyno, just random. I had been going to them for awhile so I really doubt it was any of the staff, it was shoved into a corner of the waiting room. My ass took all of them and shoved them into my purse. I love the wretched things to laugh at. I had never managed to see one in person so I was delighted. They never showed up there again.
You did a public service by removing them
I love those Chick tracts, they are harder to find now
I want to order the ones I am missing and have a complete collection, but i don’t want to give them money. It’s a quandary.
