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Oklahoma Rep On Death Of Nonbinary Teen: We Are A “Christian State And Will Fight To Keep Out That Filth”

Oklahoma Rep On Death Of Nonbinary Teen: We Are A “Christian State And Will Fight To Keep Out That Filth”

This trash thinks he is both a Christian and worth to be a legislator.  There is no Christian state!  The US by the constitution can not have a state / national religion, and children who are not following their strict church doctrines are not filth.  A 16 year old was beaten in a bathroom for being different!  In the US.  And this clown is proud of it.  Is that what we want the US to be, to look like?  I saw this and I was stunned at the absolute inhumanity of what he is saying.  Hugs.   Scottie

February 24, 2024 Christianists, Republicans

 

“We are a religious state and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state — we are a moral state. We want to lower taxes and let people be able to live and work and go to the faith they choose.

“We are a Republican state and I’m going to vote my district, and I’m going to vote my values, and we don’t want that in the state of Oklahoma.” GOP Oklahoma state Sen. Tom Woods, when asked about the death of nonbinary teen student Nex Benedict.

Listen to the applause below.

 

Lakeside20 hours ago

This is one of the most despicable things I have ever heard from an elected official.

StarGmom  Steven in TX 🏳️‍🌈sad ISOLATION 20 hours ago

And they are getting freer with their utterances. The gloves are off, the violence will increase.

Woke AF  StarGmom18 hours ago

They are now openly calling for the end of democracy at CPAP this year.

Qntino773  Lakeside19 hours ago edited

And that disgusting language was caught on tape.

Imagine what this mouth-breathing troglodyte “jokes” about with his fellow troglodytes behind closed doors.

Nic Peterson  Lakeside20 hours ago

I want freedom for everyone but the people I am told to hate by my Christian faith.

Todd20036  Lakeside19 hours ago

Make no mistake. If the MAGAts win the presidency they will set up camps, and guess who will be at the front of the line going in!

(Not me. I’ll run)

Posthumously  Lakeside18 hours ago

Just imagine what they’re saying to each other in private these days

Cattleya1  Lakeside13 hours ago

It is going to only get worse. They believe they are on a mission from god.

Uncle Mark – fermented for ‘24 20 hours ago edited

That “filth” was A CHILD !! To use one of their own parlances, “That was one of God’s children” of whose demise this cruel, evil, self-righteous & souless creature glories in.

clay  Uncle Mark – fermented for ‘2420 hours ago

According to Christian Identity theology, we don’t count as children of God. We are children of Satan.

Jay P  clay20 hours ago edited

White Nationalists absolutely believe that. I remember having a step dad who was a licensed Pastor who was one of them. Blacks and Jews were also singled out as Satan’s spawn and therefore hating and even killing them was seen as righteous.

Dehumanizing people makes it easy to be cruel to them.

Woke AF  Jay P18 hours ago

There is no hate like Christian love.

Hal  Uncle Mark – fermented for ‘2418 hours ago

The evangelicals ignore that Jesus guy. He was just too woke for them.

Though they lack the self-awareness to admit it, they have dumped Christianity for the worship of an Orange Idol.

S EQ  Uncle Mark – fermented for ‘2418 hours ago

Pro-fetus or pro-zygote…..not pro-life

(((GC))) – End the filibuster!  S EQ 18 hours ago

Exactly. Once an actual baby is born, that baby, or child, or tween, or teen, or adult, is on their own.

BeccaM20 hours ago

Pro-genocide. Got it.

Jay P  BeccaM19 hours ago edited

Senator Tom Woods Feb 24, 2024: We Are A “Christian State And Will Fight To Keep Out That Filth.

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JWC 20 hours ago

So my take away here is in your/Oklahoma’s definition of”filth “ is non binary children . The sooner they commit suicide or die off the better Oklahoma will be. It’s so damming Christian of you . You heartless cold bigoted snot . How the fuck can you even look at yourself in a mirror. No I guess you type cast no image

Elagabalus  JWC20 hours ago

I guess intersex people are also “filth.”

April Smith  JWC20 hours ago edited

Well, they already passed a law here in Oklahoma to take away the option for non binary people to change their birth certificate and they proposed a bill this legislative session to do the same for the rest of us.

One way or another they want to eradicate us.

To say the least it’s demoralizing.

Buford  JWC20 hours ago edited

What I’m hearing is that it’s OK to assault anyone in Oklahoma as long as you can use the Bible to subjectively justify your distaste for them…

… and there’s lots of dislike for wealthy hypocrite politicians in the Bible.

