Lib and let die posted:

i would unironically love to make a living wage in a mcdonald's kitchen. all you have to do is what would get you in trouble in any proper restaurant kitchen: cook a burger well done

just flipping well done burgers all day, going home and not worrying about which bill to pay would own

maybe you gotta turn around and grab the fries when the fryer starts beeping

maybe make a special order burger with no salt or something

hell yeah

Brawnfire posted:

Anyone hear a dogwhistle popular r&b ringtone?

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READ THIS LETTER from a high school student about 👉the effects of Critical Race Theory on him👈 and fellow students, written to an English teacher who resigned after the school began injecting CRT into the school:

Dear Mrs. Stangel-Plowe,

I truly hope you do read this email, but I understand if you are too busy to. I am extremely grateful that you were my teacher this year, and for the ideas you finally brought to light recently. I hope you realize how big of an impact you made on our community. Unfortunately, all of what you said is true; I know many students that are scared to speak out on their opinions in fear. I have reluctantly prohibited myself from saying certain things in class also in fear of sounding politically incorrect. I see the negative effects of this toxic community in my fellow students and faculty every day.

Namely, my eighth grade English teacher taught us for the first two weeks about pretty much how awful white men are. For two weeks, I did not speak a single word in her class. My fellow white male classmates left the classroom every time feeling the same way. For lack of a better word, those teachings made me feel like horse poo poo, like worthless scum undeserving of living.

Later during that year, in my history class, my white classmates were constantly using the pronoun “we” when talking about slavery. Eventually, I had to raise my hand and remind them: that “we” were not and are not a part of these despicable acts. Most of our parents were refugees from foreign countries, whose ancestors were also oppressed and persecuted. This year, I have battled with countless generalizing and oppression towards white men. There are girls, whom I am friends with, that genuinely believe that all men are misogynistic. I see movements on social media like #KAM which stands for “Kill all men”; people don’t realize how strongly that affects boys in an extremely negative way.

Even now, I am struggling and frightened to fully express my opinion to my girlfriend, who believes that most white men are oppressive beings. Everyone is talking about your letter, many many students including myself are extremely grateful for what you’ve done. My friends and classmates feel much more comfortable expressing their voices and many minds are changing. So I am once again thanking you for trying to improve our school. I wish I could put into words the extent to which I admire and thank you. I wish I could describe to you the good that you have done. I aspire to be as brave as you some day.

With endless amounts of love and respect,

-Your former D-E student.

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BY A
15-year-old SCHOOL KID who got an A+ for this entry

(TOTALLY AWESOME)!

The lord's Prayer Is not allowed in most US Public schools any more.

A kid in Minnesota, wrote the following NEW School Prayer:

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Now I sit me down in school

Where praying is against the rule

For this great nation under God

Finds mention of Him very odd.

If scripture now the class recites,

It violates the Bill of Rights.

And anytime my head I bow

Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,

That's no offense; it's a freedom scene..

The law is specific, the law is precise.

Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall

Might offend someone with no faith at all..

In silence alone we must meditate,

God's name is prohibited by the State..

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,

And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks...

They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.

To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,

And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.

It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,

We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong..

We can get our condoms and birth controls,

Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles...

But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,

No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,

When chaos reigns the school's a mess.

So, Lord, this silent plea I make:

Should I be shot; My soul please take!

Amen

If you aren't ashamed to do this, Please pass this on..

Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.'

~~~~~~~~~AWESOME~~~~~~~~~~

Not ashamed. Passing this on.

Panfilo posted:

Here's another one. You can just smell the Boomer wafting off it :

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

Needless to say, this is all Christian persecution complex bullshit. The case they love to point to, Engel v Vitale, banned mandatory school prayer; not all prayer or the Bible. As long as they're not disruptive, these things are as welcome in school as they ever were.

Without a single shred of irony, the same Christians who speak of an all-knowing and ever-present god are the same ones who say that god was "kicked out" of public schools.

Panfilo posted:

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Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.'

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Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.

Panfilo posted:

Here's another one. You can just smell the Boomer wafting off it :

Panfilo posted:

Here's another one. You can just smell the Boomer wafting off it :

lobster shirt posted:

In Texas schools there is a mandatory school-led "moment of silence" every morning wink wink, it's definitely not for prayer.

Kaiju Cage Match posted:

Florida recently approved a bill for that too. It won't take long for people to change their minds when a Muslim kid unrolls their prayer mat.

VitalSigns posted:

Islam isn't a religion, it's a political ideology

VitalSigns posted:

Islam isn't a religion, it's a political ideology

Lemniscate Blue posted:

And Christianity isn't a religion, it's a relationship with God!

(The first time I had this one thrown at me I was literally speechless.)

VitalSigns posted:

This one is interesting because if it's not a religion then free exercise isn't protected

Lib and let die posted:

i would unironically love to make a living wage in a mcdonald's kitchen. all you have to do is what would get you in trouble in any proper restaurant kitchen: cook a burger well done

just flipping well done burgers all day, going home and not worrying about which bill to pay would own

maybe you gotta turn around and grab the fries when the fryer starts beeping

maybe make a special order burger with no salt or something

hell yeah

Twelve by Pies posted:

A lot of people watched that Simpsons episode where Flanders became the principal, heard Superintendent Chalmers say "God has no place within these walls!" and took it completely at face value.

Lemniscate Blue posted:

And Christianity isn't a religion, it's a relationship with God!

(The first time I had this one thrown at me I was literally speechless.)

Devorum posted:

Nah, this ain't it. I worked food service before joining the military, and briefly worked as a Waffle House grill operator after retiring from the military.

In both cases, I busted my rear end way more than I ever did in the actual military outside of BMT for way less money. Even at a living wage, it'd still be an exhausting job. It's demanding as hell and absolutely destroys people physically.

Devorum posted:

Nah, this ain't it. I worked food service before joining the military, and briefly worked as a Waffle House grill operator after retiring from the military.

In both cases, I busted my rear end way more than I ever did in the actual military outside of BMT for way less money. Even at a living wage, it'd still be an exhausting job. It's demanding as hell and absolutely destroys people physically.

Medullah posted:

My dad's big on posting "School prayer needs to come back to our schools!" memes and when his friends call him out he says "I don't care if you're Christian, Muslim or Jewish, as long as you're praying to God!"

Brawnfire posted:

Everyone's cool with me doing a call out to my boy Allah during the Pledge of Allegience then right, we good?

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

I've heard a lot of arguments against separating church and state, but that particular one is new even to me. It's not surprising. The type of people who say that aren't about Christianity as a religion so much as a political identity, which they can use as a bludgeon against LGBTQ, "liberals", etc.

Medullah posted:

Brawnfire posted:

Everyone's cool with me doing a call out to my boy Allah during the Pledge of Allegience then right, we good?

lobster shirt posted:

Remember when Judicial Watch (I think) found a soccer jersey in the Texas or New Mexico desert and got insanely spun up about how it was a Muslim prayer rug

Twelve by Pies posted:

The reasoning behind "Christianity isn't a religion" thing is "Every religion requires you to earn your way into a better place in the afterlife, or be good enough to get into paradise. Christianity on the other hand says nobody can earn their way into a better place or ever be good enough, but it's okay because Jesus already paid the price to enter into Heaven."

Twelve by Pies posted:

The reasoning behind "Christianity isn't a religion" thing is "Every religion requires you to earn your way into a better place in the afterlife, or be good enough to get into paradise. Christianity on the other hand says nobody can earn their way into a better place or ever be good enough, but it's okay because Jesus already paid the price to enter into Heaven."

I'm not really well versed in other religious beliefs so I don't know how true that is, the part about "you can never be good enough/earn your way, it's a free gift given to you." At any rate that doesn't even touch the fact that you still are required to follow particular rules in Christianity or you're not "really saved," like try being an openly gay or trans Christian to someone who says it's not a religion just a relationship, as well as stuff like the already mentioned Matthew 25, Romans where Paul says that you can't go on sinning just because you're saved by grace, or even the book of James where it straight up says "faith without works is useless," you still have to be "good enough" and "earn" your way in, you can't just say "Well I believe in Jesus" and keep living a sinful life. Even by their own standards Christianity still qualifies as a religion.