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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 31 points 1 year ago

What are you talking about? Those are perfectly normal sized emojis like any other hexbear user would post.

oh-shit

[-] 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 27 points 1 year ago

It called me a "Centrist Marxists" and I feel insulted

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago

I'm so sorry you gotta deal with shitty people in your personal messages. I get why you want to defed. I just have some wishful thinking that this will all work out, somehow.

At the end of the day, I'm going to keep my lemm.ee account. But if Hexbear defeds from everyone, I'm joining the darkside.

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago

I hope hexbear doesn't defederate. Ya'll are pretty cool. Lemmy has been better since.

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 81 points 1 year ago

Okay, so democrats may not be harm reduction, but they'll... checks notes ...look the other way as others cause harm?

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

I'm going to be a part of an invite only community?! Of course, given the circumstances, this is pretty fucked. But I feel kinda fancy right now.

Thanks for all you do on lemm.ee

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago

They just explained that they lacked down votes in their instance. So instead of downvoting, they reply and explain their thought process. I haven't seen anything rude in the replies either.

And what the fuck does "temper your behavior outside your culture" mean? That just sounds like anti immigration bullshit lol.

[-] 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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Everyone talking about how small and better lemm.ee is really starting to give "have you heard about this hidden gem The Witcher 3?" vibes.

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