"A formula for civil war": Second flag flown by Supreme Court Justice Alito dire sign for democracy

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“A formula for civil war”: Second flag flown by Supreme Court Justice Alito dire sign for democracy
What every American should know about Alito's Appeal to Heaven flag

By LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN
PUBLISHED MAY 26, 2024 5:45AM (EDT)


(Salon) The inverted United States flag is a mainstay in MAGA circles. When hoisted by a ship at sea it indicates that the vessel is in grave distress. The Tea Party flipped the flag to symbolize the distress inflicted upon the right by progressive taxation and a Black president. After the 2020 election, the Stop the Steal Movement made it a shorthand for their conspiracy theories of a stolen election.

In the days following the Jan. 6 insurrection, the New York Times recently reported, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew his American flag upside down. When asked why such a polarizing symbol was prominently displayed outside his home for several days, Alito gallantly blamed his wife for inverting Old Glory as a salvo in a political dispute with a neighbor who erected a “Fuck Trump” sign.

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Many people are dimly aware that the Appeal to Heaven flag is connected to Trump and the insurrection, but what most don’t realize is that the banner is the calling card of a Christian supremacist movement seeking to impose theocracy on America. This non-denominational Christian tradition rooted in evangelism and Pentecostalism is known to scholars as the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). Leaders teach that the group’s political enemies are possessed by demons.

Dr. Matthew Taylor is a senior scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, & Jewish Studies in Maryland. His research revealed the preeminence of NAR Apostle Dutch Sheets in gathering the faithful to Washington on Jan. 6 to overturn the 2020 election for God. Sheets is the leading popularizer of the Appeal to Heaven flag as a symbol of revolutionary theocracy. In the run-up to Jan. 6, Sheets took pains to associate the Appeal to Heaven flag with Donald Trump and the prospect of his reelection. ...........(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/26/a-formula-for-civil-war-second-flag-flown-by-justice-alito-dire-sign-for-democracy/

[GreenWave]

1. What's next for him?

A green justice robe? I really don't care. Do you?

[NCDem47]

2. Americans outside of DU need to wake up!

There's a fox in the henhouse and it ain't good.

[riversedge]

4. The fox is Trump-and he only gets worse with his violent talk.

[Charging Triceratops]

3. Hey, Alito:

You're not going to get a theocracy.
You're not going to force anyone to conform to your religion.
You're not going to stop abortions.
You're not going to stop immigration.
You're not going to stop contraception.
You're not going to force anyone to go to church.
Your power that you assume is, in reality, mere illusion.