New @jssreligion.bsky.social. Using @prri.org data with a wording experiment, I find Christian nationalism, insecure masculinity, & belief in replacement theory shapes support for policy that encourages only certain Americans to have kids to preserve a demographic status quo.
doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
Had some parents tell me they monitor their high school senior’s internet activity, not for fear he’s accessing sexual content, but for fear the algorithm is feeding him white nationalist manosphere videos. That’s where our culture is now. The threat isn’t teen sex but Tucker Carlson & Nick Fuentes.
Traditional religious commitment tends to increase support for a more general pronatalist policy, but support for a more selective pronatalist policy is undergirded by culture-warring concerns. Moreover, I find it's the low-attending Christian nationalists who most support selective pronatalism.
New @jssreligion.bsky.social. Using @prri.org data with a wording experiment, I find Christian nationalism, insecure masculinity, & belief in replacement theory shapes support for policy that encourages only certain Americans to have kids to preserve a demographic status quo.
doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
Robert O. Paxton foretelling what American-style fascism would look like.
Every time I hear Obama speak I get so angry. Not at him. It's just that every time I hear him explain things calmly, thoughtfully, humbly, I'm reminded what we now have to read and hear everyday and it's like a punch in the face.
Same. All types too, from cards to the lottery. I don't get the appeal. The temptation completely escapes me.
This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.
People most often quote Roosevelt's "The Man in the Arena" speech because of a few sentences celebrating individualism and determination. But there are actually lots of progressive gems in there like this section connecting liberty with how one's country treats minorities and shuns all persecution.
looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles
Rewatching "The Last Dance" on Netflix about Jordan's Chicago Bulls in the 1990s & it's wild to see so many NBA games where both teams (one of whom has the best scorer of all time) score in the 80s or even 70s rather than the 120s. Not dogging on today's players, but it's such a different game now.
New study. We had adults place historical figures on the left-right ideological spectrum. Folks most often place history's villains (Hitler, Stalin, etc) as extreme examples of their opponents. But they place heroes (Jesus, MLK, Lincoln) are on their own team. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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If you're not following @profsamperry.bsky.social & @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social ....
....ummmm, why not?
They're always chasing down very interesting, culturally relevant topics.
Check out this latest.
Thanks Gordon! 🙏
Thanks! 🙏
The study sheds light on what these figures mean historically and their political utility. Like Christians project their biases onto Jesus, adults do the same with MLK & the opposite with history's villains, making Hitler a "leftist," or Stalin "right-wing." 4/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Example 2: Here you see the distribution of scores for heroes. It's the opposite pattern. The more ideological adults are, the more they put heroes in their own camp. Even MLK is placed as more right-wing by conservatives! That makes no sense unless you realize it's cuz he's valenced as good. 3/4
Example 1: Here you see the distribution of scores for villains. Notice the more ideological adults are, the more Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, etc. are placed on the extreme end of their opponents. Doesn't matter whether "left" or "right" intuitively makes sense. Point is they're valenced as bad. 2/4
New study. We had adults place historical figures on the left-right ideological spectrum. Folks most often place history's villains (Hitler, Stalin, etc) as extreme examples of their opponents. But they place heroes (Jesus, MLK, Lincoln) are on their own team. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I'm not saying I know or agree with everything he's advocating or whatever. But if he's using his platform as a Christian leader to go loud against Christian nationalist rhetoric & policy, then he can be more influential than we've been, sadly. So I'm grateful. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Here's one reason I appreciate Talarico. Experimental research finds when self-identifying Christian leaders say "I'm a Christian and Christian nationalism is bad news for everyone," it can get those movable people in the middle to distance themselves from it. doi.org/10.1007/s111...
After watching this shit show in Iran can we now agree that maybe having academics isn’t a bad thing?
From the Georgetown College Republicans. Somehow I knew when I read the first Islamophobic claim that the second claim about “our Christian nation” would follow.
These kids are taking heat and deleted the post but how can they feel bad when GOP officials proudly tweet the exact same things?
1. New in-press paper on religion's functions, co-authored with amazing lab manager James Nesbit! Full text here, more info in thread below: columbiasamclab.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/....
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New study analyzing fertility data and the volume of pronatalist media coverage finds the two are unrelated, suggesting “pronatalist media discourse selectively deploys demographic evidence in order to operate as an ideological regime of truth.”
www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/worki...
Think @karenguzzo.bsky.social and @philipncohen.com will find this one relevant if they hadn’t already been notified.
New study analyzing fertility data and the volume of pronatalist media coverage finds the two are unrelated, suggesting “pronatalist media discourse selectively deploys demographic evidence in order to operate as an ideological regime of truth.”
www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/worki...
Oklahoma’s own Markwayne Mullin will lead the Department of Homeland Security. Truly the only expertise necessary in this administration is being a lying sycophant for Trump.
Totally saw Wu-Tang immediately. I used to draw that symbol on all my sports gear in high school so teammates would know it was mine.
