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@ryanburge Now do abortion? Nationalism?

"What about sexual relations between two adults of the same sex?" Here's when the "not wrong at all" crossed the "always wrong" line: Evangelicals: Never Mainline: 2009 Black Protestant: 2023 Catholic: 2009 Other Faith: 2000 No Religion: 1992

California is trying to pass a bill that would criminalize investigative journalism with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown. The proposed bill is titled AB 2624 and was made after I exposed mass fraud by immigrant groups in America. Under AB 2624, government-funded entities like the Somali “Learing” Daycare centers would be protected from being exposed if they operated inside California. The enemy truly is within. When our politicians would rather protect fraudsters and illegal migrants, it’s time for us to stand up or face mass oppression from the traitors who “rule” over us.

@Wendy32917599 @alphaman_111 @charlesmurray The high-level strategy of schooling is a big part of the problem for sure.

@thereandjack @alphaman_111 @charlesmurray The bar can’t get much lower in most public school systems. Now they are taking away AP classes to not offend those who aren’t meeting standards to be in them. Let’s just not even have school. Too inconvenient to get up and get dressed….

On day 1 of my high school history class, our professor got up and said You are 15 or 16 years old. 200 years ago people your age were married, planted crops, had children, and built a cabin by winter. You can do your homework. The bar set for you historically is embarrassingly low. You are not dealing with regional famine or plague. You do not have to save your family from marauders or go into battle to destroy your enemies. You have to sit down and learn from someone who cares about you in a safe, air-conditioned room. You have no excuses.

@ReyNemaattori @alphaman_111 @charlesmurray But why? Just because their life isn’t as challenging as it could be? I think a lot of people like real challenge - and cultivation of that is practically a necessity for high achievement.

@thereandjack @alphaman_111 @charlesmurray It's not supposed to do anything *about* it, it's just supposed to pass this the low bar with ease.

I don’t disagree the educational system could be radically improved. But all one teacher can do is work within the system they have. What I’m talking about is more of a mindset - doesn’t necessarily have to be tied to failure (though it would probably help). And honestly I do see where the teacher is coming from. But with no other context this strikes me as a suboptimal strategy - I would think more suited to the current system’s “least common denominator”

@thereandjack @alphaman_111 @charlesmurray What public schools do you think would even allow this? Failing students for them not turning in assignments isn’t going to be allowed and is probably going to be labeled as an ism of some sort. The speech by the teacher was fine, the educational system is the problem.

And who bears responsibility for the laziness of your children? You can’t even see the irony in your statement. You too grew up sheltered by the labor of your forefathers. And now all you bring to the table is bitching and moaning about the task set before you. We’re supposed to be leading the next generation.

@thereandjack @alphaman_111 @charlesmurray Imagine missing the plot and then making excuses for laziness.

Seems like you’re conflating a few different ideas here. High school kids today aren’t buying houses or eggs. Hardly anyone alive today lived through the depression. Yes, it’s good to be grateful. However some aspects of life ARE more challenging than they were in the past (houses for example are just objectively more expensive than they were 50 years ago). But the point here is teaching people while they’re young to engage with and even appreciate the challenge. Neither belittling nor aggrandizing it.

@thereandjack @alphaman_111 @charlesmurray no it says STOP the whine. stop the student loan whine or the I can't afford a house or LOOK how much eggs cost when none of them lived through the depression, the dust bowl, lived w/out antibiotics. its just a wake up call to STOP the whine

@alphaman_111 @charlesmurray …or you can make the bar higher. Challenge them instead of wasting their time. There’s obviously a strong correlation between demand and performance. Pressure makes diamonds.

@thereandjack @charlesmurray The demotivating part is pretending the bar isn’t low. Kids aren’t fragile they’re capable. Historical facts don’t create disdain, excuses do.

Trump has made it abundantly clear that Jews are his friends and Catholics are his enemy.

@StefanMolyneux Gotta be lust or greed when it comes to the leadership of the west. Seeing a lot of good answers for the lower classes though.

Which deadly sin most characterizes the modern world - and why? Pride Greed Lust Envy Gluttony Wrath Sloth

The more powerful and influential you are, the more it will get used against you. Sounds crazy but that’s how it is. They aren’t worried about the underclass, or about petty theft. If you got a speeding ticket though, easy enough - you’ll pay it willingly because you have aspirations. If you start to become truly powerful or influential, it will be used to blackmail you or exclude you entirely.

@badwool9 Then what’s the fucking point of a surveillance state!?

Left headphones in a shop. Went back 5 minutes later. Gone. Shop got cctv footage of someone taking them. They remember serving the person - who used their bank card - 2 mins later. Police got footage, witness and description yet are saying there’s nothing they can do. Useless.

