Category: Bigotry

Pete Hegseth Just Erased Atheists from the Military

Remember this is a Christian nationalist who wants to push his version of religion on everyone else.  He has denied promotion to women and black people.  He is a radical religious crusader, which I know because he has a crusader tattoo.  Years of trying to make the US military of which I was one and my dog tags read pagan for religion more inclusive are being destroyed by an administration that is filled with people who are driven to promote and push a religious domination on the military and country.  It has long been known that religious zealots infected the Air Force Academy and were pushing the evangelical version of the Christian religion.  In Germany I had to spend an uncomfortable 8 months when a fundamentalist religious group in our unit decided that as it was an open secret in the unit I was one of the gay members of the unit that was more open about it they needed to save me from my sins.  Every time I went to the chow hall one of them cornered me at a table and started to preach at me.  Not talk to me, not to offer friendship, but to tell me all about hell and how horrible I was and that their god hated how I was and  that I was in willful disobedience to their great deity.  They could save me from their already determined fate if I just joined them and gave my life to their god instead of the heathen sin some demons had infected me with.   

I got so damn frustrated with them.  Then my friends who had started eating with me to drive them away came up with a plan.  We created a religion based on greek mythogoly that we called the “House of Aphrodite”.  We drew up a few tenets of the region, one of which was that it was a sex religion and to worship everyone needed to do so with each other nude.  The last time they saw me at the chow hall and several of them tried to sit with me and my friends, my friends sprung the trap.   They told the guys we would gladly go to their church meetings and pray with them but only if they went to one of our religious meetings first.  They did not know we were religious they claimed but we assured them we were very devout.  Thinking we were talking about a “liberal” church they readily agreed and then my friends sprung the trap.   They told them about our religion The House Aphrodite and the tenets.  My friends emphasized how we all worshiped in the nude and some rituals enacted required people to touch each other even on their sexual organs to honor the goddess.  My friends played it up and I could hardly keep from laughing at the horrified looks on their faces.  Needless to say they declined our invitation to join us in worship.  But after that they never bothered me again.   Hugs

Indiana’s Lt Gov says Christians need to HATE…

As I have written about before I had to remove hate from my system.  Because of what I experienced growing up and the toxic nature of those I was raised by / around I developed a deep anger building to intense hate.  It was consuming me as I had no outlet for that poison it was ruining the being I was / could be.  I saw Ron starting to pull away from me as he saw the effects of my inner struggle with hate even as he did not know why I had such deep emotions and intense reactions.  I had a choice.  I could go with the hate, give into it and make it all I was.  That would make me like those I grew up with.  Or I could excise it, leave it behind, look for and crave something far different that might be like cold water on blistered skin.  A balm to help me heal and to build the person I wanted to be, not that they wanted me to be.  I went from the “slave” name they called me to being Scottie.  It was not easy, it still is not.  I am not and never will be perfect.  I struggle not to be easily angered, to look for the good in others, to not to imagine faults.  But by making those first steps I was able to keep Ron and he guided me forward not even understanding he was doing it.   Happy hugs.  Scottie

 

This is how I am going to address ANTI-LGTBQ+ Christians…

I really enjoy how well someone who knows the bible and the meaning of the words of Jesus can turn the bible bashers arguments around on them to show support for the oppressed minorities.  Hugs

‘We do not accept it’: Family reacts to acquittal in fatal shooting of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton

This is pure racism and entitlement.  The boy put the bottles of water back.  But even if he had not does stealing bottles of water rate or equate to a death penalty performed by a civilian?  This is clearly an extra juditiacal killing.  No judge or jury just a store owner and his son angry thinking a kid stole from them deciding to end his life.  This automatic killing of Black people with no evidence has to stop.   Black Lives Matter. Hugs

 

https://abcnews.com/US/accept-family-reacts-acquittal-fatal-shooting-14-year/story?id=133533029

Chikei Rick Chow shot the 14-year-old in the back in May 2023.

ByJeana Fermi and Sabina Ghebremedhin
June 2, 2026, 8:41 PM
Gas station owner charged in shooting death of 14-year-oldRick Chow, 58, has been charged with murder after allegedly killing Cyrus Carmack-Belton in Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday, police said.

The family of Cyrus Carmack-Belton expressed their indignation towards a South Carolina jury’s decision on Tuesday to acquit Chikei Rick Chow in the 2023 fatal shooting of the Black 14-year-old. 

“Yesterday a jury watched our 14-year-old boy run away from two grown men on video. They knew one of them shot him in the back and they still said no one is to blame,” the family said in a statement first released to ABC News. “We are heartbroken. We do not accept it. Cyrus stole nothing. He was a child, and he was running for his life. Our son mattered.”

Chow, a 61-year-old store owner, shot the 14-year-old in the back outside of his Columbia, South Carolina, store in May 2023. He and his son were seen chasing Carmack-Belton outside of the store in video leading to the incident. Chow was charged with murder and denied bond multiple times before his acquittal. 

