Liz’s Reviews > Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents > Status Update
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"Loyalty to an ideology over expertise is no less disturbing than loyalty to a personality."
The inclusion of "over expertise" here is doing some heavy, heavy lifting. Especially in the context of this sentence, which is to justify Donald Trump's preference for underlings who carry out his whims rather than adhere to any ideology whatsoever.
— Apr 08, 2025 09:32AM
The inclusion of "over expertise" here is doing some heavy, heavy lifting. Especially in the context of this sentence, which is to justify Donald Trump's preference for underlings who carry out his whims rather than adhere to any ideology whatsoever.
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"...the opposition...regards Christians as the most significant remaining obstacles...bearers of the cruel and outdated beliefs that keep the people from being free and happy. Wherever we hide, they will track us, find us, and punish us if that’s what it takes to make this world more perfect."
The DRAMA!
— Apr 08, 2025 11:10AM
The DRAMA!
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I swear I'm not going update about this book every 2 percent I read, but I'm so wary of a perspective that insists on using George Orwell's 1984 as any kind of analogue to today.
— Apr 07, 2025 12:30PM
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I heard about this book because I heard that JD Vance spoke at the premier of the film based on this book and said "...we’ve gone from a country where we would harass and threaten and investigate and even arrest pro-life protesters to one where we’re encouraging pro-life activists to do what they can to persuade their fellow Americans."
I'm reading it to try to understand where this mindset could possibly come from.
— Apr 06, 2025 09:09AM
I'm reading it to try to understand where this mindset could possibly come from.
