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People have strong opinions about the particulars of Christian Doctrine. It's been a real problem, both for inside and outside the faith observers. From the beginning.

Thinking that their is a "correct" version of Christianity is compelling to people who's business it is to move toward that. But it's frustrating and obtuse to willfully ignore the differences in Christian practice, doctrine, and behavior. Both in current context and historical.

If Christianity makes people better, then why doesn't it?

"Sometimes I think the 'Panicans' in our party would be better off spending their money on Depends to help control all their bedwetting," one national GOP strategist told Axios.

The GOP is trying to ban FUD from the party like r/wallstreetbets. I've never heard someone be so hostile to something that they also dismissed. That quote sounds canned; something they thought about.

Chomsky knew all about Epstein and continued to defend him publicly until his death.

... while Chomsky was advising Epstein on how to respond to press coverage about his history of sexual abuse.

Again, from the article:

...the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder’ -Chomsky in an email to Epstein in 2019. (Same year Epstein died, MeToo was 2017)

There is not much benefit of the doubt here. Chomsky was aware of what Epstein was about, and was at the very least sympathetic.

Well, he has defended pedophilia in the past.

Recently, his essays were in a volume edited by Kraus, titled the "War on Science". And you probably think the war is anti-vax, RFK jr., or the dismantling of federal funding for basic research. No, it's holding professors accountable for sexual misconduct actually.

There was a joke in Germany during the war that Mein Kampf was like the Bible. Everyone had a copy but none had read it.

I tried to read it once and couldn't. If you're not super into Hitler's racial grievances and Weimar politics, it's hard to understand.

Democrats can't lead, they're so beholden to their oligarch masters that all they can offer is co-parenting with fascists. This is an example where Democrats are being asked to choose labor over capital. Let's see what happens.

People on a budget can just slow the fuck down. Speeding tickets are not cheap.

Because most people have a parasocial relationship with media personalities so it kinda feels like it's happening to people you know.

I love this. The Luddites were an early labor movement and their reputation is pure capital propaganda.

Well, like Fred Hampton said: a pig is a pig.

Maybe we can squash the stupid lib ideal that ICE is one iota different than their local Jake.

It's not obvious to people who like evidence. What you describe is called suspicion.

Suspicion is a reason to start look for evidence, not a reason to stop.

Your opinion is that secret assassins killed a man in prison. And you aren't interested or even curious to back that up with anything.

I'm not going to just buy "secret prison assassins" without any evidence that they even exist. Especially when 'jailbird kills himself' is reasonable and likely.