I didn’t know Israel identified as Christian
LOL, remember how every far-right jackass would point out this supposed viewpoint of radical right wing Muslims engaging in jihad?
I also remember how so very butthurt the rightwing xtians would be when I’d reference the xtian taliban or talibangelicals or xtian sharia law (and they’d try to get me banhammered from whatever platform I was on and my comments deleted) because that is such an unfair comparison.
If you want to see a rightwing NatC type go apoplectic, bring up how violent “the” bible is when they start up with the Koran. Or how right wing xtians and right wing Muslims don’t really differ on much at all but rather marginal details of doctrine.
This sounds like we’re gearing up to invade more countries for their resources.
Lead by example, bitch ass dipshit.
He, ISIS and Al Qaeda could get along nicely.
Well worth listening to behind the bastards on this guy.
He has no clue about history, makes up religious bullshit, and if he could rob every soldier in that room he would do it in a heartbeat.
Wasn’t “Dying for us means getting into heaven” literally what Al-Qaeda told suicide bombers?
You’ve heard of Al-Qaeda, but have you seen Yall-Qaeda?
There ain’t much difference between the two.
I don’t think ICE bastards have the guts to sacrifice themselves for a cause.
So, he failed miserably while he was in service, right?
Hegseth is a parishioner of Douglas Wilson’s church. Douglas Wilson is a self described Christian nationalist. He recently went on Sam Harris’s podcast (episode 443) and talked about all of his beliefs and goals, and hoo boy, what a ride. It was a really good, honest dive into the mind of a devout Christian nationalist. Even having grown up in the church, I learned several things from Douglas during the podcast. Well worth the listen for people interested in learning the true viewpoint of Christian nationalists. At the end, Douglas thanks Sam and says it was the best interview he’s done in years.
WTF is a National Prayer Breakfast? Why aren’t people appalled that such a thing even exists?
It used to be about certain Christian pastors wishing to curry favor with politicians by having a simple prayer before breakfast which permits dialogue between them.
Eventually the event became big as a gathering for most powerful conservatives wanting to horse-trade and for influence peddling.
curry flavor for breakfast?
Kedgeree, my friend.
Many are. It’s been going on since the 1950s. And it’s a private event that politicians choose to participate in - so it isn’t like it’s state sponsored, technically - even though it politicians attend in their official capacity. It isn’t something that can just be easily shut down on constitutional grounds and is a complex issue. I think lawyers would have to prove that government resources are being used and that it creates an unconstitutional breach of the 1st amendment
And like Christ, in earthly ways our brave warriors are not called to appease the world, they must confront it.
“Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” John 18:36
Everything that comes out of these people’s mouths is white nationalist revisionist bullshit because they all gave up any cause for Actual Bible Jesus a long time ago, which is its own brand of bullshit, so whatever I guess. I’m just sick of people in positions of power feeling comfortable shoving their fairy stories down everybody’s throats.
Jesus said a lot of things, you know who else says a lot of things? Me and I say fuck biblical debates
I’ll break bread with you any day.
Jesus fuck!
Fucking dickhead.
I sure wish Pete would save himself.
Zoom!
You first you Nazi fuck.
Just a heads’ up — I get these messages, not Hegsheth.
It’s deffo kinda weird when people do it. Like, I understand being frustrated and wanting to vent but there is no way any of them are going to see a lemmy comment, of all things.
I totally get being mad, and the fediverse is complicated enough and different enough from other social media experiences that I totally understand where the intuition comes from. I just want to invite people to come join us, and making the threadiverse a more friendly place to the humans that interact here is a prerequisite for me.
Hell yeah.
amen
Oh is that how this works?
So, you’ll pass on the message.
This is fun, reminds me of telephone.
Yeah, I’ll do my best. I just wanted to remind you that I just get a message in my inbox that says I’m a nazi, even though you mean it for someone else.
🤘
🤙
Just a heads up. These are not messages. They are public forum posts.
I can see how it would be discombobulating to see that appearing as a message in your inbox, but although you are notified, it’s not a message to you. It’s a notification of comments in a thread or post you follow.
Sure, people have conversations through threads. But, it’s still different.
Your first messages conveyed the confusion of discovering it, but blaming the other poster for your response, for a valid comment, while bemoaning user engagement is a bit contradictory.
I see your heart is in the right place, and you’re mildly offended, but you too, could consider the context and the impact your posts have.
That may be true in other forums, but in the fediverse, both I and the community are actors, and the posts here are messages to us.
And I’m not particularly offended. I figured it out eventually. It just isn’t a particularly fun time.
No, the fediverse supports tagging users. Comment threads can be used for a conversation but should not be confused with direct messages, which are generally private. It’s a community conversation where anyone can jump in at any point.
It’s true in pretty much all forums, federated or not.
Your point is strictly non sequitar. At no point did I claim anyone was misbehaving in my DMs.
Your request that people be more pleasant implies they were being unpleasant. They weren’t, unless you’re Hegseth. As you said, you’re misinterpreting their comment.
I don’t think you know what a non-sequitor is.
At this point I’m dropping out as this is not productive and you’re becoming very combative. It’s a bit ironic considering your request for politeness.
I agree, I was being critical. However, I was trying to do so in a constructive way. It’s obviously not constructive for you.
Just a heads’ up — I get these messages, not Hegseth.
You understand that in that context (because of how the headline is worded) the response is to Hegseth and not you, right?
When I’m replying to a headline a person posted, I’ll specifically address the person in the article by name, but I wanted to let you know that most people aren’t going to think you’re a Nazi because you’re posting a new article about a Nazi’s behavior.
Yeah, it just takes a minute to orient myself since the context I see it in is my inbox, rather than in the thread. I mostly just mean that if you want more people to post more things, making it a pleasant experience is likely to help, and spending 30 seconds trying to figure out who you pissed off and why, only to find it’s addressed at some third party is not a particularly pleasant experience. “You” in a top-level comment is inherently ambiguous — you could be addressing me (the OP), the author of the article, or the subject of the article, and it just takes a sec to figure out.
Little bit late on the draw, but I since I was guilty of more or less the same thing, I edited my comment to read differently. Sorry 'bout that.
