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Not shady at all. Can’t have the public see what’s going on.
by xvxvx 9mo ago
Not shady at all. Can’t have the public see what’s going on.
- actionfromafar 9mo agoYou don't understand. You must always respect authority. Trump is the highest authority in the land, put there by God.
- koiueo 9mo agoI no longer know if it's sarcasm
- garciasn 9mo agoIt depends on what team you’re rooting for in the sports game that has become politics in the US.
- actionfromafar 9mo agoThis has been the case for a long time. What's new and weird with this "sports" game is that the side with the umpire in their pocket has suddenly decided the game is bloodsport.
- jacquesm 9mo agoOh from their point of view it always was. You can't explain the last decades in any other way. It's been brewing over time and as long as the blood spilled was mostly foreign blood on foreign soil it was all fine. Now the masks are dropping and suddenly it is plain to everybody what was plain to outsiders looking in for a long time.
- vineyardmike 9mo agoIf you’re a minority in America then it’s been a blood sport for a while. It’s only recently that the majority demographics are now at risk.
- dragonwriter 9mo agoWhile the danger has increased recently, the targeting of minority groups in America has always included targeting those outside of the group perceived as defending the group (including simply by opposing the discriminatort targeting.) And often the biggest reactions against the targeting of minorities are not triggered by acts against the minorities directly but by the acts against majority-demographic activists working on their behalf.
- yoyohello13 9mo agoPeople believing the president of the United States has been ordained by God, and can therefore do no wrong, should be extremely concerning to EVERYONE, no matter what team your rooting for.
- 3eb7988a1663 9mo agoMark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them. Barry Goldwater He had a few more pertinent quotes on the issue, but he recognized the very problem he was courting. You cannot have a debate with God.
- prmph 9mo agoCorrection: you cannot have a debate with people who have set up their politics as a God. In the scriptures God is depicted as someone who sometimes is willing to have a debate, and reason with people, of course not to learn anything, but to explain why things are (or must be) the way they are. In some instances, God is even depicted as willing to listen to man and do things he otherwise would not have done, so long that they don't deviate from his fundamental purpose.
- joquarky 9mo agoGod hates being anthropomorphized.
- terminalshort 9mo agoThe preachers lost control of the Republican party in 2016. And if me from 10 years ago could hear me from today saying that I wish they were still in control, he would have a stroke, but I do.
- actionfromafar 9mo agoThat's because this is a pretty mainstream opinion now. I'd say... a quarter to a third of the population holds such beliefs. If you ever shook your head at theocratic regimes such as Iran, well maybe look a little closer to home. "But... the people in charge of Iran are hypocrites, they do nasty stuff at home behind closed doors." Again, may I point to Mom: "we have mullas at home".
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- yoyohello13 9mo agoThis is the real danger of religion. When you train people from birth to turn off their brains and submit to authority without question, this is what happens.
- salawat 9mo agoNot quite. Religion, when taught properly, can serve as an innoculant against corrupt states, as it ingrains a kernel of understanding that man, and all his works are flawed, falling short of the perfection only attainable by the divine. There is always something higher worth maintaining loyalty toward. Like most things though, practicing that doesn't make you super popular with "leaders of worship" who wield their position in a human institutions as a tool to their own ends.
- yoyohello13 9mo agoI agree wholeheartedly. Religion, practiced as designed, is extremely positive in my experience. I think the issue is that religion is and has been abused throughout history. I’m really not sure how to deal with this issue though. It seems the Abrahamic religion are quite vulnerable to this kind of abuse, likely because a core part of the doctrine is submission to authority. I’ve never seen a Buddhist led genocide for instance, and I think a big part of that is the emphasis on looking inward for answers instead of outward.
- shawn_w 9mo agoI don't know if it ever was labeled a genocide, but Sri Lanka has a long history of Buddhist lead attacks against Tamils and other minorities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence
- yoyohello13 9mo agoFair enough. Seems like the common thread is religion + government = atrocities
- bicx 9mo agoI’m sure they said the same about Obama…. Right?
- margalabargala 9mo agoEach time that Obama expanded a domestic policing organization that then went to American cities and executed citizens, the same thing was said about him, yes. All zero times.
- frumplestlatz 9mo ago[flagged]
- CamperBob2 9mo agoNot nearly well-funded enough. You get $50000 for joining ICE, you get ten bullets in the back for filming them.
- frumplestlatz 9mo ago[flagged]
- Sharlin 9mo agoThe administration has already given its verdict, and that's all the "investigation" you're going to get.
- ghouse 9mo agoIf you can't make heads or tails of the videos, then how is it clear to you he wasn't merely filming?
- frumplestlatz 9mo ago[flagged]
- jacquesm 9mo agoOh, it is very clear, just not to you.
- frumplestlatz 9mo agohttps://nypost.com/2026/01/28/us-news/alex-pretti-appears-to-spit-at-ice-kick-out-tail-light-in-previous-minneapolis-confrontation-before-he-was-shot-by-border-patrol/ https://nypost.com/2026/01/28/us-news/alex-pretti-appears-to... It is very clear to me. If you can’t see this for what it is, that’s not on me.