Likes and reposts indicate content that is at least one one-billionth as based as views you will be legally required to hold in my Christian Nationalist utopia.
“It’s the billionaires”
“It’s the alt-right echo chambers”
“It’s the manosphere influencers”
“It’s the…”
Actually it’s the videos of Africans beheading people in the street that are making people more right-wing
Compare, for example, how much litigation to which the gun industry has been subjected as compared with the vaccine industry. Therein lies a measure of their respective power.
@BonifaceOption "the behavior of consenting adults is their business"
okay then why is every major institution promoting it? it doesn't sound very private to me.
"You don't like Trump's second term? So you're saying Kamala should have been President?"
No, asshole. If dad gets drunk and crashes the family car into a tree, it doesn't mean the family dog would be better at driving.
That would be a terrible argument, so you will be relieved to discover that it is not the one I’m making.
The argument I’m actually making is that, while it would be best to be a part of a great denomination that I know would not harass my church through lawfare, such a thing does not currently exist.
And so for us, we must settle for the best option actually available to us.
Part of the work of righteous rule is knowing when you are not in the ideal circumstance, and not pretending like you are. Pretending like you live in the ideal world when you don’t actually live in that world can actually be one of the worst possible things to do as a leader of an organization.
@JoelWebbon nicotine + regular sunlight exposure is neuroprotective
note that cold exposure can be a substitute for sunlight in higher latitude climates
but if you're using nicotine and are inside all day there might be some cognitive issues down the line
@irishpresby The PCA did not disavow or suspend Greg Johnson who identified as a gay Christian. Yet Zachary Garris is suspended for unwholesome words. Make it make sense.