Oklahoma Rep On Death Of Nonbinary Teen: We Are A "Christian State And Will Fight To Keep Out That Filth" - Joe.My.God.
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“We are a religious state and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state — we are a moral state. We want to lower taxes and let people be able to live and work and go to the faith they choose. …
  • ObsidianZed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    The full quote is even more ridiculous:

    We are a religious state and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state — we are a moral state. We want to lower taxes and let people be able to live and work and go to the faith they choose.

    -Tom Woods ® Adair

    I fucking hate my state. And country. I just want to leave.

    • Holyginz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I swear growing up there were all these positive things about our country. But as I continue growing up those positive things started being unmasked and all the ugliness started to become apparent. And trump has brought all that ugliness out of the underbelly into the daylight. It’s depressing.

      • Illuminostro@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        He emboldened the shittiest among us. The kind that think kindness is weakness, empathy is for the stupid, and cruelty is funny.

    • sdpangolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      This stuff, right here, is why I have distanced myself so hard from the Christian church. They feel like a hate group now, and it’s depressing. None of these people behave the way I was taught to.

    • Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Ah yes… I see. A taxonomic game. This asshat believes Non-binary people aren’t “people” so there’s no hypocrisy there as far as he can see.

      I hope everyone who applauded him in that room gets some rightly deserved karmatic retribution.