"MeMaw told me or I saw it on TV is NOT research."
~ Alicia Norman, who is addressing the astonishing amount of toxic nonsense Trump is peddling about the federal response to Helene, and people's willingness to believe it
#disinformation #lies #hurricane #Helene
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https://oneangryblackchick.substack.com/p/omg-stfu-fema-is-not-done-supplying
And speaking of how some us apparently just love being scammed and grifted by the likes of Trump as we swallow his lies, Matt Novak used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain numerous complaints the federal government has received from people who spent time on Trump's Truth Social site…
Only to be scammed out of their life savings.
#Trump #TruthSocial #scams #grift #grifters #lies #disinformation
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As Novak reports, the site is full of scammers who run "pig-butchering" schemes. They see the gullible elderly folks gathered on Truth Social as pigs to be butchered, to be relieved of life savings via cryptocurrency scams those being scammed don't even understand.
One person filing a complaint wrote,
"I know what idiots we are. ...The more I write the dumber I feel that I would even fall for something like this."
#Trump #TruthSocial #scams #grift #grifters #lies #disinformation
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"If the fruit of our theology and our politics produces misinformation, demonization, bullying, and further marginalization of the vulnerable, we can call it whatever we want, but it has nothing to do with Jesus."
~ Benjamin Cremer
And at this moment when the Rosh Hashanah celebration has just ended, I think it's important for Christians to remember that Jesus was not a Christian.
#disinformation #lies #hurricane #Helene #evangelicals #ChristianNationalism
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https://benjamin-cremer.ck.page/posts/i-have-not-come-to-bring-peace-but-a-sword
(Continuing /4):
Jesus was a Jew, a peripatetic Jewish teacher. His bible was what Christians call the Old Testament. The Christian movement and then church structures grew out of the memory of his life and teaching, following his death. But he established none of this.
His teaching about cherishing the vulnerable was classic Jewish prophetic teaching. Given the years of misrepresentation of and hostility to Judaism among Christians, it's essential to remember this.
@tomcapuder Prove that attacking people you don't know on social media is an act of hostility that doesn't debase and harm yourself first and foremost.
How is my demanding proof for #Jesus's existence *attacking* anyone? How is it *hostility*? You made claims; I called you out. On social media, on a GLOBAL PUBLIC FORUM, why can I not contest baseless claims? If you're not willing to defend your claims, don't make them.
@tomcapuder You have jumped into my social media feed to coax me into an argument. That's an act of hostility. You have not only ignored the points I've made, you're implicitly ridiiculing them and anyone who wants to take them seriously. That's an act of hostility. I don't intend to waste more time and energy responding to these attacks.
Γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnóthi ...
That's ridiculous. I didn't "jump into" your feed. You used the hashtag #Jesus, which I follow. Don't you know how this works?
Again, I asked you to prove a claim, not "coax you" like you're a reactive robot without free will.
Demanding backup for a claim is not ridicule.
Attacks? Use some common sense.
@tomcapuder you're being a thread-hijacking dick. This is the shit that makes people dislike atheists.
@wdlindsy
You just did the same thing you accused me of. You'll notice I didn't once refer to Mr. Lindsey personally—merely said "Prove he existed"— but he saw nothing wrong with hurling personal invectives, in which you've now joined.
Such vehement reactions tell me the real reason you dislike atheists could be that you suspect we're right and you've been barking up the wrong tree your whole life. Bless your heart, and thoughts and prayers.
@tomcapuder no, I don't dislike atheists; my husband is an anti-theist & I love that about him. I just don't like bullies.
You are being a bully.
Yo, @wdlindsy , I am sorry that someone came here to shit in your cereal today. I appreciate the time and effort that you put into this; even though I am not a Christian. Please don't let some fundamentalist atheist ruin your day.
So let me get this straight: My saying "Prove he existed" is bullying?
Sure, Jan.
@tomcapuder you came in here *specifically* to ruin someone's thread with your "I'm just asking questions" Faux News attitude.
That's bullying.
But good job focusing on what divides us, instead of reading the fucking articles and engaging with the ACTUAL subject. The Alt Right loves when we divide ourselves over culture war crap, instead of focusing on them.
And I'm done. Enjoy crowing about how you "won" because I blocked you instead of continuing to engage with your cherry picking.
@RamenCatholic I’m not quite sure how that thread devolved so fast. I also don’t understand the “prove he existed” counts for a man. I get saying it for a “god” that no one has ever seen, but Jesus was merely a poorly documented historical figure. I agree with @wdlindsy’s comments on this. @tomcapuder
