RPGCrazied
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Doubt it, but lets see if our gay reporters talk about this tonight. Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon and Rachel Maddow, I'm looking at you.
This is an attack on YOU.
This is an attack on YOU.
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Trump speaks at Values Voter Summit ; pledges homophobic views will not be silenced
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Yeah I don't think the title really reflects how bad this news is, as a non American I don't even know what the Values Voters thing is
I was born in a conservative family, registered as a Republican, and voted Republican for over a decade.
I still believe in the tenants of conservatism for many things. I'm Pro-Life, for instance, and also religious. Etc. etc.
But I'm also not INSANE. A large portion of the Republican leaders we have are bigots, misogynists, and racists, and I have no stomach for it. The insane thing to me is "Conservative/GOP" individuals (of whom it's growing to encompass the WHOLE party) making things political that shouldn't be. They should be things any DECENT individual should stand behind, regardless of politics.
Equality for all people, regardless of race, religion, or creed. That shouldn't be "political". That's our foundation.
And yet, yeah, we've enough people in positions of power, and their supporters endorsing them, that want a nation exclusively of their comfort and security. They fear "the other" and their politicians, FOX News, and circle of peers feeds them the phobias of scary "others" - be they big, scary black men, the homosexual agenda, the murderous Islamic aliens here to impose Sharia Law, the drug-dealing and murdering Mexican immigrants taking our women and jobs, etc.
You want to know what the "party of Lincoln" truly is? Afraid to death of their own shadow, and of every individual out there that doesn't think like them, act like them, believe like them, pray like them, eat like them, breed like them, speak like them... Because they've been conditioned for years and years to fear that change, and embrace the "conservatism" that the status quo is always better than change, that a "negative peace" is better than even attempting a "positive change".
I spent twenty years of my life like that. I'm probably a Republican-in-name-only at this point, an alien in my own party and estranged from my own family.
But I can only blame them for that. As I told my mother after she voted for Trump, "Mom, he's everything you raised me not to be, and everything our Bible instructs me to avoid."
Call me Ishmael, I guess.
Ravensmash
Member
As a non American I've come to learn that most political things with 'Values'/Family/Liberty/Research in the name are things to shake my head at.
The Family Research Council are a symptom of an untreated disease. And as with all religious fundie groups, they have their own internal problems with sexual assault and child abuse.
Congrats on being the first, Dotard.
POTUS wants to preserve and protect a hate group's "heritage" and "religious liberty." #MAGA
Maybe "Family Research Council" or "anti-LGBT hate group" in the title for clarity/exposure.
RPGCrazied
Member
A mod can change it, I would if I could. Sorry the title is lame.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Thank you. I always say that to friends here in Australia despairing when whichever pathetic conservative is on tv spreading FUD about us. I just explain theyre scared, simple minded people who cant deal with reality, so they lash out at anything that threatens their safe space.
Choppasmith
Member
I posted a while back that I saw a customer at my work with this very same shirt (the one posted at the time had more color and looked more "cutesy" and had something else for T)
The closet racists at work at spewing their shitty views in the office. They try to whisper but I can hear it. They are saying being homosexual is a mental issue and that people who do not feel they "belong" in their bodies or are of the opposite sex are just making shit up.
God damn I hate these fucks. Yes they are older white men.
God damn I hate these fucks. Yes they are older white men.
That's a great way to put it. Too many conservatives like to talk about morals but they certainly have no problem casting their's aside to further their agenda. Thanks for being brave and standing up to your family.
As a semi religious person is infuriates me seeing people ignore everything that we are told to follow.
Palette Swap
Member
There was a guy a while back who made a thread asking how cool his passive aggressive asshole shirt was, and it was a variant of this one.
ImaLemming
Member
Did it rhyme with "Kitties"?
Fulminator
Member
how many of them do you think are anti vaxxers though
public health crisis my ass
e: holy shit this is in my state??? smh
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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Amoral Man Guest of Honor at Values Voters Summit
TumblingHippo
Member
Conservatives are afraid of the "punch Nazis" talk because they don't want to be punched themselves. I wish these religious nuts were as persecuted as they fake-believe they are.
Zomba13
Member
Especially after the dupe thread that did mention that got closed and just linked to this one. I totally get not wanting dupe threads, especially about trump's shit, but it had a much better title and got across why this is a disgusting and hateful thing.
Hours Left
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SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Just another piece to hand to people who assert he isn't against marginalized groups.
This trash will burn.
This trash will burn.
