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literally_a_goose , in Starbucks Is Banning Pride Decorations, Workers Union Alleges

I understand why a domestic beer company would sympathize with the far right-- that's pretty much their customer base. But why are companies like Starbucks and Target doing it? Doesn't seem like a smart financial move.

10A ,

If being normal seems far-right to you, then you just might be far-left. The vast majority of normal conservatives, which is everyone from far-right to center-left, do not want sexual immorality constantly shoved down their throats. It's an extremely tiny percentage of the population who think that's a good idea. Like any company, 100% of Starbucks' activity should be to maximize shareholder profit.

Col3814444 ,

“Normal” people aren’t bigots who go around saying that companies who dare to acknowledge the basic fact gay or trans people exist in the world, as ‘Sexual immortality getting shoved down our throats’.

It’s hateful religious crap like you are spreading right now that gets shoved down our throats more than anything else, that’s the real bullshit right there.

10A ,

You misunderstand. What I said is not hateful, at all. Of course homosexuals exist, just like thieves, murderers, and practitioners of every other sin exist. Everyone acknowledges that. The issue is whether we repent for our sins and do God's will, or take pride in our sins and reject God. Pride itself is a sin (and some say it's the root of all other sins). That makes pride in sin a compound sin. The so-called "pride decorations" in this article are all about pride in sin (specifically the sexual immorality type). While the far-left activists think that's wonderful, and want to call everyone "hateful" and a "bigot" if we disagree, the truth is I expressed neither hatred nor bigotry. I hope we call all come to Christ, and the first step for many is to eliminate all these repugnant "pride decorations".

AnakinSandlover ,
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Can you relax? Having your beliefs is one thing, but equating gay people to thieves and murderers is another. Most people from the time they are born have had their sexual attractions set in stone. Most men are attracted to women and vice versa. It is literally the same way for gay people.

10A ,

Stop sexualizing children! There is no "gay gene". (Follow the science, or don't you like that idea anymore) Sex is strictly reserved for a grown man and woman who are joined in holy matrimony. Children are not sexual, even slightly, until puberty.

QHC ,
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Nobody mentioned children and sexuality in the same sentence until you did.

AnakinSandlover ,
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Some people start feeling attraction at a very young age. It may not be sexual but the attraction is there. I'm a straight man and I've literally found girls to be beautiful for as long as I can remember.

QHC ,
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You were being influenced by social norms long before you were old enough to form memories, and likewise not being aware of societal expectations does not mean it is not happening or does not have an effect.

Drusas ,

I had my first real crush on a celebrity with sexual feelings associated when I was 8 or 9 years old. I've heard similar stories from others first hand. It's normal.

Drusas ,

Ignoring the religious elements, this is factually incorrect. Nobody likes to talk about it, but it's common for pre-pubescent girls to masturbate. George Carlin even had a bit about it!

Now, that's generally not talked about for good reasons--we don't want to rile up the pedophiles, and we don't want to rile up the people who are so aggressively religious that they can't acknowledge biology. But the fact of the matter is that people don't become sexual the instant they reach their country's age of consent or the instant they get married.

There's nothing wrong with you disliking those facts, but they are what they are.

10A ,

You conflate puberty with the age of consent.

Drusas ,

I do not. I didn't mention puberty and neither did you.

kgtg2 ,

According to a Gallup poll 71% of Americans support same sex marriage but don't let facts get in the way of your bigotry.

10A ,

The majority of that 71% thought "homosexuality is a disgusting sin, but A) it's not the government's job to enforce that, and B) I'm terrified of appearing homophobic in front of this survey-taker, because the tyrannical Left is likely to cancel me, and I can't afford to lose my job."

But saying "Sure, just let the figs get married so we can finally be done with this discussion forever" is extremely different from saying "I love rejecting God's will! I love pretending I'm not who God made me!" I love pretending God makes mistakes! I love rejecting God's holy word! I love succumbing to Satan's temptation, and engaging in repulsive acts that would make any normal Christian want to vomit! And what's more, I have pride in my evil rejection of God, because I'm basically a minion of Satan and wouldn't have it any other way! So yes, I want 'pride decorations' shoved down my throat everywhere I go, because it reminds me I'm in the presence of pure evil!" Yeah, 71% do not think that way. It's a tiny contingent of perhaps 0.01% who happen to be young, naive, nihilist, depressed, and plagued by demons.

HaleyHalcyon ,
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How’s anyone gonna cancel you for answering a fucking anonymous poll?

10A ,

I dunno, might be impossible. But the fear of getting canceled for being homophobic is very real and widespread.

HaleyHalcyon ,
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There’s also the fear of being fired or brutalized for being gay, so you win some you lose some.

DrunKin , in Trump now claims classified documents were ‘planted’ in Mar-a-Lago boxes
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  • ReCursing ,
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    Would you like to provide any evidence or reasoning or, like, any conscious thought at all rather than spewing whatever shit a pig farmer in the Philippines says?

    No?

