I want to live in a world where saying something like this would disqualify you from holding public office.
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It would in much of Europe. As in not legally disqualify you, but you would not get elected.
What part of Europe?
Not the UK. The Green Party is having a moment, yet their leader is a man who used to be a hypnotherapist who sold sessions where he promised he could hypnotise women to make their boobs bigger
Well shit, sign me up
Denmark at least.
Tbh I dont beleive it. I have friends who went down the maga rabbit hole who believe the exact same thing.
I think this is him trying to rebuild grassroots support for himself for 2028 with the current disaster admin messing up his chances.
There is no way someone as slimy as JD says something this foolish sounding, unless he is sure there is some sort of political gains from it.
He is one step away from the Presidency... and of the two, he's the smarter one.
Meanwhile, churches and mosques and temples etc. are all tax-free in America, so we all get to finance this stupidity... and they are schooling a LOT of children, churning out more morons by the millions
When JD Vance makes a statement like that, what we should really be asking ourselves is what his administration is trying to bump off the headlines today
Epstein, always Epstein, and the disastrous Iran war.
Oh dear Zeus this is depressing
You could have also gone for "oh deer god" this is depressing.
Oh I like that
I dont understand, therefore: gods and/or monsters
Unfortunately I've heard this exact refrain from at least one small town Christian couple up here in the northeast
I get these vibes, too, from some of the increasingly trad-aestheticized Catholics I grew up with, which is actually antithetical to the actual stance of the Catholic church which is, y'know, science and God go hand in hand, evolution is real, big bang happened , etc, etc
Edit: like suddenly those Catholics are ALL ABOUT demons and learning about demons. One was trying to tell me Labubus are based on Chinese demons and I blurted out "oh you believe in their demons too? Like not just Christian demons but ones from Eastern tradition as well" dude did not understand what I was asking so I dropped it to not be too much a dick
I forgot JD was a convert to Catholicism. The 'father' of Big Bang Theory was a Catholic priest
George Mendel, arguably the father of genetics, was a Catholic priest too
Wasn't he a monk?
No, that was Gregor Mendel, arguably the father of genetics. Or at least the theory of inheritance of domainant and recessive traits.
so I dropped it to not be too much a dick
Stop doing that. These fuckwads need to be called out on their bullshit way more than they are.
Respectfully, that's not always the way to change peoples minds / hearts. Most certainly not in this situation, which involves family dynamics.
I appreciate the frustration though. I get it.
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According to several US government whistleblowers this is actually a common sentiment within the Pentagon.
Most UFO/UAP reports can be dismissed via conventional explanations. But about 5% can't be. And for those, a number of influential government insiders are adamant that they are literally demonic. Not that they might be extraterrestrial, extra-dimensional, or whatever other explanation. No, they believe they are literally Satanic demons from Hell. Presumably flying around in Satanic vehicles. Not surprisingly, most of the people holding onto this idea are staunch evangelical Christians.
This theory seems to have taken root with the idea that some US scientists in the 1930s or '40s opened a portal (or portals) to hell. Possible deliberately, or possibly by accident. And since then a steady stream of entities have come through to do work for Satan.
It doesn't surprise me that a bumbling dipstick like Vance believes this.
We truly live in the weirdest, most stupid timeline.
It doesn’t surprise me that a bumbling dipstick like Vance believes this.
Vance is utterly cynical. It's not clear to me that he believes in anything but the self-promotion of Vance.
Yeah, he seems like he's sold his soul to the very Republican political machine. He "believes" whatever Republican inertia points toward.
Maybe this is why Elon wants to get to Mars, to see if DOOM turned out to be non-fiction
Honestly, someone like JD Vance believes what it is convenient for him to believe, and right now it is convenient for him to believe the same sort of drivel that the base dumb enough to build their authoritarian regime around believes. I don't think it was coincidence that soldiers were spouted biblical narratives preceding the latest Iran invasion, these are the sort of loyal reliable zealots whose lack of foundation in reality is actually an asset for them. They are the ones being promoted and getting the jobs at the root of their command chains.
He's weaponizing an old theosophical conspiracy for the purpose of manipulating the MAGA base.
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Do you have a source for this?
Ideally one I can discredit so I don't have to believe this shit is true 😆😂🤣😭😭😭😭😭
“I have not been able to spend enough time on this to understand it. But, trust me, I’m obsessed with this,” Vance said. “I’ve already had a couple of times where I’ve said, ‘All right, we’re going to Area 51, we’re going out to New Mexico, we’re going to sort of get to the bottom of this.’ And then the timing of the trip didn’t work out. But, trust me, anybody who’s curious about this — I’m more curious than anybody. And I’ve got three years at the very tippy top of the classification. I’m going to get to the bottom of it.”
Translation:
"Could this be a distraction from the child rape, coverup, civil rights abuses, and illegal wars?"
He's pandering to religious morons. He's dumb, but not that dumb.
If J.D. Vance believes in demons, he must also believe he is going to hell.
Obviously I am very skeptical that he believes either. He believes in getting all that he can in this life, no matter the cost to others.
Yeah, you overestimate him greatly.
Shin Megami Tensei be like:
Small minded ignorant religious people suck
The Christian Identity and Army of God types have been on this shit since the 80s, and their brand of evangelicalism is now the mainstream, big-box version.
UFOs, witchcraft, lizardmen, the illuminati, hollow earth, flat earth, chemtrails, gay frogs, razor blades in candy, pick one. Anything that can be used to confuse or scare people is 100% real, it was sent by Satan, it's coming for your children, and only White Jesus can help.
I don't know dude. I seen lights down by Santa Cruz. Pass the bong.
Go find some furniture to fuck while you still can Vance
UFOs. If you are listening… Please help. I’m sure Vance would be a worthy human subject for repeated probing and other worthwhile experiments.
Fuck it. Dear aliens, kidnap all members of the current US Republican Party. Do whatever you want with them...slave labor, sex slaves, snacks...I don't care, as long as you swear to never bring them back.
What is in Peter Theil's semen that would make a man say shit like this?
Shady Vance saying a lot of things this week. Peter Thiel must be very busy preparing these statements.
Iran, like everything else they've done, is going horribly, gotta flood the zone again
Yup. This is the distraction for the Iran fiasco. Which itself was/is a distraction for the Epstein Files. All this bullshit is mentally exhausting.
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I don't believe the UFO phenonena are demons but I do think modern people saying they are aliens is exactly as crazy as people of the past saying they are demons. The people of the future will have some other explanation and consider us idiots too.
Like, the past had a whole system and pantheon of angels and demons but have you ever looked at what the alien conspiracy theorists write about aliens? There's a whole system and pantheon they believe in too.
I think JD Vance, being demonic, is a demon and would know who the other demons are...so his story checks...except, he's liar...so believe the opposite of everything he says. Therefore, UFOs must be angels.... /s
If they are real, that’s a bad start to do any negativity towards them. They could be Vulcan
Ah, the Ya'll Qaeda party/religion issues another edict.
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