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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Fox News has some story up about Bill Clinton being in Epstein’s birthday book too. Why is that some sort of “gotcha”? I don’t give a damn about Bill Clinton. Let the two pedophiles share a cell.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Evangelicals have spent decades painting culture as demonic. And now they’re the ones who made a deal with the devil.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I just saw a Cybertruck with a confederate flag plate on the front and that seems about right.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Whether you’re religious or not, maybe now is the time to reappropriate and use language that liberal Christianity gave up on a long time ago: the devil, satan, hell, Antichrist, sin, judgment, the wrath of God, etc. (Not being exclusivist; I have no business speaking for other religions.)

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We’ve criminalized speaking out against genocide. And even worse, we cheer for it—the criminalization and the genocide itself.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

The “it was really about the economy” interpretation turned out to be misguided. Which plenty of people said after the election but were ignored and, at least in left academic circles, criticized for their lack of theoretical acumen (i.e. adherence to the party line).

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

There is no possible world in which a billionaire cares about you.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

My former employer thought I was too antagonistic toward evangelicalism. Not with respect to my students but in some of my published work. I fully accept the charge—but all of this is what happens when you play the placating game.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

If you didn’t like the halftime show there’s probably a Matlock rerun on TBS or something.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Theological observation: white evangelicals don’t take the Bible seriously.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Democrats think resistance is sending a strongly worded letter.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

There’s no reason to mince words. A lot of people want fascism. It’s hard to conclude otherwise. And they want all that comes along with it, including the destruction of marginalized communities.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

They’ll go to church in the morning. Then go to the Mexican restaurant for lunch after. And while eating their chips and salsa, they’ll talk about the need to “send them back.”

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Love your neighbor as yourself. Unless they harm your other neighbor.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Love your neighbor as yourself. Unless they fuck with your other neighbor.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I might start believing in hell to comfort myself with the thought of Trump going there.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Spiced butternut squash soup with chorizo, queso, and cilantro.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I’ll admit there’s some satisfaction in Biden’s pardon. But it’s an abuse of power and a stupid political move. As usual the Democrats are their own worst enemy.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The moral exhortations and claims that right-wing evangelicals have made for the past 40 years have never been made in good faith—so we shouldn’t treat them as such.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

So a reminder: It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom. It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president. It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child. For the record.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Trump didn’t campaign on immigration policy. He campaigned on the dehumanization of immigrants.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

People who want to ban others from bathrooms don’t need a better economic message.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Ego dissolution, annihilation of self . . . whatever you want to call it. Why do we value this in the first place?

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Maybe all is one and/or everything is interconnected—that doesn’t necessarily have any ultimate value.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I’m not a fan of discourses surrounding mysticism—especially in psychedelic spaces—but I can get with Simon Critchley’s On Mysticism.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Maybe it’s time to recapitulate Leary: “turn on, tune in, drop out.”

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Let people be mad for a little while. It’s been like a week and a half. “I’m sorry your mom just died. Now get back to work. That’s the real socialist position!” It’s politics as constant activity—which is what neoliberalism wants.

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

“[N]o Trumpist believes that Donald Trump is a good person, a capable business, and an enlightened politician. I suspect they think the man is a psychopathic bastard. But it is precisely for this reason that they vote for him.”—Bifo Berardi

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Hollis Phelps @hphelps.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Just because people say they voted for economic reasons doesn’t mean they actually did. Or at least solely. Our actions aren’t always transparent to ourselves and they’re overdetermined. There’s more going on.

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