Stand where he tells you to stand, wear what he tells you to wear, mand do what he tells you to do."
This is the wedding night advice offered to brides by Josh Howerton, a senior pastor at Lakepointe Church in Dallas, Texas.
Lakepointe, according to the Dallas Morning News, is one of the biggest megachurches in Texas, with over 13,000 people a week attending its main location.
The church itself cites a number over 40,000 a week, between its six campuses and online services.
Howerton opened Sunday morning services on February 25 with this paean to sexual coercion.
The MAGA base is getting ever more vitriolic with its misogyny.
Part of that is due to the more secular dirtbags of the Joe #Rogan/Elon #Musk variety, who have become such a loud part of the Republican coalition under Trump.
But this escalation of boldly misogynist rhetoric is also coming from the evangelicals.
Republicans can't win without keeping those people happy, since the Christian right is where the GOP's organizing power still mainly resides.
In her recent New York Times article about the "coarsening" of the religious right, #Ruth#Graham alluded to this, writing about the trend of evangelical leaders using "#vulgarities."
But it's not just a matter of using curse words. The vulgarities in question mostly center around an over-the-top performance of toxic masculinity:
throwing around sexist terms like "slt" and "whre," homophobic slurs, and using phrases like "grow a pair."
It's definitely got an overcompensation vibe to it.
But along with the increasingly violent queerphobia, this means evangelical sexism is getting more overtly nasty.
A lot of the faux-chivalrous condescension is being replaced with blunt malevolence and sexual objectification.
🤦🏻♀️“Rogan’s fresh deal, estimated to be worth as much as $250 million over its multiyear term, involves an upfront minimum guarantee, plus a revenue sharing agreement based on ad sales.
Under the new licensing agreement, Spotify will sell ads for and distribute “The #JoeRogan Experience” across several podcast platforms, including in a video format on YouTube, the company said Friday. Under his previous deal, the show was exclusive to Spotify” https://apple.news/ANvDNbGWMTgS0r3UKdQKs7A
I've actually thanked people who've mentioned #Rogan in conversation for the heads-up, grateful for their saving me time I can better spend not listening to the barks of assholes.
MUST-WATCH:
Joe Rogan says people regret voting for #Biden and labels him mentally incompetent for talking about “airports during the revolutionary war” — then fact-checks himself… and slowly realizes #TRUMP SAID IT. Whoopsy!🤦🏻♂️
Mary #Trump and Kathy Griffin mock Joe #Rogan's “IQ of a turnip”
The duo discussed the controversial podcaster and how his ignorance means he has "terrifying" #influence
Mary Trump, the niece and ardent critic of Donald Trump, sat down with comedian Kathy #Griffin to roast controversial #podcaster Joe Rogan and his “terrifying” influence.
#JoeRogan isn't an honest person acting in good faith. Maybe you could excuse one or two errors in judgement, but when he's promoting debunked #conspiracy theories every week without regard for what's actually true, you have to question his motives. And those motives are clear; attention. By promoting absurd nonsense on his show, he knows it will drive attention, keeping his name in the headlines, and viewers flocking to his show. He's not stupid, he's a liar.
Conspiracists: "Why won't experts debate #RFKJr on the #Rogan show?"
see also:
Man who insists a salmon stole his car: "Why won't ichthyologists debate me? What are they covering up? Proof that there's a secret fish cabal intent on replacing humans as the dominant species?"
Kyl alkaa mennä aika lailla liian pitkälle, että rokotevastustajat alkavat stalkkaamaan tiedemiehiä ja ilmestyvät kotiovelle vaatimaan debaattia, ja sen perään maailman toisiksi rikkain mies sekä maailman kuuluisin podcastaaja kaatavat bensaa liekkeihin. Sanoisin että this is not fine. 🤬
Crass Americans with too much money are moneywanking in front of a scientist, assuming that their impressive money will convince him to perform in a debate with barbarians. They believe that everyone else must love their big swinging money as much as they do, because it’s so big and money, they can’t understand that the scientist may have other motivations.
Why can’t they just send unsolicited dick pics like normal men?
@BruceMirken There is not a chance in the world that #Rogan, #Musk and their respective audiences are not going to be "enlightened" by whatever Dr. Hotez has to say.