You Can’t Brainrot Your Way to Hope

Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. You’re reading Dispatch Faith, our weekly newsletter exploring the biggest stories in religion and faith. To unlock the full version, become a Dispatch member today. Hi and happy Sunday. Whether it’s dismissing all criticism of President Donald Trump as merely not liking his “mean tweets,” or simply looking the other way from the seedy, highly online underbelly of particularly illiberal political movements, a lot of online trolling gets underplayed far too easily these days. Michael Reneau is the executive editor at The Dispatch and is based in Greeneville, Tennessee. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he was editor of WORLD Magazine and for several ye