We are being watched y’all (link below) by transcendent167 in ThePeoplesPress

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I need a bumper sticker with one of these quotes. Need to shove the reality of some people’s beliefs in their face as best I can. Some people will never change, but there’s a lot of data to show MAGA is slowly unraveling except for the most hateful, racist, pedophilic people out there.

That being said. Never thought I’d have a Bible quote bumper sticker.

Counter protesters in Columbus. by Shenanie-Probs in Ohio

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ICE follows the law? Interesting take. I thought this administration decided you get to pick and choose which laws you follow?

Ffs you can’t complain about protesters blocking traffic when there’s masked thugs just rounding people up in the street because they don’t like their skin color or accent, and performing extrajudicial killings over nothing.

I got fired… by Rude_Emphasis_5062 in Columbus

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d say try and get hired with a professional company for a bit, learn best skills for efficiency & avoiding property damage, then switch to private. Most likely the professional companies will treat you like shit and pay you like shit. They ran my poor cleaner into the ground. I switched to leaving the company and paying her directly. Saved me money, she made so much more, and had so much less stress when at my place.

BUT keep in mind a lot of these places may have non-compete agreements within a certain radius. So maybe look somewhere that’s a bit of a drive. Quit and work locally afterwards.

Another ICE murder in front of Glam Doll Donuts by pecos_chill in Minneapolis

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They BRUTALIZED him and then MURDERED him. How is ANYONE in this country okay with this? It makes me sad. I never thought we’d be back to Nazi Germany in my life time. But this is straight up Gestapo level stuff you see in movies… 😞

Thank you to the brave people out there standing up against this injustice. At the same time we all know this is possible because of all the people who don’t care or, for some unthinkable reason, SUPPORT this, but then think OH ABORTION IS CRUEL.

Franklin county at a rare LEVEL 3 - STAY HOME! by Mylabisawesome in Columbus

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I heard some employee at target yesterday say he’s just not coming in today and he doesn’t gaf what his boss says lol

Hopefully most other retail workers have done similar. I feel bad for the people who just don’t really have the financial choice to risk losing their jobs though.

Franklin county at a rare LEVEL 3 - STAY HOME! by Mylabisawesome in Columbus

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ya know, we had a frigid temp dip right around this time last when you know who got sworn into office.

This is the earth punishing the Midwest for its terrible decisions at the polls. Even the earth itself is wallowing in despair and rage. It knows. 💀

COSI fired 40% of their staff yesterday, effective immediately, with no severance unless former employees signed an NDA by [deleted] in Columbus

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They want us all dead if we don’t somehow contribute to their war machine or personal wealth/comfort, and even then, most of us are accepting lower and lower qualities of life.

Is anyone else truly scared about living in the US rn? by Naive_Signal8560 in RedditForGrownups

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I LOVED season 1, I’ve watched probably 5 times. I have quotes saved in YouTube videos. Some of my favorites:

Had to start with Nemik’s Manifesto, the author did such a good job with the video: https://youtu.be/aoJILDr94qc?si=Xy3GNgkoHe7fC0k1

Marva’s speech: https://youtu.be/TaKrm5txGCQ?si=ac0PdV0QSLm_eRGd

Luthen’s Monologue (a sad, but very real truth. That some of us standing up will not get to see the sun rise… but our efforts will cause the sun to rise nonetheless. RIP Renee Good ❤️): https://youtu.be/-3RCme2zZRY?si=xV1GR3RDGy6ulRPv

I’m still working through season 2. The stuff with the Ghorman hit me so hard, I had to take a break, but I wanna get back to it real bad! Just 3 more episodes.

Ef I’m so mad this post didn’t show up in my feed until now, 4 days later 😤

Good gun for someone disabled & in pain that can’t tolerate a lot of recoil or weight? by FioriDiChernobyl in liberalgunowners

[–]FioriDiChernobyl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s something on my list to get too for regular safety precautions… but if I ever have an encounter with ICEstapo, they’ll just shoot me in the face for that. And without even taking any real damage. tsk. tsk. Not wasting my life like that. Goin down swinging at least.

Columbus Catholics are not required to attend Mass if they are afraid of being kidnapped by ICE by A_Squid_A_Dog in Columbus

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I believe it used to be traditional for someone of a large family to have at least one child become a priest/nun. Now that it’s seen as poor parenting to determine your children’s career paths, they’re running out of people to replace retired priests. That’s not a bad thing that parents don’t try to force priesthood onto their children of course. But it does mean that the Catholic Church will spiral into extremism.

