Maine’s leading GOP candidate for governor invoked the Bible to attack trans people and repeated the false “kitty litter" in schools myth during a recent interview
Hey they were a couple! He didn't want to break up their love. Of course they would have starved themselves to death, afterward, because the female lions do all the hunting while the male sleep 20 hours a day.
He probably thinks that transgender people are all men pretending to be women in order to harm little girls. And it wouldn't surprise me if his twisted ideology has him jealous that he doesn't have that access to little girls.
If I had 30 minutes with this clown: I promise you, Mr. myth book believer, transgender people do exist. And as usual, you have NO CLUE what we have to go through to be ourselves. Hours upon hours of OUR lives spent with medical professionals, both physical and mental. The pain of operations and treatments to live up to insane beauty standards so as to not be beaten or unalived by human trash like you. Your fantasy about men waking up one day and putting on a dress to get with little girls is misguided. You're actually thinking of catholic priests there. And protestant pastors and youth pastors don't bother with the dresses, they are free to groom children in their care with little to no oversight from parents because they love jesus so they must be trustworthy. Right up until they aren't. So stick your ignorance where the sun doesn't shine and stop trying to force your insane beliefs on people who don't care for them.
When these people’s so-called “beliefs” start to fall apart, their entire lives unravel. Facing everything you were taught since birth is a lie is a hard pill to swallow. They are cowards who can’t bother to be uncomfortable for one second. Apologies I’m in a mood today 🖤
30 seconds ago this was in the hidden list and I was in the middle of typing a reply when it suddenly disappeared from the hidden list and my partial response was eliminated. Very strange.
Bobby-Chuck wouldn't have the balls to spend 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 minutes alone in a room with a woman he didn't believe he had completely under his power, let alone thirty- 𝘢𝘯𝘺 woman, cis 𝘰𝘳 trans.
I strongly suspect he'd be a weeping mess cowering under his desk by the time one of 𝘶𝘴 got through with him, though. Wouldn't even need to lay a finger on him. }:)
Umm, Bobby Charles? No one advocating for choice is denying that the fetus is human. What we advocate for is that the person who is pregnant gets to control their own body. That means the right to choose to not get pregnant. That means the right to terminate an unintended pregnancy. That means the right to terminate a wanted pregnancy if something has gone wrong. That means the right to carry to term and have a child. It means the right to CHOOSE. The fact that the fetus is human is not relevant.
Side note: Bobby Charles? What the fuck are you doing in Maine? That name is better suited to Alabama.
As regards his 30 mins of talking with/to a pregnant person, is he just going to talk at her? Or is he listening to her, trying to understand the situation she's in? Is he able to maybe offer her some help, so that it might make it possible for her to have the child (if she so wishes). I don't mean a pack of nappies, but maybe an affordable place to live - on your own you might be able to get by with living in your car or sofa surfing with friends and family, if you've got a kid, then this is a bit more difficult. Or maybe access to some childcare so that she can keep her job?
Or will he just preach? Preaching might make him feel better but it's of no fecking help in raising a kid.
Northern Maine is sort of the Alabama of the north. That second district is the one that gives Mainers their weird rep. Southern Mainers, my place of origin is more liberal and failing that live and let live, at least it was.
The absurdity of this mans delusional thinking is bad enough, but like a lot of theists he expects to be deferred to. The sad thing being, no amount of factual evidence is going to change his mind. He’s operating in Ken Ham territory. As long as a significant share of humanity continues to see faith as a virtue, the long-term survival of our species is doubtful.
An authoritarian white christian male spewing his crap that women only exist as the chattel of men and it is mens' job to tell them what they can do with their bodies. He is also simplistically explaining away the way various peoples' brains are wired with Bronze Age claptrap to just be the 'way god made you.'
Let's just call a spade a spade here. Charlie LIED. Full stop.
I'm with George Carlin on this one. We need to quit with the euphemisms and speak in plain English. All the euphemisms have done is obscure and mess things up.
