BaldProphet
US companies != US federal government
Latter-day Saints were some of the earliest white settlers of Las Vegas, if you can believe it.
Latter-day Saints have absolutely no prohibition against interacting with former members of the Church. Unfortunately, many former members leave under difficult circumstances and distance themselves from their friends who remain in the Church. We would love nothing more than to stay in contact with them and still be friends.
I have never supported Trump. I was serving my mission in 2016 when he was elected and I couldn't find a polling place to vote, and I sort of had a favorable impression of him at first just because my family are big Trump supporters. However, many of his policies and his hateful rhetoric are impossible to square with my religious beliefs, which I consider to be mostly centrist. I think most Latter-day Saints are in a similar boat. We are serious about our religion and aren't going to support a political leader who goes against many of our most deeply-held moral doctrines.
The most important thing we believe are the commandments given by Jesus Christ in Matthew 22:36-40. These are summarized as "love God with all your being" and "love everyone around you as well as you love yourself". I can't see how it could be possible to support Trump and sincerely believe in those commandments at the same time.
For me, however, the final straw was when Trump started speculating on live television about injecting light into people to fight the Covid virus. It was utter loony talk and I was completely disgusted. January 6th didn't surprise me at all (Trump was laying the groundwork for it a year in advance) and at that point I almost registered as a Democrat. Now that Trump has taken control of the Republican party I'm definitely registering as a Democrat before November.
The beehive isn't the significant religious symbol to Latter-day Saints that you think it is. Those of us not from Utah barely know about the symbol's relationship to the history of the Church.
Although I do concede that Mormonism is worse with the fabrication that the mark of cain is upon non white people, and that Islam doesn’t really call for discrimination against other races.
I don't know about minority Mormon sects, but Latter-day Saints do not believe in the "mark of Cain" and do not believe in racial discrimination. We're pretty big on the "Golden Rule".
A recent sermon by one of the leaders of the Church on the topic: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/10/28christofferson?lang=eng#p7
Trumpism took mormons by storm, they are some of the most dedicated adherents to it.
Plenty of us despise him, though, and one of the highest leaders of the Church has donated to the Democratic party in the past.
Caltrops are better because they require less precision to deploy effectively.
Unfortunately, hosting your own instance of kbin can be extremely expensive, even for a single user. It uses a ton of storage.
What is extreme about your talking points is the implicit assumption that a person taking any position right of center is a "racist, sexist, misogynist, homophobe, transphobe, climate denialist, book burner, and christian nationalist". Spewing bigoted and divisive rhetoric like this alienates even centrists like myself. It's a hateful worldview that could easily lead to violence. I hope you find the help you need.
Do you have a headphone amp? Do you need a microphone built-in, or would something like the ModMic work for you?
Prices have gone up, so the new $100 (~100 Euro) is now closer to $170. You could try the used market, but YMMV. Keep in mind that pretty much all "gaming headsets" are garbage for listening. Maybe someone from Europe could chime in, because what is available in your market may be significantly different from mine.