- Joined
- Oct 6, 2016
Sorry, what fucking planet is this mong living on? Isn't accepting foreign criminals a moral imperative?
I suppose they aren't called "convicted felons" in pidgin though.
reddit General
- Thread starter SpessCaptain
- Start date
-
Want to keep track of this thread?
Accounts can bookmark posts, watch threads for updates, and jump back to where you stopped reading.
Create account
I suppose they aren't called "convicted felons" in pidgin though.
thefreshmaker
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2024
You can say it's over valued, you can say the product the company is selling is shit, you can whatever you want, but you can't say for the short period it's been on the market that it is not trending upwards.
Correct, which is why I would not predict that Reddit will be worth $82 after it's first year.
Trends are nothing more than a retrospective with limited knowledge - if we analyzed the first month only, we'd be saying it's trending down $10 a month and would be worthless come the end of September.
Social media and the internet is now stable and established enough that it's safe to say Reddit will be around for a while. It's likely that it grows a bit, then people stop pumping, it devalues closer to where it should be at $35-$40, and then people forget it. Or it gets pumped to the moon by idiot investors. Anything is possible.
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2022
To add, "woke" was coined by the 5 Percenters, a black supremacist group much like the NoI, founded in Harlem in the Sixties. To paraphrase their belief, they were the woke 5% of the world that saw through the system and should act as teachers to the rest that were opessed by an evil 10%. They had arguably even more retarded tenets than the NoI and their interpretation of Islam is even more heretical from a real islamic standpoint, doing stuff like the elders naming themselves Allah. They came up with the black nonsense that is Supreme Mathematics and the Supreme Alphabet. Extreme high levels of black arrogance and unwarranted self-importance basically, like in every black power group besides the Panthers.
I never understood why the term "woke" got so widely adapted and accepted and niggers not completely chimping out about it "because it our word!".
Cpt. Stud Beefpile
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2022
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2015
This "Woke doesn't exist it's just an imaginary enemy right-wingers came up with" reminds me of during the 2020 riots in Portland leftists for a period of time attempted to push the "Antifa is a concept not an actual group!" narrative which failed spectacularly. "Woke" or whatever you want to call it is so blatant in all forms of media and education even elderly people can spot it now. It's virtually impossible to ignore in 2024 and more and more people are becoming sick of it. The redditor here correctly makes the connection between political correctness and woke but then just goes on to say "Nope it's all fake made up". Baffling.Redditor realizes he is an NPC.
thefreshmaker
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2024
Like with anything else (queer, two spirit, etc), it gains critical mass and then the millions of women with white guilt are able to overcome the originating culture's pleas against it's use.
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2022
They do this with everything and always have throughout history. "Not real Marxism" being a funny example but they deny that anything has to do with Marxist ideology - when it always does.
And yeah, "woke" is the same thing as DEI, and SJW and PC and CRT. It's just a different buzzword to distract MAGA people. It's all just critical theory AKA cultural Marxism - which absolutely doesn't exist so don't even try to define it because you have no idea what you're even talking about. You haven't even read Marxist theory. Wow lol you think THAT is Marxist theory?!? That's not REAL Marxism.
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2021
*looks at .38 special revolver*
Perhaps I was a little too harsh on you...
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2016
Update to the rules at /r/Christian...just in time for Pride Month™, too. I've seen real estate contracts with less verbiage. Wow.
Important Announcement: Introducing Sub Rule 5
As an aside, what the heck is this?
Never seen it on a Plebbit thread before.
Important Announcement: Introducing Sub Rule 5
Hello Everyone,
Today we are announcing a change to the rules of conduct here at r/Christian. We hope that this post will help everyone understand the need for the change as well as what is expected with the new rule's implementation.
r/Christian is meant to be a space for Christians to come together for charitable discussion on a variety of subjects. We place a high value on respect here and we see the diversity of our community as an asset. In order to maintain a respectful environment, rules of conduct are required. Because we recognize that there are a variety of perspectives held by Christians on LGBTQ+ subjects, we've tried to allow those perspectives to be expressed here, only asking that they be shared in a way that is charitable and respectful. The harsh reality is that when it comes to LGBTQ+ topics, what we've been doing simply isn't working.
Effective immediately, we have added Sub Rule 5: “LGBTQ+ Inclusive.”
Here is the full text of the rule:
Our goal is inclusion, not exclusion.
Please be assured that the rule is not an excuse to exclude or disparage people who hold to particular interpretations of scripture or ideologies, and it will not be used in that manner. This is a code of conduct rule for interactions within the sub, which has become necessary in order to maintain a welcoming, respectful and inclusive community atmosphere. Because we, like you, greatly value the range of views and experiences within the community, we understand how difficult it is to markedly exclude the expression of certain views which we know are important to many of you.
