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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 65 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Charlie Kirk hates homosexuals so much that the Right Wing Inversion Principle means he must be gay too. He started a movement that acts like a support group to help keep him scared and in the closet.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't he get haircuts tho? He's basically going to hell anyway.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I had no idea sky daddy didn't like haircuts. But, you know what, I'm relieved. Now I know I'm going to hell, uncertainty be gone. And.. and, I can go sporting a fresh trim.

[–] Slwh47696@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

His face also gets smaller every time I see him

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I really don't like comments like this. They imply that queer people are the cause of homophobia.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

They imply that queer people are the cause of homophobia.

I don't think it would be accurate to call someone like Ted Haggard or Marcus Bachmann or Jerry Falwell Jr "queer", as they are deeply closeted and conformist presenting. That said, I do see the consequences of prior iterations of conversion therapy produce a group of incredibly violent and sadistic "ex" gay men.

So I might say that violence against queer people has a cyclical effect and perpetuates homophobia, in the same way that violence against women perpetuates misogyny and violence against pocs perpetuate racism. Some of the people who have had their personalities systematically reshaped through physical and psychological abuse inherit the job of abusing the next generation. They are held up as symbols of the system's success and granted special privilege on the condition they continue the cycle of violence on behalf of the originators of the system.

But when you get behind the Ted Haggards and Marcus Bachmans and Falwell Jrs, you'll routinely find patriarchs fixated on their genetic legacy, who see queer children as a threat to their continued line. The real root of this problem is the fixation on race science and genetic bloodlines. The extremely high opinion that Ronald Reagan or Dick Cheney or Mitt Romney or Donald Trump have of themselves and the desperate need they have for large families that will propagate their own genes leads to this ideological revulsion towards children who won't also have large families.

Its the blue blooded aristocrat's need for racial purity that leads to homophobia. Brutalized ex-gay converts are simply their deputies, in the endless war on their own children and grandchildren in pursuit of even more offspring.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 62 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Jesus - "He who is free of sin cast the first stone"

Republicans - "Is lying a sin?"

Jesus - "Yes!"

Republicans - "FAKE NEWS!!! JESUS IS A COMMUNIST TERRORIST!!!"

[–] PancakeTrebuchet@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago

“He was a hero because he was crucified. I like people who weren't crucified.”

[–] WaistGunnerPug@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the conservative law makers did execute Jesus...

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They’ve replaced “thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor” with “the ends shall justify thy means”

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

"Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you."

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%205%3A1-6&version=NIV

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is one of my favorite Jesus quotes, because it complements the idea that no one but god is free from sin. So no one can judge the sins of others but god and Jesus, but basically all the actual Christians that love it are ignorant on their own religion and think they are free from sin unlike those dang gays and such.

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Idk if they think they're free from sins or that they're forgiven for their sins just because they claim to follow a religion. Either way, they suck.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Weird how they pull that shit out of the bible but never:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God."

[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 34 points 5 months ago

Or this one:

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

Because, the kingdom of god isn't here. So fuck those poors. /s

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

They pull that all the time, when they're talking about the excessive taxes that innocent small business owners are forced to dodge.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I will never get tired of posting this anytime I see his tiny face

Kirk Slider

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

International treaties make posting the slider obligatory to online discussions where Kirk comes up.

Thank you for your duty.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Put it to 92%, look away for a minute then look back and have a good chuckle.

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

There used to be a quiz where'd you'd guess if his face was bigger or smaller than "normal", but it looks like it got deleted

[–] ryry1985@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol I've seen this before but never realized there was sound with it. Is that a new feature?

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Idk, I saw it posted on Reddit about a year ago or so, and saved it. It's had music since then at least.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ok I don’t get it. It’s a still picture with no sound

[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Tick the sound box and move the slider

[–] WhatIsThePointAnyway@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

Fuck Charlie Kirk. Massive piece of shit.

[–] Zess@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

It's so cute when they dress up in their Trump cosplay suits.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why does anyone think he doesn't agree?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Whaddaya mean? Can't you see the upside-down flag??

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago

The upside-downitude makes it EXTRA GAY

[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Because he doesn't care about religion, he’s just using them to get what he wants.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Ugh, he was falling off so he's saying some crazy shit for attention. Also the stage sharing was 2021 which was probably the last time he was relevant.

[–] Feliskatos@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Love your neighbor as yourself?

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Man, Supply-Side Jesus got rode hard and put away wet

[–] PancakeTrebuchet@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

The trick is to self-loathe, and then you're justified in spitting on everybody!!

/s

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Republicans are planning to genocide the LGBT community?

Sounds serious! So when are democrats going to drop gun control given this imminent threat?

Work towards peace, prepare for the inevitable. SocialistRA.org