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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Here’s another recent article (2022) that goes into more detail: Who are the Dominionists backing conservative candidates?.
And another: Dominionism Rising: A Theocratic Movement Hiding in Plain Sight

Other notable dominionists:
Ron DeSantis
Ted Cruz
Kari Lake
Amy Coney-Barrett
Brett Kavanaugh
Mike Johnson
Mike Pence
Roger Stone
Tucker Carlson
Bill Barr
Pretty much everyone in Trump’s orbit.

There are hundreds more. This should scare the shit out of all of us.

Here’s the Wikipedia article on Christian Dominionism.

This is not fringe. It’s mainstream.

e: names

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't imagine Roger Stone is a true believer. He's a mercenary.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That’s fair. It’s hard to know what a snake actually thinks. He’s been sliming for their cause since Nixon*, though, so this may be a distinction without a difference.

e: my autocorrect hates me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Exactly! Nixon wasn't driving towards some Dominionist shit that I'm aware of. He was a crooked politician that worked for the nascent oligarchy. He deliberately fucked up peace in Vietnam to win an election. The shit that got him run out was small potatoes.

Stone just wants to get paid and win.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No, I mean the opposite.

Stone may not have been stanning for dominionism under Nixon (it was only a twinkle in their eye at that point), but Stone walks, talks, and quacks like a dominionist.

Is he an opportunist or a believer? I can’t claim to know, but he says dominionist things, does dominionist things, and surrounds himself almost exclusively by dominionists, so he’s a de facto dominionist.

e: I really should learn to spell, and also use words

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree he's looking duckish these days but I still think he believes in nothing but money, fame, and power. And here we are talking about him. 🦆☝️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sorry to keep clarifying, but I want to make sure people understand the depth of this threat.

The only reason you could credibly claim Stone isn’t a dominionist is because it didn’t quite exist when he was criming for Nixon.

He was intimately involved with the founders of dominionism, and worked very closely with all those same people during its rise over the past few decades, and now works so closely with its adherents, they could all be a Cronenberg monster.

e: nevermind, I get your point. He’s a mercenary, and I agree, but his position as a mercenary specifically for dominionists makes him especially dangerous, IMO.