JWC  Buford19 hours ago

Or just smack these poor souls up longside of the head with a stout thick bible You are definetly doing Gawds will then

 

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Non-Binary Student Nex Benedict Dies After Being Beaten in High School Restroom

A right-wing family moved to Russia to escape ‘LGBTQ, trans,’ but now they’re ‘ready’ to ‘get out’

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/18/2224293/–Christian-family-moves-to-Russia-to-escape-LGBTQ-and-now-can-t-get-out-of-their-living-hell

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FILE - Members of the Wagner Group private military company load a tank onto a truck in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin ended a brief rebellion by his forces earlier that day. (AP Photo, File)
 

The patriarch of a right-wing Canadian family of 11 had had just about enough of gay people in his country. “We didn’t feel safe for our children there in the future anymore,” father Arend Feenstra told Russian media. “There’s a lot of left-wing ideology, LGBTQ, trans, just a lot of things that we don’t agree with that they teach there now, and we wanted to get away from that for our children.”

Yeah, if there’s one place that’s just not safe for kids, it’s Canada. Russia would be soooo much safer. 

So Arend (and wife Anneesa) sold everything they had to move to sunny Russia and raise eight of their nine kids with “orthodox” values. They also gladly took donations on their social media platform from fellow right-wingers, all so they could live in Vladimir Putin’s wonderland. Russian officials assured them that they would work with them to get them established, and even help them get a farm. They did all of this just three weeks ago; long story short, they lived happily ever after. 

Except they didn’t. 

 

First, according to the family, the Russian bank where they moved the proceeds from selling their farm and belongings? It immediately froze their assets. The amount of money seemed suspicious, Arend states in a Feb. 9 video. I guess it would, since so many Russians outside of Putin’s circle are dirt poor. As a result, the family didn’t have money to live on—apparently those nice Russian officials offering to help them had disappeared.

Since no one in the family speaks Russian, they’ve also had a bear of a time trying to argue for their money—because Russia doesn’t require any bank, or any business, to hire English translators. In the meantime, they discovered that Russia is a pretty damn miserable place to be right now.

TikTok user Ukrainian.Networking translated a Russian Federation Reported Media story in a snarky post. 

https://www.tiktok.com/@ukrainian.networking/video/7335412173105073413
 
 
 

The Russian reporter noted that Anneesa spoke her mind in a since-deleted video on the family’s “Countryside Acres” YouTube channel.

“I’m very disappointed in this country at this point. I’m ready to jump on a plane and get out of here. We’ve hit the first snag where you have to engage logic in this country and it’s very, very frustrating.”

Hoooo boy. They just arrived and already she’s insulted Russia. Now, I’m not saying Russia doesn’t have freedom of the press, but it’s really just freedom to praise Putin and the country he controls. Anything that resembles criticism in Russia is NOT taken as kindly as it is in our godless Western dystopias. I’m also not suggesting that Russian officials paid the family a visit to remind them of where they are, but I will point out that Arend quickly posted an apology video to the Countryside Acres channel, saying that his wife misspoke and they’d deleted the video. 

In that video, he reiterated that no, Russia is really, really great (subtext: “Please don’t push me out of a window”) and he spoke of his hope to resolve the issue with the bank. Commenters weren’t so sure, or kind. They pointed out that the bank will likely never release their funds and it is more likely that he will be recognized as a foreign agent.

At this point, I’m not sure the Countryside Acres farming gig is going to work out. Patriarch Arend should have agreed to be used as a tool for Russian state media. I mean, if you are going to be a Russian Asset, might as well go all-in. 

I’m willing to bet that living in a country that grants gay people basic civil rights might not be looking so bad now. I was wondering if the family is desperately trying to split, so I looked up how difficult it is to leave Russia. According to the BBC, you can leave “as long as you have money and have not been called up to the army.” 

Even if only for his kids’ sakes, let’s hope Arend’s only lost his money. 

And I’ll end with this charming reprise of a German eurodisco tribute to their new home, originally released in 1979. (English lyrics here)

“Welcome to Moscow!” At least the song is catchy.

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Comment Award goes to Laughing Gravy: “I’ll bet back home they used to whine about immigrants who don’t know the language, who have no money, who expect the government to hand them a house and a job, and who complain when they don’t get everything they want.”

 

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Feenstra family has six children; they have nine. That version also said that Anneesa voiced discontent with Russia in an interview with a Russian reporter. Her statements were made in a since-deleted Countryside Acres YouTube video, which was cited by the Russian reporter.

Canada Christian Family Emigrates To Russia To Escape “Woke LGBTQ Ideology” And Learns Things Suck There

 

dcurlee 4 days ago

Love they are learning the hard way. My only pity is for the kids

Dramphooey  dcurlee4 days ago

They were screwed the moment they were born into this family.

Guido Miller  Dramphooey4 days ago

If there are any smart kids they’ll realize their parents aren’t role model but rather cautionary tales. Whatever dad would do, I need to do the opposite.

another_steve  dcurlee4 days ago edited

I see Trump’s young supporters — 20 year olds — and think to myself, “What total and utter child-abuse those poor things must have suffered growing up — for them to harbor so much hate and bigotry in their young hearts.”

