What shocked both parties during her speech?
Her forced baptism of terrorists by waterboarding them
What event was she speaking at?
National Rifle Association meeting
Which year?
2014
Who was she speaking out against?
Liberals
For what?
For coddling terrorists.
What was her speech filled with?
Religious metaphors
What point was she trying to make?
That true leaders would put fear of God in enemies.
How does she say we would baptize terrorists?
By waterboarding
What did the Christian commentators focus on in her speech?
link between torture and baptism
Did someone release a statement about the speech?
Yes
Who?
National Religious Campaign against Torture
When?
Wednesdayj
What did they say her statement was a conflict of?
False narrative conveying the United States and terrorists is conflict between Christianity and Islam
What group was the letter sent to?
NRA
How many people signed it?
17
What kind of people were they?
Faith leaders
What word did they use to describe her comparing baptism to torture?
Sacrilegious
Were people actually surprised about what she said?
No
What did they say she relies on?
Crafting existential binaries between "us" and "them,"
What language does she draw from?
Militant Christianity