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A good thread from a great Prof at Mizzou Law. A few points to expand upon without disagreement and one large point of disagreement. A thread/ https://twitter.com/profthomlambert/status/1357192882676002817
Regarding the religion>culture>politics continuum, the American "christian" has abandoned the principles of Christ damn near from the start. You can't build a country on slavery and white male supremacy, genocide of native people, evolving xenophobia, etc then 1/
look to Jesus's commandments that we love our neighbor and welcome the foreigner and think "yeah, that's what we're doing." The politically conservative christian has always been the antithesis to the teachings of Christ. Religion has only been a tool for electoral power, not 2/
an underlying moral goal these pharisaical men seek to achieve. That truth is what has driven recent generations away from religion since Reagan mainstreamed the weaponized religions right as a hateful, unquestioning GOP voter bloc. Hawley's "ends" are not a more just society, 3/
they are more power for him and his fellow white supremacist authoritarians. That's the policy legacy of the religious right in America, be it slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, or the modern targeted disenfranchisement of minorities through voter suppression laws. 4/
Which gets me to the disagreement: Hawley is not, by any measure, a good man. He is a liar in all things. He is entirely corrupted by his own ambition, ambition that has shaped his every action for as long as anyone can document. His goal is his own glorification and power 5/
which is fundamentally at odds with any moral or Christ-like goodness. In the oft-cited passage, Satan tempted Jesus with rule over all the kingdoms of the Earth. His example was to recognize the damning sin of such ambition. Hawley has made that sin his life's one goal. end/
