Hegseth channels his inner Tarantino with fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction. The defense secretary said his prayer drew on Ezekiel, but wording closely matches Quentin Tarantino dialogue. (The Guardian)
How fitting for Pete (It’s A Holy War Damnit) Hegseth to quote from a film script to declare that his CRUSADES are God’s will, when in fact the words he quoted came from Quentin Tarantino’s script Pulp Fiction. It is fitting because Hegseth (And the Lord Has Directed Me) Hegseth seems to play the part of a cartoon action figure each and every day he boasts about the maiming, murder, and pillaging that Donald Trump’s Boix of Tiy Soldiers has been commanded to do.
Petey (I am a real man and don’t you forget it) Hegseth is an out loud and proud member of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), an archconservative network of Christian congregations.
CREC ascribes to a strict version of Reformed theology — rooted in the tradition of 16th-century Protestant reformer John Calvin — that puts a heavy emphasis on an all-powerful God who has dominion over all of society. Oh and its leader, Pastor Pat Wilson's church and wider denomination practice complementarianism, the patriarchal idea that men and women have different God-given roles. Women within CREC churches cannot hold church leadership positions, and married women are to submit to their husbands. (PBS).
Petey (Call me Tarzan) Hegseth, with a marriage history that includes three different women, cheated on his wives while married, and there are rumors regarding how he demonstrated his machismo while being drunk and had allegedly been accused of spousal abuse.
None of this would be of my concern, but it seems we have a Secretary of War, who enjoys his male-oriented religion, loves himself some rough and tough behavior, seems to provide the middle finger to laws he disagrees with, and is the go-to guy for President “Bone Spur” Trump.
As I see it, Hegseth is a blowhard, a has-been who wants to be, a self-loathing male, a phony, who prefers to pretend he knows God better than you or I. I mean, how icky do you have to be to quote Quentin Tarantino, as if those words were the words of a God you adore?
