Take Me to Church: Ep. 290
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Acogla's Influence on American Politics
Coglin made this early decision that he really wanted to get involved in politics, way beyond the scope of what you would expect from a catholic priest. And his brand of politics was very much this kind of right wing populism and leaning very hard into fashism. He is putting out a national newspaper which, ironically, he calls social justice. This paper is full of reports of all the wonderful things hitler and muselinia are up to in europe, and talking about all the secret plots of the jews to comei and take over america. So he is very much cultivating a kind of rabid, intense follower who believes hat that he is speaking the way of the
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