Jonny Rashid
@jonnyrashid.bsky.social
Ordained pastor with MC USA. Author. Peace, pie maker (IG: foodpastor). Egyptian. He/him. Demi/pan. What a beautiful God there must be. Views my own.
Ross Douthat, in a column he wrote to try to get the right to distance themselves from Fuentes-style antisemitism, made the point that left-wing critics have always made: you can criticize Israel without being antisemitic.
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Ross Douthat, in a column he wrote to try to get the right to distance themselves from Fuentes-style antisemitism, made the point that left-wing critics have always made: you can criticize Israel without being antisemitic.
Ross Douthat is correct that Trump's biggest vulnerability for turning the U.S. completely into a fascist state is that he won't be in power for long enough and he isn't popular enough. The New York Times allowed Ross to make a case for three terms for Trump and to offer a blueprint for fascism.
October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ross Douthat is correct that Trump's biggest vulnerability for turning the U.S. completely into a fascist state is that he won't be in power for long enough and he isn't popular enough. The New York Times allowed Ross to make a case for three terms for Trump and to offer a blueprint for fascism.
Surprisingly, I appreciate Ross Douthat's exhortation, but he fails to see that the things that divide us are not merely political. We have moved into existential territory, which needs a genuine response, not just less intensity. People's lives are at stake.
September 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Surprisingly, I appreciate Ross Douthat's exhortation, but he fails to see that the things that divide us are not merely political. We have moved into existential territory, which needs a genuine response, not just less intensity. People's lives are at stake.
Noah acting like cancel culture changed because no one is on Bluesky and everyone was on Twitter is dubious. It wasn't that powerful.
September 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Noah acting like cancel culture changed because no one is on Bluesky and everyone was on Twitter is dubious. It wasn't that powerful.
The author of this Times' op-ed should interrogate why protesting a genocide doesn't result in widespread unity in Hollywood or anywhere. And categorically, the reason is anti-Palestinian racism and Zionist propaganda.
September 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The author of this Times' op-ed should interrogate why protesting a genocide doesn't result in widespread unity in Hollywood or anywhere. And categorically, the reason is anti-Palestinian racism and Zionist propaganda.
It's crucial to note that the reason Trump exists is because of Evangelicals. They elected him and support him. The tree is rotten, Trump didn't make it rotten.
August 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
It's crucial to note that the reason Trump exists is because of Evangelicals. They elected him and support him. The tree is rotten, Trump didn't make it rotten.
Great question for an Iraq War combat veteran @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social to ask himself.
June 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Great question for an Iraq War combat veteran @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social to ask himself.
David French is not only failing to see Gaza is already occupied, he waxes about the success of the failed Iraq War.
May 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
David French is not only failing to see Gaza is already occupied, he waxes about the success of the failed Iraq War.
Fair remark on Francis.
April 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Fair remark on Francis.
The generosity with which Ross Douthat offers Christian Zionists only exists because he is one. This is hogwash. Christian "philosemitism" is self-interested and yes, explicitly, antisemitic.
March 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The generosity with which Ross Douthat offers Christian Zionists only exists because he is one. This is hogwash. Christian "philosemitism" is self-interested and yes, explicitly, antisemitic.
To be sure, attacks on the independence of universities started with Biden's anti-Palestinian racism, not just Donald Trump. You reap what you sow.
March 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
To be sure, attacks on the independence of universities started with Biden's anti-Palestinian racism, not just Donald Trump. You reap what you sow.
The same publication was defending censoring pro-Palestinian students, so this sort of editorials falls on deaf ears to me.
March 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The same publication was defending censoring pro-Palestinian students, so this sort of editorials falls on deaf ears to me.
White people using people in the Global South as a shield against their own Western-inspired homophobia is shameful behavior. Own your prejudice, and don't pit minorities against each other. I wonder if Bonnie knows I'm Egyptian.
February 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
White people using people in the Global South as a shield against their own Western-inspired homophobia is shameful behavior. Own your prejudice, and don't pit minorities against each other. I wonder if Bonnie knows I'm Egyptian.
Trump is actually the perfect example of what Evangelical theology produces. David French is responsible for Trump. He should repent instead of defending his broken theology.
February 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump is actually the perfect example of what Evangelical theology produces. David French is responsible for Trump. He should repent instead of defending his broken theology.
"And if they don't agree, I'm throwing a binder at them."--Amy Klobuchar, probably
February 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"And if they don't agree, I'm throwing a binder at them."--Amy Klobuchar, probably
Reminder that God also created day and night and didn’t create a binary as a result. Obviously there are times of day that range between the two. The same is true of gender.
January 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Reminder that God also created day and night and didn’t create a binary as a result. Obviously there are times of day that range between the two. The same is true of gender.
I'm grateful for Richard Hays and the book he wrote, I hope it influences people to be more loving and accepting.
But I think it would be more humble if Hays admitted he changed his mind, instead of suggesting God changed. Homophobia is an anachronistic imposition on the Bible.
But I think it would be more humble if Hays admitted he changed his mind, instead of suggesting God changed. Homophobia is an anachronistic imposition on the Bible.
January 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I'm grateful for Richard Hays and the book he wrote, I hope it influences people to be more loving and accepting.
But I think it would be more humble if Hays admitted he changed his mind, instead of suggesting God changed. Homophobia is an anachronistic imposition on the Bible.
But I think it would be more humble if Hays admitted he changed his mind, instead of suggesting God changed. Homophobia is an anachronistic imposition on the Bible.
DM me for a link to livestream.
December 31, 2024 at 6:43 PM
DM me for a link to livestream.
Chomsky on Palestine. It’s not complicated.
November 23, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Chomsky on Palestine. It’s not complicated.
scha·den·freu·de
/ˈSHädənˌfroidə/
noun
1 pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.
/ˈSHädənˌfroidə/
noun
1 pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.
August 15, 2023 at 11:55 AM
scha·den·freu·de
/ˈSHädənˌfroidə/
noun
1 pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.
/ˈSHädənˌfroidə/
noun
1 pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.
Reminder: none of this is normal. Get yourself back into reality. Don’t be a boiled frog.
August 11, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Reminder: none of this is normal. Get yourself back into reality. Don’t be a boiled frog.
In one breath, David French argues that SCOTUS is the last vestige of the pre-Trump right. But he goes on to admit its most MAGA members are Alito and Thomas—pre-Trump appointees. What he’s saying is that Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Barrett are not that MAGA.
August 8, 2023 at 2:32 PM
In one breath, David French argues that SCOTUS is the last vestige of the pre-Trump right. But he goes on to admit its most MAGA members are Alito and Thomas—pre-Trump appointees. What he’s saying is that Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Barrett are not that MAGA.
Blessed Transfiguration Sunday to you.
August 7, 2023 at 1:08 AM
Blessed Transfiguration Sunday to you.