{"id":90,"date":"2022-08-26T14:45:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2022-08-26T14:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:45:58","slug":"panneton-the-catholic-rosary-is-a-must-have-tacticool-accessory-for-rad-trad-violent-insurrectionists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Panneton: The Catholic Rosary is a Must-Have Tacticool Accessory for Rad-Trad Violent Insurrectionists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Shutterstock\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/shutterstock_2055959669-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Catholic,Rosary,On,A,Trunk.\" title=\"Catholic,Rosary,On,A,Trunk.\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Just as the AR-15 rifle has become a\u00a0sacred object\u00a0for Christian nationalists in general, the rosary has acquired a militaristic meaning for radical-traditional (or \u201crad trad\u201d) Catholics. On this extremist fringe, rosary beads have been woven into a\u00a0conspiratorial politics and absolutist gun culture. These armed radical traditionalists have taken up a spiritual notion that the rosary can be a weapon in the fight against evil and turned it into something dangerously literal.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Their social-media pages are saturated with images of rosaries draped over firearms, warriors in prayer,\u00a0Deus Vult\u00a0(\u201cGod wills it\u201d) crusader memes, and exhortations for men to rise up and become\u00a0Church Militants.<b>\u00a0<\/b>Influencers on platforms such as Instagram share posts referencing \u201ceveryday carry\u201d and \u201cgat check\u201d (gat\u00a0is slang for \u201cfirearm\u201d) that include soldiers\u2019 \u201cbattle beads,\u201d handguns, and assault rifles. One artist posts illustrations of his favorite Catholic saints, clergy, and influencers toting AR-15-style rifles labeled\u00a0<span class=\"smallcaps\">sanctum rosarium<\/span> alongside violently homophobic screeds that are celebrated by social-media accounts with thousands of followers. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__wy3UI\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Militia culture, a fetishism of Western civilization, and masculinist anxieties have become mainstays of the far right in the U.S.\u2014and rad-trad Catholics have now taken up residence in this company. Their social-media accounts commonly promote\u00a0accelerationist\u00a0and\u00a0survivalist\u00a0content, along with combat-medical and tactical training, as well as memes depicting balaclava-clad gunmen that draw on the \u201cterrorwave\u201d or \u201cwarcore\u201d aesthetic that is popular in far-right circles.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__wy3UI\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Like such networks, radical-traditional Catholics sustain their own cottage industry of goods and services that reinforces the radicalization. Rosaries are common among the merchandise on offer\u2014some made of cartridge casings, and complete with gun-metal-finish crucifixes. One Catholic online store, which\u00a0describes itself\u00a0as \u201cdedicated to offering battle-ready products and manuals to \u2018stand firm against the tactics of the devil\u2019\u201d (a New Testament reference), sells replicas of the rosaries issued to American soldiers during the First World War as \u201ccombat rosaries.\u201d Discerning consumers can also buy a<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220814164500\/https:\/\/romancatholicgear.com\/collections\/grace-force\/products\/concealed-carry-card\">\u00a0<\/a>\u201cconcealed carry\u201d permit for their combat rosary and a sacramental storage box resembling an\u00a0ammunition can. In 2016, the pontifical Swiss Guard accepted a donation of combat rosaries; during a ceremony at the Vatican, their commander described the gift as \u201cthe most powerful weapon that exists on the market.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014 Daniel Panneton in <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220814164500\/https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/08\/radical-traditionalist-catholic-christian-rosary-weapon\/671122\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How the Rosary Became an Extremist Symbol<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/panneton-the-catholic-rosary-is-a-must-have-tacticool-accessory-for-rad-trad-violent-insurrectionists\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shutterstock Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Just as the AR-15 rifle has become a\u00a0sacred object\u00a0for Christian nationalists in general, the rosary has acquired a militaristic meaning for radical-traditional (or \u201crad trad\u201d) Catholics. On this extremist fringe, rosary beads have been woven into a\u00a0conspiratorial politics and absolutist gun culture. 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