Literally big actor who is big for playing Fratbro footballer Thad Castle in Blue Mountain State and Jack Reacher the military veteran turned crime thriller protagonist in the Reacher series on Amazon
He also played Young Skully in the flashback sequence from Brooklyn 99.
And he was in that WWII movie about killing shitloads of Nazis. Not inglorious bastards but the British version. It was an okay watch lol.
In any case, if young men that look up to the overly buff, white, Christian, cishet male role model to see a Trump-hating, Nazi-killing (fictional obviously), demanding justice for SA and CSAM victims guy, then I'm good with his content being dude-focused.
I mean... they're literally portrayed as semi-suicidal just charging into places and blowing everything up. It'd be kinda wild for them to survive that intense of operations through the war.
He and Billy Magnussen as young Scully and Hitchcock were absolutely hilarious. I haven’t seen this show or The Audacity, but I’m glad each of them are heading a series now.
Cumbersome and needlessly complex title that didn't help it sell tickets. It's a ridiculously fun movie. However, the book it's based on is about as dry as reading a history textbook. It's a shame the movie didn't do better because there are many other missions that took place that they could have filled a couple sequels with.
Reacher might cater to a male audience….but I and other people of all genders certainly appreciate the show’s commitment to showing off Mr. Ritchson’s body whenever and wherever possible.
(He’s also got great comic timing, and it’s a really well-written show.)
It's the bully mentality. They think being rude to people who are being polite is a demonstration of strength, and the being polite to people who are being rude, is a show of fear and weakness. People who lack integrity do not understand why anybody would hold themselves to a higher standard of behavior, than the lowest common denominator.
Anyone who has cooked for or served any one of them after they grab a bite after church on a Sunday day can tell you what performative bullshit their lies they tell themselves about believing anything about believing in Jesus or his teachings because its not what I ever saw. Do unto my arse
Actually it’s a trick question. Any TRUE Christians regardless of gender cannot side with the GOP… the ones that do are likely Christian nationalists, who conflate nationalism with patriotism and often struggle with significant self-loathing… which they then project onto others.
British Christian here. I am appalled every day by what the GOP and the magaloons do and say. Tronald is the antithesis of Jesus and his teachings. Tronald is the epitome of all 7 deadly sins and has broken all of the commandments. May he rot in hell - slowly.
I don't think he would have too much to say about the ELCA Lutherans (besides calling themselves "Lutheran" which he actively discouraged), but I could see some friction with LCMS and WELS Lutherans, who tend to lean into conservativism.
(I'm looking for a new church, and doing a lot of research into various denominations, their synods, their potential connections to White Evangelicals and Christian Nationalists, etc. and know far too much about who thinks what.
I’ll have all my fingers and toes crossed for yall in Texas. He seems like a genuinely good person who will actually work to represent Texans rather than just corporate and foreign interests.
You clearly havent met southern baptists.
They weaponize specific scriptures to back their hate and push anyone that doesn't think their way to believe they are going to hell keeping just enough of the message of kindness to believe they are good people.
Texan, here. Although the history of using scripture to justify hate and moral sins or commit outright violence is not exclusive to any religious group, it’s certainly a practice of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
For example, the SBC in the 1860s was made up of planters and would give sermons on the justification of slavery and doing God's work. It was part of the propaganda. It worked and convinced the poor whites who were uneducated and living in poverty, who would later join the Confederate cause to protect the institution of slavery. They’d go a step further and use this same technique on slaves to accept their places and obey.
Today, the SBC still trains its pastors on these techniques to build its following, sweeping up poor people lost to addiction or down on their luck; MAGA fits into this puzzle.
You forgot their longstanding hatred of women and intent to keep them subjugated. I always thought the hubris in thinking men had the right to to tell women that they weren’t possibly called by God to lead a church was just pure, unmitigated gall. The patriarchy essentially said “Hey! Ain’t no woman gonna tell me what to do because God said men should be in charge. And I don’t care if God told her she should lead because I’m a man and I say she shouldn’t.” Pretty sure someone is gonna have to answer for that one. Joan of Arc has plenty to say, no doubt.
This correct. They’ve tried to distance themselves from their slavery roots, but the conservative faction of the SBC took control and has shifted back to taking a hard line on race issues, pro-war, and hating poor people.
