Many people don't realize that the first colonies were founded by Christians that believed the churches in their home county were not being authoritarian enough. The wanted religious freedom, sure, but they wanted the freedom to be theocratic like you said.
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Trump didn’t transform shit
Picking and choosing what parts of the Bible they want to follow is nearly as old as the religion itself. The first council of Nicea was the first large attempt for Christianity to define itself and create a canon. That happened in 325 AD. Even if we talk only about protestants, denominations are all about what parts of the bible they follow and how they translate the word to doctrine.
To attribute it to one man is so disingenuous. Christians have been interpreting the Bible in whatever way suits them best for over a millenia.
The FBI serves the government, not the people. Reporting things to the FBI as a citizen only works if what you are reporting aligns with the current goals of the FBI. If the government is ok with what Twitter/X is doing, the FBI doesn't give a shit. Behold the highly effective ~~bribery~~ lobbying system.
I'm a bit confused. Of course, if the parents are not supportive then them needing to approve the "nickname" is a problem, but if the parent is supportive, isn't this good for parents becuase it give them more control over the school. If the parent approves of the nickname, the school has to recognize it and refer to the child by th name.
I agree it's taking control away from the kids, but is it not giving full control to the parents?
Fuck, somebody tell Savannah, Georgia. This is gonna be messy.
I never understood why we can elect local judges but not our Supreme Court. I understand why people say it's to keep it from being a political position that people run for like the president, but there has to be some harsher regulations on the Supreme Court judges becuase they keep doing shit like this. All the weird shit is to keep them "unbiased" but it's clearly that's just lie we tell the people to keep them placated.
If anyone believes the Supreme Court judges are unaffiliated with political parties, they are willingly ignorant.
As all this stuff comes out and gets verified, I keep naively thinking that we will see these people face consequences soon. Eventually someone will have to take action and remove him from his position, but as time passes, nothing happens. The news cycle moves on, and the general population forgets.
It's shit like this that further drives me into nihilism.
I was a libertarian until I vacationed in a country where taxes were used on its people instead of it military.
(Gross over simplification for comedy before anyone comes at me for my political beliefs)
Been using lemmy for a few days and I am already feeling the need to do just that.
The snoot droops!
I REPEAT THE SNOOT DOES DROOP!
Try tongue, but hole.
We don't use that word. Corruption and bribery sounds icky.
Try lobbying instead.