calling down

Investigators found tapes of Dederich calling down violence on his foes’ heads: “Our new religious posture is this: Don’t mess with us. You can get killed dead. Physically dead.”

In the United States, the idea that faith calls society to account for its injustices is especially powerful in the Black Christian church whose preaching highlights the Exodus, Jesus’ saving mission toward the marginalized, and the Hebrew Bible’s prophets calling down judgment against oppressors.

Pohl told me that a riverbank logistics depot was guarded by men armed with rifles, themselves fearful of calling down the wrath of Amazonian warriors if they angered Indigenous guides.

"Local governments and state governors are calling down the cops and licensing their own private gangs. If the cops won't protect us, then you're going to see the rise of citizen militias around the country."

In calling out Buffett, however, he’s calling down the thunder, talking smack to the ultimate long-term investor by claiming to be the new breed.