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He cited, as supposed evidence, the decline of national church attendance and the rise of LGBTQ youth — the fact, Johnson lamented, that “one-in-four high school students identifies as something other than straight.”

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[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 49 points 9 months ago

Or maybe more people are thinking for themselves and not buying in to the BS.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 34 points 9 months ago

That's the rub, ain't it. I understand that these religious world views are their reality, but more and more people are snapping out of it and coming into a more secular state, a common reality. But it is truly worrisome that there are these powerful wingnuts out there that are trying to claw us back into their reality, as if to say "you don't know any better, I am a light of God and I will show you the path, whether you like it or not." Motherfucke,r I don't give a rat's ass about your "christian" views and how I am somehow divinely mandated to oblige it because you say so. I guarantee that my morality is more Christian than yours, and that most of us just want to go about our lives in peace and not waging holy war against those who aren't in lockstep with our views.

[-] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

Except in many countries, these guys seized power and kept it. Iran, Afghanistan... This is what's happening in the US right now. If there's no pushback hard, soon, I really don't think you will still be a democracy in 10 years.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

Trust me I know, and many of us are aware of the precarious situation we are in. The problem is that a significant chunk of the US are actively cheering them on and agree that the US are turning into a nation of "heretics," and then there are probably a good 80% of the population that are successfully programmed to be triggered into hot-button topic debates that miss the big picture. I'm all for doing something, but no one can agree on what to do despite knowing something is wrong. Bread and circuses.

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago

This is all very well said, I hadn’t replied yet and just wanted to acknowledge it.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

All good man, much obliged.

I hope we can figure it out and achieve Star Trek future, it's just curious how we'd pull ourselves out of the mess we're currently consumed by.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Don't even call it "their reality." There is nothing objectively real about it.

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago

Contrived reality, made of manufactured outrage.

[-] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Fuckin A well said

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