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Now, as someone has said, we have a fresh discussion thread!
IF only we could have a good discussion without the Martin and Bryson Hate Squad trying to derail it.
I agree. This is what happens when people argue with trolls. They become trolls themselves thus ruining the comment section. These two men obviously enjoy going back and forth. I no longer pay any attention to neither one. I just skip their comments.
And now the sock puppets .. have their very own .. sock puppet
Sigh … a sock puppet … is a sock puppet … is a sock puppet
” A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception. The term, a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock, originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an Internet community who spoke to, or about, themselves while pretending to be another person.[1]
The term now includes other misleading uses of online identities, such as those created to praise, defend or support a person or organization,[2] to manipulate public opinion,[3] or to circumvent a suspension or ban from a website. A significant difference between the use of a pseudonym[4] and the creation of a sockpuppet is that the sockpuppet poses as an independent third-party unaffiliated with the puppeteer. Sockpuppets are unwelcome in many online communities and may be blocked “
Thanks, Frank, for your tour. As usual, I will send a small contribution to each of the condidates you interview.
Frank, I just sent a donation to this person. Just kidding.
Bah bah Bryson are you a troll ?
Yes sir .. yes sir .. sock puppets and all
One is Diana Marie.., the other Simone
Then there’s Courtney and now Jolyn
Bah bah Bryson are you a troll
Yes sir … yes sir … sock puppets and all
Well… Good morning to you Mr. Bryson. Please enjoy your updated and growing list of egregiously hateful and racially bigotted remarks:
“We have guns, and can arrange a civil war.”
“Most white Alabama voters voted for Roy Moore, and almost all darkie Alabama voters voted for Doug Jones. Without the negro vote, Jones would not have won. Once again, negores have proven to be a liability rather than an asset.”
“To all the women who voted for Jones: abortion will improve your life dramatically.”
“I should not wish anyone were dead. But, it is true that those who will never become Christians would be better off if they were dead, since the longer they live, the more sins they commit and the greater will be their eternal punishment. Now I didn’t invent that system, God did. So if you have a problem with it, you should complain to the God of the Bible.”
“You think abortion is murder? Your liberal friends won’t like that. But, you are right, abortion is the murder of an unborn child. That’s why it’s immoral and unconstitutional. But, it still has some benefits. Women who have abortions are wicked. If they had the child instead of killing it, they would raise it to be wicked, like they are. We have an oversupply of wicked people already. So it benefits society for wicked women to not reproduce.”
“I wouldn’t expect people involved in interracial sex to be a fan of Roy Moore.”
“Are you white? Unless you are, you can’t pollute the White Race by having sex with a negro.”
“Don’t be too sure your relationship with your boy is healthy, the two of you fornicate with each other.” (In reference to my Black partner)
“Abadie, If you weren’t a slut, getting knocked up wouldn’t be a possibility.” (Also in reference to my Black partner)
When I asked him: “Would you please explain why in your view I am a slut… As in what exactly do you believe I am doing with my partner that would classify me as such?” His reply was: “Because you have a black boyfriend. Black men won’t date white women who refuse to have sex with them.”
“By the way, you are the one who decided to be a slut. That decision was yours alone. If it bothers you that people notice, well, that goes with the territory.”
“But those “roughly 40 other Christian denominations” are NOT CHRISTIANS!!! Only fundamentalist Christians are real Christians.”
“Non-Christians WILL burn in Hell for eternity because that is what the Bible says.”
“I don’t have the power to condemn you. If I did, you would already be in Hell. But I know the kind of people God condemns, and you are one of them.”
“You can’t prove that torture is immoral.”
” I’m not wrong. Happily for me, all my sins have been atoned for. Not so for you.”
“I don’t decide who goes to Hell. God does. And God has already decided that is where YOU are going.”
“If Francis and Edith Schaeffer approve of what Frank is doing, then they are not in Heaven.”
“Every Democrat in America violates many New Testament principles. Yet, you prefer one of them be President instead of Trump. I don’t. Liberals are bad for America.”
“Uniting people is only impossible when one or both sides are unwilling to compromise”. That’s my point. I’m not willing to compromise.”
