Dr. GingerF

Resisting MAFA fascism and supporting a better nation for everyone.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@FrownyHappyFace America has lost jobs as a result of the deportations. Immigrants have always been good for America.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

What I don’t understand is how all the white supremacists on x think they became citizens, if not the fact that they were born here.

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

But, for real—can someone please explain the Constitution to the President?

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

It's hard to know what to make of the Vice President's bizarre, almost nonsensical, comments here. It sounds like he is equating the use of these "hideous signs" to an alternative version of the Nicene Creed.

A little background: The Nicene Creed, formulated by the Council of Nicaea in AD 325, is an essential profession of faith used by the Catholic Church (among other churches). It is also the familiar creedal formula spoken by Catholics during Sunday Masses: "I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth..." It's a statement of belief, mainly about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It obviously doesn't talk about "hideous signs" welcoming people.

However, the Nicene Creed does affirm belief in the church as "one, holy, catholic and apostolic." (These are the four traditional "marks" of the church.) This means, among other things, believing that the church comes to us directly from the apostles (it's "apostolic"). Thus, it derives its authority not only from Jesus Christ, but also through the "apostolic succession," an authority passed down from the apostles in the early church to the Pope and to the bishops today.

It's ironic, then, that the Vice President is mocking things like love and the church's teaching on migrants in the same breath that he is professing his faith through the words of the Creed, which includes belief in authority of the church. Because this "one, holy, catholic and apostolic" church has long proclaimed the Gospel message of love and care for the stranger, which Jesus himself preached during his public ministry.

So a butchering of the Creed would mean, in fact, not listening to the church's teaching on these matters and, even worse, not listening to Jesus's own teaching on love and loving the stranger.

Because, in the words of the Creed, we also believe in "one Lord, Jesus Christ."

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@AmPatPress @StephenM I am among some 3 million Americans who can trace our family tree back to governor William Bradford and I can assure you that neither of us lost blood in the revolutionary war. Get over yourself.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@chicatomorrow @StephenM Hahaha “we” hahaha

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@Ck4Life66549 @StephenM When did your ancestors arrive?

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@Superwhitney @StephenM @nicksortor America doesn’t have a shared heritage and culture. It never did. It has a shared set of ideas and laws.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@bebo919 @StephenM @nicksortor People said this about the Italians and the Irish, too. Chinese Americans are Americans.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@ScottHerberg3 @DemocraticWins This is how white people took over the US - sorry that it meant we would have to pay for this in the future through the joys of tacos and tea leaf salad.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@dixiewoodsman @StephenM What do you think we get for hundreds of years of invading and colonizing others? European people have a lot of sins to pay for and it’s absurd to think you deserve more.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@Henry5474641776 @StephenM Literally the history of everyone in this country except those indigenous to these lands.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@nicksortor @StephenM When did your people arrive on the N. American continent?

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@a_zstorm @VoodooMediaTV Massive waste of jet fuel at a time when fuel is at a premium and massively incompetent to have it disrupt normal air traffic.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@GavinNewsom @JJaazzee1 Heroes.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@RapidResponse47 Only one of these men looks like a Hitler youth.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@WhiteHouse Terrifying

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@SecWar @StateDept Now do you see why it’s dumb to call it the “war department” ?

[Larryspace @Ishola2talk]

Shocking image of part of the building collapse in Venezuela 🇻🇪 🙄 😲

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@DrWaldmiller @NbergWX It’s been like this since the dawn of time.

[Dr. GingerF @right4what]

@NbergWX We got an earthquake alert on our phones this morning in the Bay Area.