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I'm a Vietnam veteran who has never done anything veteran related, and never intends to. That said, few people disgust me more than those who lie about having served. In addition to being a liar, Mark Burns is a living, breathing argument for church-state separation. He strikes me as someone who would build the world of his dreams around the very worst parts of the Old Testament.

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π‘Šπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘–π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘£π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘Ž π‘ π‘Žπ‘“π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔-π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’ π‘’π‘›π‘£π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘›π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑙 π‘›π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘“π‘¦ π‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘  π‘–π‘šπ‘šπ‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘™π‘¦ 𝑖𝑓 π‘Žπ‘›π‘¦ π‘β„Žπ‘–π‘™π‘‘ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘  𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑.

That's the only part of the announcement that seems reasonable. What are the odds that this policy won't apply to kids who don't conform to the White Christian Nationalist ideology of the school?

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"We believe that our children are more than capable of making their own decisions..."

This sentence uttered by this grifter right after saying the students will not be exposed to "LGBTQ, CRT or 'woke' is a direct contradiction. Children are only capable of making their own decisions when given all of the facts. Filling their heads with lies, dogma and fear of the 'other' people is not conducive to an informed decision.

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If this idiot-child wants to waste HIS OWN MONEY on this ersatz "academy," then let him go right on ahead, for all of me. But just watch. He won't be half a semester in when he'll discover just how much money he needs to run it, and he'll be BEGGING the State and Federal governments for funds, π—ͺπ—›π—œπ—–π—› π—§π—›π—˜π—¬ π——π—”π— π—‘π—˜π—— π—ͺπ—˜π—Ÿπ—Ÿ π—¦π—›π—’π—¨π—Ÿπ—— π—₯π—˜π—™π—¨π—¦π—˜!

As for the parents of the kids who will be subjected to this foolishness ... [shrug] They belong together. I really feel sorry for the kids.

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"anything β€œcontrary to the word of God” needs to be removed from the country and made β€œillegal.”

When he says "word of god" does he means anything who is not in the babble is illegal ? Starting with the USA ? So his bid for Congress was illegal too, right ?

For the sake of children I really hope it's a scam. We saw enough posts about theses "academies" to know they are hotbed of abuse.

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Burns and his friends are detached from reality and teach delusional doctrines. If the school comes to fruition he will be scaring the kids and when they face the reality of life outside the Christian bubble they will be ill equipped and laughed at and then call it persecution. How sad.

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Quick OT before I forget:

Happy 64th Birthday to Weird Al. And Ryan Reynolds also celebrates his 47th trip around the Sun.

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You know a person is crazy when he or she gets rejected by South Carolina Republicans.

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"We plan to have our students wear a military-inspired uniform"

He even got that wrong. The shirts are supposed to be brown.

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Hey! Preacher! Leave them kids alone.

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I wonder if anyone will ever get around to pointing out to Mr. Burns that a Black dude running things is pretty woke.

At least woke-adjacent.

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Christian military drill instructor: "All right, you scum, show me you battle face!"

**Cadet turns his cheek**

Christian military drill instructor. "You call that cheek turning! Your mother turns her cheeks harder! I won't forgive that face, even if it had accepted Jesus Chirst as the only son of God! Now show me your battle face."

**Cadet turns his cheek harder.**

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If this place opens, I predict we'll get stories on how the staff abused, tortured, and raped children within two years.

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How does a lying Christian preacher who spreads lies he sees and hears on Fox News get a license for a school?

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No one's gonna say it? OK, I will.

Mark Burns eats worms!

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Burns waves the flag while doing everything to promote NatCism.

Christian Nationalism is un-American to its very core.

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