Voidist

joined 1 month ago
[–] Voidist@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

For someone so rich, you'd think he'd know a little more science.

[–] Voidist@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What does it look like? Does this ongoing discussion truly sound like the kind of concern that would be compatible with a certain individual that was declared unwelcome in trans communities based on a history of intolerance?

I don't know your game, but with all that having been expressed, don't compare me to a transphobe. I'm not even sure what anyone who isn't obsessed with past community members would think this has to do with the question.

[–] Voidist@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

My week has been good. I've been getting end-of-the-month shopping done.

[–] Voidist@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I thought that place was dead.

[–] Voidist@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And we're sure the writer wasn't going for Greek or just chose the Cyrillic font found on many programs to slightly conceal the message?

[–] Voidist@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago

Let us hope. Not defending either of these two individuals, but Pope Leo wasn't afraid of throwing shade on Donald Trump due to his practices involving ICE at the most vulnerable moments, which follows Pope Francis who was equally political but more about social progress (e.g. climate change). Both of these popes, as well as Pope Benedict, always used to stop just short of declaring full tolerance towards LGBT practices while trying to appeal to the LGBT crowd, so let's hope this is their limit.

[–] Voidist@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Was that what the manifesto video was? I was early to the news but too late to see her manifesto part before it was blocked out. Though without having seen it and having just heard about it, I found it absurd she expected nobody to do anything about it, like it was just going to stay on display after she had died.

[–] Voidist@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Based on the track record of the people currently in power, I wouldn't put it past them to use that as a justification in hindsight, but how do we know it was what the shooter meant to bring about at the time of her actions?

[–] Voidist@midwest.social -1 points 4 days ago

Even though only one has succeeded?

[–] Voidist@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He wasn't fighting an officer that saw him coming though.

[–] Voidist@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The pope right now seems staunchly anti-Trump. Unless you mean in the sense that this fuels him (the pope). I don't know. The possibility of the norms being broken does feel like it could be at play. Some saints have become saints without the typical rules. The Romanovs are a good example of this. It was almost instantaneous, and they're explicitly not even Catholic to my knowledge. To cite another one, there's a muderous conquistador who is relevant here too, though I forgot his name. He slaughtered two hundred indigenous people and was by no means "practicing", yet he was on a Catholic mission, so poof, he had started climbing the ranks. Saint Tekakwitha might be a recent third (but more innocent) example. She too challenged what it means to be Catholic, but the story goes the papacy was so desperate to penetrate the Haudenosaunee that they were like "she's extremely lowkey, but we'll take it".

 

Before I begin, I should clarify 1) I firmly stand against the transphobia that has seen a rise since yesterday 2) I don't condone violence like what happened either, and 3) I don't fully know how the papacy structure currently works

When the Bolsheviks killed the Romanovs, the pope at the time instantly canonized the Romanovs and that was the biggest PR blow to the Bolsheviks. Today there's a pope who people show pride in as being from America, specifically Chicago. And he even speaks English. Anything he or even a top cardinal says on the Minneapolis matter is going to have weight when it comes to trans individuals. I guess my question is, if I am to say I fear that the shooter awakened a sleeping giant, how do we, you know, put the giant back to sleep without it misstepping anywhere? This isn't just a worrywort talking, I've seen shit happen and know how things can go downhill fast. There must be some emergency "halt papal discussion of the topic" button somewhere.

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