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Christian hate-preacher calls for the execution of 'every single homosexual'

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2022:

What's funny is how many of these publicly gay-hating men turn out to be closet cases. Projection much?

My baby girl soon will be 15 years old

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2022:

She knows she is a queen..

Day 1 volunteering at the animal shelter and I didn't steal any kittens.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2022:

So cute! Reminds me of a neighbor cat from somewhere I used to live.

Christian hate-preacher calls for the execution of 'every single homosexual'

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Someone is obviously nuts and full of hate. It's horrible, but not surprising, that he is a minister..

Matthew McConaughey expressed concisely what needs to be done about gun control in this extremely ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2022:

I don't know about concisely, but it was moving, even tho it was 20 min. long. It was way more sincere and convincing than most speeches by pols..

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TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2022:

I still wish that little punk had gone to prison and been ass-raped every day...

Well worth the 20 minutes.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 7, 2022:

I watched this whole thing live. It's sad that he was pretty much giving the same kind of speech as his lawyer character did in closing arguments in the movie A Time To Kill. This time he was talking about an equally horrific crime.

Did anyone else get a complaint warning message?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 7, 2022:

I got one a while back when I flamed some guys that I had blocked earlier. But since it was in General Forum, the blocks were off, so I ended up engaging with them. I got a three day suspension from posting or commenting on Agnostic. Frankly, Barnie, I'm surprised about your warning, since you seem to be one of the milder people I've encountered on here. All I can say is watch your language and don't call anybody names.

Supreme Court won't review sanctions against GOP Senate candidate who pointed gun at racial justice ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 7, 2022:

I'm amazed that the SC in a red state like MO actually sanctioned them for their actions. Not surprised that the guv there pardoned them, so they suffered no real consequences for their actions except some professional embarrassment as lawyers.

Fox News Gives Up On News; Won't Air 'Grotesque' Jan. 6 Hearings Live | HuffPost Latest News

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 7, 2022:

As Nicholson's character in A Few Good Men would say, " They can't handle the truth!"

Let's face it: the Republicans in Congress will continue to block any meaningful gun control ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2022:

I agree and would love to see it, but President Manchin won't support it, so, good luck with that...

Let's be very clear about one thing: if you want to find American supporters of PUTIN's illegal ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2022:

The MAGA crowd, regardless of what happens in Ukraine or with Russia, do want to take control of the US government in DC and commit genocide, or at least condemn, everyone who is not a White Christian nationalist, to limited citizenship, internment, or exile. They will target anyone who is not part of their side, gays, intellectuals, liberals, colored people, immigrants, and all non-Christians or Catholics, as enemies of the state. In other words, the same playbook as Nazi Germany for oppressing and killing off anyone they see as a "contaminant" of their White Supremicist nation.

It would be funny if it weren't so goddamn serious. And cynical. And mendacious. And pathetic.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2022:

That's really not exaggerated much from the Repub distractions from their cowardice on gun control. The line between satire and reality is often very thin...

Yes. How come???

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Because America has a unique sort of toxic masculinity that the gun makers and Repub pols have combined to aggressively market guns to men, esp. young men, in a way that makes them feel more masculine, superior, and more powerful than other men, and esp. women, by owning and using guns. It's not much different than how large pickup trucks and guns are also marketed to women, who buy and use both of them in order to feel more powerful and less vulnerable, esp. to men, by having these toys.. And as long as there is so much profit for the gun makers, and so much political benefit for the Repub Party to oppose gun laws, the gun laws will never fundamentally change. Lastly, as Chris Hedges said so eloquently today, and Obama spoke about years ago, to many people on the right, owning guns and having their fundamentalist religion are, they feel, the only power or rights they have left under our corrupt system where the corporations and the government dictate everything else in their lives. They feel powerless against the corporations and the government, so they cling to their religion and guns for emotional comfort, because at least, in their minds, the government and corporations have taken everything else from them. And they are mostly right. Hedges also talks about the toxic mythology that white Americans, esp. males, have about how they came to dominate America and how much they need to fear those of other races that their ancestors oppressed and will surely take revenge on them once whites are outnumbered here, unless the whites arm themselves enough to defeat and protect themselves from them. Hedges says the country has two paths, civil war or a modern New Deal like FDR's to finally improve the lives of the underclass and restore some balance of equality in America, but he feels the choice has already been made by the elite and everyone who is not part of the ruling elite or the reactionary white right wing of America will be collateral damage, as everyone not in the latter group, such as racial minorities, queer people, liberals, intellectuals, etc., the same people targeted by Hitler, will be hunted down or killed by the right wingers, while the ruling elite stay safe behind their gated communities, their security forces, the FBI, the police and the military. The rest of us don't matter and we are all expendable to them. They will still have their servants while they wait out the civil war.

