Also tbf Jesus was pretty reluctant to perform miracles for the fricking religious authorities

It also entitles you to get education in an in demand job in your area, which can really help out long term. Also never feel bad about any of it, the vast majority of welfare recipients make enough money to get off welfare in 4-6 years, and pay into taxes more than they take out long term.

Hard to argue with shitting on the stupid.

This sub exists because right-wing spaces like r/Conservative don’t allow open debate. They heavily moderate discussions to remove opposing viewpoints, creating an echo chamber where only their narrative is reinforced. When conservatives complain that they aren’t represented here, it’s worth asking why—perhaps because in their own spaces, dissenting voices are banned, while here, discussion is actually allowed.

Before that, this comm was just very sparse troll posting. No one was willing to engage in discussions. The OPs would tell you things like “no, I don’t want to explain myself, Lemmy is full of leftist that will down vote and insult me”. Well, if you post hateful, bigoted stuff and don’t even want to talk about it, you get what you get…

At least, the parody comm is an opportunity to engage in discussions. Yes, that’s true, it’s no longer a community for conservatives to discuss, but they had their chance. This community was allowed to exist here, but it didn’t bring anything of value to anyone.

It’s called parody. It’s very hard to do when talking about people that are the embodiment (and origin) of Poe’s Law, so I appreciate everyone’s effort.

I think you just gave it a raison d’ être

Pretty much.

Maybe self reflection is good for lefties. And righties. Our founding fathers were far from perfect and I guess that’s what “more perfect” union was about. And securing the blessings of life, liberty and prosperity should be equally applied, across the board. I mean, I’m so for convicted felons having the opportunity to become president - but not when that emboldens them to keep committing more and more egregious crimes and enabling them to allow others to do the same.

The United States has seriously lost our way. It’s time for us to stop being "it’s okay and different when I or my people do it, not when you and yours do.

For the love of everything holy, let’s get on with the business of giving everyone what they need to succeed, instead of the select few. I’m sick to death of right we call left and far right. We call right. If fascism is far right and communism fat left, socialism is between them and the more moderate policy. So is heavy, heavy regulation, and if America was so great in the fifties, let’s legislate those tax rates, and regulate business and pollution, not race, gender, creed or lack thereof, love lives, child production or lack of, sex lives, but giving people tools and time to be well-educated students, parents, employees. That means quality; housing, education and tutoring, environment, food, clothing, comprehensive health care, and clothing, utilities, including internet, environment, such as breathable sure, not-poisened fresh fruit and veggies, non-cafo animal products if they desire, healthy cooking oils, clean and efficient, safe public transportation etc etc etc. All races, all gender s, all family units (including LGBT+, polycules, volcel), music, stress, philosophy, any , etc etc.

TV, designer brands with vulgar branding, cheap clothing that wears out and pollutes and crates sweat shops and other things of that ilk can largely go away afaic.

Strangely, I’m okay with families being given quality clothing that lasts for generations, like $3000 leather shoes and outerwear, asking with lessons on how to care for them. I mean I’m not okay with that piece, but if that’s what it takes so little kids aren’t working 12 hr days at 38 cents an hour, but adult craftspeople making truly loving wages, so be it

Oh yes, throw in quality time, access to property leisure, art and theatre along with time to cook, clean, sleep, read, attend chosen place of worship, including ToS or UU, mosque, tenon’s, etc and keep an eye on the crazy extremist ones that tend to breed y’all Qaeda/Al queda, ave whatever other days requirements are. By no means should religion interfere with politics and politics should drive toward idealistic lifestyles for everyone. I’m getting over extremism, left, right, religious or atheistic. It’s time to put away childish things. But reading ideas from across the direction isn’t a bad idea, but we must must must provide critical thinking and logic education so we can be vigilantly guarding against it. I guess the current president and studying things I dismissed or avoided out of hand without diving deeper into them without knowing much about them can be thanked for that. I’m learning. It’s never ending.

Eta: I’ll have to clean up autocorrect garbage later. I’m supposed to be up in a few hours.