Worse. Neanderthals weren't able to access the information we have at our fingertips today. These people want to get rid of all that information and drag us back to the 1700s - or even further into a past when only landowners had rights and power.
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Worse. Neanderthals weren't able to access the information we have at our fingertips today. These people want to get rid of all that information and drag us back to the 1700s - or even further into a past when only landowners had rights and power.
Evangelicals include Baptists and the other non-mainstream (liturgical) churches I mentioned. Evangelicalism is a movement, not a denomination. They claim to believe in the necessity of having a personal relationship with Jesus, whose teachings they refuse to follow because "they're woke."
Yep. Great summation.
As for sex, they don't believe we have the right to refuse because they consider saying "I do" when we get married a form of perpetual implied consent. And you're right -- it's absolutely about control and domination. Putting out whether or not you're up to it or in the mood is your duty as a woman.
Abrahamice religions are patriarchal as fuck. They want women out of the workforce, at home where they think we belong, taking care of the house and children as the men who own them command. They want us submissive -- if not willingly, then out of fear. They don't want us to have any rights.
I could go on, but you get the idea. Branches of several of these denominations support inclusivity and tolerance, but in many areas, those congregations don't exist. This especially applies in the south. There are very few liberal churches here - none less than 40 miles away.
It's not just evangelical Baptists, but Church of God, Church of Christ, Nazarene, Methodist, Assembly of God, Pentecostal, Apostolic, Holiness, Full Gospel, charismatic, & non-denominational. We have conservative mainstream churches as well - Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Catholic, LDS...
No, it wasn't. That's what you wanted to assume I meant, so you did. You couldn't even bother asking for clarification. You just jumped right to judgment.
Exactly! If the true measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable, we're screwed.
Sorry, but I've seen and experienced way too much to believe these people want to do anything more than the bare minimum required to keep them out of hell based on what they believe Jesus said in Matthew 25:31-46 -- and most of them aren't even doing that.
I've watched churches like you mentioned refuse to help families with their rent because the parents aren't married. Would Jesus do that? I've watched them marginalize single mothers because they left an abusive spouse, quoting the first half of a verse that also speaks out against abusive men.
If their hearts are turned against certain people because of their lifestyles or beliefs, then what they're doing is performative. Their generosity is conditional. "We'll hand out the food relief agencies give us to distribute, but don't come to our church because you won't be welcome here."
Picking one thing and insisting it turns bad actions into good ones doesn't make any sense. "Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me" doesn't come with qualifiers. It doesn't exclude certain gender identities, skin colors, or belief systems.
How is it Christlike to tell your parishioners if they don't vote for a man who has violated every commandment and more, you're going to hell because he's God's choice; to demonize those who are different; or to sit in church on Sunday morning and thank God for the felon and his agenda?
Out of all the churches in this area, only one provided a separate room with windows that opened for the MASKED vulnerable and their families to sit in during worship services. One. They all bragged about never shutting their doors during the worst part of the pandemic. How is that Christ-like?
I don't care if a church helps people when they have hate in their heart for those who don't share their beliefs. I don't care if the church helps people if they vote for evil people. I don't care if the church helps people if they don't provide a safe space for the vulnerable to worship.
And most of them still hate Democrats. I live here. There are 18 churches within the limits of this small city of 5,000, and another 25 within 10 miles. The only evangelicals here who voted blue were black people. Even the few mainstream (liturgical) churches in the area are conservative.
They're culling the herd, hoping it kills more Democrats than republicans, but in truth not giving a shit either way. They want people dead because fewer people are easier to control, especially when they've been deprived of their rights and terrorized by a military turned against its own people.
This is what Republicans and everyone else who refused to vote for Kamala Harris wanted. If they say otherwise, they're lying. I don't give a shit what excuse they offer. They asked for this. They made a conscious choice to let Palestinians suffer thanks to this regime.
Oh, goody. They're using the "divide and conquer" technique. I'll bet they justify it by referring to the same bullshit that allows companies to oppose unions.
Clearwater is one of my favorite spots in the country. We lived near that area for 8 years. What a beautiful video. I love it!
He's more likely about as injured as Kotex Ear Man.
Who's paying for gas, hotels, food, and the pay people would lose if they drove all the way to DC? This isn't a small country. Some of us live nearly 3000 miles from the capitol -- a 41 hour drive not counting stops. Yeah, the wealthy & those with accrued PTO could do it if they didn't have kids...
THEY SAY he was seriously hurt. No medical report. No comments from any doctors. Just the lies of his spokeperson.
This started happening in the 80s. I remember it clearly.
Our society at large DGAF about the elderly, disabled, poor, disenfranchised, mentally ill, addictes, veterans, or those with immune issues. You can see it everywhere. Selfishness and apathy are prevalent. It's sad how little we think about the situations others are living in.
She was a widow who had never worked, living on SS survivor's benefits of $791/month. Her family was neglectful. We charged everyone else $3 for a dozen eggs -- I only charged her $1, and if I had extra I'd throw in a dozen for free. Her kids got mad when I wouldn't give them the same deal.