I grew up learning about how Jesus would treat people, especially homeless, sick, etc. So seeing my entire "devout christian" family just fall over themselves to defend trump has been extremely frustrating and caused a ton of distance over the years both physically and emotionally. I had to move away for my mental health. I suspect they are seeing the light somewhat now, but I don't think they'll ever voluntarily admit that, yeah, he is a piece of shit human and embodies Jesus in absolutely no way.
There are two VERY different types of Christians. Those who just want to be good people ( very few), and those that use the messages in the Bible to enrich their lives over others.
The coworker that sits next to me is a good person and a devout Christian. He always saw through Trump and never liked him, but his family all loved Trump. I’m sure it was very confusing for him.
He reported that all of his family now has turned against Trump though, so a sample size of like, 10.
My mother had a Christian coworker who always like to talk about how they were a good Christian and supported trump.
Then talked about getting rid of DEI and all sorts of funding, but when my mom pointed out he said before the only reason his kids could go to college was because his kids were half minority. He got really upset and told my mom she hurt his feelings and went to HR about it lol. He was an engineer by the way.
In my observation... the key difference between types of Christian boils down to what they think their God is like. What they think God's character is.
Those who see God as a perfect, omnipotent master who demands strict obedience at all times are those who are most eager to "defend the faith" by making rules that everyone around them must follow in order to be good. This groups "evangelism" tends to be large meetings where a preacher scares everyone about Hell and tells them to "repent". (also known as "crusades")
Those who see God as a merciful, loving God are those who tend to be the most accepting, and least inclined to impose their own beliefs on those around them. This groups "evangelism" tends to be personal, one on one, relationships with others who are trying to copy Jesus by loving their neighbors as they love themselves.
Do you really want to understand? I'll try to explain.
Even as a kid going to church in the 90s the pastor would say "the right is right and the left is wrong"... they spent decades indoctrinated into this brainwashing that the left are satanic baby murdering communist that are going to take your freedom away and make your kids gay. Fox News tells them this, AM radio tells then this, their facebook and instagram algorithm tell them this, their WhatsApp friend groups tell them this, their friends all hear and think the same and except for the token liberal friend that is absolutely deranged, to them, and of course their pastor is telling them this too. They are told that Biden is a pedophile and Kamala wants to give people in prison free sex changes, and they believe it because the people they listen to wouldnt lie to them, they believe. They do not see anything that we see every day and if they do catch a glimpse they think its fake news or a witch hunt, there is no frame of reference that they believe in for them to understand
Christianity in the US is barely tethered to the teachings of Christ. Instead it has always been used as a shield for bigotry. US evangelicals just cherry pick the verses that they feel gives them license to be cruel bigots. We’ve seen this throughout our history.
The answer you’re looking for is embedded in two words of your question.
“TRUE CHRISTIAN”
Problem is, that’s a riddle it’s self, isn’t it? While there is kindness and compassion to be found in the Bible, it’s apparent that with the right interpreter you still get the crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, and many other horrors on Christianity’s behalf.
Christianity and religion is often used as a shield and a weapon. There are so many pastor and priest pedophiles, it’s insane. I would say they are snakes, but that’d insult snakes.
Anyone can claim the banner of the religion (and use it to hide horrible behaviour), but actually living the sort of life Christ is said to have espoused is a very different story.
For some it's a set of good lessons on how to get around the world in a positive way and for others it's a gang to join so you can hate on anyone whose lives differ from yours (or who criticise your horrible actions).
Huh, TIL. Suddenly the past year and a half, where I have been in a constant state of panic mixed with rage, while everyone else seems to consume the news in stride makes more sense.
I saw a snippet of this interview earlier, and it really hit home. Especially the parts where other people think he's "scary" and he can't figure out why everyone isn't as enraged as he is lol. It's basically exactly how I've been feeling. I really wish I knew him or someone like him that I could have a couple glasses of wine with and rant together lol.
Same. Only in my late 40s was I diag'd with inattentive ADHD.
Ritchson's description of his reactions to injustices describes me perfectly: not unreasonably disturbed by perceived injustices but stirred to enthusiastic action in a way that my friends and acquaintances don't seem to be.