Biden Hikes Medicare Prices and Funnels Profits to Private Insurers The largest-ever Medicare ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2022:

And most people over 65 have no idea what is wrong with Medicare Advantage plans, they just think it's cheaper and better for them, until they actually need to use it for a serious illness. They believe the bullshit TV ads with celebrities pushing it and talking about all the free extra benefits that most seniors will never get from those plans. It's the most blatant form of false advertising out there, but since both parties get huge money from those companies, the FTC and congress will never do anything about it, because both parties want to privatize Medicare after they run it into the ground, same as the Postal Service..

Texas Rep.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2022:

This guy is such an ignoramus asshole, that the comedy writes itself.

I think I opened some eyes this past weekend.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2022:

That's hilarious that you got to actually debate them and shoot (pun intended) holes in their arguments. Most Repubs just either cut you off or start calling you names or talking about God or the Constitution once you shoot down their policy bullshit. Not surprised they moved on to religion, so they would not have to back anything there with facts or logic. I hope you blew their whole Thoughts And Prayers bullshit out of the water if they brought it up. It doesn't surprise me that most of us are more intelligent and better educated as well, than most of the Repub followers.

Former GOP congressman: Jan. 6 was an "attempted coup" by Trump

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Rare honesty that, nowadays, only seems to come from Repubs after they leave the party.

I have rarely ever commented on social media, but Republicans are burning my ass right now and I ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that nowadays rational, sane gun owners like you are far outnumbered in the NRA and the Repub Party, so your voice would be drowned out when it comes to policy decisions by either group.

I find myself wondering how a suicide or self murder as it is called in Scotland of a prominent ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 5, 2022:

The reasons for a suicide can often be complex and hard to determine. One thing is probably for certain, and that is the woman no longer had any hope for things to get better in her life and she had been in emotional pain for some time before the event. Please keep us posted on how the church leaders try to explain or spin this event to the flock. That should be interesting.

Does anyone believes in life after death or has ever been to the after life and still lives today?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 5, 2022:

My father cardiac arrested for a couple minutes and then was revived. He felt like it was a near death experience or even a temporary death experience. He said all he saw during it was " Blackness", so after that he quite believing in any kind of afterlife, tho he still sort of remained a Catholic.

Let's imagine Pete.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 5, 2022:

My answer is that Pete is probably not actively racist in how he treats people, but he is also part of the problem by remaining oblivious and not caring to become part of any solution. When it comes to power and privilege, neutrality IS taking a side against oppressed minorities, because it is upholding the status quo. I feel the same frustrated way about my liberal friends who are all financially comfortable and in the top 15% as far as economic class. Capitalism has treated them fine and they want no significant change in the economic system, so they vote blue and support any kind of centrist corporate Dem, and also love all the PC stuff and identity politics the Dem Party substitutes for any real change on economic justice or inequality, but they hate progressives like me for demanding anything socialist from the Dem Party and they never would have supported Bernie if he had gotten the nomination. They would have either not voted for prez or voted for Trump, secretly...

Pachyderm pivot, mammoth mendacity, elephantine evasion 🦣

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Ok, they still talk about mass shootings, it's just that now that Thoughts And Prayers has been thoroughly discredited, they have moved onto the new catchphrase of Horrified And Heartbroken, equally bogus and insincere....

Being an Atheist isn't always an easy path to walk, so many people will criticize and attack you for...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 4, 2022:

This has been the story of my life, people trying to make me feel weird, damaged, or crazy because I'm a non-conformist in a state that is all about conformity, avoidance of conflict or truth-telling. Most of the culture here is alien or stifling to me, so it is a battle to maintain my self- esteem and identity in the face of it.

