American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America

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Hedges, who grew up in rural parishes in upstate New York where his father was a Presbyterian pastor, attacks the movement as someone steeped in the Bible and Christian tradition. He points to the hundreds of senators and members of Congress who have earned between 80 and 100 percent approval ratings from the three most influential Christian Right advocacy groups as one of many signs that the movement is burrowing deep inside the American government to subvert it. The movement's call to dismantle the wall between church and state and the intolerance it preaches against all who do not conform to its warped vision of a Christian America are pumped into tens of millions of American homes through Christian television and radio stations, as well as reinforced through the curriculum in Christian schools. The movement's yearning for apocalyptic violence and its assault on dispassionate, intellectual inquiry are laying the foundation for a new, frightening America.

American Fascists, which includes interviews and coverage of events such as pro-life rallies and weeklong classes on conversion techniques, examines the movement's origins, its driving motivations and its dark ideological underpinnings. Hedges argues that the movement currently resembles the young fascist movements in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and '30s, movements that often masked the full extent of their drive for totalitarianism and were willing to make concessions until they achieved unrivaled power. The Christian Right, like these early fascist movements, does not openly call for dictatorship, nor does it use

physical violence to suppress opposition. In short, the movement is not yet revolutionary. But the ideological architecture of a Christian fascism is being cemented in place. The movement has roused its followers to a fever pitch of despair and fury. All it will take, Hedges writes, is one more national crisis on the order of September 11 for the Christian Right to make a concerted drive to destroy American democracy. The movement awaits a crisis. At that moment they will reveal themselves for what they truly are -- the American heirs to fascism. Hedges issues a potent, impassioned warning. We face an imminent threat. His book reminds us of the dangers liberal, democratic societies face when they tolerate the intolerant.

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What can I tell you. Look what happened.Bringing religion in to the fabric of this subject or not, religion is just a gambit to start the brainwashing. And if you stray off their philosophies,they will do anything they can to make you feel uncomfortable.History is filled with people that has grabbed the reigns of countries in this manner.

Always be careful when people that try to help you out in life, that is, when you are experiencing undue hardships, start to take those extra steps in getting you back on your feet and actually tell you how to go about living your life--and I do mean every aspect, too. Hitler told them that he could solve their problems if the people started to follow him and his train of thought on how the country should be ran. Chris Hedges only told it the way it is.

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The people did. People should see and understand the patterns of fascism

Nowhere else have I seen a clearer description of the ideology of the Religious Right and the threat that it represents to our freedom. Hedges calls the Christian Right "a sworn and potent enemy of the open society.a Christian fascism." While he accepts religious differences, he refuses to tolerate the intolerant. All it would take, he warns us, would be one economic or environmental disaster and the Christian Right "stands poised to manipulate fear and chaos ruthlessly and reshape America in ways that have not been seen since the nation's founding." This highly readable book should be read by everyone who values his/her personal freedom.

I was struck by how Chris Hedges confirmed an observation of Eric Hoffer who wrote The True Believer, that people are often shaped by their own specific demons. In other words, we are apt to be shaped by our perceived enemies. Thus evangelical atheists become mirror counterparts of evangelical religious fundamentalists. Whenever conflict escalates to hostility the outcome tends toward violence.

Interesting and inciteful, but does not reflect, but implies, the agenda and operational conduct of Christian churches generally.

The tolerance of the left towards the intolerant behavior of the Christian Right has allowed the acceptance of undemocratic behaviors. - Murder is unacceptable, except at the end of time when all who have not been saved will be murdered.- Depletion of the natural resources is acceptable for God has unlimited ability to replenish the earth.- A dialogue is not desired by the Christian Right. Hedges provides a strong voice in with his commentary that adds to the discussion regarding extremist, not all.American Fascists is scary when you when you consider the correlations of the Conservative Christian Right's efforts to build a Christian Nation in America and the efforts used by fascists throughout history. Is the supposed decline and fall of the Christian Nation because of the works of people like Harris, Dawkins, Hitchens and other commentators and individuals who have raised their voices in protest. In its 13 April 2009 edition, Newsweek reports that the 2009 American Religious Identification Survey shows a 10 percentage point decrease in the number of Americans who self-identify as Christian since 1990. Many movements have tried to gain control over the great American experiment but have failed. It is always the victims fault for any violence that falls upon them. Key points that are identifiable today America include:- Beyond rule over all creation, Dominionism calls for a master race who are above all humans, which the Christian right believes is American Christians.- The call for violence is always in the name of self-defense and to make the world a better place.

However, I feel it will be mainly read and accepted by the choir that sings along with him. Those who are not worthy ( i.e. The article further goes on to declare the modern religious right's notion of a Christian America has fallen and that fewer people now think of the United States as a "Christian Nation." In American Fascists, Chris Hedges theorizes that if 1,000 people had stood up and let their voices be heard Hitler's totalitarian state of terror would not have existed. Thoughts, ideas, and facts that do not fit their selective interpretation of the bible or beliefs are dismissed as untrue.- Evolution posits what they fear most, a morally neutral world, which will destroy their world of myth, magic and irrationality.Hedges has written a great book that provides a good look into the mirror for America. While democracy ensures equal protection to all religions and all peoples, the Christian Right has set an agenda to establish laws that definitely eliminates equal protection and identifies those who are worthy and those who are not. those not saved through a born again experience) are to be condemned and dismissed. Whether or not the dream of a Christian Nation is dead is to be seen. Hopefully, this is one of the 1,000 voices that helps keep it in check.