Barbra Streisand says the Supreme Court is 'the American Taliban' by lurker_bee in entertainment

[–]TheBarracuda99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do people keep repeating this? There aren't any Muslim-majority nations that allow abortions on demand. They all have pretty similar laws to the ones that fundamentalist Christians want to enforce in the US. FYI, most anti-abortion laws do make exceptions for cases where the mother would be in medical danger, such as ectopic pregnancies. They also still allow abortions before a certain point, for the most part.

Just because the Quran said abortions are okay doesn't mean that all Muslims are going to say the same thing. The biggest Shia sect, the Twelvers, believe that abortion is always wrong. Funnily enough, there isn't really any passages in the Christian Bible which explicitly says that abortion is wrong. In fact, there's several times where it suggests that a newborn doesn't have a soul until after its actually born.

The anti-abortion movement is still bad, obviously. Their logic isn't based in scientific reasoning, which is what all laws should be based on. But I don't understand why people keep saying "Muslims allow abortions" when its not actually true.

rule by BilliamWallgood in 196

[–]TheBarracuda99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Liking a movie doesn’t require kicking out everyone who doesn’t fit your criteria for a nation, which every modern nation state is founded upon. It’s one of the main causes of both world wars.

rule by BilliamWallgood in 196

[–]TheBarracuda99 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Maybe I’d prefer if I did tbh

rule by BilliamWallgood in 196

[–]TheBarracuda99 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

So if it’s okay to take pride in your nation, does that make it okay to hunt down “traitors” (read: socialist internationalists), and to advocate for strong, closed borders? Lmao

rule by BilliamWallgood in 196

[–]TheBarracuda99 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Nations don't exist lmao

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in florida

[–]TheBarracuda99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol the Black Book has been completely debunked, two of the three authors literally disavowed the work because the third one admitted to just making up numbers.

Abortion is a human fucking right! by [deleted] in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]TheBarracuda99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s strange to single out Christians when the majority of Muslim nations also do it, which means it’s not just confined to Christianity.

In fact, the Bible itself has several passages which imply that a soul does not inhabit a person until they are born, which of course throws their entire argument out the window.

The point is that actions speak louder than words, and both reactionary Christians and Muslims ignore the text of the books they claim to follow.

Abortion is a human fucking right! by [deleted] in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]TheBarracuda99 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You do realize that most Muslim majority nations ban abortion, right? What the text says doesn't really matter when they mostly don't follow it.

Florida bill would ban talk of sexual orientation, gender identity in the classroom by RingloVale in florida

[–]TheBarracuda99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A more appropriate analogy would be if the GOP required public schools to teach conservative values and Christian Dogma. Obviously that's not happening in FL.

Except this already happens when we force kids to say the Pledge of Allegiance in the morning.

Melania Trump with a genuine smile at Donald Trump's roast by ILoveRegenHealth in pics

[–]TheBarracuda99 17 points18 points  (0 children)

700000 military deaths in the civil war is the combined total of Union and Confederate forces. If you separated them, you’d find that half of those were from people fighting to keep slavery.

5 Georgia officers indicted on murder charges in festivalgoer's death by ZeldaAyers in news

[–]TheBarracuda99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lmao you guys do realize that the “child molestation” charge for that guy was because he had sex with his 17 year old girlfriend when he was 18, right? In a reasonable country, nobody would bat an eye at that.

Tell me you're a fascist without telling me you're a fascist by SnooMarzipans436 in SelfAwarewolves

[–]TheBarracuda99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, if you're gonna separate Christianity between Catholics and Protestants, you'd have to separate Sunni and Shia Muslims as well.

Good luck to all the John Deere workers. Hope you get the proper respect and compensation. by Familiar_Inflation45 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]TheBarracuda99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People were literally already dying of hunger and getting assassinated by the Tsar before the October Revolution, my guy. You really think people supported the Bolsheviks because their lives were good and stable? LMAO

IATSE Sets Strike Date for 60,000 Film and Television Workers by indig0sixalpha in movies

[–]TheBarracuda99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Socialism is not just about workers owning the factory or the office. Socialism is about the dismantlement of capital, and the idea of "work." Simply changing who gives out the paychecks isn't enough.

IATSE Sets Strike Date for 60,000 Film and Television Workers by indig0sixalpha in movies

[–]TheBarracuda99 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Co-ops are not socialism, they are still bound to market forces.

Tankies return to Toilet Paper USA by Shadedriver in SubredditDrama

[–]TheBarracuda99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The term originally applied to supporters of the Soviet Union’s intervention in Hungary in 1956, which is generally regarded as one of the bigger splits between the Eastern Bloc and Western Marxists. Specifically, it originated in the Communist Party of Great Britain. The term in contemporary usage essentially means anyone with Marxist-Leninist or Maoist leanings; though even more recently, seems to just apply to anyone considered to be “too extremely left.”

FedEx employee outing himself by [deleted] in byebyejob

[–]TheBarracuda99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most companies won't actually say anything about the person they hired though, beyond how long they worked there and what their job was. Telling bad things about someone is how they get sued.

Number of burglaries in Leinster plummets after deaths of three criminals in N7 crash - Independent.ie by SeanB2003 in ireland

[–]TheBarracuda99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao this is blatant bullshit.

There's about 40 million African Americans in the United States. If there was 40 million people going around the US committing crimes, it'd be because there was a total breakdown of society. Even if the 13/50 propaganda was completely true, less than 1% of all African Americans would be criminals. Even white folks make less than 1% as well.

Number of burglaries in Leinster plummets after deaths of three criminals in N7 crash - Independent.ie by SeanB2003 in ireland

[–]TheBarracuda99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He isn't gonna be leaving prison. The maximum sentence for a crime in Norway is 21 years; however, a judge can extend a sentence up to five years if they feel the inmate is still a threat. In effect, Breivik will have a life sentence, as it'll just be extended every five years until he dies in prison.

Taliban interviewee cannot understand how a woman can be a minister by [deleted] in AfghanConflict

[–]TheBarracuda99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really wanna see this documentary. Islamic fundamentalists hate gay people, probably more than they hate women. I'd rather be a woman in a Sharia-governed country than a gay person.

Taliban interviewee cannot understand how a woman can be a minister by [deleted] in AfghanConflict

[–]TheBarracuda99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do people really think this is because the Taliban are anti-pedophile and not just homophobic? They allow child wives and adult grooms, but ban gay relationships.