…and the only reason they are doing so is because they don’t have a clue about what our Constitution actually says about anything. So you have to explain to them things that they should have learned in a social studies or history class at some point, like “there is nothing in the Constitution that says only Christians can choose where to build their religious buildings” or “the Constitution created three branches of government for a reason, not just because they think a group of dudes (and dudettes) in black robes is awesome.” And for the record, I went to a crappy public school in the backwoods of Texas, so if I learned this in school, then I know the vast majority of people in this country did, too, so there’s not really an excuse for so many people being so ignorant.
Oh, and then when these people do find out about some part of the Constitution they don’t like (everything but the 2nd and 10th amendment, usually, but more specifically the 14th amendment), they’re suddenly all like, “Yeah, but that’s not AMURRIKA, and that’s not what the founders intended [even if that is exactly what the founders intended] so we should just get rid of it because it’s not pro-white Christians.”
The Constitution and Founding Fathers: only relevant or important when they can be used to prove that white Christians have the right to fuck over everyone else. To be disregarded when the documents/people prove to contain rules or beliefs that are contradictory to those of Real Amurrikans.
How You Will Get Hurt At Burning Man
Good does the best infographics. Kudos to Hyperakt
interesting.
Be safe out there on the playa people!
So I’ve noticed this thing in the news AGAIN. As if it wasn’t figured out years ago or something. Some kind of stupid hate machine churning out the same crap and everyone is eating it as if it were new crap. President Obama is not, nor was he ever, a Muslim. But the real problem I have with this whole thing is, so-fucking-what if he was Muslim? There is nothing more wrong with someone because they are Muslim. No more wrong than someone being a Christian or a Scientologist or a Mormon. So relax your sphincters America. Can we please move on to more important issues now?
“Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question – should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?”
—Michael Bloomberg
I have smart friends.
it’s been about 3 years since i’ve posted a lolcat here… this one needed a place on my dash.
Well played B, well played.
A little bit of humanity is restored.