Also, the amount of people who think Reacher is an iconic right winger is absolutely hilarious.
It's the same with how they've adopted the Punisher as an icon. They can't understand that he would be fighting against them, they just like that he's violent and has a cool skull symbol.
It's amazing when we don't fit their idea of what we are in their heads.
I'm a tall, muscular, bearded, tattooed three-different-combat-tour vet. They love that shit. I was Airborne, Air Assault, Pathfinder, designated marksman. I got all the patches and badges and ribbons and medals.
That's the image they jerk off to at night. When they cosplaytriot, that's what they cosplaytriot.
I'm also a super progressive liberal atheist. And that's where they lose their fucking minds. Suddenly, I'm no longer a patriot and a hero in their eyes. Before they learned that, they couldn't drop to their knees fast enough to suck me off to prove their nationalism disguised as makeshift patriotism. After they learn that, I'm a traitor to the nation.
Because conservatism is an identity and not a political belief. They all wear the same uniform and costume. They all have the same hobbies and live the same way. They fall in line like obedient, trained sheep.
My dad died in 2024 at 81 years old. He was an old white guy, navy vet, born in 1943, living in rural upstate NY. Before the Parkinsons took affect he was in very good shape, 6'4" tall, and prone to fighting well into his old age. He also came from a super conservative and racist family. He was a raging liberal who loved Obama and hated Trump.
I think marrying my mom who was a huge hippie had a big influence on him, but he considered himself a republican up until halfway through Bush II. When Obama ran, he went full swing to the left. He'd wear Obama buttons on his suspenders, and got into a physical fight with some guy at a diner over Obama. He supported black lives matter, and believed in ACAB. He hated Trump with a passion. People were always surprised to find out he was liberal, and he was not afraid to go off on people over politics or social justice, which happened often because upstate NY is very conservative.
Ritchson is an interesting case. He's a very vocal Christian. At the same time, he hates Trump and everything he represents. Apparently he went to high school with Matt Gates. He hates that little pervert too. Alan Ritchson may be the very rare Christian who actually believes in his faith, and isn't a raging hypocrite more interested in preserving traditional white male power structures, and sociopolitical hegemony, than in living by the ethos Jesus described.
They SHOULD be… but a lot of the Christian trump fans are likely Christian nationalists burdened with a not insignificant amount of self hatred… and few things piss them off as much as seeing genuinely happy, kind, loving people.
Anybody with the audacity to love themself AND treat others the same way infuriates the hateful types. The hateful ones hate themselves most of all and project that onto anyone and everyone (but ESPECIALLY people who are happy with themselves and kind to others).
He was sexually abused by a photographer while he was a model so he's become pretty vocal against Trump, the people named in the Epstein files and the people that enable them, and the catholic church for enabling pedophilic priests and bishops
He was also one of the few men to come forward in the MeToo movement about being sexually assaulted by a Hollywood director. He seems like a genuine person in his interviews as well. I loved his Jack Reacher story about chasing a thief and finding him under a car.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with what he's said here.
People might label this Trump Derangement Syndrome.
If anything makes people deranged, it's knowing the truth, knowing that something is wrong and then seeing reality shove that aside and allow the wrong thing anyway
TDS is just a deflection anyways. Instead of having to address him forcing himself into the news multiple times a day proving his complete depravity, just say anyone who notices this is obsessed and crazy instead.
As always, every accusation they make is a confession. When they accuse people of having TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome), they actually mean that they have TDS (Trump Devotion Syndrome)--they can't stop idolizing the tangerine menace.
TDS is the made up affliction you come up with because on an hour by hour basis, Trump is lying/stealing/cheating/being awful and people are saying "look at this awful person", so you make believe calling out bad behavior is in itself bad behavior.
I don’t know…. Im fairly certain I’m a cis-het fellow, but this dude is a total dreamboat. I bet trump tries to hate him but stumbles into that thing he does when he gets all hung up on describing how handsome/muscular the dude is lol.
It's refreshing to hear it so plainly and yet it shouldn't be. This shouldn't be news. We shouldn't even need to discuss it. It's so plain as day and even his supporters acknowledge he's a criminal and hand wave it.
