Dr. C.M. Porter

Teach/write/edit medieval & world religious history & pedagogy of tolerance. Religion, ethics, & interfaith news. Sometimes, but not frequently enough, dogs.

[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

Literally ONE endangered bird is worth the life of 100 Millionaires. ❌

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

Let’s say you needed a Reichstag…
—Target Minneapolis where George Floyd was murdered.
—Have Elon Musk promote racist propaganda about Somalis to raise the temperature.
—Send Noem & thousands of paramilitary federal agents in to cause chaos.
—Wait for the inevitable violence.
—When protests break out, use it as an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act and bring in the military.
—When protests spread across America, impose martial law.
—Cancel elections.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

https://t.co/QFwLJrFY6C

[Janice Hough @leftcoastbabe]

They'd only be in their 70s now.

William, Alison, Jeffrey, Sandy. #kentstate

[SARA 𓂆 @ZaqoutMe]

This is the first time I’ve picked up a brush since the war began!

I wanted to paint the life I dream of, a bright future.
But all tha fills my heart and mind is fear. Hunger. The terror I live everyday in Gaza.

If my voice& words haven’t reached u—
I hope this painting does 🇵🇸

[Harry Burton @HBtoons]

My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer. #Gaza

[Dr. C.M. Porter @PecanTarts]

@PressSec @Sec_Noem You should simply feel ashamed, full stop.

[Dr. C.M. Porter @PecanTarts]

@SenSchumer For the love of God, stop trying to game this out like you're working with reasonable people! Don't compromise with fascists! Vote no!

[Bonhoeffer's Child @bonhoefferchild]

Every abuser, ever.

[Dr. C.M. Porter @PecanTarts]

@WhiteHouse This attack on Zelensky's wardrobe couldn't make clearer what insecurity/grievance fuels every announcement and decision this admin makes: privileged white men in suits with zero expertise or empathy demand to be shown respect solely because they're privileged white men in suits

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

I was a stranger and you did not welcome me.
I was a stranger and you sent me away.
I was a stranger and you put me in chains.
I was a stranger and you filmed my humiliation.
I was a stranger and you showed my humiliation.
I was a stranger and you did not welcome me.

[Dr. C.M. Porter @PecanTarts]

@JDVance And is your "obvious" disagreement with a racist misogynist in the room with us right now?

[Dr. C.M. Porter @PecanTarts]

@SenatorBennet Thank you, from Littleton!!

[Jehad Abusalim @JehadAbusalim]

Gaza today, and for now, disrupts and defies the global agenda of rendering entire populations disposable and rightless. This was achieved through the resilience of an entire population that has endured months of displacement, starvation, disease, and bombardment. Yet, they persevered, facing adversity with unwavering patience and resilience.

Palestinians in Gaza send a powerful message to those championing anti-immigration policies around the world: no one wants to be a refugee in someone else's country, and no one wishes to be a burden—neither on the East nor the West, neither on friend nor foe. Palestinians in Gaza have paid the heaviest price simply to remain in their homes, or as close to home as possible.

Today, Israel's schemes to expel and displace millions of Palestinians into the wilderness of Sinai have failed. Those plans have crumbled at the gates of Gaza. And at those gates, Palestinians offer history yet another epic chapter, one that will be remembered for generations and centuries to come.

[John Pavlovitz Official @johnpavlovitz]

I knew a lot of men hated women, but I didn't realize how many women hated women.

[rebecca jennings @rebexxxxa]

idk why i’m always shocked to rediscover how deeply our country hates women

[Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman]

Just would like to point out that an incredibly "likable" woman ran this time, and it's still really close with that awful, unintelligent monster of a man.

It was never about Hillary's "likability." A lot of people just prefer hateful, ignorant men over smart women.

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

White people in America should never again talk about criminal behavior, amongst Black people, immigrants, or anyone else when they are literally casting ballots for a convicted felon to be president of the United States.

[Rayane Moussallem @RioMoussallem]

Israel is carpet bombing Tyre. I don’t think people unfamiliar with this city understand what does this mean. Tyre is over 4,700 year-old & one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is included as a whole in the UNESCO World Heritage. My heart is aching😭

[Mohammad @MargBarAmerica]

he was studying software engineering from a tent, still living for the next day. it would be a disservice to their life to only remember them engulfed in flames. learn their names and stories.