For years, there's been an urge in the mainstream media to treat various right-wing ideologies as separate and distinct buckets of thought: the anti-abortion people. Or the racists. Or the anti-LGBTQ people. Or the 'men's rights' people. Or the people who want the Bible taught in biology classrooms. But in truth, these groups have always been intertwined and overlapping, to the point where many of these distinctions are without difference. Turns out the Christian right isn't just sexist and homophobic, but also incredibly racist. Turns out that white supremacists also have rigid views about 'traditional' gender roles. The enemy of fascism is never just one group of marginalized people, but anyone who steps outside of their strict ideas about racial, ethnic, religious, and gender hierarchy.
'Texas mall mass shooter: A familiar tale of the misogyny-to-fascism pipeline' [Salon, 10 May 2023]
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