We should definitely acknowledge the failure of the police to stop the carnage, but ultimately that ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 3, 2022:

It is a distraction, but it is also telling. The fact that almost all the victims were Hispanic, instead of white, probably had something to do with why the cops didn't go in for over an hour. Colored lives are considered a lot less valuable than white lives by cops thinking of risking their own lives. Nobody in the corporate media is touching that issue, but I think it mattered.

Five People Dead at Tulsa Medical Center in the 233rd Mass Shooting This Year NPR reports that at...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 3, 2022:

So it really does amount to a little more than one a day....

Some prize idiot is trying to convince me that the existence of God is a fact that is self-evidently...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 3, 2022:

Sounds like the old Doors song lyric by Jim Morrison, " You cannot petition the Lord, with prayer!"....

Ordained by the power of beer?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 3, 2022:

When I first started reading this, Julie, I thought it was another comedy posting by Johnnyrobinish..... Too funny. It seems to me that many men are already married.... TO beer, not by beer!

I can draw a straight line, even with all the outliers, can anyone else?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 2, 2022:

I'll make the other connection, both major parties are owned by those same corporations, so we've had no enforcement of anti-trust laws for decades, and we won't get any help from either party about the price gouging and greed of those corporations now either. Wake up, people, collectively, and start voting out both parties in DC. Until then, we may as well shut up and eat our gruel that we're being served by all of those colluding groups above...

Graduation speaker tells students to honor the Bible by avoiding gay marriage

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 2, 2022:

News flash: Rich, "successful" asshole speaks at HS graduation....

A Mountain Lion Broke Into A California Highschool And Hid Under A Desk | IFLScience

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 2, 2022:

I'd be less afraid of the big cat than some asshole with an AR-15.

From our Twisted Priorities Department:

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 2, 2022:

Bullshit culture war issues to distract people from seeing how the Repubs won't do anything about guns, and also about how they only care about the rich and corporations, altho Dems do the same thing with all the identity politics to distract from how they too only care about the rich and corporations. It's Kabuki theater and pro wrestling between the major parties, all pretend fake fighting...

I stated 10 years ago that we could have a shooting damn near every day in this god infested ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 1, 2022:

I don't blame god for how fucked up our system is, I blame our voters for not waking up long ago and voting out the two major parties for a third party that would be responsive and effective on not only gun control, campaign financing, and economic reform, because it's not like the Soviet Union, where no free elections were allowed. We just had too many blind voters that would never take a chance on electing leaders who were not bought and corrupt, even after decades of proof that they were, and after better candidates from third parties were available as a choice. All we need is people being willing to take a chance, collectively, to start voting their hopes rather than their fears every time, with lesser evil voting or not voting at all.

Religion without belief — Most Japanese reject religious belief while embracing multiple forms ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 1, 2022:

I think it is possible to enjoy religious, or secular, rituals without believing or adopting the religion associated with them. Rituals by themselves can involve only some sort of mental discipline or meditation, without any religious or spiritual belief. I have known so many Unitarians who are Atheists that still love things like yoga, tai chi, or Buddhist meditation. All of those are about mental or physical discipline and ritual, without needing to get into any religion or belief..

Mo Brooks Says Guns Needed in Case Government Ever Turns 'Dictatorial'

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 1, 2022:

Most attempts? Shit, how many left wing attempts can anybody name? And don't count the 60s radical groups, because they were not interested in a dictatorship, they wanted some sort of socialist democracy. Hell, the main radical group was even called Students For A Democratic Society... To my knowledge, all the movements toward a dictatorship in the US have come from the right, including the coup attempt that was plotted against FDR, that very few Americans seem to know about... or Nixon's plan during Watergate to hold onto power with a military coup...

A really sad group. Sorry they have to be associated with him.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 31, 2022:

Need to remember there are lots of centrist, corporate Dems that are just as spineless, except when it comes to serving their corporate donors.... or supporting tax cuts, or military spending, or unneccessary wars or fascist laws like the Patriot Act or the NDAA...... it goes on and on.......

Looks are not deceiving

TomMcGiverin comments on May 31, 2022:

Yeah, but she owns the libs and is so hot-looking, that she's the right wing male's wet dream... Kind of a blonde, stupider, trashier version of Sarah Palin...

