@MatthewSitman I know it’s not like this most places, but being from a heavily Protestant, Bible-Belt town, basically everyone I knew growing up went to churches where being able to recite the books of the Bible was like basic knowledge on the level of being able to name the planets or whatever
@MatthewSitman Obviously not the point you’re making, but this is really interesting to me. It’s never occurred to me this could be weird party trick-esque knowledge. I could name all the books of the NT before I could read. And that was…very normal where I’m from.
1. Alex Barnett, a college student, was sentenced to 10 DAYS IN JAIL for participating in a peaceful protest of anti-trans policies imposed by an Arkansas school board.
The school board would not allow public comment, so Barnett chanted "Trans lives matter!"
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Wishing everyone a happy and fulfilling 2023 except for that one customer at work who gets mad when you ask “what can I do for you” instead of “how can I help you”
@claire_summers7 @_katgrin Okay maybe Ben thinks tropes and misdirection are lazy writing but have we considered that he maybe doesn’t know what writing is
@DavidAFrench You’re a successful, middle-aged journalist complaining about the private text messages and Instagram posts of a handful of 20-something law students. Perhaps you’re overreacting.
1. @tuckercarlson's embrace of replacement theory — the racist conspiracy that motivated the Buffalo shooter — is well documented
But the theory that the left is seeking to "replace" whites has been adopted broadly on the right
This 🧵 names names
https://t.co/eKFuVMpsbU
Utah's Republican Governor Spencer Cox, as he vetoes a ban on trans athletes passed by the state legislature, notes 75,000 high school athletes and only four are transgender. "Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few."
Called to schedule shots for my cat. I warned the vet’s office that she’s mean to strangers and was told not to worry, they deal with “lots of vaccine hesitant cats.”