I mean... they've done a FANTASTIC job on their PR campaign hiding that history so I don't blame others for missing it. But I'll certainly be the first one to point it out every chance I can. There's a lot of terrible religions, and the SBC may not be the exact worst when Scientology exists. but it's certainly up there.
No no... the SBC has full on thinking slaves are a good thing so much so that's why they exist racism, that's their marketing niche.
I am sure they will realize they are making a mistake and apologize 150 years from now.
It took them 150 years to say they were sorry the congregation was formed by people who thought other people were livestock. I would be shocked if they actually apologized for less.
Oh no, it was way worse than that.
The SBC existed because Triennial Convention wouldn't accept slavery. The SBC was formed to uphold slavery. They didn't apologize as a congregation for their views until 1995. 150 years is a bit late to the party but it certainly helps inform why many of us aren't surprised by this.
Yea, I'm over here thinking the writer is an optimist if he thinks the moral collapse is complete. We'll see some new levels of horror before it's all done.
A term I heard growing up was "Even a blind pig finds an acorn"
Do not forget this is the president who got chummy with North Korea last administration. Really can't be surprised after that.
I think the funniest part of this is I wandered over to the conservative areas of the internet to see the reaction and they're fighting each other on how to feel about this. They all hate Mamdani, but half are as anti-Israel and "America first" that they're asking why there's an Israel Day parade and screaming at the pro-Israel groups that are mad at Mamdani for not going.
If nothing else, him doing this has given a fun show.
I mean... conservatives.
If half of you country is like these people, you’d better secede and leave them try to live their bigoted selfish lives at their fullest to see what happens.
I don't disagree with you on them not having a grain of empathy, but seceding like this... won't happen. This is more often than not a urban/rural divide, so my state which votes like this has two major metros that vote against this sort of thing, as well as a smaller college town. Flipside the neighboring state of Illinois is known for being blue and voted against Trump and his policies because Chicago has more control over the state while the farmlands are red.
California has a major right wing movement in entire segments of its state that is trying to secede from the state.
If we go into a civil war again, it won't be like last time with a north vs south, it's going to be a nationwide clusterfuck. Washington, Oregon, California is the closest to being able to pull off a splitting off from the country and it being a line.
While this is true amongst some, it's again that minority that finds the really nice places to work.
I've done waiter at a tex mex place, my current coworker the same, we talk about the bullshit one has to jump through to be able to pay rent. Working multiple jobs to make ends meet for a job that cuts your hours or has you work a double without any forwarning.
And when it comes to the group action, unfortunately wait staff at the shittiest of places still exist because someone needs money to survive. And if you can get out of the hellhole to a real job, you do it the first chance you can. Doesn't really give enough time to create group action.
I don't have an answer for it, we should get rid of tipping. I don't eat out really at all, that's my fix. But I'm far far out of the restaurant business now and if I'm back in it then my life has gone absolutely horribly wrong.