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Eva Porter's avatar

So. Cradle catholic here, though not a regular church goer since 2019 or so. Anyhoo.. my recollection of gospels pretty much says love god, love neighbors, there is no greater commandment than these - Mark 12:30-31

The church will always be anti abortion just like they’re anti capital punishment and pro feed the poor and care for the sick (there are gospel verses about that part).

Just like i don’t expect pro abortion, the righties shouldn’t be surprised at the love your neighbor stuff.

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Helen's avatar

MAGA: It's all very simple, you see. The Nazis were actually called National Socialists, so the Socialists are the real Nazis, see?

LEFTIE LIB: Oh okay. The Nazis were called National Socialists, so the Christian Nationalists are the real Nazis, right?

MAGA: Wait, what? No, scratch that!

I can only imagine the collective explosion of heads when they learn of the existence of Christian Socialists....

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Helen's avatar

Found on my Facebook (hey, I'm old and most of my family lives abroad -we use it to keep in touch cos It's a pain setting up Zoom with different time zones, okay?) feed:

The Second Coming (for the Party of Trump)

(With apologies to William Butler Yeats)

Churning and churning in the miasmic mire

The Tea Party cannot stand the Moderates;

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the GOP;

The Wing-nut tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of common sense is drowned;

The best lack all compassion, while the worst

Are full of fanatic intensity.

Surely another election is at hand;

Surely the GOP will again be canned.

Again be canned!! Hardly are those words out

When a vast image out of 2016

Troubles the sight: the usual right-wing cant;

A shape with the head of David Koch, the rest an elephant,

A gaze blank and pitiless as a Hun,

Is promoting Guns and God, as usual--

The Grand Old Party led by indignant turds.

The doo-doo drops again but now I know

That several decades of stony sleep

Were vexed to babble by a rocking cradle,

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

Slouches towards Washington to be birthed?

Matt Birkenhauer

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Re-Engineer's avatar

Just had a very minor earthquake here in NC, apparently centered in TN at a 4.1 (as listed on USGS).

Waiting for people to say it's showing God's displeasure of the new Marxist liberal Pope in 3....2...1.....

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thephantomcheese's avatar

So that's what rattled my bedroom window yesterday!

But it didn't kill woke marxist leftist me, so God's aim is getting bad in His old age...

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Once Upon a Time Called Now's avatar

Christianist. (spit)

They deny the message of Jesus with every beat of their hearts. "Love your neighbor", WTF! Sadly there is neither a heaven nor hell, so we can't really look forward to these reprobates suffering for eternity. Still, it's a nice thought.

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Mexfiles's avatar

Wait for the freak out from MAGAts when they figure out Leo XIV is "off-white"... Hispanic, Haitian, and Cajun.

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thephantomcheese's avatar

"His Cajun ancestors shoulda gone to Quebec!!! So they'd be in the 51st state by now and we could keep an eye on him!!!"

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Deb Vitkova's avatar

G-d save us from these hateful people (?).

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Rad's avatar

That meme of the Leo with the Blue's Brothers, is PRICELESS!! LOVE IT!!!

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Dok. Laura Looney has never taken her huge Ashkenazi brain to temple, where one prays "to do justice, to love mercy, to walk humbly with G-d." I hope to see lots of Scanner-style exploding heads among the Xtian Nationalists.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

When did George Floyd die of a fentanyl overdose? I thought it was the racist on his neck.

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thephantomcheese's avatar

Every minority has the fentanyl monkey on his back!!! Don't you know nuffin'??? /s

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Goonemeritus's avatar

It seems so unlike Laura Loomer to condemn the faith of over a billion people. Oh wait no it doesn't.

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eddi-SABH's avatar

The reds are singing the blues. And brother, I couldn't be happier.

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Nancy Naive's avatar

“Just in, very large explosions, possibly nuclear in origin, were reported in Islamabad and Mumbai as evidence of missile launches in both countries were captured by satellite. But first, let’s return to the joyous celebration in the Vatican as Pope Leo XIV makes magic signs out the window.”

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John Thorstensen's avatar

... Uhhh ... that's a little too plausible.

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Rachael's avatar

So would Ms. Loomer be okay with someone randomly killing career criminal and probable drug addict Trump? What about illegal immigrant and drug addict Elon Musk? Or is only certain kinds of drug addicts and career criminals who can be summarily executed?

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eddi-SABH's avatar

IOKIYAR

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underwriter505's avatar

He has also been living and working in Peru for I don't know how long, but long enough to have become a naturalized Peruvian citizen. I also don't know how Peru feels about dual citizenship. If he has that, I might call him an American-Peruvian. If not, just a Peruvian. He also is fluent in Spanish and Italian (another reason for MAGAs to hate him.) As far to the right as the Catholic Church in America has slipped, calling him an "American Pope" seems disingenuous - not 100% false, but at best a half-truth, and definitely misleading.

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thephantomcheese's avatar

MAGA can't wrap their brains around the fact he's moving to Italy, and would need to be fluent in Italian...

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Mexfiles's avatar

Also fluent in Quechua...which MAGA-olics probably think is illegal.

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thephantomcheese's avatar

So is MAGA gonna try to burn any remaining Yma Sumac records?

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Robert Eckert's avatar

He retains his American citizenship. But Peruvians definitely appreciated him taking the dual citizenship and count him as one of their own.

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Goonemeritus's avatar

As well they should, he has been selflessly serving in their Country for 20 years. That said we can share.

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Robin L'Etoile's avatar

This headline is the best ever.

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