This link is the sort of shit I think about when Americans imply other countries can’t have nukes because they’re religious zealots:

https://twitter.com/nuclearanthro/status/988223870518771712?s=21 https://twitter.com/DanielDenvir/status/1022842919366086656
At a Los Alamos catholic church:

This is from Mother Theresa’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech and is engraved on a bench in the ‘garden to victims of abortion’
This is the sort of shit I think about when folk talk about how Iran or Pakistan or wherever shouldn’t have nukes because they’re religious zealots:

http://hill.cm/o3mAjp8 
Literally, this is what I think bout (academically and theoretically) when Americans discuss “non-western” nuclear weapon programs.

Great article, you should read!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aw6tvyv8ih3ahhg/Gusterson%201999%20CA%20Nuclear%20weapons%20on%20the%20othr%20in%20the%20western%20imagination.pdf?dl=0
The “Religious Liberties Task Force” for Christian special rights is the sort of shit I think about when people argue other countries shouldn’t have nukes because they’re religious zealouts:

https://twitter.com/abc/status/1023934951920525313?s=21
This is the sort of shit I think about when Americans argue that other countries can’t have nukes because they’re religious zealots or have cults of personality around the leader:
Ronald Reagan's Evil Empire speech is the sort of shit I think about when I hear arguments that Country X shouldn't have nuclear weapons because their leaders are religious zealots or have a death wish:
This is the sort of shit I think about when people argue that certain countries shouldn’t have nuclear weapons because they’re religious extremists: https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1035868121498677248?s=21
This is the sort of shit I think about when I hear Americans argue that Country X can’t be allowed to have nuclear weapons because they’re religious extremists with a cult of personality around their leader: https://twitter.com/kayajones/status/1038560746383319040?s=21
This is the sort of shit I think about when I hear people argue that Country/Person X shouldn’t be allowed to have nuclear weapons because they’re religous zealots.

Apocalyptic Christianity + Nuclear Weapons = A Bad Fucking Time

https://twitter.com/cwbuecheler/status/1057037496951992322?s=21
US Sec State invoking the fucking Rapture is the sort of shit I think about when folk say Country X, Y, Z is run by religious extremists who shouldn’t have nuclear weapons.

Millenarianism and nuclear weapons are a BAD FUCKING COMBO PEOPLE. https://twitter.com/ntarnopolsky/status/1078413787106082818?s=21
Christian Death Cults are the sort of shit I think about when folk say Country X, Y, Z is run by religious extremists who shouldn’t have nuclear weapons.

Millenarianism and nuclear weapons are a BAD FUCKING COMBO PEOPLE. https://twitter.com/edwardgluce/status/1084796808113676288?s=21
“I’m confident the lord is at work here”

Sec Pompeo telling Christian Broadcasting...

...god made Trump president to save Israel. From Iran.

THIS IS THE SHIT I THINK OF WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME IRAN SHOULDN’T HAVE NUKES BECAUSE THEY’RE FUNDAMENTALISTS. https://twitter.com/eenaruffini/status/1108855298679169024?s=21
The Official Church of England is holding a religious hooray for 50 years of nuke carrying subs.

This is the sort of shit I think about when folk say Iran shouldn’t have nukes because they’re religious zealots. https://twitter.com/christiancnd/status/1111192982827479041?s=21
The State Church of England having a service of thanks for nuclear deterrence...

...is the sort of shit I think about when I hear folk argue Country Y shouldn’t get nukes because they’re religious zealots. https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-48149055?__twitter_impression=true
Nuclear deterrent: Prince William heckled at service

Protesters have described the commemoration at Westminster Abbey as "completely inappropriate".

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-48149055?__twitter_impression=true
This sort of Christian Fundamentalist, fuck you queer folk and women, hooray eugenics bullshit...

...is what I think about when US publicly discusses other countries’ nuclear weapon programs (usually in racist &/or ethnocebtric terms). https://twitter.com/multilateralist/status/1134192523440787459?s=21
Christian Death Cults are the sort of shit I think about when folk say Country X, Y, Z is run by religious extremists who shouldn’t have nuclear weapons.

Millenarianism and nuclear weapons are a BAD FUCKING COMBO, PEOPLE.

Also, talk about getting burned by a source...
Pompeo’s pre-millennial dispensationalism and christian dominion theology is the sort of shit I think about when folk say Iran [or wherever] is too religiously influenced to have nukes.

https://twitter.com/atomicbell/status/1182746711904665600?s=21
Trump’s prosperity gospel grifting “spiritual advisor” joining rhe White House is the sort of shit I think about when people say Iran can’t have nuclear weapons because they’re irrational religious fundamentalists:

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1190337275613323267?s=21
Trump’s prosperity gospel grifting “spiritual advisor” joining rhe White House is the sort of shit I think about when people say Iran can’t have nuclear weapons because they’re irrational religious fundamentalists: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1190337275613323267?s=21
Trump’s prosperity gospel grifting “spiritual advisor” joining rhe White House is the sort of shit I think about when people say Iran can’t have nuclear weapons because they’re irrational religious fundamentalists: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1190337275613323267?s=21
This is the sort of shit I think about when folk say so other country is full of irrational cult of personality followers or religious fundamentalist authoritarians...

...and therefore can’t be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

https://twitter.com/courtneyhagle/status/1198654816928579584?s=21

*also, I told you so. https://twitter.com/CourtneyHagle/status/1198654816928579584
This is the sort of shit I think about when folk* say:

“Country X can’t have nuclear weapons, their leader is unstable, undeterrable, and has a cult of personality!”

*Especially my fellow Americans

https://twitter.com/news38555/status/1240379018735738882?s=21 https://twitter.com/news38555/status/1240379018735738882
This is the sort of shit I think about when Americans yell that, say, Kim Jong Un (or Iran) is irrational and can’t be allowed to have, or deterred with, nuclear weapons.
This is the sort of shit I think about when:

US Gov or chattering classes describe other peoples & governments as “religious fanatics” in a “cult of personality” for whom “deterrence won’t work” & therefore we keep our nukes but they shouldn’t get to have any.
This is the sort of shit I think about when:US Gov or chattering classes describe other peoples & governments as “religious fanatics” in a “cult of personality” for whom “deterrence won’t work” & therefore we keep our nukes but they shouldn’t get to have any.
This is the sort of shit I think about when:US Gov or chattering classes describe other peoples & governments as “religious fanatics” in a “cult of personality” for whom “deterrence won’t work” & therefore we keep our nukes but they shouldn’t get to have any.
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