• Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Look I'm all for religious tolerance but the only way you can interact with a church that would prohibit people from getting HIV treatment is to steal all the precious metals and burn it down.

    • join_the_iww [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      r/atheism has had an amazing redemption arc this year

      (or at least the political environment has changed in a way that greatly affirms it)

        • join_the_iww [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I'm not saying the subreddit has improved at all, I'm just saying that with all of the court rulings this year that have been favorable to the Christian right, it's kind of been a reminder to a lot of people that "oh yeah, the Christofascists really are as awful as Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins, etc. said they were". So "Reddit atheism" and "new atheism" don't seem as cringe as they did 5-6 years ago.

  • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Folks, we love that health insurance is tied to employment, don't we? We wouldn't want M4A, because then you would lose your current insurance and gain nothing in return*!!

    *We would gain better insurance, but still, we don't want that!

  • Sea_Gull [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    On the off chance that somebody could use medicine to enjoy sex, they would outlaw it for everyone.

    Unless it's to treat erectile dysfunction.

    • amber2 [she/her,they/them]
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      2 years ago

      medicine to enjoy sex, they would outlaw it for everyone.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs

    • Abraxiel
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      God knows they're special.

  • UlyssesT
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    2 months ago

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  • spectre [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Just wanted to add that the idea that your boss gets to decide what kind of medical care you get is just hilariously decrepit.

    :someone-you-forgot-to-ask: but unironically.

    and so many people are just ok with this for the large part. eh, not the best take now that I think about it.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The United States is an actual totalitarian dictatorship, it's just that the totalitarianism is outsourced to employers.

      • spectre [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        power is power, no matter how you spread it around it still exists.