Crusades, Christendom, and Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos - A Deep Dive

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 700-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Enter code “SWAJ40” for $40 for an entire year of premium! Brad discusses the controversial tattoos of Pete Hegseth and their implications with Spencer Kunz, a PhD student at Florida State University. The conversation covers the history and modern context of Crusader symbols, their usage among alt-right groups, and the concept of sacred hierarchies. The episode also addresses concerns about Hegseth's affiliations with radical far-right ideologies and their potential impact on American society, especially in positions of power like the Department of Defense. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.1	for comment about Heg Seth and his beliefs, but Hegset and others have said that those
0:51.5	tattoos are ones that a number of veterans have.
0:54.6	They've also argued that his Christian beliefs are not extremists.
0:58.2	How do you respond to that?
0:59.9	Well, what I would say is that the evidence shows us that those who donned those tattoos
1:03.7	are prone to take part in extremist communities.
1:07.0	It can be hard to pin intentionality on people.
1:09.7	But when somebody says that they think we should fight like we're in a modern-day crusade,
1:13.9	and then they don the symbols of that crusade, I think we should take them seriously.
1:18.3	I also want to ask you about the specific church that Hegset has attended in Tennessee.
1:22.7	It's part of a denomination founded by Doug Wilson, a pastor in Moscow, Idaho.
1:29.3	What beliefs does that denomination promote and why are they significant? Doug Wilson is a firebrand pastor and theologian.
1:36.0	He is somebody who reaches millions of people through his podcast, through his writings,
1:40.3	through the schools that he's founded, and the denomination of which Pete Hexas Church is a part.
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