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riversedge

(80,040 posts)
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 06:51 AM Apr 2021

The so-called man of the cloth, @mikeHuckabee tweets his anti-Asian hate and Easter weekend......






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Ted Lieu
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Dear @SarahHuckabee
: You defended the former President’s use of racist phrases like Kung Flu. Do you condone Mike Huckabee adding fuel to anti-Asian hate? Asking on behalf of Americans everywhere who drink Coke, fly Delta, wear Nikes and watch baseball.



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The so-called man of the cloth, @mikeHuckabee tweets his anti-Asian hate and Easter weekend...... (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2021 OP
This is so depressing. madaboutharry Apr 2021 #1
The Church will struggle True Blue American Apr 2021 #2
I Think They've All Realized That COL Mustard Apr 2021 #4
The TV Evangelists True Blue American Apr 2021 #10
They thought they had an opportunity with Trump to impose theocracy. Lonestarblue Apr 2021 #6
Religion and politics use each other to gain power and wealth. keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #12
+1 -K&R onetexan Apr 2021 #17
+1, ... and "good" church leaders who don't mind the church being used by nut cases for politics uponit7771 Apr 2021 #7
Money. GoodRaisin Apr 2021 #11
those poor,poor put-upon wipipo KG Apr 2021 #3
if racisim is in your name , then christ isnt your game . bishop michael curry AllaN01Bear Apr 2021 #5
The right is scared bat shit crazy. The Jungle 1 Apr 2021 #8
Well North Shore Chicago Apr 2021 #9
I would bet money that when Huckabee is among his racist friends, Tanuki Apr 2021 #13
If anybody is confused by his tweet or thinks how is that funny? don't worry luckone Apr 2021 #14
Identifying Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #15
People who claimed to be a preacher should know Matthew 19:24 cojoel Apr 2021 #19
And some people wonder why church attendance has declined. (nt) Paladin Apr 2021 #16
So for those who missed the connection this is the family that hatch the lying b**ch that.... usaf-vet Apr 2021 #18
I wish Ted Lieu could make this more public. JohnnyRingo Apr 2021 #20
People like him is why Christianity is declining. These evangelical whackjobs FlyingPiggy Apr 2021 #21
Huckabee has an illegitimate son in De Queen, Arkansas. Patterson Apr 2021 #22

madaboutharry

(42,031 posts)
1. This is so depressing.
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 07:31 AM
Apr 2021

The racism and hate that lives in the hearts of the Mike Huckabees of the world has wrecked everything. This world will always struggle because of them.

True Blue American

(18,579 posts)
2. The Church will struggle
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 07:46 AM
Apr 2021

Never be the same.

Trash like Huckabee, his daughter, Franklin Graham, all the haters in the name of Religion is sickening. What do they hope to gain?

COL Mustard

(8,063 posts)
4. I Think They've All Realized That
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:05 AM
Apr 2021

There is no eternal life, so they're striking for temporal gain...and like T***p, playing their followers for suckers.

True Blue American

(18,579 posts)
10. The TV Evangelists
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:36 AM
Apr 2021

Have been doing that since they began.

Remember Oral Roberts and if he did not get $7 million to build something God would call him home?

Mega Churches who own Shopping Centers tax free are nothing but shams.

Lonestarblue

(13,340 posts)
6. They thought they had an opportunity with Trump to impose theocracy.
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:15 AM
Apr 2021

They sold their souls and their religion for political power. There are some well-funded groups like the Christian Nationalists and the Dominionists whose goal is to gut the Constitution and impose Biblical law.

The hypocrisy and the racism of white evangelicals have been on open display for quite some time, but their support for the amoral, lying Trump has been clear evidence that they value political power more than religion. Religion has been declining in the US, especially among young people, and white evangelicals who put politics ahead of Jesus are one reason. You can’t claim to be walking the Christian walk and turn a blind eye to a president who ordered children to be taken from parents, with many sent to other parts of the country with no trace of their whereabouts. You’re a hypocrite when you ignore thousands of Trump lies when your Bible has dozens of verses calling them sins and abominations while choosing to use a couple of Bible verses as your justification for your right to discriminate against LGBTQ or even to take away their civil rights.

uponit7771

(93,504 posts)
7. +1, ... and "good" church leaders who don't mind the church being used by nut cases for politics
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:16 AM
Apr 2021

... mainly.