“There are lots of bad people out there. But you and Frank want to import more of them.”
“If you and Frank didn’t want to import bad people, you would support increased vetting.”
~Gary Bryson
Note: Plagiarism will not be tolerated. As such, none of the above “intellectual property” may be used without duly crediting the author.
Keep up the good work Ms Abadie … but errr …
“Plagiarism will not be tolerated. As such, none of the above “intellectual property” may be used without duly crediting the author ”
What the _____ ? 😎
TJ… What happened to your sense of humor. But to answer… That footnote is intended to be satirical…
… hence the 😎 in my reply … e.g. .. I got it from the minute I read it !
( suffice it to say the smily face hiding behind a pair of Persols can serve many purposes )
Two thumbs up … and do keep up the good work with Herr Brys**t . And ahh …
I’ll be back .. or is it Bach .. or … well .. one of the two . Ciao !
I kind of wondered about the Joe Cool smiley… I’m like Facepalm Margarita! In hindsight, I seem to have lost my sense of humor today… Which although unusual for me, is understandable given the horribly depressing tax cuts that just passed.
And on the Bach note… As a dancer, I have always had a very deep connection to music. Sometimes, I don’t know if I could even live my life without it.
Not sure about others, but my understanding of Christianity was always within the context of God loving us first and putting His Spirit in us so that we can love like God does, and this type of love is outward flowing, extending ever outward, toward others, and is never self-directed. Love doesn’t point inward but is directed toward others, so any love we have today is from God because God is love, and we must love others like God loves us. If a person is a Christ-follower, they will begin to think less of themselves and more about others, so when a crisis hits, believers are already in a frame of mind to reach out and help. They need no motivation because they already have a desire to visit the sick, the imprisoned, strangers, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and give drinks to the thirsty, because they see that doing these things for others (Matt 5:34-39) is the same as doing it for Christ (Matt 25:40).
All of which, at least to my understanding, is in sharp contradiction to the hypocrisy of these Fundamentalist Evangelicals/Baptist who feel that as long as they believe in the bible, they can do whatever evil they want including rape, torture, and murder, being that according to them, their “belief” in the bible is what atones whatever sins they may commit. Which is why, for example, so many Fundamentalist Christian pastors are rapists and pedophiles. As in, they feel that their belief in the bible gives them carte blanche to sin with absolute impunity.
You don’t understand Christianity. And you’re not a Christian. Why do you even bother talking about Christianity since you have decided it isn’t for you?
Actually Brys**t … to be honest … the only one here with absolutely zero comprehension of Christianity or the Bible and is anything but a Christian … is your deranged little troll self
And regardless of what their ‘ beliefs ‘ may or may not be .. Frank and Margarita have a better knowledge of what Christianity is and stands for … than your pathetic existence will ever be capable of understanding
And on that note… I should probably add: “They feel that their belief in the bible gives them carte blanche to hate and wish eternal horrific and torturous torment on others with absolute impunity…” Yeah right! Such is the mindset of way too many pious and loving “Good Fundamentalist Christians!”
abadie,
Your future does not depend on what I wish. I have no control over you, or the decisions you make. If you are unhappy about what comes your way, remember, you made it happen.
Sad fact is .. you are completely ignorant as to what Ms Abadie’s future may be therefore bringing it up is irrelevant … as are your ludicrous opinions and accusations .
But what is relevant … and that which we know all too well … is the self imposed hell you live in as you drown yourself in a cesspool of accusations , hatred and lies
Bryson… Do yourself a favor and make an effort to read both the article that John Norris shared AND the comments.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/12/19/white-christianity-is-in-big-trouble-and-its-its-own-biggest-threat/
As for my future not depending on what you want, I count my blessings on you not having any control over my life. That being said, and given that you have threatened me and wished me to be eternally tortured, I am driven to make people aware of the very real and present threat that you and your fellow Fundamentalist Christians pose to the freedom of everyone in this country. Being that should you folks gain power and vote in those who would make away with our constitutional right to have a separation of church and state we would then enter into an era of extreme persecution of any and all who do not abide by their nefarious “moral” agenda.
