A political discussion from a Discord channel, prompted by the Netflix series "Ugly Delicious" (edited for typos and off-topic chitchat)

( Beware the Big Wall of Dialogue! )

A few random thoughts now that it is all over but the crying.

- I might as well have voted for Trump. I voted third party for the same reason - deep hatred of the two-party system and crony capitalism.  In case you're wondering, no I don't have any regrets: I did say that revolutions are never easy or without casualties, and I did advocate "scorched ( Read more... )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkcGuZHPbKk

I loves me some Jack White.  He's my favorite eccentric weirdo musician

Those of you who know me (few and far between) know that while I am pretty progressive on most issues (foreign policy, economic policy, LGBT rights, social issues, etc), I am very conservative on Constitutional rights- including the Second Amendment, but all of them.  Yes, Citizens United v FEC was a horrible Conservative decision, as was Kelo v ( Read more... )

I'm sure as Hell not voting for Trump, but I just might not vote for Clinton.

It's not that she isn't qualified: eight years as a Senator, six years as Secretary of State, not to mention eight years as First Lady of the United States and twelve as First Lady of Arkansas. It's not that she hasn't proven she can handle herself competently and ( Read more... )

To hossblacksilver and tashiro . I don't know how I managed to miss your birthdays but I did. I hope your birthdays were great!

Lately I've been on a serious evangelical kick, attacking other Christians for not acting like Christians should act. The hatemongering and fearmongering and callousness and just outright stupidity that my fellow Christians consistently show toward the GLBT community, the working class, and really just anyone who isn't an uber-Conservative middle- ( Read more... )

Since it is Sunday and since I haven't yet found a nice church (that I like) where I currently live, let's talk about Christianity in politics. Brace yourself, it's gonna be a rough ride.

I am beginning to think that Christianity is, for all practical intent and purpose, a failed religion. At the very least, it is severely broken.

( Cut for tl;dr-ness )

Two nights later and I remember most of the details. Better write it down now, if only because I can probably use it for an RPG adventure later ( Read more... )

Last night's dream ( Read more... )