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James Dobson, a man who built empire on hate, takes dirt nap

James Dobson, a man who built empire on hate, takes dirt nap

Aug 21, 2025
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Satan (1920) (Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz)

Another merchant of manufactured moral panic has shuffled off this mortal coil, as James Dobson — the man who turned "family values" into a cash-printing hate machine — died Thursday at 89.

As reported in The New York Times, the Focus on the Family founder spent decades building a $140 million empire by convincin…

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