And while I am not trying to stop you from practicing your religion any way you want, nor denying you any of your rights. I will continue to do all I can to ensure that segregation doesn’t make a comeback to where my rights and the rights of my children are denied.
And NO, I did not make your insults, accusations, and threats happen. Your bigoted hatred and racial disdain for my being in an interracial relationship made YOU do that. As clearly evidenced in the comments you have made to that effect which I have posted above.
Now go bake yourself some x-mas cookies while you celebrate the horrid tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the poor that was just enacted, which you so yearned for, while you can still afford to do so.
I read the article, and several of the comments. If “white Christianity” is self-destructing, as so many unbelieves claim, why aren’t those unbelievers happy about it? They’re no friends of “white Christians”, or of the Christian religion, regardless of who is part of it.
The guy who wrote the article *is* a white Christian and a friend of the Christian religion. That’s why he’s so sad, Mr Bryson. Don’t you get it?
You read an article ?
Don’t make me laugh Brys**t … other than your alt right christofascist ‘ Trump’ed up social media you’ve never read anything in your entire life .
But to answer your question with a question troll boy ;
Why would anyone with so much as a modicum of morality , social responsibility or conner foe his/her fellow man take pleasure in watching the self destruction and implosion of what once was a prominent aspect of our social structure knowing damn full well the destruction that will follow and the pieces they and the likes of myself will wind up picking up for decades to come in the all but futile hope of putting at least a few of them back together again ?
‘ or conner foe his/her fellow man ”
Should of read ;
” Or concern for his/her fellow man ”
Pardon me for letting my emotions get the better of me
Mr. Norris, I don’t believe the author is a Christian.
Well written Ms Abadie .. well written indeed . Especially the part about placing the blame for all his words firmly upon his shoulders especially in light of the number of chances we’ve given him/her/it to behave in a reasonable and civil manner … each of which he/she/it has chosen to ignore after about five comments or so
So again … keep up the good work … and more importantly
llegitimi non carborundum
Because … as all agree … ultimately evil always finds its own end … eventually .
Now pardon my while me and mine enjoy our heaping plate of schadenfreude … at Bryson and his kinds expense . A bitter dish indeed in light of all the good people this ‘ tax reform ‘ will hurt .. albeit most satisfying when considering it was the likes of a Bryson that put the people in place that passed this destructive travesty posing as legislation filling our plates to the brim .
Sigh ……………
” Mr Bryson. Don’t you get it? ”
@ John Norris – No he does not .
TJ, you’re right. I know that. But sometimes you try even in the face of contrary evidence 🙂
There are many people, Frank Schaeffer being one, who would love nothing more than for Christianity to cease to exist. They rail against it often. They think its extinction would improve life on earth, and they are doing what they can to bring about that extinction.
MY CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU Bryson
Get a grip … quit whining .. drop the whole victim bs while pretending to be a bad**s and get a clue . NO ONE including Frank , Bill Maher or anyone else .. other than a very few inconsequential radical individuals on the far left lunatic fringes … wants to see Christianity or any Faith in the US cease to exist . In fact the exact opposite .
What we all want … including BIBLICAL Christians such as myself ( versus the christofascist cults you pretend to represent ) is for Religion …. ALL religion … to maintain its Constitutionally MANDATED ,, upheld by the Bill of Rights and outlined in the Declaration of Independence place in US society . Not trying to create some form of a gnostic heretical hierocracy /theocracy .. keeping specific religious based morality ,, to themselves . Period !
And if what your pretending to be can’t deal with that Bryson . Well … suffice it to say the writing is already on the wall … and you will become the weapon of your own destruction .. cause in reality little one … you already are .
” I don’t believe the author is a Christian ”
Brys**t … the reality is you being your own god created in your deluded and deranged ephemeral image believe you’re the only real Christian on planet earth .
The very definition of a cult ! Question is Brys**t . Which one ? Cause what ever it is it sure as hell does not so much as resemble anything Biblical , Christian or even christian
Yes, see WaPo article:
White Christianity is in big trouble. And it’s its own biggest threat.