Darreth  another_steve4 days ago

You’re witnessing it. Christians in this nation are hostage takers. Those kids will then become just like their parents or they risk their lives trying to become who they should be.

Randy503  another_steve4 days ago

OH yes. It wasn’t just child abuse, but an upbringing of loneliness, an unloving family, material wealth valued over real values, and so much more.
The root of Trumpism is sad state of childhood in America the past several decades.

DoctorDJ  dcurlee4 days ago

11 kids? You know 2 of ’em are gay.

ECarpenter  DoctorDJ4 days ago

Being gay or bi runs in families. The polygenic influence on basic traits like that is strong, so maybe most of the kids are gay or bi, maybe none are, depending on what genetic gifts they get from their parents.

But – given the dad’s paranoia about gay people, it’s likely he’s fighting his own sexuality. So, yeah, maybe 10 of them are bi.

(((GC))) – End the filibuster!  ECarpenter 3 days ago

There’s also the birth order effect that zhera and olandp mentioned. Boys who were preceded by other boys in the womb are more likely to be gay.

Wayne  DoctorDJ4 days ago

That was my first thought. And it reminds me of nitwit Mel Gibson’s homophobic rants in the ’90s; considering his huge number of siblings, you know they ain’t all str8!

Jay P  DoctorDJ4 days ago

To these people you are turned gay by being exposed to gay media and people.

Karma Chases Dogma  Jay P 4 days ago

It’s almost like they really believe it’s a choice, and they’re worried as shit their kids will choose being gay.

Randy503  Karma Chases Dogma 4 days ago

That, and the fear that if our society violates ‘god’s laws’ he will get really really angry and smite everyone, even the righteous who failed to stop it.

Paul  dcurlee4 days ago

That’s what I was going to say. Fuck the parents, they made their straw bed, let them lie on it. But the kids are innocent victims of their patents’ bigotry and stupidity.

another_steve  Paul4 days ago

I think that, Paul, whenever I read stories about anti-vaxers who refuse to have their kids vaccinated against childhood diseases.

Those parents can drop dead and go to hell… but those poor poor children.

Those innocent kids whose health has been placed at risk.

zhera  dcurlee4 days ago

Yeah, poor kids. 😦 What’s that thing they say about the more sons in one family the more likely one or more will be gay?

Imagine being sent to frikking Russia because Canada is too woke. They couldn’t go to Alabama?

olandp  zhera4 days ago

Sons later in birth order are more likely to be gay. The further in birth order the higher the chances.

Nic Peterson  dcurlee4 days ago

But there is bread in the stores! Also, what are the chances that out of 9 kids a couple of them will fall somewhere under our rainbow. 2S, they call it in Canada, which is how I have felt my entire life.

MargaretPOA  dcurlee4 days ago

With 9 kids, I guarantee that at least one of them is gay or trans.

Ninja0980  MargaretPOA4 days ago

And that child would be disowned more likely then not.
Way too many people out there who think bigots stop being them if someone in their family comes out.
Not the case.

MargaretPOA  Ninja0980 4 days ago

Just ask my parents….

K Elmquist  dcurlee4 days ago

Guess they’re not going to get to shop at that great Russian supermarket Phucker Carlson went on about last week. Pity.

StarGmom 4 days ago

The way he spouts “left wing ideology, LGBTQ, trans,” they’re just boogyman words.
What harm does he think will come to his kids? Compassion?

(((GC))) – End the filibuster!  StarGmom4 days ago

A study some years ago, finding that children of same-sex parents were as healthy and well-adjusted as children of mixed-gender couples, also found that they were indeed more empathetic, less tied to traditional gender roles, and more likely to come out if they were LGBTQ+ themselves.

B Snow  (((GC))) – End the filibuster! 4 days ago

To be fair, conservatives view those last three as negatives.

But seriously, the study I remember is that children of same-sex parents actually had *better* upbringings than children of same-sex parents. Did better in school, etc.

omi-palone4 days ago

Having their bank accounts frozen is just the beginning of their nightmare. These toxic parents deserve what is coming for them. Their kids do not.

Guido Miller4 days ago

A preview of what will happen in America if T***p is elected in November. The rule of law protects us from disappearing assets.

Longpole  Guido Miller4 days ago edited

Wishing for a recession so he can get elected. Trump doesn’t care about his blue class working supporters.

cfa  ArgieBargie4 days ago

I don’t think he needs to worry about staying away from windows. But any day now he will be drafted and headed to Ukraine as cannon fodder.

Dramphooey 4 days ago edited

Quick, suppress this evidence and start posting videos about how wonderful things are there for anti-wokies! This is an emigrant pipeline we need to encourage.

 

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