IBM CEO on leaked video: “Executives lose bonus money if underrepresented minority numbers drop 1%… and earn bonuses if they rise 1%.” Now IBM just paid **$17 MILLION** to the DOJ for exactly this — race/sex-based DEI hiring discrimination on federal contracts. $17M is a literal rounding error for a **$67.5 billion** company with **$10.6 billion** in 2025 profit. At the same time, IBM is one of the TOP users of H-1B and OPT visas. American grads can’t get in the door while the CEO rigs bonuses to import and promote “diversity” over merit. This isn’t “inclusion.” It’s engineered replacement. When does it end?

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There's a lot going on here and most of it's highly controversial and uncomfortable but without looking at the difficult stuff we can't see the whole board so strap in: America was founded predominantly by Anglo-Protestants, Catholics were here since the begging and they even got Maryland but that didn't go so well and it reverted to protestant control The American ruling class was dominated by high-church Anglos When the first big waves of Irish, German, and Italian immigration arrived they were Catholic, the ethnic and religious tensions began Much like Indian immigrants do today, Catholics took over urban hubs and used machine politics to turn government jobs into ethnic cartels, Catholic neighborhood form, Catholic schools segregate out the new minorities and allow them to retain their culture and faith We also start to see significant Eastern European immigration which is why America has more Jews here than Israel does in their specifically Jewish ethno-state This is how we got the Know Nothings (beware of foreign influence, Catholics will follow their king in Rome) Most people think of the KKK as an organization that tormented black Americans but it was mainly a protestant reaction to Catholic and Jewish immigration Catholic and Jewish diasporas were able to control local urban politics but found it difficult to break into the higher echelon because the ruling class remained White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) and they were uninterested in handing power to the new comers This is why you heard so much about Catholics and Jews being excluded from country clubs, where WASPs did the real politics The mainline Protestant denominations held the ruling class but evangelical low-church Protestantism swept through the heartland The ruling class might have been Anglican/Episcopalian but evangelicals had the passion and the numbers Jews were already not huge fans of Catholics for reasons that should be obvious, and Evangelicals adopted this novel form of theology called dispensationalism that featured the Jews prominently as a chosen people to be protected and to whom a homeland was owed if Jesus was to return Evangelicals are also very politically convenient because while they have the numbers and accumulated wealth to be very politically useful, they have no interest in ruling Many Evangelicals even believe that holding power is against their religion and are very amenable to handing power to another ruling class So you start to see an Evangelical-Jewish axis form in American politics to unseat the WASPs and freeze out the Catholics Dispensationalism was key to securing support for the founding of Israel and Jewish allies here are very aware of how important it is to keep Evangelicals the dominate Christians force in America politics But as America continued to experience unprecedented levels of legal and illegal immigration it didn't just shift the ethnic make up, but the religious composition as well When foreigners are Christian (instead of say Muslim or Hindu) they are not Evangelical, they're Catholic or Orthodox (sorry Catholic bros but America isn't getting more Catholic, it's getting more foreign and less American) These immigrants don't have the American addiction to WW2 Holocaust history and their faith is at best neutral to Judaism, if not openly hostile They're not natural allies to Israel and American Jews are very aware of this So what you are watching under the surface of the current debate is an ethno-religious shake up of the American political landscape The remaining WASPs who resent losing power aligning to some extent with Catholics (who were already ascending, notice the Supreme Court and conservative intelligentsia are increasingly more Catholic and less Jewish) while Jewish Americans attempt to hold onto their hard won positions by utilizing their alliance with Evangelicals Paula White vs The Pope, it's just ethno-religious factionalism dressed up in ideology

On the recent anti-catholic / pro-protestant push: Evangelical Protestants claiming they are the continuation of founding theology is ridiculous and historically backwards. The actual founding Protestants were Calvinist Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Enlightenment Rationalists who’d likely find more in common with Catholics than with the Evangelicals of today. These groups are virtually extinct today. The colonial Baptists (closest to modern evangelicals) were the persecuted minority, OPPOSITION to that effort, and the major reason we agreed to separate Church and State (they demanded it). Catholics, on the other hand, have been here since the 1600s with a relatively stable theology that maps onto the Constitution far better than evangelical theology does.

How is it that some in the White House today can say that this nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values... which was not even a thing in 1776? I don't mean any offense to my Jewish brothers and sisters, but this is a Christian country.

It’s not as if the pope is picked at random. There’s a whole organization (the Catholic Church) dedicated to finding the best interpretation. How is that not better, generally, than each individual making up their own interpretation? Most people are not even philosophical, let alone familiar with the details.

@shagbark_hick How would just picking someone who gets to make the decision for everyone else make it any better? "No way to know if it's true, but at least we agree."

From the Protestant point of view, whose interpretation of Scripture can be considered "final"? What do we do if any two Christians disagree on the interpretation of Scripture? I've genuinely never seen any Protestant offer a satisfactory answer to this very basic question.

Texas needs @nickshirleyy to come here next. Many boots on the ground ready to help!

@Noahpinion Israel and Hungary have very close ties fwiw. Especially in Intelligence.

Why is Hungary so important to JD Vance and the rightists anyway? It's not even a particularly important country within Europe.