“For believers in a religion whose Scriptures teach compassion, we’re a breathtakingly cruel bunch.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/12/19/white-christianity-is-in-big-trouble-and-its-its-own-biggest-threat/
…with very similar articles saying pretty much the same thing appearing in the NYTimes ( Frank copped the Foxangelicals term from a recent NYTimes article ) The Atlantic , Harpers , RS , Image Journal , MarsHillAudio and even ………..TAC ! ( The American Conservative )
Actually … about the only media not publishing similar articles ( online or in print ) is FoxNews and Breibart
Which then tells anyone with a modicum of common sense and discernment just how bad the trouble American christianity ( small case ‘ c’ intentional ) is really in .
… add to the above list … Patheos .. TheConversation .. Modern Reformation ( as well as its WhiteHorseInn affiliate ) etc etc – et al – ad infinitum
… so in conclusion .. hasta la vista .. llegitimi non carborundum…. and see you on the flip side … ( 2018 )
Wow. You read so much more widely than I do. As I said in another thread, I hope you find like-minded people to sustain you.
John Norris… Although it doesn’t really address in much depth the rampant racism that is also so prevalent among these Fundamentalist Christians, it is nonetheless a great article with the vast majority of comments being intelligent, thoughtful and comprehensive. Thanks for posting it.
John Norris ;
” Wow. You read so much more widely than I do ”
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Words to live by . So please expand your reading list as well
It seems that between the democrates and republicans the dems are the lesser of two evils. That doesn’t make the dems any less evil. We need a viable third party. It doesn’t appear that is forthcoming as the two party system owns all of us. Until they vote against their financial interests for campaign financial reform it will likely be business as usual.
Agreed… Sadly, up until we can come up with a viable third party, we have little choice but to go with the lesser of evil and keep hoping that people wake up and start participating in the political process. Sigh…
Hi Margarita,
I wonder though. It seems like that for decades what we have had is Selection rather than a real election. There are powers at work. I believe they are the banks in the City of London, the Vatican in Rome and the District of Columbia. I think these powerful entities own the world. They are not going to go quietly.
T
Tara . If I may so bold as to reply . Forget about the Vatican , London banks ( rapidly heading towards irrelevancy as BREXIT proceeds ) and fact even DC and all the christofascist cults combined don’t add up to a hill of beans in comparison to the real powers in charge .
That being … money .. as in BIG Money .. and those few that control it .
But here’s the rub . Fight them and out of pure self defense they will bring us all down . But find one among them in the mold of a Teddy Roosevelt willing to show them how in the long run they’re shooting themselves in the foot … and well … then .. you’ve got the genuine potential for a winning formula
Sadly … we had one within our grasp .. but like the mindless drones in our Collective Stupidity of America that we’ve become .. we turned our backs on him .. as well any real potential for a viable and successful 3rd party … and he walked away . e.g. Micheal Bloomberg
Sigh ………………
No, they won’t go down quietly Tara. Nor will we! Making for as the pendulum swings … water will seek its own level.
Plus, we are the majority, and also in a new paradigm, with nowhere to go but forward! Always remember that.
MY CHRISTMAS GIFT TO ALL of YOU
( a warning )
My being of a ‘ certain age ‘ .. ( and former SDS ) when I look at who we were and what we did in the 60’s 70’s .. throwing our lives on the line … out running fully armed National Guardsmen … breaking into FBI offices .. taking it to the streets in hundreds of thousands versus the few hundred of today etc – et al – ad infinitum
… and then compare it to todays younger generations … more concerned with short term acquisition of money rather than their future ( artists and musicians included ) … thinking social media equals civil disobedience and protest .. afraid of their own shadows never mind confronting armed authorities …
.. and to be honest … as much a majority as we/you may be … the sad fact is the individuals for whom the mantle has been laid upon ( the 40 and under crowd ) .. are laying down like so many lambs to the slaughter
And there is no new paradigm .. thats another virtual crock of ***t . Its just a lot of ephemeral irrelevant digital 0’s and 1’s floating across the virtual sphere … completely devoid of meaning or effect
Fact is .. if you , Frank or anybody else thinks this site is accomplishing anything … other than providing a space to vent a bit … well … hate to be the bearer of very bad news … but it ain’t .
