The fascists’ creed

Created
Fri, 01/09/2023 - 23:00
Updated
Fri, 01/09/2023 - 23:00
Jan. 6 was just a warm-up Change can be threatening. It can be uncomfortable. What it means to an uncomfortably large number of white men who can’t get over themselves is an occasion for violence, even murder. In Jesus’s name. Spouses, children, and neighbors beware. Behold the righteous Christian soldier (and sometime bounty hunter) preaching death to MAGA enemies: Right Wing Watch elaborates: Stew Peters is a far-right virulently anti-LGBTQ bigot who regularly uses his nightly “The Stew Peters Show” program, speeches, and social media accounts to promote white nationalists and antisemites and to spread wild conspiracy theories, bigotry, and calls for violence. Lately, those calls for violence have become increasingly explicit, as just last week Peters used his program to urge Americans to begin exploring “extra-legal options” to remove “enemy combatants” like Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs from office. Over the weekend, Peters joined members of former President Donald Trump’s family and inner circle and a cavalcade of far-right conspiracy theorists for a ReAwaken America event in Las Vegas, where he delivered a bloodthirsty rant that was alarming even by Peters’ already unhinged standards. Speaking on the same stage as the likes of Donald Trump Jr., Lara Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Michael Flynn, Peters repeatedly called for his perceived political enemies to be executed. Dr. Anthony Fauci? Dead. Doctors who treat transgender youth? Dead. Hunter Biden? Dead. Neidermeyer? Dead! (Gallows humor on that last one. Sorry.) “We are going to see extreme accountability,” Peters asserted. “Maximum accountability. We are going to have permanent accountability, with extreme prejudice!” Every one of Peters’ violent threats was met by wild cheers from the audience. A slightly less virulent version of this pitch led a MAGA mob to…