(i ripped this off wikipedia real fast so sorry if it's lib)

In October 1776, the Public Universal Friend contracted an epidemic disease and was bedridden and near death with a high fever. Their family summoned a doctor from Attleboro, six miles away, and neighbors kept up a death-watch at night. The fever broke after several days. The Friend later reported that [deadname redacted] had died, receiving revelations from God through two archangels who proclaimed there was "Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone". The Friend further said that [deadname redacted]'s soul had ascended to heaven and the body had been reanimated with a new spirit charged by God with preaching his word, that of the "Publick Universal Friend", describing that name in the words of Isaiah 62:2 as "a new name which the mouth of the Lord hath named".

From that time on, the Friend refused to answer to their deadname, ignoring or chastising those who insisted on using it. When visitors asked if it was the name of the person they were addressing, the Friend simply quoted Luke 23:3 ("thou sayest it").  Identifying as neither male nor female, the Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns. Followers respected these wishes; they referred only to "the Public Universal Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F.", and many avoided gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries. When someone asked if the Friend was male or female, the preacher replied "I am that I am", saying the same thing to a man who criticized the Friend's manner of dress (adding, in the latter case, "there is nothing indecent or improper in my dress or appearance; I am not accountable to mortals").

editorial note: I think this is a very cool story and I really love hearing it. We've been around forever and we've been doing variations of this forever. It's really beautiful

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  • Luna [sie/hir, love/loves]M
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    19 days ago

    Unironically pulling the

    CW: genocide apologia

    "The conflict between Israel and Palestine is 2,000 years old" and "The only way to get rid of Hamas remove everyone from Gaza". Like, I said in a satirical way "Oh well, the only way to get rid of Hamas is to bomb Gazans. If there's nobody left, there's no Hamas" and he just went along with it and said Israel was forced to do so. Just annoying "middle ground" bullshit that just ends up supporting Israel in most of their actions and blaming everything on Palestinians, while claiming they aren't indigenous, like, what the fuck?

    Also blames Israel's actions in the West Bank on Palestinians, and of course, Hamas.

    Also is ride or die liberal party, because if someone votes for a third party, they might as well be voting for Trump, because apparently U.S. conservatives actually FUND parties like PSL and the Greens. Fucking bullshit. Says he unironically despises any third party votes in swing states, and thinks it was a good thing that PSL had their ballot removed by the Democrats in Georgia and Pennsylvania.

    Worst part of all of this is, he's trans. The only transfemme I know in real life, and he's normally nice to talk to, but holy shit today's shift was just us, and politics and history came up and I had to do my best not to get too heated. I'm sorry Mao, I did not have the energy to combat liberalism, but I made up for it by doing so later with my parents (It didn't work, it never does).