Our LGBTQ+ siblings have long been the victims of mistreatment within and without the Church. As a sub, we hope to embrace the full expression of Romans 12:10 “Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.” We are making definitive space at the table for our LGBTQ+ siblings to be welcome here, without having to fight for their seat.
We realize that this change is controversial and that many of you may have strong feelings or convictions about it. For a limited time, to allow for your feedback, the new rule does not apply to the comment section on this post only. All other rules still apply, so we remind you to please be respectful.
Here are a few questions we anticipate you may have, along with their answers.
Today we are announcing a change to the rules of conduct here at r/Christian. We hope that this post will help everyone understand the need for the change as well as what is expected with the new rule's implementation.
r/Christian is meant to be a space for Christians to come together for charitable discussion on a variety of subjects. We place a high value on respect here and we see the diversity of our community as an asset. In order to maintain a respectful environment, rules of conduct are required. Because we recognize that there are a variety of perspectives held by Christians on LGBTQ+ subjects, we've tried to allow those perspectives to be expressed here, only asking that they be shared in a way that is charitable and respectful. The harsh reality is that when it comes to LGBTQ+ topics, what we've been doing simply isn't working.
Effective immediately, we have added Sub Rule 5: “LGBTQ+ Inclusive.”
Here is the full text of the rule:
While enforcement of this rule will be strict, our mod team's approach toward those who violate the rule will be gracious. This means even as we remove all content that violates the rule, we are ready to patiently remind those who forget about the change or who are unaware of the rule. With that said, anyone who repeatedly or egregiously violates, or refuses to comply with, any of the sub rules may be subject to a permanent ban.
Our goal is inclusion, not exclusion.
Please be assured that the rule is not an excuse to exclude or disparage people who hold to particular interpretations of scripture or ideologies, and it will not be used in that manner. This is a code of conduct rule for interactions within the sub, which has become necessary in order to maintain a welcoming, respectful and inclusive community atmosphere. Because we, like you, greatly value the range of views and experiences within the community, we understand how difficult it is to markedly exclude the expression of certain views which we know are important to many of you.
Our LGBTQ+ siblings have long been the victims of mistreatment within and without the Church. As a sub, we hope to embrace the full expression of Romans 12:10 “Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.” We are making definitive space at the table for our LGBTQ+ siblings to be welcome here, without having to fight for their seat.
We realize that this change is controversial and that many of you may have strong feelings or convictions about it. For a limited time, to allow for your feedback, the new rule does not apply to the comment section on this post only. All other rules still apply, so we remind you to please be respectful.
Here are a few questions we anticipate you may have, along with their answers.
- Why are you making this change without our input? This is a very controversial subject that is also deeply personal to many people here. Discussion of the subject can become volatile, even in the best of circumstances. The moderation team holds a variety of views on the topic, and we consulted with others who do, too, throughout the decision-making process. It has not been taken lightly. Ultimately, it was too important to leave up to a “majority rules” principle. We believe this decision represents the best choice available for our sub's unique goals.
- Why is the change needed? Our sub's guiding value is respect. When respect isn't upheld, we lose sincere participants who grow weary of the mistreatment. Despite our existing rules, too frequently LGBTQ+ Christians and their affirming allies have had to face disrespectful opposition in order to participate here. While many of you have shared your beliefs in charitable and respectful ways, others have not and the repercussions are felt long after a bad comment is removed or a person is banned. Additionally, some beliefs are themselves inherently disrespectful and harmful, no matter how they are presented. These things impact the whole community and are dangerous to people's faith and lives. Something had to change.
- What if I'm respectful? / How can I express my views respectfully? Some of you have always been respectful in expressing your views and we appreciate your consideration and compassion. However, this is the rule and it will apply to everyone equally. As stated above, at this time we will be allowing feedback, on this post only, to which the new rule does not apply. If you want to show us an example of how you can express your views respectfully, now is your chance to do it here in comments.
- Can we quote the so-called “clobber verses?” The rules still apply to the use of Scripture and intention matters. Even if your entire comment is only scripture, if the intention is to circumvent sub rule 5, it will be considered argument by proxy and will be removed. Here are two examples: Quoting 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 in a general discussion about sanctification is allowable. Responding to an affirming or LGBTQ+ Christian with the typical “clobber verses” as a form of argument, rebuke or bullying, is not allowable.
