Sunday, January 27, 2019

A prophet for our time …

… Rene Girard & The Covington Catholic Boys | The American Conservative. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

It’s going to get worse — a lot worse. Christians, and conservatives, need to be prepared for it. This is why I wrote The Benedict Option, and now it’s becoming ever more difficult to deny its diagnosis. Girard is right: the abolition of what we believe in is the long-term goal. This is what #ExposeChristianSchools is about: scapegoating, straight up, with the aim of marginalizing and ultimately eliminating any public manifestation of orthodox Christianity.
If you want to know René Girard, a good place to start is with Cynthia Haven’s Evolution of Desire.

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  1. The recent incident seems to have served as the video equivalent of malignant prions, inducing sudden and widespread mental debility. I wish that this were limited to the Twitterati who jumped on the kids; but Senator Timothy Kaine (D-VA) has suggested that Congress find out who posted the initial video; and Mr. Dreher does not seem immune.

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