And like I said to Tara … they ( the extremely wealthy ) aren’t going down at all . That is a communist dream thats failed more times than I care to count . And trying to bring them down will only serve to align them even further with a despotic regime much as they to a number despise it .
So what do we .. or more specially … your generation need to do ?
1) First off the snowflake youth needs to get off their collective a**es and start bringing it to the streets with focused and goal oriented protest … not against the elites .. but rather against the neo fascists posing as neo populists as well as the christofascists
2) When a candidate such as Micheal Bloomberg emerges ..willing to get in the face of his peers .. put your childish dreams and biases aside … and get your collective posteriors behind him . Cause much as I respect the likes of Uncle Bernie … his kind doesn’t stand a snowballs chance in hell with what is rising rapidly among us
3) People like Frank ( who should know better ) and sites like this need to focus on specific issues .. attacking them intelligently and concisely.. rather than going of half cocked with over emotive shotgun rants and tirades
4) Put aside all dreams of grandeur and ” we’re going to change the world ” … you’re not .. and no one ever will . We didn’t !
( hell things are worse now across all fronts than they were in the 60’s 70’s .. a fact I’m sure your partner would agree with if he knows the history )
The fact is Christ as God did not change the world .. and you as mere mortals cannot … but what you/we can do is change the world a little … for the better .. bit by bit
But more importantly … I’ll reiterate #1 . Get your collective asses out from behind your screens … take it to the streets … and be willing to lay your bodies down … as we did . Just don’t be as stupid as we were with drugs , free sex and thinking the entire world was suddenly going to become a New Eden . It won’t . Ever ! Fact is the best we can hope for is a reasonable world … and thats what YOU need to fight for …. because our time has past … we can advise .. we can teach .. we can consult .. hell I can even tell you eacaly how to deal with tear gas … but the mantle of Freedom is now upon your youthful shoulders .. not ours .
So get a grip on reality … get a clue how to deal with it rather than futilely trying to defeat it or recreate it …. and get the ___ on with it .. or deal with the impending consequences
As a soundtrack to the above … CS&N’s ” Find the Cost of Freedom ”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycj-bQXWRrQ
Also … for the love of God beauty and all things creativity … quit listening to that over produced , lyrically vapid , digitized synthesized , autotuned pablum posing as rock , folk and protest
In conclusion … as one residing on the fringes ( of wealth Faith and politics ) with more damn experience than everyone here combined … trust me young lady ( no insult intended nor implied ) .. cast your childish dreams aside and take my words to heart …or what is to come .. will make what we’re/you’re dealing with today look like a Disney movie in comparison
The lyrics ;
” Daylight again, following me to bed
I think about a hundred years ago, how my fathers bled
I think I see a valley, covered with bones in blue
All the brave soldiers that cannot get older been askin’ after
You
Hear the past a callin’, from Ar- -megeddon’s side
When everyone’s talkin’ and noone is listenin’, how can we
Decide?
(Do we) find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground
Mother earth will swallow you, lay your body down
Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground
Mother earth will swallow you, lay your body down
(Find the cost of freedom buried in the ground) “
Ah… But TJ… While I think of myself as a lady, and my MC1R gene makes me look years younger, I am by no means nowhere even close to being a millennial.
And don’t get me wrong, for the most part, I do agree with all you say, I just feel that motivation and inspiration such as posting one of my all-time favorite tunes Find The Cost of Freedom (which if you might remember I was tortured for listening to back in the Argentine Dirty War days when such songs were banned) will work much better than putting people down and guilt tripping them.
Keep in mind that everything is a process, and it will take both awareness which can be accomplished via the Internet as opposed to pamphlets and underground publications of days past; and for things to get palpably worse before people will once again be willing to risk their lives to bring about change.
As for Bernie, like you, I do respect him, and although I agree that he doesn’t stand a chance, what he proved was that building grassroots does work, as in a candidate doesn’t really need for big money to back him/her in order to gain traction. Ideally, what would work best, is for someone like Mike Bloomberg with his own money to become sufficiently vested in the destiny of this country to financially jump-start an opposition movement, which can then take off on its own steam.