These leaders know they have to speak out and up against what spreaders of hate do in their institutions name and choose to stay relatively silent

GoodRaisin

(10,810 posts)
11. Money.
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:38 AM
Apr 2021

Faking being religious is an important part of the Huckabee family grift, along with attaining positions in government. They have to be very active in both to keep enough money coming in to support their lavish living standards.

AllaN01Bear

(28,896 posts)
5. if racisim is in your name , then christ isnt your game . bishop michael curry
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:14 AM
Apr 2021

episcopal church usa head bishop in attemt to start dialoge in race relationships.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
8. The right is scared bat shit crazy.
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:18 AM
Apr 2021

Their worst fear is coming to pass. The demographics are changing in the USA. The racist right is no longer in the majority.
What they are afraid of is they will be treated as they have treated others!
The right spins crazy like a feather in a wind storm. Civil War II didn't work out so they do not know what to do.

North Shore Chicago

(4,230 posts)
9. Well
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:23 AM
Apr 2021

Sarah will probably garner a few, a few thousand more votes for running for Governor after this, the uglier the better for these twisted fucks.

Tanuki

(16,356 posts)
13. I would bet money that when Huckabee is among his racist friends,
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:49 AM
Apr 2021

family, and political allies, he has another version of this in which he says he's decided to "identify as Black." He's probably been saying it for quite some time and gets guffaws and slaps on the back from his cretinous following. I am glad Ted Lieu and George Takei are calling out his despicable racism.

luckone

(21,646 posts)
14. If anybody is confused by his tweet or thinks how is that funny? don't worry
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 09:01 AM
Apr 2021

The haters like him have been doing this with black people forever .
They add a few trigger words like values or Nike , and it doesn’t need to make sense or be funny , but the racists will laugh and think it’s very clever

Probably more than 1 out of 10 haters following him will go on to tell people that MLB is giving out free race based tickets or other made up added shit they are angry about

Kid Berwyn

(23,641 posts)
15. Identifying
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 09:03 AM
Apr 2021

Got $9 mill for this beachfront domicile.



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Located at 756 Blue Mountain Rd., in Santa Rosa Beach, the 8,277-square-foot McMansion comes with six bedrooms and seven-and-a-half bathrooms, as well as a whole home generator, a commercial elevator, a theater, a pool and spa, a fourth floor observation deck and an oversized two car garage.

While record numbers of people are moving to Florida, the former presidential candidate announced that he was moving back to Little Rock, Arkansas, to “consolidate everything to a new property later,” according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Over the past couple years, Huckabee and his neighbors have been embroiled in a heated customary use battle, essentially claiming their property extended all the way to the water's edge, and enforced this assertion by posting signs telling beachgoers to keep it moving.

Now it appears that Huckabee will abandon his ongoing beach battle.

...

Source: https://photos.cltampa.com/mike-huckabees-florida-beach-house-is-now-for-sale-lets-take-a-tour/?slide=1&41c64d00ae0476e62045c6bf117e1f3bl-m829106130xd-w1020_h770_q80

cojoel

(1,022 posts)
19. People who claimed to be a preacher should know Matthew 19:24
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 09:40 AM
Apr 2021

"I’ll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

But most of these "white Jesus" preachers gave up on the Bible a long time ago...

usaf-vet

(7,771 posts)
18. So for those who missed the connection this is the family that hatch the lying b**ch that....
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 09:38 AM
Apr 2021

... was trump's press secretary.

IMO not a single member of this family wrapped in flags and holding bibles should be trusted.

JohnnyRingo

(20,636 posts)
20. I wish Ted Lieu could make this more public.
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 09:50 AM
Apr 2021

The Huckabees need exposed for playing satirical performances as Christians.

FlyingPiggy

(3,748 posts)
21. People like him is why Christianity is declining. These evangelical whackjobs
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 09:51 AM
Apr 2021

Are a disgrace to basic human decency. No wonder Christianity has declined 12% over the past decade. The number of non believers increased 17% in 2009.

https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/

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