I'm having some trouble here. This regime forced the removal of a poster in a public school classroom, as (paraphrased) "Promoting unity, thus a political attack against Trump and his anti-DEI policies."
Has anyone found instances in which text from the Sermon on the Mount was taken down for the same reason? After all, pretty much every word of the SotM is anti-hate/Trump/MAGA. (Obviously, they protected the far-right view by claiming it was the "hands" that made the difference, so direct comparisons may be difficult to find.)
Thank you, T, but I suspect there's nothing to find.
Wouldn't surprise me at all to find that Bobby Charles is cut of the same cloth that would silence someone like Abby Driscoll. He's convinced of his own rectitude, likely beyond any unconvincing, and I doubt he's much of a listener. Probably likes the sound of his own voice, too.
I'll keep looking, if only see what sorts of pretzels MAGA forms when they realize that they have to justifying banning/censoring/redacting the exact(sic) words of Jesus, as taken directly from the Bible.
So, we are going to ignore the herd animals that were brought into the ark in groups of seven? Wouldn’t there be an opportunity for more genders there?
Not to mention that the Bible talks about natural eunuchs and other situations that could be interpreted into LGBTQ people.
Let's say it out loud: Charles is a LOON. It's pretty clear that he thinks the bible is THE source book for EVERYTHING and that he is Yahweh's gift to the pro-forced-birth community. His bit with the furries is hardly worth mentioning; that was debunked ages ago. Doesn't change the fact that he's running for GOVERNOR of Maine, and there isn't an idea he has espoused as documented in this piece that isn't BATSHIT CRAZY.
Oh, and as to that whole abortion thing: do you think we can get ol, Charlie together with Gloria Steinem? 😁
He claims to know what it's like to make the decision to abort a fetus. It's like he's talking from experience. Someone should look into his background because he sounds like any other Republican whose platform starts with hypocrisy.
The idiot wrote or said "You know, so many people they have an abortion, they’re never able to have a child again." How come I am a mother of 3 kids, after one wanted abortion?
I used to see that claim more often years ago but it seems to have mostly disappeared. I wonder is a poorly done surgical abortion could impair fertility and abortion by pill has mitigated that risk.
I know my sisters in law both had kids after wanted abortions.
Charlie is clearly pretty well hung up on the tropes and the shibboleths of the Pro-Forced-Birth crowd. He's bought into them, hook, line, and sinker and cannot be bothered with actual facts, regarding the whole process of pregnancy.
It's really a stupid hill to die on, as it is all contrived bullshit made up for Evangelical funamentalist protestants who never cared, and mostly supported abortion up until then. But it was the only issue that got the religious right to the polls. Since they couldn't openly flog racism after the civil rights laws were passed.
I rode my bike to school. There was a big downhill slope to get to school. Piece of cake. Getting home was a problem. Had to take a different route to avoid the climb back up.
I literally lived on the other side of a good sized hill from my elementary school in Minnesota. I walked uphill both ways in the snow to school. And I liked it!
"Noah didn't take 37 genders of animals. He took just two..."
And in at least a couple of depictions, Noah took 2 male lions. Oops.
I want to see dear ol' Bobby confronted by a seasoned feminist. The dip would melt like ice cream in a blast furnace!
I'd like to see him square off with Maine's Favorite Son Stephen King, enemy of Republicans and a man who was raised in a family of women.
I'd sign up for that in a minute! Oh, and apparently, one of my comments is among the "Hidden!" I mean, good grief, Agnes!
I'm guessing it's a certain four letter word that the Christians are afraid of.
Meh. Yet another nanny-bot that NONE of us need, yet substack decided it was going to foist it on us. 😝
Is it me, or has the app been really crappy since the last update? I can’t interact with half the stuff I look at, and it regularly crashes
Interesting though that it took a few minutes to pop down there. I thought your response had been deleted.
sexx?
I saw it and upvoted it after it went into hiding.
Grazie, bro!
I managed to give my upvote before it got sent to the naughty corner.
Oh, then that's why it popped down there. You upvoted it!
I upvoted it AFTER the popping, :)
WANT! My home boy would eviscerate him before he realized he was dead.