Mo Brooks Says Guns Needed in Case Government Ever Turns 'Dictatorial'

TomMcGiverin comments on May 31, 2022:

First off, we already have a fascist government that is run by corporations and an oligarchy, it's just that most Americans are too blind and brainwashed to see it, and most of the rest of the public is either demoralized and has given up on democracy and even on voting. The minority of Americans who are gun nuts and right wing fascists think they will be able to win a civil war against the cops and the military, but they are wrong to think they could win an actual serious war with the authorities, because they would still be outgunned and defeated by superior communications and organization. But what I'm more afraid of, is that the right wing militia types will not need to win such a civil war, all they would need to do is to start one and show they were serious and determined to win it, followed by mass defections and then support, or at least neutrality, by all or most members of the police and military. If that happens, it won't matter after that if most Americans still want elections or don't support the right wingers cause. We will be occupied and elections will no longer happen. And the majority of Americans left under hostile occupation will be unarmed and unsupported by the remaining cops and military. Game over for good.

From our Role Reversal Department:

TomMcGiverin comments on May 31, 2022:

I guess this is an appropriate post for this forum category, as it falls under the abusive relationships between pols and most of their constituents...

Damn they got his description down pat.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 31, 2022:

He is a gold-plated asshole. If he or De Santis get elected prez, I may re-think my position on political assassinations.

Another one of my posts from Facebook, covering some of the most revulsive bible verses .

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2022:

Same way women who were too outspoken or exercised any of their power were burned as witches back in colonial days of the US. Both this and the OP's other post about slavery are about the use of the Bible for social control of groups the rulers wanted to oppress.

THIS, is the essence of Capitalism...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2022:

The tragedy is, it works, and always has. Capitalism has always benefited from racism, that's why Marx called racism something based on "false consciousness", rather than an authentic sense of class consciousness.

Sorry, I'm on a tear this morning.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2022:

First off, I agree with your attitude. We are all individuals, in each gender. Hard as it is to do, with all the rejection and disappointment that teaches us in the dating game to be wary of red flags and negative patterns in dating and messaging behavior with online dating, we still need to approach each new person with a clean slate and not project or hold the bad behavior of others in their gender against them when we connect with a new person on a dating site. As for someone saying they "know how to treat" all potential dating partners of that gender, etc., that kind of statement is overly smug and arrogant because not only are they claiming something without first providing you any proof of its being true, at best it only means they have learned how to treat a limited number of people "right" or "well" prior to you. Personally, I would never believe myself to be an expert on how to treat women as dating partners or mates, since my experience is so limited, having had only one long term relationship. I got that one right and I was lucky that I found a great match for me in a dating pool that is now largely incompatible with me. I have enough humility to realize that I beat the odds in finding her and am sad that it may not happen again in my life with someone else. She died and I am widowed at a bad age in a bad dating pool for me. I learned how to make it work with one unique woman and hope I get that chance again. At best, I do believe that I know how to treat most women, at least the ones that are compatible with me, better than most other men, mainly because I am one for one on successful LTRs in my relationship history (rather than a history of divorce or several failed LTRs), but that doesn't count for much in the dating game, as first of all, women connecting with me on a dating site have only my word on that, and secondly, whether anyone wants to admit it or not, with both men and women, looks matter way more than character or personality, or relationship history or relationship skills, in who people choose to actually meet and get to know from a dating site, And if you continually get polite replies from people on dating sites, but they choose to bench you and just trade messages with you while instead choosing to meet other people that are their first round picks for meeting in person and dating, it won't matter how great a person you are or how well you do relationships if your looks are too average or unimpressive to get chosen for meeting and actually spending time together. Because only meeting and spending time with someone will give you the chance to actually impress them with your inner qualities. Round and round it goes....

For the extreme gothic enthusiasts.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2022:

For me, any color will do, as long as it's soft enough...

Just in case you wanted to know what "Olly olly oxen free" meant. [en.wikipedia.org]

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2022:

Not exactly one of the burning ?s in my mind...

Reading so much on this site, I have become interested in why a culture of fear and hate seems to be...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 29, 2022:

It's probably no accident that theocracy and capitalism go hand in hand. I think that in the US, religion is used and promoted by the capitalist ruling class to discourage the people from ever thinking of supporting socialism or revolting against the system here. It's a distraction against class warfare and class consciousness among the peasants and it also encourages obedience to authority, which also comes in handy to the ruling class and the system here.

