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TLDR: Conservative pastor hurts himself in his confusion. Blames communism.

So I'm a bit of a masochist. I listen to conservative radio. Something about Sean Hannity and Glen Beck complaining about minorities makes me feel nostalgic. But holy shit, today was something else.

Local pastor is talking on the radio - he's applauding the Rocklin Unified School District's decision to oust trans students to their parents. They are adopting a growing policy that makes it mandatory for school staff to inform parents if their child is transgender or gender non-conforming in any way.

He reads off some of Attorney General Rob Bonta's arguments against this policy and begins mocking the idea that this will bring “mental emotional, psychological, and potential physical harm.” The pastor calls this a straight up lie. He believes that this policy will actually reduce harm (doesn't elaborate whatsoever, but I have some guesses)..

The pastor then starts playing a sound clip of someone saying "There is no right to privacy between a parent and their child". He plays it over and over again - shouting "EXCUSE ME, WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" between each repeat.

The pastor begins his rant. "THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT! THERE IS NO PRIVACY! THEY CONTROL WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK!".

This brainworm infested pastor doesn't understand that "no privacy between a parent and a child" is an argument in favor of ousting trans children. He should agree with that. But he doesn't need to know that. He can still confidently rant about "communism bad" even though he is incapable of thinking through this one argument.

He concludes this whole segment by preaching "Can you imagine us being here, 10 years ago? This isn't because of us conservatives. No, we don't go out there looking for problems. We don't go out there looking to interfere with other people's lives".

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 44 points 1 year ago

Wait, did I miss something? I'm from one of those "lib instances" and I'm not seeing anything about defederation.

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago

Anti-authoritarianism is weird because it sees government authority as an ultimate evil but private entities authority as the status quo.

Private banks forcing people out of their homes? Thats a good society. Government doing the same and distributing it? Authoritarian evil.

Then if there is a successful revolution - anything the revolutionaries do is now authoritarian because they took over the government.

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 98 points 1 year ago

I got a special hatred for the "I use to be left leaning, but now they've gone too far!" type liberals

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 49 points 1 year ago

I have the moral high ground!

Wait, this works too well

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 74 points 1 year ago

First they came for the lemm.ee's - and I didn't say anything, because I wasn't a lemm.ee.

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[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 58 points 1 year ago

Damn, "Mumford and Sons banjoist ousts himself as conservative" was not on my bingo card.

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 66 points 1 year ago

I hope I'm a part of the smattering 🥺

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

After Trump and Covid, the conservatives in my rural, smallish town have gotten angrier and louder.

  • They complain about the "communist government" or "Biden's radical leftist regime" all while fuck all is actually being done.
  • I've known people who have moved out of the state because "BLM has ruined it".

Meanwhile:

  • There have been yearly "Straight Pride" events here for 4-5 years
  • Much larger protests outside of the local abortion clinics
  • White Supremacists are getting fucking bold. People I hardly know are saying racist shit to me (because they think they are in "good company"). I've heard the hard -r much more than I wish recently.

Its frustrating to see my area get pulled further to the right as they complain about the democrats being "too radical". I'm honestly scared for how a lot of my neighbors will react if anything meaningful actually happens to Trump.

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 58 points 1 year ago

What are you doing step-volt?!

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 65 points 1 year ago

I'm a fan of hexbear and like being a lemm.ee user. Hopefully things work out.

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[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 73 points 1 year ago

Idk man. I'm just as confused as you are.

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