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House Speaker Mike Johnson says God will punish “depraved” U.S. because more teens identify as LGBTQ+
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The older I get the weirder it gets to me that grown adults have an imaginary friend who tells them to be bigoted.
If I had an imaginary friend I would want it to be like Scorpio in Farscape. Someone who could give me insights I didn't think of, someone to bounce ideas off of, and maybe turn on painkillers in situations where I need one.
I honestly see it the other way around: bigots find sanctuary in places where critical thought is absent from the conversation. Its easier to push any agenda you want if the dogma is to take your leadership's word on faith alone. Being "religious" and invoking the name of god is being used here like a cheat code to get access to hearts and minds.
Sorry that's not really possible. There is an alternative: mild schizophrenia for the company and dissociative disorder for the pain are the best we can do around here.
Agreed completely, particularly on the first paragraph.
I seriously doubt anybody has ever been a compassionate friend to all people, then one day was innocently reading their Bible like a Good Person, and turned into a raging bigot once they read something about a man not laying with a man as they would a woman, abomination, etc.
The religion is just an enforcement mechanism. When Junior starts thinking that just because gay sex seems icky to him personally, maybe it doesn’t make those people evil and unwelcome? Nope, gotta remind him that his icky feelings have the ultra-triple-dog-infinity-plus-infinity stamp of approval! SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS, JUNIOR! YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE!
Detective Miller from the expanse..doors and corners...sorry been listening to the audio books.
Always check your doors and corners.
Such a great series
Know what I haven't done yet? Re-read those books. I should do something about that.
Listening to the audiobooks right now, they're great
Personally I'd rather have Six from BSG than Scorpius if I'm given options for a guest in my head.
What? All she has is looks and paranoia. Mind Scorpio is freaken smart, can override pain signals, and wake you up from a concussion to save your life. Plus he wears a Hawaiian shirt over BDSM leather somehow making it work.
Didn't imaginary Scorpy still keep trying to get John to turn himself in or get himself killed?
It's been a while since I've seen the show.
The Hawaiian shirt gag is never not funny though, that's just the truth.
He did for a while and then he sorta went rogue and betrayed Scropy prime. If I remember correctly.
And then back again after his "death".
That show was wild, and I love it.
Hey I just had an idea for something much better than Neurolink Musk bullshit idea.
The Scorpius in John's head was caused by a neural chip that Real!Scorpius implanted. That's the one that kept trying to betray John, because his goal was to get the wormhole technology and give it to Real!Scorpius. John eventually has the chip removed but an echo of Scorpius was left in his brain, who John learns he can summon at will. This echo learns than he likes living and that helping John is the best way to do that, so eventually they start cooperating.
Oh, and John named him "Harvey."
It's probably getting close to time for a re-watch, I've forgotten a lot of details.
Yes, Harvey, I forgot about that hilarious bit. Chriton was at his best when he was crazy 🤪
Yeps. Sorry been years since I watched it. That's what I want, can someone sell me that? I could offload some work to it.