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You can’t use shame as a tool against people who don’t feel shame. We need to find a different way

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We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.
―Gene Roddenberry

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#atheism #faith #god

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A chilling tale of detention, interrogation, and exile for the ‘crime’ of writing a blog…

https://hartmannreport.com/p/border-agents-or-thought-police-when-039

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Religious folks,

If you want me to respect your beliefs, and want to prove that you are not a zealot? Then shut up the loudest, most violent of your brethren. Shut them down. School them. Because, unfortunately, they are now the face of your religion.

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#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2s

Post from Timmie @haytimmie

WARNING: You have selected "Trans Mode" as a difficulty setting. This mode offers a more rewarding but challenging gameplay experience. Medicine is harder to find, enemies spawn in previously friendly spaces, merchants may not serve you, and some factions may attack on sight.

Carry weight diminishes or raises depending on what hormone path you take, your misgender meter will limit your stamina when full, and some armor may not fit properly, however, you will have increased and funnier dialogue options, a joy meter, and more character design options.

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To put this in context, one Democratic state representative and one Democratic state senator were shot. Dems have a one seat majority in the senate. Dems and Republicans are tied in the house. If both were to die, Republicans take over the state legislature. This is a coup attempt.

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We now have a political assassin impersonating a police officer on the loose in Minnesota, which, aside from being horrifying in and of itself, underscores the danger of the proliferation of anonymous federal law enforcement deployments from a wide variety of unfamiliar agencies conducting aggressive immigration operations across the country.

Is that uniformed person who's stopping you or demanding entry to your home legit or a psychotic vigilante seeking to harm you? It's impossible to know.

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Christians: The gays are trying to convert us!1!1!

Also Christians: 👨‍💼👨‍💼

I say this as someone who identifies as somewhat Christian-ish (United Church of Canada) 🌈.

Honorable mention to the JWs who sit at my local transit terminal with a book stand and on the corner of the busiest street in my city *every freaking day*.

Please show me the queers doing the same.

#queer #gay #lgbtqia #lgbt

@kibcol1049

I enjoy Friday the 13th. I work as a dealer in a casino and gamblers are quite superstitious. If a player is doing rather well, I tell them, "Friday the 13th must be your lucky day." At this point they will start to lose. Nothing in the game has changed, only the awareness of the special day.

Random thoughts:

Since the #Trump parade occurs on Flag Day, would the old "flag salute" or Bellamy salute be in order?

What would be the #media reaction if any of the military units were to use it?

Would the current regimé encourage or disavow such mischief?

If the former, they would be admitting to become fascist, or would they CYA for the sake of optics?

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#science

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@GottaLaff

"The reason evil always fails is that, after a short while, no one is pure enough.

If evil is based upon loyalty, and loyalty becomes the ruler, some will be found not loyal enough.

If evil is based upon greed, and greed becomes the ruler, some will be found not greedy enough.

If evil is based upon cruelty, and cruelty becomes the ruler, some will be found not cruel enough.

If evil is based upon religion, and religion becomes the ruler, some will be judged not religious enough.

If evil is based upon bigotry, and bigotry becomes the ruler, some will be judged not bigoted enough.

And on it goes, to the deepest depth of absurdity itself.

That's why humanity and compassion prevail, as they’re what save us, in eternal and overwhelming abundance."
SearingTruth

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The thing that made me a #libertarian is that it pisses me off when I have to ask permission from the government (permission which can be denied) to do things that are my fundamental right to do and don't harm or even affect anyone else.

It pisses me off when a majority of voters can impose their will on a minority simply because they believe that majority will should be permitted to exercise power for power's sake.

Born into the already long-established State, we are prone to look upon its much-exploited power as having its existence in the nature of things, and to utilise it as we do the forces of nature for any and every purpose to which it may seem adapted. Or, if we realise that it is human power contributed by and belonging to all the people in common, we may make the mistake of supposing that it may at least be used for any purpose to which the majority may choose to apply it.

It is true that in deciding what the action of an organised body of individuals shall be it is from the nature of things necessary for the will of the majority to prevail, but no majority can justly make use of any organisation for any other purpose than that for which it is formed and its power maintained. Even if the State were an association into which the people had all of them voluntarily entered and from which they could withdraw at will, its power could not be justly used for any other purpose than that for which it was contributed. Much less can civil power, attained and upheld as it is through that compulsory organisation which the State actually is and from which no member can withdraw, whatever the majority may do, —much less can power so acquired and maintained be justly used by any majority however great for any ultimate purpose other than that which alone justifies the compulsion necessary to its support.

A bit of #mtf #transjoy today. I am officially a girl now. I received the court order, changing my birth certificate, in today's post. I will still have to wait 4-6 weeks to allow Vital Records to update my file. But once I have the amended documentation, I can finally correct my state ID/DL.

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