How DISGUSTING! And out there right now, is some girl saying, "Yes! Oh course I'll go with ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2022:

If the poster of the thing is named publicly and they get death threats, I will not feel sorry for them. They better hope nobody comes after them... That is just really sick, hateful shit... Just wait and see, if the kid gets death threats or his family is harassed, the kid's parents will go public and issue a fake apology on TV, not because they are sorry or think he did anything wrong, but just to stop the harassment. That is the standard practice when those kind of folks get what's coming to them...

I was communicating with a guy from a dating site.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2022:

Sounds like the guy is more than a bit thin-skinned and defensive, all red flags... I don't mind or resent the ?s at all, and am glad to give an honest answer, since anything else is not only unethical to me, but will not change the outcome later of the woman rejecting me for being deceitful. My only beef is how many women reject men for what seems to me to be a foolish reason regarding social status in their working life. But classism is as American as apple pie and baseball and people do have their right to reject others for dating based on their own standards, foolish and unfair or otherwise.

I was communicating with a guy from a dating site.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2022:

As Bugs Bunny used to say, "What a maroon...". Now you've got me curious what his unusual username was.... As for the ? about his work before retiring, I get asked that ? most of the time by women on Match, since I don't list anything about that in my profile. Some of the women, like you, are asking it out of idle curiosity, while others are very serious about wanting to know what I did for work or a career before retiring. The latter group always end up rejecting me, usually very soon after I give them an honest answer, which I always do, because they are what I and my therapist call " status seekers", in other words, they will only date a man who has had, by their standards, a "successful" career in something white collar, high income, and high social status. Not that any of that should really matter at my age, as long as I have enough money to be able to travel and afford to pay my own way for the kind of entertainment and meals they would like to share, etc. No, the real reason these women are so hung up on the man having had the "right', high status career, is so he can be bragged about to their friends and family as a good catch and also fit in with her friends and family socially and status-wise. And, after eliminating lots of good men who are on the same level as them financially, and probably compatible in all other important ways, these women wonder why they are still unhappy and alone... In my mind, someone who is overly concerned with finding a high status partner is just setting themselves up for grief, because a large % of men who are high status with their careers, carry with them a lot of arrogance and selfishness, because of their high status in society, and they tend to not make very good partners when it comes to compromising in a relationship or treating their partner as an equal, being faithful and loyal, etc.. When you choose to date mainly or only the alpha male, don't expect to be treated very respectfully by most of them...

Alert for Twitter Users: Calling MTG a skanky whore will get you suspended. That is all.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 27, 2022:

Well, in a court of law, the truth is always a viable defense, not so much with social media bannings. I don't do Twitter, and on FB I limit my insults to other members, not public figures, so I've never been sanctioned, not that it would bother me. I'm not that active on FB, mostly just use it for messaging other members who are friends, and following the local karaoke show listings, as well as the Unitarian church I have some connection to.

Arizona lawmaker Rick Gray: Atheism caused the shooting in Uvalde

TomMcGiverin comments on May 27, 2022:

What an ignorant, deceitful ass!

Don't know if this is real or not.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 27, 2022:

Sounds like the folks being harassed by the Abbott rep need to have guns and tell Abbott and his goons to bring it on. You will always have the law on your side, esp. in Texas, to defend yourself and your property.. Should have cellphone videoed this asshole while he was saying these things and then delivered it it the local media..

PSA - SNL - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on May 26, 2022:

I'm afraid it is true, and it explains a lot. The one part I differ with, is that I am always willing and glad to confront the stupid and point out their stupidity. I know some people might call that being mean, but it helps give my life purpose, and I enjoy it, so there! However, I am quite a minority in that respect, here in the Midwest, where Iowa Nice and enforced politeness are seen as mandatory, but I say, shove that! The stupid don't deserve to stay ignorant and blissfully comfortable with their stupidity. The mentally-challenged are a whole other story, and I do give them a pass. They are pretty easy to differentiate from the simply stupid. Besides the stupid being unable to get sarcasm, it's also clearly apparent that most Americans are too dense to even get nuance either...

Nothing can be done to prevent school shootings, but somehow this is the only country that has such ...