SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
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FACT CHECK: Did Obama Admin Build Cages That House Immigrant Children at U.S.-Mexico Border?
Yes. These are Obama's cages.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-build-cages-immigrants/
He's done. Come on home Hick. Your party is socialist now, you don't resonate.
Hickenlooper: Hard to Fundraise When You Don't Promise Free Stuff
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper admitted Tuesday it's hard to get donations from Democrats when his campaign isn't promising things like free health care and college.
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Great debate and both sides were completely on point here re: pronouns.
As the lady said, the trans community cant legislate themselves to acceptance. Thats just not how it works.
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‘Nobel Prize in stupidity’: Holocaust survivor wants AOC out of Congress
https://nypost.com/2019/06/29/nobel-prize-in-stupidity-holocaust-survivor-wants-aoc-out-of-congress/
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Yesterday while documenting an Antifa riot in Portland, Andy Ngo — a gay, Asian, independent journalist — was brutally attacked by Antifa for “being a Nazi.”
Leftist “journalists” celebrated this because they hate him for thinking the wrong things and for reporting the truth.
Antifa is a domestic terrorist organization, and the police refuse to stop them.
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Leftist “journalists” celebrated this because they hate him for thinking the wrong things and for reporting the truth.
Antifa is a domestic terrorist organization, and the police refuse to stop them.
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The paradox of tolerance means that to prove you're tolerant, you need to be trying to blind and/or murder anyone who you think might start saying something you disagree with.
NEW THREAT: Antifa Plans Acid Attack on D.C. Free Speech Rally, Promises To Blind Attendees - Big League Politics
Attendees at an upcoming free speech rally have been threatened with acid attacks via social media. Acid mixed with wax so it sticks, penetrates the skin, gets in the bloodstream, and causes cardiac arrest.
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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
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BERNIE SANDERS: "Eighty-three percent of your tax benefits go to the top 1 percent."
AP FACT CHECK: false.
This is theoretical for the year 2027 and only because Bernie and friends won't make the tax cuts permanent.
https://www.fox8live.com/2019/06/28/ap-fact-check-claims-dem-debate-opener-night/
Nancy Pelosi and Democrats Block Bill to Stop Infanticide For 66th Time, Refuse Care for Babies Born Alive
Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats continue to refuse a request to allow a vote on the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, legislation that would stop i
"the ever-outraged and always-offended tone of the mainstream news sources is making us numb to the world's pain. When everything is a crisis, nothing is. We think we're becoming informed, but actually we're becoming numb... We must resist becoming people who talk of justice out of rage and work on becoming people who talk of justice out of love. "
Justin Whitmel Earley, The Common Rule. Published 2019
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The look on my face when someone starts resorting to personal insults on a respectful discussion over a difference of opinion.
Had to log into Facebook for the first time in several weeks to check in on my kids summer camp. That was awful.
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This horrifying decision was reversed:
Woman No Longer Forced To Have Abortion After English Court Of Appeal Ruling
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/24/disabled-forced-abortion
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Teen Who Said There Are Two Genders Suspended from School http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/breitbart/~3/uoCgdJucvoM/ #IdentityPolitics #genderfluidity #genderidentity #genderpolitics #London/Europe #SocialJustice #UnitedKingdom #freespeech #Education #scotland #Britain #schools #gender
UK judge forcing mentally disabled mother to have abortion against her will
A judge in the United Kingdom ruled that a mentally disabled pregnant mother must abort her baby because doctors have arbitrarily decided an abortion would be less traumatic for her than childbirth. At 22 weeks gestation, this baby can feel pain and may be viable outside the womb.
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” — C.S. Lewis
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Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
C. S. Lewis
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