- How is this inclusive if you're excluding my view? Let's look at another sub rule as an example. For a while now, we've had a rule that prohibits the promotion of conspiracy theories. Community members who believe conspiracy theories are not themselves excluded from participation in the sub, but they are not allowed to share that specific type of content here within the sub. The new rule is similar. It is not a litmus test for participation in the sub, it is a code of conduct rule for those already participating. We aren't excluding or rejecting you, we are prohibiting specific content in order to better include the full body of Christ.
- What happens when someone asks, “Is it a sin to be gay?” (and other similar questions) These types of questions are important for struggling LGBTQ+ Christians and seekers. At this time, we will respond to these types of posts with a pinned comment that reads as follows:
As an aside, what the heck is this?
Never seen it on a Plebbit thread before.
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2015
As an aside, what the heck is this?
Never seen it on a Plebbit thread before.
It is used in contest giveaways, as well as voting for "Best of X year" on subreddits. For contest giveaways, you usually have to just put in a comment, and then the few lucky winners will get PM'd that they won the said contest. And for "Best of X year" awards, it's used to hide the amount of upvotes on posts in there, to decide who wins the "Best of".
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2022
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2016
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2024
Schizo Hoteps are one of the most oppressed minorities on earth, probably somewhere near Gamers on the bottom of the pyramid.
ReceiveAndAsk
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Dec 17, 2022
A short about a predominantly Muslim town in America that banned LGBT flags. This naturally short circuits the brains of redditors.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1d6ifsf/whats_life_in_hamtramck_mi_like_a_town_that/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1d6ifsf/whats_life_in_hamtramck_mi_like_a_town_that/
- Joined
- Feb 18, 2024
What are the rules on r/islam?
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2021
One of my favorite headlines of all time:
[Link]
In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city attracted international attention for becoming the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council.
They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic but meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign.
This week many of those same residents watched in dismay as a now fully Muslim and socially conservative city council passed legislation banning Pride flags from being flown on city property that had – like many others being flown around the country – been intended to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
Muslim residents packing city hall erupted in cheers after the council’s unanimous vote, and on Hamtramck’s social media pages, the taunting has been relentless: “Fagless City”, read one post, emphasized with emojis of a bicep flexing.
In a tense monologue before the vote, Councilmember Mohammed Hassan shouted his justification at LGBTQ+ supporters: “I’m working for the people, what the majority of the people like.”
While Hamtramck is still viewed as a bastion of multiculturalism, the difficulties of local governance and living among neighbors with different cultural values quickly set in following the 2015 election. Some leaders and residents are now bitter political enemies engaged in a series of often vicious battles over the city’s direction, and the Pride flag controversy represents a crescendo in tension.
“There’s a sense of betrayal,” said the former Hamtramck mayor Karen Majewski, who is Polish American. “We supported you when you were threatened, and now our rights are threatened, and you’re the one doing the threatening.”
For about a century, Polish and Ukrainian Catholics dominated politics in Hamtramck, a city of 28,000 surrounded by Detroit. By 2013, largely Muslim Bangladeshi and Yemeni immigrants supplanted the white eastern Europeans, though the city remains home to significant populations of those groups, as well as African Americans, whites and Bosnian and Albanian Americans. According to the 2020 census some 30% to 38% of Hamtramck’s residents are of Yemeni descent, and 24% are of Asian descent, largely Bangladeshi.
After several years of diversity on the council, some see irony in an all-male, Muslim elected government that does not reflect the city’s makeup.
The resolution, which also prohibits the display of flags with ethnic, racist and political views, comes at a time when LGBTQ+ rights are under assault worldwide, and other US cities have passed similar bans, with the vast majority driven by often white politically conservative Americans.
People who could not get into the Hamtramck city council chambers throng the hallway during the council meeting on the flag issue on Tuesday. Photograph: Robin Buckson/AP
While the situation in Hamtramck largely evolved on its own local dynamics, some outside rightwing agitators connected to national Republican groups have been pushing for the ban on Hamtramck’s social media pages and voiced support for it at Tuesday’s meeting. They are from nearby Dearborn where they were part of an effort last year to ban books with LGBTQ+ themes.
Their talking points mirror those made elsewhere: some Hamtramck Muslims say they simply want to protect children, and gay people should “keep it in their home”.
But that sentiment is “an erasure of the queer community and an attempt to shove queer people back in the closet”, said Gracie Cadieux, a queer Hamtramck resident who is part of the Anti-Transphobic Action group.
Mayor Amer Ghalib, 43, who was elected in 2021 with 67% of the vote to become the nation’s first Yemeni American mayor, told the Guardian on Thursday he tries to govern fairly for everyone, but said LGBTQ+ supporters had stoked tension by “forcing their agendas on others”.