Exactly! When we lived in the Midwest, we had a LOT of chickens (at one time, I had 54 laying hens). We sold eggs from our home as well as at the local farmer's market. There was an elderly lady living nearby who came every 10-12 days for one dozen eggs - it was the only protein she could afford.
I never fucking said that. Why do you insist on putting words in my mouth?
We need UBI to help those not paid a living wage. We need UBI to help those struggling to survive. We need UBI because it's the decent thing to do.
I'm glad POC are staying TF out of it for the most part. Blacks didn't cause this. With a notable exception, other POC didn't, either. We made this mess. It's our job to clean it up.
AMERIKKKA -- Where ANYTHING is acceptable as long as it's done to brown people.
That depends. Did they choose the relationship, or were they born into it, growing up thinking it was normal, indoctrinated from their very first breath? Have they been threatened, intimidated, or punished for thinking for themselves? Have you ever been abused for decades - or more?
That, too. The thought that 44% of the US workforce isn't paid a living wage is appalling. The thought that seniors and the disabled often don't receive a Social Security check large enough to pay basic living expenses is a travesty. Something needs to be done. People can't afford to live.
Ignore the shitty grammar and missing words..... These jackasses take guns TO CHURCH so they can shoot anyone they don't like.
And not one single mask in sight. Covid didn't go anywhere, but the majority of US society likes to pretend it's no longer a threat. Because comfort and convenience.
When you live where we live and deal with what we've dealt with every single day for years, come back and we'll talk. You have NO IDEA.
When you insult surviors of long-term abuse - physical, verbal, psychological, sexual, or spiritual - by degrading them for not leaving sooner, or blame/judge them for the actions of those who mistreated, threatened, and degraded them, you're no better than their abusers. I said what I said.
Right now, it's my humble opinion that Karma is too goddamn slow. But that's just me.
Sorry, but not here. This is a fascist stronghold. There's no way in hell an 80% red town in an 80% red county would approve anything like that.
AND A GODDAMN LIVING WAGE FOR EVERY WORKER!!!!! Enough of this "you need to work 100 hours a week just to survive while I get a yacht, several condos, 3 homes, luxury cars, and a jet -- because poor people like you are making me more and more wealthy. You'll have nothing, and enjoy it" bullshit.
The only thing they care about is the money he's putting in their pockets - whether directly or indirectly.
I'm sorry you're not feeling good. Sending positive thoughts.
I swear half the goddamn news videos I see on my YT timeline used that word. Not one of them actually had any kind of new news in their video.
I just deleted a post I made in response to an insult I received from someone claiming to be a liberal after someone else mentioned the same thing. What I said wasn't nice -- what they said before I responded was worse. And I thought this was supposed to ba the good place.
The motherfucker has convinced himself, in his tiny demented mind, that he is the savior of all humanity. THAT is what is going on here.
Somewhere on the planet, someone has the ability to change just about everything (not the same person all the time, of course, but I have to say it so I'm not misunderstood), so why are so many gullible religious observers still praying?
Being kind is free. People have done it for me -- I'm paying it forward.
Thank goodness I'm 65.....
Don't even look at it. Walk right by. Canadian sales of ANY goods imported from what has become an authoritarian nation under the felon-in-chief should be non-existent. Our country can't be trusted.
You're welcome. And please be kind to yourself.
One of my all-time favorite songs. John Denver was a legend - immensely talented and able to put things into words in an amazing way.
Sometimes shit happens, and it sucks. All we can do is try our best to move on through and in spite of the pain. I wish you well. Seriously.
At the risk of having some dumbshit who has no idea what being in a cult is like insulting me -- which has already happened twice in the last 36 hours -- I understand because I used to be one of them. Born into it, raised in it, married into it -- I didn't know any better Until I did - and left.
Thanks. I do what I can from where we are. I donate when I have extra funds, call out the bullshit and lies, and advocate for those who are suffering under this regime.
Go fuck yourself, you ableist bastard.
I truly believe that if whites had banded together, this would have been over in 2015. OR 2021.
Sorry.
I blame every non-voter, those who voted third party, and the cult. Every last one of them made a conscious decision that fascism was better than freedom. I don't give a shit about their "reasons." There were two choices. TWO.
How about we start with able-bodied people fighting instead of telling the elderly and disabled they need to ignore their health and sacrifice their lives for the sake of those who didn't give a shit enough about them to vote for the qualified black lady? I struggle to get through the day.
What midterms? Sure. I'll go get shot by some goddamn hateful redneck republican with 3 rifles in the back window of his pick-em-up truck and leave the rest of my multigenerational family homeless because they can't pay the mortgage without my Social Security check.
Let me put on 3 incontinence pads, take a backpack with incontinence supplies & clean clothes, put on my knee braces, grab my cane, prepare not to be able to breathe due to 80% humidity/pollen/dust/mold in the air, and I'll get right on it. What shall my family do when they become homeless?
