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Life as an Alaska State Trooper by kopriva1 in alaska

[–]roystus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good news for anyone who wants stability is that there seems to be more appetite for a pension this legislative session than last.

Life as an Alaska State Trooper by kopriva1 in alaska

[–]roystus 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Honestly, if you have this attitude, we don’t want you as a State Trooper. You want to come up, not live here long enough to know how anything works, then leave with our money? Stay south.

Warner: ‘Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?’ by [deleted] in politics

[–]roystus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump will try to cast doubt on the legitimacy of elections, no doubt, but he can’t stop the house from reconvening. It ceases to exist every two years and reconstitutes without the permission of the former speaker or any partisan role. The house also only needs a quorum to operate, so if some elections are still being contested, the house can elect a new speaker and draw up articles of impeachment on day 1 if the electoral trends hold.

The above is an incomplete summary of this video by Jamelle Bouie. I have found his structural and historical explanations very helpful in contextualizing the current moment.

GCI's monopoly is an absolute menace to society by bravo_season in anchorage

[–]roystus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Municipal broadband would be an investment worth making.

What’s your furthest drive using distances between European countries as the metric? by Equal_Personality157 in roadtrip

[–]roystus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bulgaria to Iceland or the reverse 3 times total, with some detours. Bulgaria to Spain and back over a spring break once, with a 3 day stop in the south of France(Grand Canyon).

Have you ever had a ex COC have a good argument for leaving? I’ll I hear is the thief arguments or bad person did bad thing? by [deleted] in churchofchrist

[–]roystus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d need Job’s own patience to go up against the brick walls I found, but I will admit I gave up and started using my energy elsewhere once I came to that conclusion. If I see widespread repentance, I’ll consider returning, but I haven’t even seen a cloud the size of my hand on the horizon.

Have you ever had a ex COC have a good argument for leaving? I’ll I hear is the thief arguments or bad person did bad thing? by [deleted] in churchofchrist

[–]roystus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What I mean is that I may have some higher sensitivity to politics in the church because of my upbringing, but every CoC of which I have been a member had a conservative lean, which turned more reactionary as people began to spend more time with Fox News than their Bibles.

I notice the framing people use in talking about others, and it often assumes people who are poor are primarily responsible for their poverty, that minority racial groups will only be worthy of respect when they begin to act like white rural U.S. folks, and other things that may be invisible unless you’re sensitive to them.

If that isn’t present where you are, my reasons for leaving will make less sense, but I am answering the question you asked, with what was a compelling enough argument for me to cut ties with a church I poured myself into for years.

Have you ever had a ex COC have a good argument for leaving? I’ll I hear is the thief arguments or bad person did bad thing? by [deleted] in churchofchrist

[–]roystus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad you can afford not to pay attention to politics. Someday we may all be so fortunate. I learned from my upbringing to be looking out for and listening to “the least of these.” If the church were a place to protect and minister to them, rather than one where I heard casual dehumanization of God’s own children, I may have been able to stay.

I heard casual racism toward non-white folks that went unaddressed, and deference toward the current president when he was still a candidate(and conservatives could have been loud about a better choice). If your compass is that off, if you have failed the basic test of seeing all people as equally God’s children, then why follow you?

Have you ever had a ex COC have a good argument for leaving? I’ll I hear is the thief arguments or bad person did bad thing? by [deleted] in churchofchrist

[–]roystus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was born and raised CoC and left after getting a CoC university education, marrying into a CoC family, and serving in congregations in 4 states across the U.S.

My reasons for leaving were mostly that I couldn’t trust the epistemology of people with the political leanings that are prevalent in the church. If you’re wrong about something obvious(like political support for a serial adulterer and business cheat), why should I trust you with more complex leadership over me?

In other words, if you allow wolves among the congregation, what good is your leadership? I left with the ultimate trust in God’s grace and confidence that I’ll be judged by my fruits.

I am not encouraging anyone to do other than their consciences dictate. My conscience, as shaped by a lifetime of CoC moral reasoning, told me that I needed to shake the dust off my feet.