And there are tons of “queer” animals on this earth. Maybe they should start paying attention to reality and nature. Clownfish is one.
I probably got this from you, but it is worth reposting.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/alternatives-heterosexual-pairings-brought-you-non-human-animals-180969481/
I keep pet rats. The number of times I've seen the females mounting each other...
Also two bulls, and two male elephants.
Oh well, they were just gay lions.
Hey they were a couple! He didn't want to break up their love. Of course they would have starved themselves to death, afterward, because the female lions do all the hunting while the male sleep 20 hours a day.
Made me laugh, thank you.
https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/05/28/15/noah2.jpg
Thar it be.
(One of 'em, anyway. I think the other one was for a children's book)
My work here is done. :)
Noah took two bears. I am one of them. My partner is the other. (Happy PRIDE!)
"Transgender people don't exist," Booby? It's your god that doesn't exist.
He probably thinks that transgender people are all men pretending to be women in order to harm little girls. And it wouldn't surprise me if his twisted ideology has him jealous that he doesn't have that access to little girls.
It's always projection with his ilk. 𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴.
Bingo, he has that creeper look.
If I had 30 minutes with this clown: I promise you, Mr. myth book believer, transgender people do exist. And as usual, you have NO CLUE what we have to go through to be ourselves. Hours upon hours of OUR lives spent with medical professionals, both physical and mental. The pain of operations and treatments to live up to insane beauty standards so as to not be beaten or unalived by human trash like you. Your fantasy about men waking up one day and putting on a dress to get with little girls is misguided. You're actually thinking of catholic priests there. And protestant pastors and youth pastors don't bother with the dresses, they are free to groom children in their care with little to no oversight from parents because they love jesus so they must be trustworthy. Right up until they aren't. So stick your ignorance where the sun doesn't shine and stop trying to force your insane beliefs on people who don't care for them.
When these people’s so-called “beliefs” start to fall apart, their entire lives unravel. Facing everything you were taught since birth is a lie is a hard pill to swallow. They are cowards who can’t bother to be uncomfortable for one second. Apologies I’m in a mood today 🖤
I would pay real money to see a woman light him up!
30 seconds ago this was in the hidden list and I was in the middle of typing a reply when it suddenly disappeared from the hidden list and my partial response was eliminated. Very strange.
I wrote Hemant about it. Man took ACTION! 😁
Now you have another post that’s been put into witness protection. Naughty boy. :)
Oh, for pete's sake! This is past ridiculous!
Assume this is my upvote for your other comment. 👍🏻
Many thanks!
Bobby-Chuck wouldn't have the balls to spend 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 minutes alone in a room with a woman he didn't believe he had completely under his power, let alone thirty- 𝘢𝘯𝘺 woman, cis 𝘰𝘳 trans.
I strongly suspect he'd be a weeping mess cowering under his desk by the time one of 𝘶𝘴 got through with him, though. Wouldn't even need to lay a finger on him. }:)
He makes me want to kick him in the 'nads on behalf of my trans sisters.
Sing it Jennifer! We are Sick AND tired.
Brava!
𝐼’𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙.
𝑊𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔.
Bobby, those two statements contradict each other. I can provide examples.
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑… 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑧𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙—𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙, 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦?
Umm, Bobby Charles? No one advocating for choice is denying that the fetus is human. What we advocate for is that the person who is pregnant gets to control their own body. That means the right to choose to not get pregnant. That means the right to terminate an unintended pregnancy. That means the right to terminate a wanted pregnancy if something has gone wrong. That means the right to carry to term and have a child. It means the right to CHOOSE. The fact that the fetus is human is not relevant.
Side note: Bobby Charles? What the fuck are you doing in Maine? That name is better suited to Alabama.
Absolutely.
As regards his 30 mins of talking with/to a pregnant person, is he just going to talk at her? Or is he listening to her, trying to understand the situation she's in? Is he able to maybe offer her some help, so that it might make it possible for her to have the child (if she so wishes). I don't mean a pack of nappies, but maybe an affordable place to live - on your own you might be able to get by with living in your car or sofa surfing with friends and family, if you've got a kid, then this is a bit more difficult. Or maybe access to some childcare so that she can keep her job?