And you think they will be the only ones bleeding? Do you want older disabled people like me to be on the front lines? If you want blood in the streets, go ahead. Start shooting. Prepare for martial law first, though.
Fuck off. I'm a disabled 65 year old white woman sharing my home with family -- that includes minor children -- living in a VERY red area. Should I go get shot so my family ends up homeless because the house is in my name? Get the hell away from me. You have NO IDEA what we're going through.
A rigged election isn't an election. It's a confirmation of the power of those who have taken control.
Not here, there isn't. This red town in a red county is 80% or more cult. I know of 5 other households that vote blue. I don't know them personally - we keep our heads down and our mouths shut to protect ourselves as well as them. We are significantly outnumbered.
"Gawd will protect us."
It can, in fact, be both.
It's not just Republicans. Libertarians don't want those things, either. They're Republican Lite -- the same bullshit without the religious overtones.
It's heavy as hell. I don't like it.
Yeah....I get that. And I completely agree with you. I'd like somebody who isn't 65 and disabled to open a few cans of whoop-ass and start giving them what they've been giving immigrants and other brown people.
Okay...... ~sigh~ Let me explain this again. The goal of Project 2025 is the complete destruction of our governmental system. They will burn the whole goddamn country to the ground if that's what it takes. And yes, immigrants pose more of a threat to them than fires.
Thinking about the fast, efficient trains and other public transportation options we should have had decades ago. Germany in 1970 had a better public transportation system than we do today, for fuck's sake. Why the obsession with cars? "Me me me me me."
Shove it up your ass.
Another maggot alert. And here I believed when I joined this platform that these assholes wouldn't be allowed to stay.
Oh, you mean he's not the descendant of white colonizers who came here without permission, slaughtered 6 million indigenous people, drew an imaginary line across what used to be their homeland, and forbade them from crossing it? No, he's not.
I'm aware of this. I don't know. Maybe I'm hoping somebody with a drone will do something before that happens. Eliminating the ringleader won't change anything. We need the whole group gone -- and then we would have to deal with the loyalists.
Please allow me to make something perfectly clear: Millions of children in this country didn't get hugs or love from their parents, and didn't turn out to be white supremacist assholes. I'm one of them. I would never do something like this.
Half the military voted for this. The other half either doesn't know any better or is silently complicit.
It has never been as great as it claimed -- or other people believed. It was all smoke and mirrors to hide the evil lurking under the surface. We have always been a racist, exclusionary, marginalizing, misogynistic, arrogant nation determined to keep white people in power at any cost.
At which point we would be immediately under martial law.
He made the mistake of being born with brown skin. That's all it takes here.
Come on! The goal has always been a fascist country where only wealthy white people have any kind of power, women and people of color are treated like property, and evil runs the show.
They want us to attack the cops so they can open fire and start slaughtering us. Why don't you come over here and take the first shot?
It's easy to do shit like this if you don't have a conscience. Not being able to do it is a good sign. It means you're still a human being with morals and values.
This is how the country started. Why are you so surprised? White slaughtered over 6 million indigenous people, forcibly relocated the survivors, made and broke treaties, and kidnapped indigenous children so they could be brainwashed into the ways of the white man. Things are coming full circle.
We're actually trying not to start a fucking civil war, but hey, if you're into people being slaughtered, I guess that's an appropriate move. They are counting on us striking first. They will use it as justification for killing indiscriminately.
What do you mean bring them in? These white supremacist motherfuckers probably volunteered. In fact, they lined up to sign their contracts.
It seems people realize that if they fight this, they could be next.
A sharp metal object inserted into one of the tires on the other side of the vehicle so they can't go anywhere would also help..... As would clipping that little stem that sticks out of the tire by the rim. It would be such a pity if something like that started happening.
It hasn't for at least a decade. This is the long-term result of never appropriately dealing with the Confederacy. This country has been racist since its very inception. How can we expect anything else?
And will do so again once they get rid of the brown people, because somebody has to do all the manual labor these people have been doing.... They don't think it's going to be white people, do they?
Like there's going to be an election in 2028, or even 2026. If the fascist party allows it to happen, they will guarantee their win before the first ballot is ever printed. You don't seem to understand how dictatorships work.
Would you like us to go out there and get shot to death trying to fight these bastards? Is that what you want here? They want a war, and we're doing every goddamn thing we can to keep it from happening. You want blood running in the streets?
Racism is toxic. It infects your brain with irrational hate and a desire to get rid of the people you despise regardless of the methods used to do it. This is what we're watching in real time.
Body shaming doesn't help. There are people of all body sizes in every political party. When you call someone fat, you give other people permission to do the same thing. Is that what you want? Discrimination against every overweight person in this country?
No, they don't hate themselves. They're proud of being racist jackasses obsessed with turning this country into a whites-only utopia and causing as much pain and suffering as possible along the way.
Like empaths have a choice.
At the rate we're going, deaths from preventable and treatable diseases will be higher than those from covid. This is what republicans, third party voters, and those who sat home on their asses asked for. I fucking hope they're happy with the destruction of our country and the loss of life.