Yesterday, Christian right film maker Dinesh D’Souza (Hillary’s America) tweeted:
What @realDonaldTrump admires about Putin is the way Putin–unlike someone else we know–LOVES his country & FIGHTS for its interests
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) September 14, 2016
The alt-right is also alt-reality and alt-morality.
Make sure you read the responses to D’Souza’s tweet. D’Souza is supposed to be the celebrity public intellectual but these commenters are taking him to school. In addition to oppressing his political opponents, Putin and his government have recently cracked down on religious liberty and evangelizing in Russia.
Christian right political types in the US cry big tears about religious liberty but praise Putin’s leadership in a nation where religious liberty is truly under attack.
Human Rights Foundation chair and former chess world champion Gary Kasparov tweeted in reply:
Are you insane? Look at the disastrous state of Russia! The only interests Putin fights for are his own! https://t.co/CHzSd2WS60
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 14, 2016
Trump’s supporters in the Christian right may someday wonder how they were duped so badly. I hope they aren’t wondering this after a Trump administration deals away American interests to a Russian dictator. Rather I hope it comes later after Trump and Clinton lose in a history making electoral college win for a third party candidate.
Perhaps I am alt-reality too. But at least my conscience is clear.
UPDATE: Mr. D’Souza goes full Trump and makes fun of my name. Classy argumentation.
.@Patheos One Warren Throckmorton–a man as pompous as his name–goes into high dudgeon over my Putin tweet https://t.co/FEwtAB7GvQ
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) September 15, 2016
To Gary Kasparov, D’Souza concedes:
I'll concede to you on this–what I meant is we could use a president who unabashedly defends America's interests https://t.co/cpYeQhsyCN
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) September 15, 2016
If defending America’s interests looks like Putin, then no, we couldn’t use such a president.