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Oklahoma AG sues to stop publicly funded religious school: 'Waste of our tax dollars'
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Lol, he didn't just imply it, he outright went there in a press conference:
The broken analog clock is still right twice a day?
While he could have said it differently and with a lot more cultural sensitivity, he's correct.
If you allow religion in our schools, you are opening up Pandora box. Flying spaghetti monster deserves a space too.
For sure. It just amuses me that someone can find the shittiest possible ways to argue for the right outcome, and that the media can just overlook the shitty parts because they (rightly) agree with that outcome.
I think it's also worth noting the phrasing is very deliberate - he reportedly has political aspirations and existing beef with the Senator, so he's appealing to his potential base too. He mentions Sharia later at least once more and makes sure to let people know he thinks kids should be reading Bibles with their family. It's all filthy and deliberate politics, and it's clearly the right thing to do, bizarrely twisted into... this.
This is the definition of "the ends justify the means."
Yeah, there's a lot of Macchievalianism in politics. It's not my favourite thing that humans do.
This is beyond parody.
They're not ok with Catholics either.
Sometimes they can slightly tolerate Catholics, but just barely. The same can't be said of any non-Christian religion.
Or more likely, a satanic temple school 👹
Me thinks someone is preparing to run for governor.
How tf is a muslim school a blatant violation of christian religious freedom? It's a violation of their ability to be bigots
To be fair, that's the argument that's most likely to resonate with a lot of Oklahoma voters
Yes, but to be even more fair, it being effective doesn't excuse appeals to bigotry.