MossyFeathers

Nonetheless, Bishop Robert Barron, of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, in Minnesota, asked his 280,000 X followers: “Would they ever have dreamed of mocking in this gross, public way, a scene from the quran?” He responded that “we all know the answer.”

French freedom of expression has not been aimed solely at one religion, however. In 2015, gunmen killed 12 people to avenge controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in an attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The publication even republished the controversial caricatures five years later to mark the start of the attackers’ trial.

I'm amazed these fucks have supposedly forgotten about Je Suis Charlie. People make fun of Islam all the time. People make fun of Buddhists, Hindus, Wiccans/pagans (holy shit people make fun of Wiccans LOL), native American/Australian aboriginal religions, atheism, agnosticism, scientology, Mormonism, and yes, Christianity. Get over it. I know how much you like to pretend to be the victim. It's been the hot church topic since I was last inside a church 10~15yrs ago.

"We're being so oppressed."

"Many countries ban being Christian, we're the worst-treated religion in the world."

"They're getting rid of Christmas."

"Unlike other religions, Christianity doesn't have a country; that makes us a stateless religion and oppressed."^1^

"Everyone hates us 'cause they wanna be us."^2^

"Gays are okay^3^ but only so long as they don't get marr-OMG THE GAYS ARE GETTING MARRIED, NOT MY PURE, TOTALLY CHRISTIAN-EXCLUSIVE RITUAL ABOUT DECLARING COMMITMENT TO YOUR PARTNER."

Oh boo-hoo, you're just not used to being treated the same as everyone else. Grow up. The pastors at the church I went to as a kid would have probably enjoyed it or at the very least, had no strong opinions. They also didn't care much about your sexuality or gender; they were just concerned about giving you the tools you needed to "pursue a successful relationship with god." It didn't matter if God accepted you or not, that was between you and God; as far as they were concerned, it wasn't their place to judge. They actually wanted to do good, and their skin was thick enough that they didn't get offended when someone joked about Christianity. Then you came along.

You, on the other hand. Slimy, cowardly and completely lacking in moral fiber. You're weak. You can't stand the idea of someone else enjoying things that you don't. You can't imagine a world where men can be feminine and women can be masculine. You can't wrap your mind around the idea that men can love men, and women can love women. You collapse and cry the moment anyone sneezes in your general direction because you've isolated yourself in a Christian echo chamber, and now your brain is so holey you lack the mental strength to interact with anyone outside of your circle.

You claim that god gives you strength in the form of the sword of the spirit and biblical shield. You claim that he protects you and guides you. Yet, your god just sits and watches. Are you sure he's your god, and that he's on your side? If so, why doesn't he stop the gays, the trans, the feeemoids, and other """DEIs"""? Are you sure he's on your side? The fact that the LGBT community keeps on trucking despite your best attempts makes it seem like the opposite.

Weaklings. Your pathetic squirming disgusts me.

^1^ Yes, they really said that. I shit you not, they'd swing between "American is a Christian nation, founded to be a beacon and safe harbor to Christians everywhere" and "Christianity is a stateless religion."

^2^ Yes, that was a real thing my youth pastors liked to repeat. Tbh, they were actually pretty progressive; again, they didn't care about your sexuality or gender because as far as they were concerned it wasn't up to them whether or not Jesus would accept gay people. They were absolutely the stereotypical cringy Christian youth pastors though, and we thought they were the best because of it. Then a lot of church politics happened, which leads into the next footnote. If it weren't for the politics, I would probably still identify as a Christian and go to that church today (for better or for worse).

^3^ Also, yes, that was the general reaction to homosexuality in the church I was in. It was actually a pretty progressive, non-judgemental church, believe it or not, right up until the supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was legal. Then the church's small conservative faction lost their goddamn minds and managed to take over the church. No, I don't know how that happened, just that the church went from having fairly progressive and accepting pastors to having an almost all-new cast of bigoted conservatives in the span of a month or two (the remaining pastors were very unhappy and left the church for other ones pretty soon after). They were "tolerant" of homosexuality so long as marriage remained a pure and perfect hetero-only ritual; because Christianity invented the concept of a marital bond.

While I agree that it's goofy, I think that's kinda the point. Sometimes you just gotta let loose and be silly. In this instance, that means putting on a show that loosely resembles da Vinci's Last Supper before having a blue Dionysus suddenly pop out of a serving tray. Is it ridiculous? Sure is, but that's what makes it fun.

(I read people saying that it was supposedly to was meant to be The Feast of Dionysus and not The Last Supper; which makes a bit more sense because then you'd be drawing entirely from Greek mythology instead of a weird mix of ancient Greek and modern Christian beliefs.)

Nope, time to play Animal Crossing obsessively until my medication wears off.

^send^ ^help^

The comics you're seeing here are mostly cherry-picked. I think the best way I've seen someone put it is that he's sort-of a personification of the social contract.

While I wouldn't describe Everett as actually being a bigot (I don't think he actually has any beliefs except that the social contract must be followed), his fanatical adherence to the social contract means his behavior can swing wildly between being bigoted and being extremely progressive (sometimes progressive even for today). You just aren't seeing the cartoons where he complains to his wife about her behavior (and finds out his wife can be just as aggressive, if not more so), or complains about how characters (who are now recognized as painfully offensive racial stereotypes) aren't pulling their weight.

I don't think there's anything wrong with enjoying the comic for its progressive moments so long as you acknowledge that Everett is a product of his time and enforces the beliefs of the time.

The other dude is experiencing the same heat.

Yes he is, doesn't mean it wasn't kinda rude.

Also burning someone with a cigar for around something rude, implied or direct, is super fucked up

Welcome to the Outbursts of Everett True, where we gather around and call a cartoon character "based" because his violent, unhinged outbursts (usually) align with our own beliefs. It sure is fucked up and completely over-the-top, but that's normal for this strip.

That's actually kind of a weirdly difficult question to answer because the first man's question is hella loaded. The way his question is phrased implies that Everett was recently complaining about being too cold. Furthermore, the way the question is directed at Everett vaguely implies that Everett's implied warm wishes somehow caused the stifling heat. As such, it's a bit of a dick move to ask someone a question phrased like that. Sometimes people do it jokingly (presumably the man was intending to be teasing), however Everett's infamously short fuse got immediately triggered by the stifling heat.

Anon might need to see a doctor. I don't think it's normal to become incontinent the moment you turn 30. Also, I've personally never had any issues with holding it in.

You don't even have to spread misinformation to make him look like a complete whacko. He literally posted dolphin porn to his social media.

Fuck you, I won't. I see this post and I recognize it's validity as a post. I acknowledge the post's right to exist as an online post. It is doing a good job as a comment on an online social media site; it deserves to be seen, not ignored.

France should be something other than Quebec, just to fuck with quebecoids.

Nice! This is particularly useful for games when the demo has different content than the final game (it's not very common, but sometimes devs treat demos more like teasers and/or prequels and have different content in them than the actual game).

Why? Bismuth is pretty harmless from what I can find. It's not great but it's way better than lead (which it replaced in a lot of applications). Based on what I read, bismuth probably wouldn't hurt you if you gave it a lick.

Are you thinking of benzene?