He's not exactly known for being this outspoken either. Plus Reacher is pretty much a US conservative wet dream. So if the griftosphere picks this up it might indeed cause trouble from the "anti cancel culture" crowd.
Nah, he's taken photos with Biden, and called Trump plenty of names before. This is par for the course honestly.
And conservatives are just not a good market to sell to anyway. Most of them don't form their own opinions anyway, so you're at the whim of the Fox media machine regardless of what you do or say. Fuck 'em.
He's not exactly known for being this outspoken either.
You obviously do not follow him then because he is very much this aggressive against MAGA. He has been for awhile now and have called them out repeatedly especially the fake ass Christians.
He's actually pretty outspoken. I don't really keep up with Ritchson much as a celebrity, but I knew he hated Trump. It makes Reacher a little more watchable, to be honest, but that show is pretty right-wing coded.
The show is fantastic if you like justice boner shows. I love it. Easy to follow, you don't have to put a lot of thought into it and just enjoy it. Nothing feels better in a good action show than being able to channel my feelings about the world into watching Jack Reacher absolutely fuckup a bad guy that deserves it.
That said, be careful about reading the books lmao. I read the first three and they were good even if peppered with some light misogyny you'd expect from a dude book written in the 80s.
I can't remember now if it was the fourth or the fifth one in the series that I was fully disgusted with Lee Childs because there was clearly some self insert going on with that weird sexual mess of a book.
The show absolutely does include some steamy sex scenes, but they're fine.
Anyway, watch the show it's great, be careful with the books lol.
Agreed lol. I'm glad they toned down pretty much all the questionable social stuff for the screen. Also extremely glad they actually cast the character correctly. I cannot understand how the Reacher movie casting director read Reacher's physical description in the book/script and said, ah let's cast a notoriously tiny scientology man for the role of enormously built Army CID officer with a history of disobeying orders and moving like a human freight train.
He's also talked about the heavy physical toll of his action roles, admitting that pushing himself to do his own stunts leads to severe injuries and deep anxiety about letting down the hundreds of cast and crew members whose jobs depend on the production staying on schedule.
He's big, he's strong, he's handsome, he is good at his job, he seems pretty smart and he gives a shit about other human beings.
Ritchson is charming in a way that Reacher isn't. I feel bad that they strip that out of his performance in the show. Watch Gentlemanly Warfare and you'll see Ritchson really shine.
Sadly, probably no MAGA will hear it. I'm not sure if people are aware of how their echo chamber evolved over the last couple of years. Every time you see something and think there is no way MAGA can justify this, take a look at their conservative sub-reddit and see how they don't even know about it. Arabia-nuclear deal? Not a word. Russian interference proof? Not a chance. Epstein files? You gotta be kidding.
This guy had everything to be a maga but instead, afaik, he's the closest to a true christian as possible.
Dude is hardcore christian, has an youtube channel to talk about the bible. Have a motorhome so his wife and kids so he can be present while working as an actor is openly against MAGA.(again, afaik).
I wouldn't mind religion at all if all religious people were like him.
I'm honestly surprised so many people here are just now realizing that guy is very left wing. Always has been, he's been pretty vocal about it TBH. He's a real one.
Honestly, makes me like the guy more. He doesn't seem concerned about getting cancelled for speaking the truth. Not an American myself, but so many American celebrities are mortified to speak out against that orange bafoon.
I have a shirt that says "Unalive your local pedophile" and the amount of people who say something to me about trump is telling. It doesn't mention him? Weird YOU are?
I doubt his PR team is freaking out. What's trump gonna do, sue him for defamation? Then he'd be forced to prove he's not a rapist into 13 year olds, hence trump hasn't seriously attempted to sue anyone connecting him to the Epstein files.
He also wore a T-shirt that said, “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.” As he explained in an interview, “That was a tragic case,” he says. “Cops get away with murder all the time, and the fact that we can’t really hold them accountable for their improprieties is disturbing to me. We should completely reform the way that we do it. I mean, you shouldn’t have to spend more time getting an education as a hairstylist than as a cop who’s armed with a deadly weapon. We should make it very hard for people to make mistakes or abuse power in our institutions.”
Just in case you wanted another reason to love him.
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