"The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever supplies them with illusions is easily their master; whoever destroys their illusions is always their victim."
Gustave Le Bon
Wisconsin minister, army chaplain & substitute teacher, David Deberge, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the continuous rape of a little girl in his own family.
Let's see if I understand this correctly...
White people on the right are terrified of losing their majority in a country that they stole, often at gunpoint, from people of color.
Is that about correct?
Washington ordained minister, Russell Anders, has been arrested for possessing images of children being sexually abused.
Anders also has pending cases of child molestation and voyeurism in Seattle & rape and voyeurism charges in Spokane.
Colorado christian school teacher, Christopher Ballard, has been arrested for making students undress as punishment & bribing them with money and candy if they recorded sexual abuse material for him.
@GenoVeno73
The end of qualified immunity would be a start.
Doctors, therapists and attorneys to name a few all have to carry liability insurance.
Why not cops as well?
Arkansas police officer, David Cross, who pled guilty to 19 counts of possessing & distributing images of children being sexually abused, has been sentenced to only 3 years in prison.
@JuliusGoat
@Miss_Anthrope46
It is indeed and quite often those in law enforcment and security jobs are exactly who should not be in them.
We once understood that positions involving power and/or authority over others often attract sociopathy and we tried to gate keep accordingly.
That caution is lost.
Let's see if I understand this correctly...
Parents on the right want to blame the teachers that they don't support, underpay and underfund for things that are wrong in the country.
Is that correct?
The owner of a security firm hired to protect 5 Texas elementary schools & former police officer, Kirk Grable, has been arrested for the rape of a child.
Ohio GOP county committee member, Neil Diemer, who was arrested last year for soliciting a child under the age of 13 online, has pled guilty to “importuning.”
Texas baptist youth pastor & school teacher, Ryan Ivy, has been sentenced to only 180 days in jail for grooming & sending sexually explicit texts to a 13 year old middle schooler.
In your opinion what's the *REAL* reason(s) for efforts to eliminate reproductive rights?
Is it...
*care for the unborn
*forced breeding a future labor force
*population expansion to fuel consumption & increase profits
or something else?
Please comment if you wish.
Pennsylvania christian youth camp CEO, Aaron Ziebarth, has been arrested for having sexual conversations with a 14 year old camper during one-on-one counseling sessions.
@geostylegeo
They *want* to believe for numerous reasons including assurance they weren't lied to, assurance of a divine plan for them & their lives, a promise of eternal bliss, reuniting with loved ones, consent to be monsters while knowing that they can be forgiven etc.
Religion has been in control of people for a very long time.
Increasing numbers of people no longer believe.
If religion had a fear-based weapon to use against non-believers in order to force belief & conformity, would they use it?
Louisiana sheriff’s corporal, Christopher Cassidy, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing images of prepubescent girls being raped by adult men & bestiality.
@mmfa
@apissedoffnurse
Many of us are well aware of the media bias on this topic.
Unlike Biden, who exhibits age normative cognition and communication, Trump exhibits clearly diagnosable mental health issues.
Here are two which are directly observable.
@KellyScaletta
@CissyBGood67
Yes.
Some act as if not voting will teach a select few a lesson.
Of course it will affect everyone.
Not voting is a Trump vote.
Third party voting is a Trump vote.
@darwintojesus
Certainly.
It left out this part in Numbers 31: 17-18 where you folks are instructed to keep virgin little girls for yourselves.
Sickening.
@moira_here
I'd add to that severe economic strain imposed on people by corporations who endlessly want more regardless of the impossible and nearly unsurvivable conditions that doing so creates.
@LuxVeriVirtus
Wrong, and it typical theist fashion you're dishonestly attempting to shift the burden.
You've made the affirmative claim so you bear the burden of supporting said claim with objectively measurable evidence.
Your move keyboard warrior, or are you just as dishonest about this?
I just got a message from my granddaughter explaining that her Oklahoma Public School messaged her yesterday to say bible study starts in the fall.
Does anyone care to bet on whether grandpa will teach her how to dismantle the bible this summer?
How about you
@RyanWaltersSupt
?
After seeing this comparison of
@DrPhil
's
@dpakman
&
@realDonaldTrump
interviews, perhaps it's time for
@DrPhil
to cease feigning political ignorance and admit to his political agenda.
Those who trust
@DrPhil
's counsel should be aware.
@NoHolyScripture
I suspect stupidity is becoming en vogue because it's easier to be and/or remain stupid than it is to learn.
Anti-intellectuallism is a very real and growing movement within a subculture here in the states.
Religion is but one enabler of it.
Just a reminder that this isn't going away...
Vote against Project 2025 this November 5th or prepare to have your rights and freedoms forever altered or lost.
The Heritage Foundation, Republican Party and Christian Nationalism already have plans to make certain of it.
Something positive...
The Trump election fraud case is working it's way back to Judge Chutkan's court now and may get there by the end of the week.
This may easily result in details of Trump's election fraud crimes being publicized well before the election.
This is important.
Donald brought out Ronny Jackson at his Bozeman, Montana rally and kept calling him “Admiral.” He was demoted to “Captain.” Talk about “sToLeN VALOR.”
🤦♀️
@NoHolyScripture
It's ironic that she shares the characteristic of never having given birth with the other 46 presidents who have held the office before her isn't it?
.
@CodyLibolt
asks a very important question that must be answered BEFORE the election. Does
@JDVance
belong to the Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR), the secretive Christian men’s society founded by Charles Haywood? What was Vance doing with Nate Fischer, the president of
Dear God. “Netanyahu’s New Ministers Have Very Strict Ideas About Who Is a Jew *** Several ministries have been created w/ a focus on Jewish identity.” They will be led by extremists whose “definition of Judaism” excludes “non-Orthodox streams, w/ which the majority of American
@NoHolyScripture
I would say so.
In fact, I'd say Biden could jail Trump, Cannon, Scotus justices, members of congress or anyone else he wants to without trials.
How strange would Christianity be if Christians read thier bible?
"The antichrist is arrogant, magnifies himself above others" Daniel 8:25
Sound familiar?
@NoHolyScripture
You raise a good point & I respect your take on the difference!
Sadly here some use "spirituality" as an excuse to act similarly to the religious.
People who want to abuse ideas as a social pass for bad behavior here will find a way.
Of course it's the U.S. I'm speaking of.🤦♂️
If you still listen to, believe in and make excuses for this idiot today that's on you.
"In 1917 they say the great pandemic that certainly was a terrible thing, where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people, probably ended the second world war."
Donald J Trump
@Lilith_Atheist
What still gets me is this god fuck up made men with a foreskin and then along comes this shit about genital mutilation.
How does everyone not call bullshit on this!🤦♂️
THE LIE: Kamala HQ claims Donald Trump’s words were very slurred last night and shares audio from the X Space.
THE TRUTH: The video shared by Kamala HQ does not show Trump slurring (listen for yourself).
While the Harris campaign is throwing rocks from the sidelines, Trump’s
@RandomHeroWX
@CooknColorado
Trump's up to his eyes in Project 2025.
Deny it all you want.
Reality doesn't care and Trump is marked now for his part in it.
The reiteration effect, aka illusory truth effect, is the tendency for people to believe false information after repeated exposure. Essentially, when determining if something is true, our brains rely on familiarity, which increases with repetition.