@blainecapatch.bsky.social: David Bowie’s father: hey I have an idea why don’t you reinvent yourself as somebody who mows the goddamn lawn
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@davelevitan.bsky.social: Dude’s wanted a military parade for himself for years and he finally makes it happen and turnout is worse than at a medium sized city’s farmers market on a rainy day while like 2% of the entire country went out to protest his bullshit.
@ChrisAlvino: I saw a Christian nationalist who got COVID thanking God for their strong immune system, and then suddenly something clicked for me—They view those with weakened immune systems as deserving of sickness.
It’s exactly like poverty…
Christian nationalists believe that if you’re rich, you earned it and are in God’s good graces. Likewise, if you are poor and suffering, you earned that as well. It’s what you deserve for being out of God’s graces.
And the way this person was talking about their immune system, it felt EXACTLY the same as when they talk about wealth and poverty. Deep down, these people think we DESERVE to be sick. And if we die, that’s God’s plan/we deserved it.
So they will never truly care about the poor or the sick (the same exact people Jesus told them to care about). We deserve to suffer (and ultimately die) bc we were not blessed with a good immune system. Is it any wonder we can’t get them to wear masks to protect the vulnerable?
@ShyReplyGuy: There was a good thread on here, that I won’t be able to find, about how it’s important to remember they have a fundamentally different view of the world. They believe there’s a natural order to things and diversity and “wokeness” are violations of that natural order.
@ChrisAlvino: This is such an incredibly difficult concept for my brain to grok. I’ve read stuff like this before but it never sticks. Like it is just so alien to me… Which must be what compassion and empathy feel like for them. It’s also probably why it took me so long to recognize it.
@amorvin.: They also believe death comes with a reward @ Why bother living if all dying means is ‘going home’.
@ChrisAlvino: Oh yeah, 100%. It’s why they don’t want to make anything materially better in the here and now.
@comra.: Literally JUST saw someone when asked point blank about people with immune disorders/pre-existing conditions say ‘that’s their battle to fight, they clearly did something in a past life to have that, it’s not my job to make up for them’. Never seen someone say it that baldly.
@Artistizzy: Just saw a cisgender person do the “I don’t agree with the lifestyles, but I’ll still be friends with trans people.” No, thank you! The fact that I’m a living and thriving girl and not a suicidal boy is not an opinion, it’s my truth. I’m not interested in fake support.
@lewiskamb.bsky.social: CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”