French Rage
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For lack of perhaps a better thread, but maybe the kids will be alright.
Lisa: Generation [Z] may be shallow, but at least they have tolerance and respect for all people.
For lack of perhaps a better thread, but maybe the kids will be alright.
Listen, I just wanted to use the Simpsons quote to point out that as much as people always crap on successive generations, they in the end are more accepting and tolerant than the previous, and that's always a good thing. Especially given that any criticism of a newer generation is based off of a handful of people in that newer generation, and the previous generation also had the same handful of a-holes, as did every generation before. Every generation is 10% great people, 10% losers, and 80% in between; that will never change, but if we can improve the moral and ethical baseline for each such generation we're still on the right track.
Some Islamic community leaders are embracing the GQP, who started making outreach efforts last year. It makes sense - the intertwining of religion and fascist political ideology isn't exclusive to Xtianity.
Several Michigan school boards, under the advice of conservative attorney David Kallman, are banning the Pride Flag, BLM flag, etc, under the guise of "controversial views."
I hadn't heard about that, thanks for bringing it up. These regressive activist groups preach the need for "neutrality" in public/taxpayer spaces, and claim that displays of the Pride flag demonstrate a preference for LGBTQ+ on the part of the government. AFAIK, no one in your community is arguing for preferential treatment and the flag certainly doesn't represent that. The flag is about affirming your identity and our acceptance of that identity.
This all goes back to the tiresome-but-still-common belief among right-wingers that LGBTQ+ is a "lifestyle choice" that children and teens are influenced/recruited/groomed to "join", rather than it being an innate part of someone's human identity that is encoded in their DNA and they were born with.
FIDE has a strong Russian vibe to it, I wonder if that's behind it.
We need a trans NASCAR driver.
And a trans Pope. A Trope.
This is by far one of the dumber things I've read...
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/08...a9mmw0_CDZUt_wKkiXxpVY4pJ9qQOAO9g4Jhvm0wq0JvE