    Didn't think so

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  • ReCursing ,
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    So that's a no then. The daily Heil is not a good source for anything, the others are bullshit too (yeah okay there are photos of hunter bidens dick on his lap top. So what?). Plus completely irrelevant to whether trump is a fascist shitstain (and he is both of those)

    Oh, and I am not going to do research to try to find pivtures of people having sex with kids. Why would you even suggest such a thing?

    jesse_mccree , in Trump now claims classified documents were ‘planted’ in Mar-a-Lago boxes

    Lmao we already got Reddit 2.0 here. And theres no way to block subreddits here like with the Apollo app

    ripcord ,
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    No, but we can subscribe to whichever ones we want and not look at the other ones.

    And I can block you.

    jesse_mccree , in Trump now claims classified documents were ‘planted’ in Mar-a-Lago boxes

    Lmao we already got Reddit 2.0 here. And theres no way to block subreddits here like with the Apollo app

    HeartyBeast ,
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    And theres no way to block subreddits here like with the Apollo app

    Sure there is. You go to the list of Magazines (not subreddits) and click the block symbol next to the ones you never want to see. You can also set your front page to only display subscribed magazines, if that's your thing. No need to spam

    Roundcat , in Starbucks Is Banning Pride Decorations, Workers Union Alleges
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    This thread is the perfect example why this site is toss.

    Drusas ,

    I'm a few weeks late in replying to your comment, but we didn't have moderation when you posted this. A few of us have just started moderating, literally today, so please give us a bit to catch up.

    Please check out the stickied thread about what kind of rules and guidelines you would like to see, if you haven't already. We don't have those guidelines to work with yet, but blatant bigotry, trolling, and spamming are our first targets while we work out the details.

    OurTragicUniverse , in Miami prepared for 50,000 Trump supporters to demonstrate against his indictment. CNN is reporting 20 have shown up so far. 20.
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    The rest of them are still at the grassy knoll, waiting for Kennedy to come back from the dead.

    Col3814444 , in 'Stand with Trump' becomes rallying cry as Republicans amplify attacks on US justice system

    King Donald is above the law

    RubberStuntBaby ,

    But the 'billionaire' real estate mogul needs you to pay for his defense so he can keep it that way. Remember in 2016 when they said he was going to self-fund his campaign and he was so rich he would be effectively incorruptible because he had no need of anyone else's money?

    SpezCanLigmaBalls , in Majority of American Voters Shrug at Trump Indictment. 53 Percent Want Him Pardoned If Convicted
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    There is no way that 53% is correct. Is everyone really that fucking dumb

    Hellsadvocate OP ,
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    I mean, I tend to bet on the average person's stupidity. So I'd answer yes?

    1019throw ,

    Dems continuously win the popular vote, which means 0 Republicans would say no to this and some Dems would say yes? I'm not buying that.

    Flaky_Fish69 ,
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    here's the actual poll

    they sampled an incredibly small sample size. It's extremely easy to get fucked up results from assuming that you can make a poll representative of Americans as a whole. Like. where I live... most people in the state want him locked up (or you know. burned at the stake.) But, you go an hour out the cities and even the democrats there would be likely to express some hesitancy. Because it's trump country out there.

    and that assumes the poll wasn't meant to get this result (for example polling in ways that get maybe more conservative democrats. or people simply lying and saying they're democrats.)

    RubberStuntBaby , in There is No Norm against Prosecuting Former Presidents in the United States

    We can either have presidents who are above the law or we can have the rule of law.

    Nixon wasn't prosecuted for Watergate, Reagan for Iran-Contra or Bush for Iraq. It's time to start holding those in power accountable.

    Kill_joy , in Trump Keeps Making Very Public Admissions About His Own Actions In Mar-a-Lago Case
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    “But before I send boxes over, I have to take my
    things out,” Trump told Baier. “These boxes were
    interspersed with all sorts of things. Golf shirts,
    clothing, pants, shoes. There were many things.”

    God damn. Imagine the fucking mess left behind. Probably old big macs stuffed in drawers and shit.

    Bluskale , in New report shows how hundreds of billions in COVID-19 aid vanished

    Here is an article by the same author on subject, if you prefer text over video:

    https://apnews.com/article/pandemic-fraud-waste-billions-small-business-labor-fb1d9a9eb24857efbe4611344311ae78

    JasSmith , in Poll: 61% of voters disapprove of Supreme Court decision overturning Roe

    It's wild how many Americans seem to think the Supreme Justices are legislators.

    rebul ,

    True. Roe should've never happened, it needs to be decided by the states.

    DarkGamer ,
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    Roe should've never happened, it needs to be decided by the states.

    Do you feel the same way about slavery?

    InLikeClint , in Billionaire-funded group driving effort to erode democracy in key US states
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    Submarine tours for them all!

    xantoxis , in Obama calls out obsession with Titanic sub while migrant boat tragedy ignored

    OK? You can just call attention to the migrant boat tragedy without making everyone feel bad for finding this story weirdly compelling.

    Statements like these always somehow act like an entire group of people all took a vote and decided to focus on one thing over another. I don’t have control over what other people think is interesting, so what is he trying to tell me, personally?

    DeviloDante ,

    I believe the point here is that a lot of media attention was directed to the titanic story with a lot of discussion how to rescue the victims. All while in the last couple of years there have been multiple cases of ships with refugees drowning in the Mediterranean Sea with next to no media coverage.

    Millionaires doing wacky shit just seems to be way more interesting then refugees drowning.

    yunggwailo , in Obama calls out obsession with Titanic sub while migrant boat tragedy ignored
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    obama is a redditor

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