Or will he just preach? Preaching might make him feel better but it's of no fecking help in raising a kid.
To most rethuglikkkan choose is a four letter word.
Northern Maine is sort of the Alabama of the north. That second district is the one that gives Mainers their weird rep. Southern Mainers, my place of origin is more liberal and failing that live and let live, at least it was.
The absurdity of this mans delusional thinking is bad enough, but like a lot of theists he expects to be deferred to. The sad thing being, no amount of factual evidence is going to change his mind. He’s operating in Ken Ham territory. As long as a significant share of humanity continues to see faith as a virtue, the long-term survival of our species is doubtful.
An authoritarian white christian male spewing his crap that women only exist as the chattel of men and it is mens' job to tell them what they can do with their bodies. He is also simplistically explaining away the way various peoples' brains are wired with Bronze Age claptrap to just be the 'way god made you.'
Can we please retire the phrase “falsely claimed” and say “lied” instead?
Talking out of his ass.
How do we know which end is which?
In tRump's case, they're interchangeable.
Can't say a** anymore, except sometimes you can.
It's permissible if you read it with a French accent.
Derriere? Posterior? Gluteus Maxiumus?
Oh, but saying "He LIED" isn't politically correct! 😖
Prevaricated?
Committed mendacity.
Engaged in concoctions/fabrications.
Let's just call a spade a spade here. Charlie LIED. Full stop.
I'm with George Carlin on this one. We need to quit with the euphemisms and speak in plain English. All the euphemisms have done is obscure and mess things up.
Bullshitted - covers all bases, often from great height
If I had the wings of an angel
And the ass of a buffalo
I'd fly through the heavens above me
And shit on the people below
So you want to be like that guy in the Buffalo Wild Wings commercial?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYH-_5L2Pb0
Basically.
And compelling imagery....
Alternate truth.
Somehow I never viewed Hemant as being politically correct.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, DITTO!
T,
I'm having some trouble here. This regime forced the removal of a poster in a public school classroom, as (paraphrased) "Promoting unity, thus a political attack against Trump and his anti-DEI policies."
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/idaho-teacher-who-refused-back-down
Has anyone found instances in which text from the Sermon on the Mount was taken down for the same reason? After all, pretty much every word of the SotM is anti-hate/Trump/MAGA. (Obviously, they protected the far-right view by claiming it was the "hands" that made the difference, so direct comparisons may be difficult to find.)
Thank you, T, but I suspect there's nothing to find.
We've seen similar events regarding posters and artwork in the past:
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-high-school-artist-called-out-christian
Wouldn't surprise me at all to find that Bobby Charles is cut of the same cloth that would silence someone like Abby Driscoll. He's convinced of his own rectitude, likely beyond any unconvincing, and I doubt he's much of a listener. Probably likes the sound of his own voice, too.
So no, your link isn't isolated, by any stretch.
Thanks, T.
I'll keep looking, if only see what sorts of pretzels MAGA forms when they realize that they have to justifying banning/censoring/redacting the exact(sic) words of Jesus, as taken directly from the Bible.
It's GOTTA be coming....
Fibbed, perhaps?
'Being economical with the actualite'
https://wordhistories.net/2024/03/20/economical-with-actualite/
"You spend half an hour with me"
Yeah, no. I'd rather abort myself.
So, we are going to ignore the herd animals that were brought into the ark in groups of seven? Wouldn’t there be an opportunity for more genders there?
Not to mention that the Bible talks about natural eunuchs and other situations that could be interpreted into LGBTQ people.
There used to be a lot of eunuchs and barren women because they had the misfortune to contract Mumps at the wrong stage of life.
Would Chucko the Christian Clown care to open his bible and show us where it says that abortion is forbidden?
We, on the other hand, can point to scripture depicting the bible's god, its armies, its followers and its priests freely practicing abortion.
