Slinky

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her father is blatantly racist, an idealist; she on the other hand is a politician who knows that she can be a president one day

open racism is still a taboo in france, but it's politely everywhere. Doesn't mean that she's not racist; just that she knows that she doesn't need to say it

Most people in France don't want to "be" racists, they prefer their racism to be invisible like air; all around them but mostly imperceptible

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I'm not a Christian, but Jesus seems pretty based.

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I hate people who say shit like "if you're glad a nazi died, you're as bad as they are". Even something phrased in a more inflammatory manner, like "all Nazis must die" still wouldn't make me anything like them. The crux of the matter is that people like me, who the Nazis would prefer to be dead, will always be a target for their bigotry; I will always be a queer cripple. Whereas a Nazi can grow the hell up, recognise our shared humanity and stop being a bloody Nazi. Depending on how much harm they caused as a Nazi, it might take a fair bit of work to redeem themselves in the eyes of their community (and some people may never feel okay associating with them), but ultimately it's their choice — they're actively opting out of the social contract and they're welcome at any point to opt back in (if they're willing to do the work that involves)

Dragon Rider (drag)

Jesus was a communist and any Christian who believes the teachings of Jesus is a communist too.

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In the new testament, Jesus went and braided a whip out of leather -- a process which takes several hours, meaning this was cold rage and not hot impulse -- and proceeded to thrash the shit out of a bunch of people profiteering off of religion.

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Yeah, but they said it like it was an insult.

Dragon Rider (drag)

Well that's because they hate Jesus.

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And it's not a very good human suit.

Hanrahan

The guy I read about and the guy they seem to be thinking of are two different people.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ - Mohandas Gandhi

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It's a fuckin banger of a quote, but I regret to say that thanks to ADHD-fueled scourings of random internet rabbit holes instead of of doing college work, I've read that there's no evidence Gandhi actually said that.

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I'm an atheist and basically always have been, but I grew up around some religious people and one thing I've never forgotten was some advice this one guy gave me (8 or 9) and his daughters (8 and 6):

Jesus once whooped the ass of every mother fucker in a church because they were breaking the rules. So if you ever need to ask yourself "What would Jesus do?" never forget that a righteous ass-beating is an option if the situation is severe enough

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He also flipped moneychangers tables. He basically sat while fuming, and braided a whip, and then showed the people the proper ending to a Monopoly game.

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Some of the people: "But what if they were fundamentally a 'good guy?'"

Me: "Did I stutter‽‽‽"

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The other guy that they are listening to, who definitely wasn't named "Brian."

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Same, dude.

It’s important to remember the actual teachings of Jesus in the Bible. These fuckers call themselves Christians but the fact is, most of them don’t know the first thing about what was written.

I’m not even sure he existed but I’ll be damned if I’m not going to spin that around. Especially once you get into the unpublished shit.

JaggedRobotPubes

This is really really well put!

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It's not that they were breaking the rules, it's that they were preying on vulnerable people.
If you want to talk about Jesus' relationship with rules, look at the people he chose to spend time with -- outcasts and social undesirables. Rulebreakers.
And look at his response to the question about which commandment was the most important: "If you thought it was about the rules, you missed the point".

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The proper ending to a Monopoly game is to switch the rules to "Prosperity" mode and play again.

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Right? This is a proper human suit.

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That's The Landlord's Game. I was specifically referring to just Monopoly.