Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker indicated on the show he was a proponent of the āSeven Mountains Mandate,ā an explicitly theocratic doctrine at the heart of Christian nationalism.
Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker, who wrote the concurring opinion in last weekās explosive Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos have the same rights as living children, recently appeared on a show hosted by self-anointed āprophetā and QAnon conspiracy theorist.
Parker was the featured guest on āSomeone You Should Know,ā hosted by Johnny Enlow, a Christian nationalist influencer and devoted supporter of former President Donald Trump. Over the course of an 11-minute interview, Parker articulated a theocratic worldview at odds with a functioning, pluralistic society.
āGod created government,ā he told Enlow, adding that itās āheartbreakingā that āwe have let it go into the possession of others.ā
Well, I presume youāre one of the good people, arenāt you? I donāt want to burn you to the ground along with the rest of Tennessee, even if youāre a willing sacrifice. Any scorched earth tactic has to be preceded by getting people like you out of harmās way first.
Iām all for an LGBTQ āUnderground Railroadā-esque method of getting us out of harmās way. What Iām against is the notion by another commenter that I should have to stay here and help the people who, for whatever reason, are so poor that they canāt pack stuff in boxes and leave. The goalpost canāt just move that much. If your life is in danger, you donāt just stay put because you might not financially recover. Thatās bullshit. And no one should stick around, under consequence of death, to help me. What kind of person just folds their arms as days āIām not leaving until someone else risks their life to help me.ā
Also, my initial comment was that nothing in the Bible belt is worth saving. As in putting in effort to try and change their minds or shitty attitudes. Someone replied with something about nukes. I never insinuated anything of the sort. Granted, the entirety of the Bible belt could be hit by tornadoes and the Country would only be out by a can of Skoal, a pack of Marlboro Reds, and the entirety of the incest category on Pornhub.
Almost every front yard in Tennessee looks like a landfill and in one city, the county was discussing starting a code enforcement program and several people threatened to attack the city council. One guy even mentioned using a tank do do it. You cannot even legislate these people to have a modicum of class. These people are trashy and they aim to stay that way. Itās all they know or care to know.
I had a coworker bring up the border situation a week ago and I asked him, a guy who could to be āsuper religiousā (his words, not mine) what Jesus would want him to do, and he said, and I quote, āJesus would want me to help the national guard shoot the ones that are trying to get here illegally.ā He and our boss, who is Catholic, got into a very heated debate about that. Guns are their solution to everything here, including the LGBTQ.
For as bad as youāve read that it is here in the news and online, itās actually worse.
Oh absolutely, there is no expectation at all that you should have to stay and fix the place. Itās admirable of those who want to try, but Iām a firm proponent of saving your own ass first. If youāre LGBT in a red state, Iād honestly prefer you get the hell out of dodge than stay and try to fix it.
I grew up in Missouri and I lived in Houston for a couple years. I feel no obligation to fix Texas. I donāt feel obligated to fix Missouri, although I want to. If laws come out targeting me and my loved ones though, then Iām heading out.
I greatly respect martyrs because I donāt think anyone should ever try to be one. I care way too much about saving my skin, selfish as it sounds.
i donāt expect you to sacrifice yourself. i just think itās likely youāre not the sole āgood peopleā in bama.