And we can do that by the Numbers! [ar-ar!]
ISWYDT :)
SOMEBODY had to say it! 😁
With instructions on how to do the procedure, even.
Numbers 5:11-31. "The Test For an Unfaithful Wife."
I say we rub xtians noses in that scripture. And notice there's no test for an unfaithful husband.
"he’s offering voters a platform built entirely on misinformation and bigotry"
And stupidity. Our three weapons are...
...and an almost fanatical devotion to The Dope!
Drat, I'll come in again.
Let's say it out loud: Charles is a LOON. It's pretty clear that he thinks the bible is THE source book for EVERYTHING and that he is Yahweh's gift to the pro-forced-birth community. His bit with the furries is hardly worth mentioning; that was debunked ages ago. Doesn't change the fact that he's running for GOVERNOR of Maine, and there isn't an idea he has espoused as documented in this piece that isn't BATSHIT CRAZY.
Oh, and as to that whole abortion thing: do you think we can get ol, Charlie together with Gloria Steinem? 😁
He claims to know what it's like to make the decision to abort a fetus. It's like he's talking from experience. Someone should look into his background because he sounds like any other Republican whose platform starts with hypocrisy.
Sounds like someone else we know.
Whoever could THAT be, I wonder. ;)
https://y.yarn.co/75156393-9036-46f9-bf2b-2104fca6d15b_text.gif
I wonder how many he has paid for.
The idiot wrote or said "You know, so many people they have an abortion, they’re never able to have a child again." How come I am a mother of 3 kids, after one wanted abortion?
I used to see that claim more often years ago but it seems to have mostly disappeared. I wonder is a poorly done surgical abortion could impair fertility and abortion by pill has mitigated that risk.
I know my sisters in law both had kids after wanted abortions.
Charlie is clearly pretty well hung up on the tropes and the shibboleths of the Pro-Forced-Birth crowd. He's bought into them, hook, line, and sinker and cannot be bothered with actual facts, regarding the whole process of pregnancy.
But (per usual) you knew that! 😁
I disagree!
He is not hung up on the Pro-Forced Birth crowd's nutcase conspiracies! He accepts many more RWNJ conspiracies than just theirs!
;)
ericc ... yer a MUTANT! 😉 😁
It's really a stupid hill to die on, as it is all contrived bullshit made up for Evangelical funamentalist protestants who never cared, and mostly supported abortion up until then. But it was the only issue that got the religious right to the polls. Since they couldn't openly flog racism after the civil rights laws were passed.
It's a miracle! Praise God.
This response is brought to you from the little town of Satire, on the left bank of the Puhponastic River at the very bottom of Sark Chasm. 😉
My favorite part of Noah's flood was Penguins walking 8000 miles to get to the ark.
Uphill both ways.
In the snow.
But they liked that part.
That’s how it was walking to school when I was a child. 😄
I rode my bike to school. There was a big downhill slope to get to school. Piece of cake. Getting home was a problem. Had to take a different route to avoid the climb back up.
I literally lived on the other side of a good sized hill from my elementary school in Minnesota. I walked uphill both ways in the snow to school. And I liked it!
😂
Barefoot ... all through winter. Although to be fair, I lived a bit further north and winters weren't so bad.
https://ifunny.co/picture/QoD3JtW87
found a picture of Boreal on his way to school
You can't tell from the photo but I'm wearing bread bags to keep my feet dry.
I like that after the flood, the two beetles birthed 400,000 species of beetles in only 4,000 years. That's like 100 new species a year. Beetles FTW!
John and Paul, or Ringo and George?
Or Stuart and Pete?
.... and Bert.
https://willyrussell.com/john-paul-george-ringo-bert
I was expecting Sesame Street.
And koalas walking BACK to Australia! 🤦♂️
To be fair, they are so cuddly that someone probably gave them a ride.
Crocodiles were much nicer back then. 🐊😇
Salties!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wo4sEMoauU
And that kangaroos had to hop from Australia and take a mighty leap to the Middle East.
Hemant really needs to abort this nanny bot.
With prejudice.