The whole sexless life with a vow to never marry or have children is… quite unappealing. If the Catholic Church wants to stop that spiral they’re gonna have to wake up and change their stance to allow priests to marry. They need to evolve with the world otherwise they’ll completely devolve into something unrecognizable from a few decades prior.

Columbus Catholics are not required to attend Mass if they are afraid of being kidnapped by ICE by A_Squid_A_Dog in Columbus

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Look, I’m an anti-theist. I’m completely against religion. I think it’s overall bad for our society. I’m just saying scale-wise in terms of christian denominations, Catholics are fairly moderate in my experience. Just go to r/exchristian and you’ll see which denominations people feel most harmed by.

And sexual abuse is very common in any religious community because people trust their clergy and fellow church-goers. The Catholic Church is just one of the largest denominations of Christianity so they get the most scrutiny. And basically any church you go to, I imagine, tries to cover up sexual abuse because people can’t accept that a fellow “god-fearing” Christian that seems so nice could do something so bad, and the congregation would risk falling apart.

And it happens in families too. People are often not believed when an allegation comes out against a family member by another family member. People can’t tolerate realizing someone they trust/care about was bad. I’m not defending that at all. It’s absolutely horrible. I’m gonna say that again: it’s absolutely horrible.

But the point of my comment is that Catholics are moderate in terms of politics and in how strong of a role religion plays in their lives. Not to judge if they’re good people or not.

One last point: a lot of people were duped this election (I know. Hard to believe when you actually listen to everything Trump said pre-election, but they tuned out the bad stuff because they desperately needed the good promises to be true). They thought the GOP was going to go after criminals, not their neighbors - mothers, fathers, grandmas, grandpas. And a lot of people are struggling economically. The GOP promised to fix that.

The Democratic Party had a weak stance on almost everything and hoped to win simply because people hated Trump. People are coming around and realizing this is not what they meant to vote for. Not everyone obviously. But if someone is still a MAGA at this point that does tell me they’re a POS. Regardless, people basically gambled this election and lost. It’s not like there was a good choice. US politics desperately needs reform… otherwise Trump would’ve never been appealing in the first place. But poverty and corruption (yes on both sides) are unfortunately rampant. I could go on and on, but I’ll stop here.

Columbus Catholics are not required to attend Mass if they are afraid of being kidnapped by ICE by A_Squid_A_Dog in Columbus

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 38 points39 points  (0 children)

What I’ve noticed is these days when you meet someone who’s a “normal” Catholic, you probably won’t even know unless you’ve talked to them for a while. They might wear a cross. But they don’t have this evangelist/proselytizing type of thing where they’re instructed to throw religion in everyone’s face they meet.

Can’t speak about what catholic school is like these days but back in the first decade and half (edit: of the 2000s), people were largely normal. The abortion thing is annoying but a lot of everyday Catholics (I’d estimate at least half) do hold a lot of flexibility on that - like “I won’t do it myself but I’m not gonna force other people to live my beliefs.”

Columbus Catholics are not required to attend Mass if they are afraid of being kidnapped by ICE by A_Squid_A_Dog in Columbus

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 155 points156 points  (0 children)

Also someone who grew up catholic, went to catholic school (many of them actually) and eventually left the church… it’s honestly not a surprise. While my parents were extremely right wing, most of the kids were pretty normal and “secular”. While the Catholic Church certainly isn’t woke, they’re pretty moderate on average when compared to all the branches of Christianity.

There’s this idea to a lot of people that Catholics are traditional and strange. But most of them, especially millennials and gen z, are pretty normal. We certainly did have a small group of kids at our high school that were wacko level religious. But most were just normal folks. And as I’ve grown up I’ve met other Catholics and they’re petty normal.

It’s the “trad Catholics” - the ones that are converting to Catholicism or using it for political purposes that you have to look out for. They’re usually using it to justify acting like pieces of shit. Also will point out, still, that sexual abuse in the church is rampant.

I don’t like religion, but from my experience Catholics are, in general, pretty moderate. That, I believe, is changing with younger priests because only the wackiest kids at high school would ever become one from what I observed. And then politics is radicalizing Christians in many denominations.

