Pete Hegseth Shares Video Saying Women Shouldn’t Vote

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In one more signal of America’s descent into authoritarianism, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a video of a pastor saying girls shouldn’t vote.

Earlier than we get into it, I simply wish to give a fast shoutout to the 53% of white girls who voted for the oldsters who actively wish to disenfranchise them. They’re actually the MVPs of going towards their self-interest for a mediocre man.

In keeping with NPR, the video was a CNN interview with Doug Wilson, the pastor of Christ Church in Idaho. Within the interview, Wilson drops such gems as “Ladies are the type of folks that individuals come out of,” and “The spouse and mom, who’s the chief government of the house, is entrusted with three or 4 or 5 everlasting souls.” Wilson additionally advocates for the recriminalization of sodomy and defends prior feedback he made about there being a “mutual affection” between slaves and slave masters. One other pastor within the video states that households ought to vote as a family, with solely the husband and father casting a vote.

Pete Hegseth reposted the video with the quote, “All of Christ for All of Life.”

So yeah, the Secretary of Protection is OK with disenfranchising girls and low-key (high-key?) a slavery apologist. Cool, cool, cool. That’s a completely regular, in no way alarming place for an individual with Hegseth’s energy to carry.

Wilson is the founding father of the Congregation of Reformed Evangelical Church buildings, which promotes a Christian Nationalist doctrine. Wilson has arrange a number of church buildings all through the nation, together with within the nation’s Capital. Pete Hegseth and his household have attended sermons at Wilson’s church.

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell informed NPR in an announcement that Pete Hegseth is a “proud member of a church affiliated with the Congregation of Reformed Evangelical Church buildings,” and that “The Secretary very a lot appreciates lots of Mr. Wilson’s writings and teachings.”

“It’s not simply they’ve these private Christian beliefs in regards to the position of girls within the household. It’s that they wish to implement these for everyone,” Andrew Whitehead, a sociology professor at Indiana College, Indianapolis, with an experience in Christian Nationalism, informed NPR.

Christian Nationalism has gained traction in state and native legislatures. A number of states have handed legal guidelines requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public colleges. These legal guidelines have been hit with a number of lawsuits, with the expectation that the difficulty will make its solution to the Supreme Court docket.

“It actually does matter if the Secretary of Protection is retweeting a video with very explicit views about whether or not girls ought to be capable of vote or serve in fight roles or if slavery actually isn’t all that unhealthy,” Whitehead added. “That’s not only a particular person’s view. It’s an individual in a fairly broad place of energy.”

I’m simply so uninterested in weak males, y’all.

As a cisgender, heterosexual man, I really feel like the lads chasing girls to “submit” are at all times the weakest weirdos. I had a buddy break up with a dude as a result of he was on that submissive, “tradwife” nonsense, however he wasn’t making tradwife cash, and wasn’t attempting to enhance his circumstances in any significant approach. He simply felt like she was alleged to “submit” as a result of he was the person. If the one approach you are feeling robust is by making a lady really feel weak, you’re a bum. Straight up.

If you happen to’re a person studying this and also you’re feeling known as out – good. Do higher.

I’m not attempting to return off holier than thou. I’ll be the primary to inform you I’m a deeply, deeply flawed particular person. I simply can’t assist however be alarmed on the variety of males parroting these regressive, counterproductive concepts, particularly after they’re coming from individuals who maintain a major diploma of energy.