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GOP candidate posts menacing message about LGBTQ+-friendly churches while holding a gun (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 118 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

“I will not turn the other cheek when defending Jesus Christ,” she continued. “And if this lands me in jail, then so be it. Screw your gay garbage.”

chic...

"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also."

...its in your user manual.

[-] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 93 points 3 months ago

Homegirl literally said “don’t hit me with any of that Jesus Christ shit while I’m defending Jesus Christ”. She’s stupider than warm mayonnaise.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

She’s crazy as hell.

I know what you’re thinking.

No. They won’t do anything about a crazy chick with a gun making threats.

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[-] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately, these "Christians" are the ravenous wolves dressed in sheep's clothing that Matthew 7:15 warns us of.

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!" - William Shakespeare "The Merchant of Venice"

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 months ago

Not to be pedantic, but this verse is basic. Most Christians will have a counter to this verse and it's lost on many of them.

This verse is much more on point:

Jesus replied, “Do what you came for, friend.”

Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?”

Here Jesus is, being fucking arrested. And someone pulls a sword to defend Jesus and he tells him to chill.

These people are Christians the same way I am vegetarian. On Sundays only.

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[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Pfff, they don't read their user manual! No time for that when there are people to be persecuted! They've reforged Jesus into their own fascist, greedy, gun nut. Sort of a Frankenstein's monster cross between Supply-Side Jesus and Rambo.

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[-] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 93 points 3 months ago

Valentina Gomez, who’s running for Missouri secretary of state, appears to have lost her job with Nestle Purina after her numerous anti-LGBTQ+ stunts.

Good.

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago

Fuck Nestle, but not this time.

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

"...appears to have..."

Don't let them off the hook yet. According to this article they didn't fire her. She quit after they "tried to keep her quiet about attacking LGBTQ books in libraries."

If Nestle hasn't publicly distanced themselves from her, they're probably still willing to employ her. I wouldn't be surprised if they were secretly donating to her campaign.

[-] interrobang@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Such a piece of shit that Nestle said 'don't talk to us in public'

But seriously, she's such a pick me for the hateful vote.

[-] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 months ago

I guarantee she was a vocal bigot and only got in trouble with Nestle once it because clear she was a PR disaster. Bigots like this can't control themselves and definitely have red flags.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Oh fucking hell, Missouri?

Maybe I should vote in the Republican primaries, fuck this woman and keep her far away from office.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 65 points 3 months ago

For anyone confused.

This is terrorism.

This is the face of it, the every day part. If we don't fight this then we will end up fighting an insurgency.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

You know what? Thank you.

I just reported her to authorities. I hope that leads to something.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Is this the immigrant terrorism the Republicans keep talking about?

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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 55 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So….don’t go to those churches? I mean, I don’t, but I don’t go to any other places of worship if I can help it either.

But goddamn girl, chill the fuck out.

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“I will not let Jesus Christ be mocked,” Gomez said while standing in front of a church with a rainbow flag. “All this Satanic and pedophile garbage in the Olympics, in our churches, and in our government will end when Christians and Catholics start fighting back.”

Ok how is this not a legitimate threat of violence? And yes, clutch those pearls over the Olympics. Also, Catholics are Christians. They were the first Christians. Actually pretty much the only Christians until Martin Luther and the Reformation. Goddamn girl just shut up.

[-] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I don't think they were the only Christians. There are the orthodox, and a couple of "heresies" that existed. The schism with the orthodox is complicated though. Both sides argue they were the original and the other went rogue.

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[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago

Fascist pick me girls are getting out of hand.

[-] Lightor@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago

Oh, so terrorism? Neat.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 38 points 3 months ago

If I said the same thing about her and her church while posing with a weapon suitable for a mass shooting, she would want me arrested, and she would probably be correct (acquiring the weapon is taking an affirmative step towards the commission of the crime). I foresee no legal consequences for her though.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago

Can somebody in Missouri please get her a 5150? She's literally a danger to others at this point, and has been ramping this shit up for months.

[-] odelik@lemmy.today 30 points 3 months ago

Why you being so weird Valentina Gomez?

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[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

There are far more pedophiles who claim to be straight than gay. She is full of shit trying to conflate the two. Classic conservative rhetoric from the 1950's, what a fucking weirdo.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

There are far more pedophiles who claim to be straight than gay

nervous Catholic noises

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

there are far more pedophiles who believe and vote conservative than anything else. whether they be voters, preachers, or politicians or their subordinates.

If we want to protect children, its the conservatives we should be going after.

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[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

Super cool and legal(?) being a conservative domestic terrorist these days

[-] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 26 points 3 months ago

Is this that dipship the burnt some books with a flame-thrower a while ago?

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Hadn’t heard of that one but yup

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Fucking what that’s such a weird thing to do

[-] BlorpTheHagraven@startrek.website 7 points 3 months ago

Whoooa

[-] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 16 points 3 months ago

This is the kind of person who clearly has a manifesto

[-] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

Written in crayon with tons of grammatical errors and revisionist historical references

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

THIS IS NOT WHAT WHITE JESUS WANTED WHEN HE RODE HIS DINOSAUR TO CHURCH TO PROCLAIM THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

[-] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago

Homicidal ideation? Better take her guns away.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Is she really gay? I mean, that's some serious denial posture.

[-] elbucho@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Shit like this is why red flag laws were invented.

[-] Murvel@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago

What a nasty little cunt

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I wouldn't fuck her with her girlfriend's strap-on.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago

I went to high school in Alabama and this is mainstream down there.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Threat of terrorism, anyone? Where are the three-letter agencies when you need one?

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

totally normal, not weird behavior

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

It's a GOOD THING she's a not BLACK CHILD! Otherwise the cops would have already SHOT or JAILED her!

[-] Triasha@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I hope someone defends them self from her.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Armed minorities are harder to oppress.

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