intheflow
intheflow's JournalI am an atheist with an MDiv and I have no fucking problem with it.
I have no problem with people using the Lord's name in vain. I do have a problem with people who use Jesus' name to try to shame people.
If you thought it was that offensive you should have alerted on it instead of tone-policing by yourself. And your post says, "How dare you!" which sounds like your own feelings about Jesus were challenged. But you say you're an atheist who assumes the outrage of conservative fundamentalist Christians to tone-police a secular Democratic website's user because you want a gentler, kinder world?
Sure, Jan. 
"We take care of our own in a small town..."*
Unless they’re gay, or think guns are stupid, and if you ain’t one of us, you’re against us, even if you and your family have lived your whole lives in a small town. Pure redneck assholery right there.
*Paraphrased lyric since I don’t want to read that claptrap more than once.
First of all, I'm an atheist.
Second of all, thanks for making groundless assumptions about a stranger on the internet. 
Third: Have you ever read the Bible? I have a MDiv and understand these people very well. I fully know what the Bible reports Jesus said about how his followers should act as opposed to the fantasy Rambo MFing Jesus these freaks worship.
Fourth: I basically presented this story as an imagined Hollywood blockbuster movie about instant karma on bigots. It didn’t pretend to be moored to any theology or worldview. Sorry to have offended you for absolutely no reason. 👍🏼
While there are plenty of 16 year olds capable of
doing all kinds of work, there are many, many more who absolutely should not be operating heavy machinery. The people replying in this thread saying how they babysat or flipped burgers are comparing apples to oranges. I was a hot mess at 16, and I work with teens at my job now. I’d estimate less than a third of them would have the focus and maturity to work in a hazardous job.
I'm convinced Lieberman on the 2000 ticket
is what made so many jump ship to Nader. Gore is awesome but pandering to the middle right (at that time) by choosing Lieberman-the-überDINO did the party no long or short term favors. It looked as though the Democrats were moving the party to the right in terms of military-industrial spending, which is something Lieberman was really into. CT was at that time heavily invested in military equipment, particularly aircraft.
Please note: this post doesn’t claim that Gore lost because of Nader. Because he didn’t. He didn’t become president because the SCOTUS stole his presidency and gave it to a bonafide puppet ruled by a war criminal (Cheney).
This should have been thrown out because she probably falsified the basis of her complaint.
See yesterday's thread about how the case is based on a service request that was never actually requested.
No.
I don't know the history but common sense suggests it was formed outside the government to be an independent authority on educational standards, exactly so the government can't push propaganda onto college campuses. Which is, of course, what DeSatan wants to do.
Learned yesterday that my coworker is a Trump Humper.
I just started this job last month. Was chatting with one of my coworkers who told me the myriad investigations into Trump were a witch hunt. Anyway, it bugged me all night long, and then I came in this morning and she told me the story of how her parents met: they were first cousins who had to get permission from the state to marry. Now, I'm not saying all Trump supporters are inbred, but it sure explains this woman's opinions. 
I read it.
It’s so privileged. Reminds me of Barbara Bush’s comment about Iraq War casualties, why should she waste her beautiful mind by considering them? I mean, I know you’re coming from a different place than Babs, but the privilege inherent in asking everyone to consider your feelings before posting on a news site is similar. Personally, I feel monkey torture is awful but less awful than gunning down children in their classrooms but would you also ask the site’s leadership to ban those headlines? Of course not.
Whether it was "half of Floridians" or "half the voters,"
he was elected in a landslide. That means Florida is Republican. I fully support organizations cancelling conventions where POC, LGBTQ+, and pregnant people aren't guaranteed safety. That is, I know no one is guaranteed safety anywhere, but why put your life on the line in a place that's well-known for violence against these communities? I'm sorry for the liberals who live there, and also, said liberals are not drumming up the votes state-wide to keep the state from sliding into fascism. That's not the fault of transplants and snowbirds.
The state has a history of liberalism and also a history of misogyny, racism, and violence. In 1920, Blacks were massacred for attempting to vote, in the same area where Trayvon Martin was killed almost 100 years later. Anita Bryant was a plague on LGBTQ communities in the 1970s and '80s. Florida didn't ratify the 19th Amendment until 1969. And so on. This is indeed who Florida is, and has been all along.
What people are really talking about is the Danger of a Single Story. Stereotypes exist because there is a grain of truth in them; the problem is that there is always more to the story than the binary tales we tell ourselves in American political circles.
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