“There is an overreaction to the situation, and some people are not willing to accept the fact that they lost,” he said, referring to Majewski and recent elections that resulted in full control of the council by Muslim politicians.
Though the city’s Muslims are not a monolith and some privately told the Guardian they were “frustrated” with council, the only leader to publicly question it was the former city council member Amanda Jaczkowski, a Polish American who converted to Islam.
In a statement, she raised concerns about the move’s legality: “There are far too many questions to pass this today with any semblance of responsibility.”
On one level, the discord that has flared between Muslim and non-Muslim populations in recent years has its root in a culture clash that is unique to a partly liberal small US city now under conservative Muslim leadership, residents say. Last year, the council approved an ordinance allowing backyard animal sacrifices, shocking some non-Muslim residents even though animal sacrifice is protected under the first amendment in the US as a form of religious expression.
When Michigan legalized marijuana, it gave municipalities a late 2020 deadline to enact a prohibition of dispensaries. Hamtramck council missed the deadline and a dispensary opened, drawing outrage from conservative Muslims who demanded city leadership shut it down. That ignited counterprotests from many liberal residents, and the council only relented when it became clear it had no legal recourse.
At other times, the issues are not unique to Hamtramck. In the realm of local politics, personal fights among neighbors, warring factions and dirty politics are a common part of the democratic process across the US.
“I don’t know that we’re really all that different from other cities in most ways,” Majewski said.
However, race and religion add more fraught layers to Hamtramck’s issues. Islamophobia exists here, and some Muslims say they saw bigotry in local voter fraud investigations, and in LGBTQ+ supporters not respecting their religion.
But Majewski said the majority is now disrespecting the minority. She noted that a white, Christian-majority city council in 2005 created an ordinance to allow the Muslim call to prayer to be broadcast from the city’s mosques five times daily. It did so over objections of white city residents, and Majewski said she didn’t see the same reciprocity with roles reversed.
Ghalib disagreed, and labeled the prayer broadcast a “first amendment issue” while noting no one was asking for city hall to broadcast the calls.
Moreover, the white majority council was not always hospitable to Muslim residents who have previously faced overt racism. And with a majority-Muslim council in place, more Muslims had been appointed to boards and commissions, and hired in city hall. So had some LGBTQ+ residents, Ghalib added.
Despite the political clashes, he thinks there is hope for Hamtramck to live up to its multicultural ideals.
“We can get along and people are not violent here,” he said.
Cadieux agreed peaceful coexistence was possible.
“We aren’t in the business of excluding people from our society and I’m not going to exclude socially conservative Muslims – they have a place at the table just like everyone else,” she said. “However, they cannot, and will not, shove another community out of the way.”
In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city attracted international attention for becoming the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council.
They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic but meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign.
This week many of those same residents watched in dismay as a now fully Muslim and socially conservative city council passed legislation banning Pride flags from being flown on city property that had – like many others being flown around the country – been intended to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
Muslim residents packing city hall erupted in cheers after the council’s unanimous vote, and on Hamtramck’s social media pages, the taunting has been relentless: “Fagless City”, read one post, emphasized with emojis of a bicep flexing.
In a tense monologue before the vote, Councilmember Mohammed Hassan shouted his justification at LGBTQ+ supporters: “I’m working for the people, what the majority of the people like.”
While Hamtramck is still viewed as a bastion of multiculturalism, the difficulties of local governance and living among neighbors with different cultural values quickly set in following the 2015 election. Some leaders and residents are now bitter political enemies engaged in a series of often vicious battles over the city’s direction, and the Pride flag controversy represents a crescendo in tension.
“There’s a sense of betrayal,” said the former Hamtramck mayor Karen Majewski, who is Polish American. “We supported you when you were threatened, and now our rights are threatened, and you’re the one doing the threatening.”
For about a century, Polish and Ukrainian Catholics dominated politics in Hamtramck, a city of 28,000 surrounded by Detroit. By 2013, largely Muslim Bangladeshi and Yemeni immigrants supplanted the white eastern Europeans, though the city remains home to significant populations of those groups, as well as African Americans, whites and Bosnian and Albanian Americans. According to the 2020 census some 30% to 38% of Hamtramck’s residents are of Yemeni descent, and 24% are of Asian descent, largely Bangladeshi.
After several years of diversity on the council, some see irony in an all-male, Muslim elected government that does not reflect the city’s makeup.
The resolution, which also prohibits the display of flags with ethnic, racist and political views, comes at a time when LGBTQ+ rights are under assault worldwide, and other US cities have passed similar bans, with the vast majority driven by often white politically conservative Americans.