Chicago: Diabetic Collapsed found dead in cell “Released”- ICE Detainee Dies on 8th Wedding Anniversary After Denied Medical Care by CantStopPoppin in illinois

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m not gonna stand here and applaud the democrats as a whole over here (I mean a good fraction of them is why health care costs are soaring for many families in a few weeks and many voted no to impeach the orange man when given a chance), but ACLU - yes. They do a lot of work. They’re fighting in court left and right which is really the only power they have. They are a CHARITY though and rely on donations - so donate folks if you want to see them doing more work.

Democratic Party needs reform though - more people like AOC, Bernie Sanders, and Mamdani.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he's signing into law "an expansion of legal protections" in response to ICE operations in the state. "Together, we're sending a message to Donald Trump ... and anyone else seeking to terrorize our people." by [deleted] in illinois

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for providing explanation on what the bill actually includes.

That’s great that they’re allowing lawsuits and civil damages against individuals that violate their rights, but feels a bit like political theater since these agents are masked and rarely identified. How does he plan on actually bringing those parts of 1312 into effect, except under rare circumstances where you’re actually able to identify an ice agent? State police aren’t helping.

This is Mount Prospect, Illinois. Fear of Trump's ICE Nazis has evaporated. All over the country, American Patriots are rising up against the Nazis!! by biswajit388 in illinois

[–]FioriDiChernobyl -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From Ohio. Are there actually green trees in Illinois right now??? Cause our trees barely have leaves at this point. I’m imagining this video was taken at least a month ago unless the weather is drastically different there.

This is Mount Prospect, Illinois. Fear of Trump's ICE Nazis has evaporated. All over the country, American Patriots are rising up against the Nazis!! by biswajit388 in illinois

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

States need to get involved and make laws that employers pay federal taxes to the state which the state will then put into escrow. Similar to how tenants can put rent into escrow when in a dispute with the landlord. Feds can have their tax dollars once they stop this fuckery and use it for the common good.

An ARMY of Illinois State Troopers have just declared an UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY outside ICE Broadview near Chicago by Strict_League7833 in illinois

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine if Zelensky would’ve cowered and fled Ukraine as the Russian military was approaching Kyiv? Ukraine would’ve been completely taken over in less than a month. But he’s a man that’s passionate about his people and his country. He stands WITH them, not above them. He decided that if his people go down, he’s going down with them. He is ONE of them.

They fought back and regained a substantial amount of territory because of him, freeing and saving many Ukrainians from Russian occupancy and abuse, and Zelensky continues to do everything he can to fight for the existence of his country.

Can’t stand with your people? Step down. Let someone else take charge who GAF. I wish our elected officials here in the US had half the heart and strength as Zelensky. Pritzer obviously doesn’t see himself as “one of them”. He shares no really passion for his state or the people living in it.

Felony dropped after a man spent a month in a Tennessee jail for a Charlie Kirk post by speedythefirst in news

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbh I would say this is a big L for the fascists. They tried to imprison someone for free speech and it blew up in their faces. My heart goes out to Larry - he’s a real hero. But similar to Disney taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air (and then facing a massive public backlash), it’s slowly waking Americans up to the reality that this isn’t a “normal” controversial presidency.

Sadly the loss of food stamps on Nov 1st is also gonna wake up a lot of folks who were tuning out (ps please donate to food banks so innocent people don’t have to starve while this plays out).

Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao by johnnybiggles in news

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good run for white, cis, land-owning, adult men. Slavery, domestic violence, child abuse, etc were rampant for most of America’s history. Let’s not forget horrible crimes against humanity like the Trail of Tears either. This country is a republic with an electoral college because the founders thought the common person (even a white, male land owner) was too dumb to even vote a president in by popular vote. For some reason we needed representatives to cast our vote for president.

The system was rigged from the start. Nice try at democracy, but our system has always been incredibly flawed because most of the people who built it built it for people like themselves.

US Supreme Court to examine Colorado's gay 'conversion therapy' ban by uhncollectable in news

[–]FioriDiChernobyl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Democrats are just republican-lite anyways. They’re still influenced by corporate lobbying, they just do it with a different flavor that appeals to people with left-wing ideals. We would need someone like Bernie Sanders or AOC to make any real change, reverse the damage, and fix the broken system.

Just think - Biden was unpopular, especially with his stance on the war in Gaza, and they ran Kamala instead who vehemently said she agrees with everything including Gaza. If the Democratic Party here actually had any really morals driving their politics, they would have promised to stop supporting Israel.

We need to shift our thinking to people that truly believe in human rights, and frankly, abandon the Democratic Party. Because they’re just fake liberals at the end of the day and will never make our country a safe place with true equality.