PHOTO: An image of Cyrus Carmack-Belton is displayed in court during the murder trial against his shooter, Chikei Rick Chow, a convenience store owner accused in the 2023 fatal shooting of the 14-year-old, on June 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C.
An image of Cyrus Carmack-Belton is displayed in court during closing arguments in the murder trial against his shooter, Chikei Rick Chow, a convenience store owner accused in the 2023 fatal shooting of the 14-year-old, on June 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C.
Erik Verduzco/AP Photo

Prosecutors alleged that Chow acted out of a false belief that Carmack-Belton had shoplifted four bottles of water from his store. The defense claimed that Chow acted to protect his son, after allegedly seeing Carmack-Belton point a gun at him.

“On behalf of the Chows, we’re very pleased at the jury’s deliberations and their verdict,” attorney Jack Swerling said in a statement to ABC News. “We think it was the appropriate verdict in this case, although it was a difficult decision to come to, because you have two different stories, two extreme differences.”

Video obtained by ABC News shows that Carmack-Belton returned the bottles of water in question and did not steal anything from the store. A 9mm pistol was found next to Carmack-Belton, with prosecutors saying it was in his possession during the chase, and it had fallen to the ground at some point.

In this June 1, 2023, file photo, mourners stop by a memorial to Cyrus Carmack-Belton, in Columbia, S.C.
Jeffrey Collins/AP, FILE

As the verdict was read in the courtroom, members of the Carmack-Belton family and the audience were seen breaking into sobs. 

In their statement Tuesday, Carmack-Belton’s family drew a connection between their case and a larger history of violence against the Black community. “Black families have stood right here too many times — burying our children and then being told the law sees nothing. We feel every bit of that today,” the family said.

PHOTO: Troy Belton, center, father of Cyrus Carmack-Belton, reacts after a not guilty verdict against Chikei Rick Chow, accused in the 2023 fatal shooting of his 14-year-old son, during a murder trial, on June 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C.
Troy Belton, center, father of Cyrus Carmack-Belton, reacts after a not guilty verdict against Chikei Rick Chow, a convenience store owner accused in the 2023 fatal shooting of his 14-year-old son, during a murder trial, on June 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C.
Erik Verduzco/AP Photo

“To everyone hurting with us: honor Cyrus in peace. We will not stop. We’re taking this fight to civil court, and we will not rest until our son’s life is given the dignity this verdict denied him,” the family added.

According to family attorney Todd Rutherford, the family filed a civil lawsuit against Rick Chow in Richland County, which was put on hold until the conclusion of the criminal case. 

ABC News’ Ben Stein contributed to this report.

Four clips from The Majority Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bunch of clips from The Majority Report on different topics. Choose you topics wisely

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The video below is hilarious.  Right wing trump loving maga Dave Rubin gets destroyed with facts and figures from podcaster Parkergetajob.  While Rubin tries to spout maga talking points and fox news misinformation.  Hugs

 

 

 

Real But Not Real-

Friend of Playtime Barry, from Another Spectrum, intro’d me to this blog I’m reblogging today. Thanks to both!

How can something seem true, look true, feel true — but still not be quite true?

More For Pride:


Jessica Kellgren-Fozard 6 hours ago

Happy Pride Month lovely people! 🌈

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxzqP2DqFtvQK9iQBY8IblzyZ3IS6B7Kso

There is a great deal of peace & justice history for June 1, that includes Sojourner Truth, the Greenwood massacre, Nazis, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, The Lord’s Prayer in public schools and SCOTUS, and even more; here for PRIDE I’m featuring Henry Gerber. The link for the entire date’s history is beneath.

June 1, 1932
Gay rights organizer Henry Gerber published an article in Modern Thinker magazine attacking the view that homosexuality is a neurosis.

In 1924, Henry Gerber, a postal worker in Chicago, started the Society for Human Rights, America’s first known gay rights organization.
“The Society for Human Rights is formed to promote and protect the interests of people who are abused and hindered in the legal pursuit of happiness which is guaranteed them by the Declaration of Independence, and to combat the public prejudices against them.”
After having created and distributed a newsletter called “Friendship and Freedom,” Gerber was arrested and held for 3 days without a warrant or being charged with any infractions. Upon release he lost his job for “conduct unbecoming a postal worker.”

Following the last of his three trials, in which the charges were ultimately dismissed, Gerber moved to new York City and re-enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving another 17 years. He lived until 1972, passing away at the the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home in Washington, D.C., living long enough to see the Stonewall Rebellion [see June 28, 1969], the beginning of the modern gay rights movement.
 More on Henry Gerber  (2 links; I’m including the 2d one because it’s a National Parks Services page, but it’s “in progress,” as we would expect in light of Exec. Orders…)

https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryjune.htm#june1

Tom Steyer Isn’t F****** Around

I am really becomeing in favor of this person for governor.  I love how he talks about trans kids and how he wants them to feel included in society.  He said that because of the risk of suicide and self harm if these children are excluded he won’t do that to them.  He is not giving an inch on trans issues.  As for advantages or not as Emma and Sam discuss there is a basket ball player so tall that he can stand on his toes and put the ball in the net.  Is that an unfair advantage?  Hugs

Some clips from The Majority Report on different subjects