People who could not get into the Hamtramck city council chambers throng the hallway during the council meeting on the flag issue on Tuesday. Photograph: Robin Buckson/AP
While the situation in Hamtramck largely evolved on its own local dynamics, some outside rightwing agitators connected to national Republican groups have been pushing for the ban on Hamtramck’s social media pages and voiced support for it at Tuesday’s meeting. They are from nearby Dearborn where they were part of an effort last year to ban books with LGBTQ+ themes.
Their talking points mirror those made elsewhere: some Hamtramck Muslims say they simply want to protect children, and gay people should “keep it in their home”.
But that sentiment is “an erasure of the queer community and an attempt to shove queer people back in the closet”, said Gracie Cadieux, a queer Hamtramck resident who is part of the Anti-Transphobic Action group.
Mayor Amer Ghalib, 43, who was elected in 2021 with 67% of the vote to become the nation’s first Yemeni American mayor, told the Guardian on Thursday he tries to govern fairly for everyone, but said LGBTQ+ supporters had stoked tension by “forcing their agendas on others”.
“There is an overreaction to the situation, and some people are not willing to accept the fact that they lost,” he said, referring to Majewski and recent elections that resulted in full control of the council by Muslim politicians.
Though the city’s Muslims are not a monolith and some privately told the Guardian they were “frustrated” with council, the only leader to publicly question it was the former city council member Amanda Jaczkowski, a Polish American who converted to Islam.
In a statement, she raised concerns about the move’s legality: “There are far too many questions to pass this today with any semblance of responsibility.”
On one level, the discord that has flared between Muslim and non-Muslim populations in recent years has its root in a culture clash that is unique to a partly liberal small US city now under conservative Muslim leadership, residents say. Last year, the council approved an ordinance allowing backyard animal sacrifices, shocking some non-Muslim residents even though animal sacrifice is protected under the first amendment in the US as a form of religious expression.
When Michigan legalized marijuana, it gave municipalities a late 2020 deadline to enact a prohibition of dispensaries. Hamtramck council missed the deadline and a dispensary opened, drawing outrage from conservative Muslims who demanded city leadership shut it down. That ignited counterprotests from many liberal residents, and the council only relented when it became clear it had no legal recourse.
At other times, the issues are not unique to Hamtramck. In the realm of local politics, personal fights among neighbors, warring factions and dirty politics are a common part of the democratic process across the US.
“I don’t know that we’re really all that different from other cities in most ways,” Majewski said.
However, race and religion add more fraught layers to Hamtramck’s issues. Islamophobia exists here, and some Muslims say they saw bigotry in local voter fraud investigations, and in LGBTQ+ supporters not respecting their religion.
But Majewski said the majority is now disrespecting the minority. She noted that a white, Christian-majority city council in 2005 created an ordinance to allow the Muslim call to prayer to be broadcast from the city’s mosques five times daily. It did so over objections of white city residents, and Majewski said she didn’t see the same reciprocity with roles reversed.
Ghalib disagreed, and labeled the prayer broadcast a “first amendment issue” while noting no one was asking for city hall to broadcast the calls.
Moreover, the white majority council was not always hospitable to Muslim residents who have previously faced overt racism. And with a majority-Muslim council in place, more Muslims had been appointed to boards and commissions, and hired in city hall. So had some LGBTQ+ residents, Ghalib added.
Despite the political clashes, he thinks there is hope for Hamtramck to live up to its multicultural ideals.
“We can get along and people are not violent here,” he said.
Cadieux agreed peaceful coexistence was possible.
“We aren’t in the business of excluding people from our society and I’m not going to exclude socially conservative Muslims – they have a place at the table just like everyone else,” she said. “However, they cannot, and will not, shove another community out of the way.”
Sargon's wife's son
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2019
One of stalins top guys wife was jailed in a gulag by Joseph Stalin for about 7 years she was let out after Stalin's death and the first thing she did was cry about stolen dying these people are that delusional it's a religion with no redeeming qualities
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2022
God, i love Hoteps, it's black nonsense pushed to its extreme, much like Black Hebrew Israelites. Kemetic spirituality, brotha! Nothing beats the NoI for me, though, thanks to their belief in/invention of Yakub.
Last edited:
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2016
Wow. Amazing how a Reddit account immediately makes you a Constitutional scholar. Looks like the video was shadowbanned, but only after garnering 11000+ updoots.
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2021
I just wonder why aren't these guys calling themselves Atheists? They're nothing like an actual Christian. At this point if they called themselves Atheists it would make sense.