Choppasmith
Member
I'd really like to know her response. Speaking from experience, she probably dodged it. Hillary's emails, yada yada...
My Mom's in the same camp. That's exactly what happened. I went for the "fruits of the spirit" passage because she raised me off that mantra. Of course when it was brought up the only thing that got said was "well Hillary was so much worse".
Edit: The worst thing about dealing with this kind of shit is the inability of Trump's supporters to criticize anything he does. It doesn't matter how bad it is, they will not say an unkind word. "Hillary was worse" is the ultimate non-sequitur.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
Every day from me "at least it can't get any worse" proceeds to get far worse.
chaos789
Banned
Why is it the most outspoken and supposed religious people I know are also the biggest hypocrites and assholes I know. I do not mind if people are religious as long as it contributes to making them a better person not worse. If your religion is teaching you to be a worse person through racial or sexual hatred or anything else, then there is something wrong with your religion.
Master Yoshi
Member
Holy shit.
I'm just going to say this;
Trump is like a fucking hokey ass wrestling character when it comes to playing a crowd. He actually should have made a career as a wrestling manager rather than a politician.
"Man am I glad to be in (insert name of city/county/state here) today!"
"USA! USA!"
"Lock her up!"
"MAGA!!!"
"We're bringing back Christmas!!!"
"We don't worship government, we worship God!"
He believes in nothing he says, all he believes in is the acceptance of those who cheer him to say these things.
I'm just going to say this;
Trump is like a fucking hokey ass wrestling character when it comes to playing a crowd. He actually should have made a career as a wrestling manager rather than a politician.
"Man am I glad to be in (insert name of city/county/state here) today!"
"USA! USA!"
"Lock her up!"
"MAGA!!!"
"We're bringing back Christmas!!!"
"We don't worship government, we worship God!"
He believes in nothing he says, all he believes in is the acceptance of those who cheer him to say these things.
old manatee
Banned
He must really frustrate all of the other Republicans who just dog-whistle their hate.
Slackbladder
Member
The USA is quite simply the most fucked up nation on the planet. It's currently steam rolling towards it's historical nadir and once it has arrived will quite simply be the most despised nation on Earth. How long it will take to recover is anyone's guess.
Alcotholic
Banned
I'm so fucking angry.
Fuck this ass hole. Fuck his administration. Fuck everyone that voted for him.
Fuck this ass hole. Fuck his administration. Fuck everyone that voted for him.
The hilarious thing is that they voted, and have accepted this, because nothing will come from this, just like the millions of other batshit insane things he has done.
Hours Left
Member
Thanks for the title change mods.
The majority voted for Hillary. Let's not remove facts. The issue is with the nonvoters, on top of those who voted for this man.
For three Republican controlled branches, they haven't done as much damage as they could have (already too much). People are definitely doing their best to stop GOP. It's insulting to act like they're hasn't been a rise in protests since this individual was elected.
Escape Goat
Member
Transgendered are a phenomenon lol
I didn't either until recently when I started going on Facebook again. I probably spent hours going through friend's Facebook pages in horror. Just an incredible amount of racist, bigoted and downright ignorant views. The worst of which came from a fucking correctional officer, someone who used to be a mentally stable person. It's disturbing to see how so many people are filled with hate.
America saw a black man walk into the White House and called the cops.
Bingo.
This post is an example of how we got here.
This insistent surprise and denial of what's been blatantly obvious until it's literally in the White House and bludgeoning you over the face.
Nobody who has paid even slight attention to the type of shit Republicans have been spewing for the last few decades to win elections should be at all surprised by how we got here.
Nobody who has That Uncle, or That Cousin, or That Friend, or Dear Old Dad who says "uncomfortable" things at the dinner table that everyone just chuckles at and ignores should be surprised by how we get here.
It's time to stop being surprised.
Host Samurai
Member
I dont think I've hated a group as much as I hate the Trump admin.
toddhunter
Member
Religion only works if you have other people around you to reinforce the exact same views. Having the internet means that people no longer live in small self contained groups and communities where this occurs. Everyone is now part of the entire world, thousands and thousands of different religions and ways of thinking and living.
There are two ways you can deal with that. One is to give up on religion as clearly an outdated idea, the other way is to fight tooth and nail against anyone who is different so you can once again get a bubble of like minded people around you. The problem is that bubble now has to encompass the whole world.
In America, they are winning that fight. Through controlling the government, schools and education, health services and the media (not traditional, online) religious groups are fighting back hard to force everyone they can to think the same way.
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