On Thursday, Stephen Colbert interviewed Chris Hedges, author of American Fascists. Hedges said of right-wing TV evangelists like James Dobson and Pat Robertson:
The image that they present of Jesus and of the Christian is essentially a warrior cult. I mean, it’s that obsession with violence, it is that notion that America can use its imperial power and use its violence to create a Christian nation. They condemn other ways of being, other religion as satanic — I mean, they’re constantly blasting Islam, nominal Christians, liberals. It is a message that’s deeply anti-Christian, and, I think, filled with a lot of bigotry and a lot of intolerance.
When Colbert challenged him for being angry, Hedges, a former seminary student, said, “I don’t think anger’s a bad thing,” and quoted St. Augustine:
Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.
I took the precise quote above from Wikiquote. There’s more there worth reading.
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