Snowflakes are beautiful and given the right set of circumstances, they can and do become an avalanche!
As for me, you are mistaken if you think that I don’t take to the streets. because I do! In fact, you can see me with my long stawberry blonde hair, in my long dark gray coat, and my pink scarf around my neck waving at the crowds at the very far right back corner of the band holding the “perimeter rope” right behind the far right horn in this video, at the 2017 Women’s March.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNZ7pB-rgE
And while you may say: “Well but that was the Women’s March” … It is nonetheless proof of how many people will take to the streets when they are motivated!
” “Well but that was the Women’s March” … It is nonetheless proof of how many people will take to the streets when they are motivated! ”
I fully appreciated and respected the woman’s march of 2017 .. stood behind it ( and supported it financially paying several airfares etc ) and would not so much as consider uttering a disparaging or demeaning word about it . Woman’s or not .. it was a rare display of unity not seen for decades in the US
The problem is …. that was once .. with nothing of genuine substance following it since then . And once … is not enough .
As for my (ass)umptions as to your age … mea culpa .
As for the guilt tripping and disparaging of those youth hiding behind their screens though … I make no apologies for that what so ever . Why ? Because the youth of today are in serious need of a good swift kick in the buttocks .. what with their helicopter and lawnmower parents .. their sense of entitlement ( due to their parents over indulging their every whim ) .. their ” everybody deserves a gold medal ” syndrome .. and a complete lack of willingness to sacrifice anything for the greater good beyond themselves
And … as you’ve probably noticed … when it comes to political correctness … to borrow a pop culture idiom … ” Dr TJ Martin don’t play that game ” *
* ( all bets are if you haven’t already your partner will recognize where that comes from in a blink of an eye e.g. tv character ” Homey the Clown ” )
Finally … a quote from Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli in the mid 70’s a few days after the minority communist party had closed down all FIAT’s factories across Italy keeping the workers from entering etc
” The problem is the working class and the poor protest with their feet whereas the middle and upper middle classes protest with newspaper articles . lectures etc . And its the working class and the poor under the guise of communism that are winning ”
Ten days after than speech the middle and upper middle classes realizing Agnelli was right joined together in what became the single largest protest in Italian history demanding the reopening of the factories and handing back their right to work .
Two days after that the minority communist party admitted defeat .. the factories across Italy reopened .. with Italy then entering into its 2nd economic boom post WWII
A lesson desperately needed today among the majority allowing a minority to run roughshod over us
Eco .. va bene .. ciao
Like you said… The Women’s March was something that we haven’t seen in decades… But it happened, which means that it can happen again. We just need to figure out how to motivate people to participate more.
Like I have said before, this country has a lot to learn. Not just about cutting out the crap and falling in line, but it also has to learn from other countries, as for example South Korea’s recent protests (most of them millennials) which eventually lead to the impeachment of their president Park Geun-hye.
For now, and up until we can come up with a viable candidate, we have our work cut out for us. For starters, we can figure out what were the key factors that motivated such large turnouts and then organize protests based on what we’ve learned.
Sigh indeed Ms Abadie … sigh indeed . Now if we could only get the likes of our resident communist gdd hiding behind the veil of liberation theology on board .. rather than doing their damnedest to sew division amongst us
No doubt that today has been demoralizing! But in the spirit of “llegitimi non carborundum” Inside Edition just published this earlier today.
“Just last week, supporters gathered to dedicate the street to Heather Heyer’s memory. It’s now called Heather Heyer Way. The Virginia city hopes that Heyer’s sacrifice will serve as a beacon.”
So there IS hope. All we need do is put aside our differences, band together (we are the majority), stay strong, and weather the storm. And while it may take time, (we all collectively as a nation have many lessons to yet learn) … somehow, someway, we will see ourselves through this.
Call me a hopeless romantic if you must. But I have faith in this country and its legacy of “We the people…”
http://www.insideedition.com/media/videos/charlottesville-honors-heather-heyer-protester-killed-attack-39180
I shall quote that great Democrat Tip O’Neil…
“All politics is local”
Nine