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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by UlyssesT@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

For me the easiest tell is the up front, unprompted, and unsolicited declaration of nonpoliticalness. When someone takes the time and expends the breath to announce how nonpolitical they are, what follows is almost always a rant about how everything/everyone else is too political these days, and that of course leads into something between status quo advocacy and outright reactionary/regressive sentiments for some fabled time before those wicked politics were visible to the nonpolitical ranter. centrist

People that are hostile to service workers. Some just want to take some ideological stand against tipping when the service worker doesn't really have a choice and needs those tips to survive in the current unjust system in a way where ideological purity gestures toward that service worker just look like being a greedy and sanctimonious asshole. The worst of such people will actually declare, shamelessly, that they believe that service workers don't deserve a living wage. The implications of that are gulag worthy.

I may get shit for this, but I'll say it anyway: this hair and beard combo, seen on living people. yes-chad I have yet to meet anyone in person with that look that wasn't a chud.

(If one of you is a comrade with that look, I am sorry in advance for the prejudice and if I ever meet you in person I will atone by buying you a drink or something.)

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[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"nondenominational church"

Talks about "working families" instead of workers when complaining about government policy.

Dislikes both parties, but when pressed cites a dislike of people rather than policy or ideology.

Recently in Aus. Plans to vote no on the voice referendum at all, but especially if they say because "it will create apartheid". For who motherfucker!? (There are, admittedly, some leftists who don't want a voice because they want a treaty first but also this is dumb we need both and also to drive the coalition into the sea, specifically the part of it with the most box jellyfish)

[-] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

grew up in and around nondenominational churches and wow. some of those people are just a simmering pot of wild takes and beliefs. luckily we made it out but man. it's a black hole.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I grew up Catholic, but family were Non-dom and if someone says their Trad its just "I'm a gigantic Fascist who thinks Franco is the coolest"

But "Non-denominational" had just enough non chuds in the description that it could be a group of Christian Anarchists or some Jesuit who got defrocked for taking ecumenicalism too far or some weird descendent of the Diggers. But it wont be, it'll be Hillsong or people more fash than Hillsong.

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

"nondenominational church"

IME this is code for "you're about to hear that Catholics are all cryptopagans, also I don't know what an Orthodox Christian is but if I did they'd be a cryptopagan too."

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Oh man some of these guys think Lutherans and Presbyterians are cryptopagans.

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

"Why can't they just call themselves Christians?" rage-cry

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

More "Arminianism isn't nearly depressing enough a theology for us we need full Hypercalvinism to justify our prosperity gospel."

(I think maybe my recent posts are a bit hard on moderate Reformed (ie, Cavinist) Churches who despite my disagreements have often lead left wing movements. But much like Tradcaths these fuckers aren't helping.)

[-] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

what the fuck is a cryptopagan

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

When I was a kid, my non-denominational (and/or evangelical, depending on the week) mother used to tell me that really Catholics were pagans because they prayed to saints, which is polytheism.

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