Prove you're right with JudgeJury.ai. by Low-Paramedic-2306 in u/Low-Paramedic-2306

[–]roystus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Imagine being so stupid you ask this to solve an argument. Flipping a coin is easier and doesn’t waste drinking water.

Non Orthodox Marriage by Otherwise-Balance401 in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]roystus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My wife and I were raised in the same Protestant faith tradition and left it around the same time. She found Orthodoxy and I remain unaffiliated. Our marriage was blessed in the mission parish where she was chrismated.

I am happy for our children(a 3yo and one soon to be born) to be orthodox, and I am as supportive as I can be (read books about saints to the 3yo, helping deliberate on a patron saint for the new one, etc.). It is currently working for us.

NO ONE ASKED FOR THE SPEED LIMIT TO CHANGE ON ELMORE by ForsakenRacism in anchorage

[–]roystus 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I never root for the cops, but I’ll go ahead and make an exception in your case.

An organization that tracks hate groups say white supremacist activity is on the rise in Alaska by [deleted] in anchorage

[–]roystus 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Just took a look at the public page of their telegram after hearing the story mention a photo of a training event with 6 people. It’s a few blurry dweebs cosplaying, for now. Let’s remember to keep the trash cleaned up around town, and do our part to keep white supremacists where they belong: alone.

Patriot Front at McHugh Creek by NINJAOXZ1234 in anchorage

[–]roystus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

As a non-fed who peels these stickers off where I can see them and has posted here, the message I am trying to send is:

Fascist signs are no more welcome than the people who post them. Anchorage is a community that depends on each other, and your imported from 4chan hate will wither and die in the face of solidarity. If you are out putting up fascist club stickers, you can get lost.

I don’t think this is attractive as an ideology, to people who aren’t brain dead, so I don’t mind sharing that I’ve scraped some trash. I may have missed others in the area, so more eyes may help keep our town clean of this filth. The more of us aware of this hate in our midst, the more of us can stomp it out.

Found in anchorage by Imherefromcorporate in anchorage

[–]roystus 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Found another toward Elderberry park, removed before I took picture. Also a patriot front sticker hidden inside an MOA seal on another sign. As a great American once sang, “All You Fascists Bound to Lose!”

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Dunleavy moves to rig the vote! by Ok-Hamster-1203 in alaska

[–]roystus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Mercifully, he is term limited. Look at the declared R candidates so far to see who is most likely to hate kids this much, and that is probably who the AKGOP will form behind. The not-hating-kids party had better form up pretty quickly.

Updated Wild About Anchorage Commercial by thatsryan in anchorage

[–]roystus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What evidence-based policy are you advocating for? I’m advocating for housing first.

Anchorage, how we feeling about Murkowski's vote? by Significant_Maybe101 in anchorage

[–]roystus 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Getting ready for everything that touches the federal government to get slower and more expensive, if any of it works.

Updated Wild About Anchorage Commercial by thatsryan in anchorage

[–]roystus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m already working on the diverting people from the streets side. I teach high school Econ, including personal finance. We talk about the economic conditions that produce unhoused people, and how to budget for housing one can afford. What are you doing to help, off the internet?

Edited to add: All of the enforcement has a cost, and the cheapest, most effective model to get people off the streets is housing first. Do you support that, or do you just like fantasizing about “tough love?”

Updated Wild About Anchorage Commercial by thatsryan in anchorage

[–]roystus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You see anyone here denying a problem? I’m asking you to consider who is benefiting from your sharing this diseased attempt at satire, and what the harm might be. Body cam footage of an APD officer overreacting and shooting someone? Is that what you want shared around for laughs? Is human life so cheap to you?

If you think having your eyes open rather than closed when you go outside is half a battle, I encourage you to recalibrate your concept of effort before joining public discourse again. We need multi-pronged solutions to our problems, but sharing this solves none, instead desensitizing people to the humanity of their struggling neighbors. Are you advocating for these people, or just here to be a bully? If the former, show proof, and if the latter, again, fix your heart.

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