People all across the free-thought spectrum tend not to be herd animals, and thus more difficult to reach. The evangelical crowd just lines up to be told what to think and believe. Most of them never realize they're the ones being had.
"There is no biblical, historical, or theological text that describes Jesus using firearms or harming infants.If this query is inspired by internet culture, political campaign slogans, or dark humor memes, the following context clarifies where these concepts originate:"Jesus, Guns, Babies" Campaign SloganThe phrase likely stems from a political campaign slogan. Notably, it was used by a 2022 Georgia gubernatorial candidate as a platform centerpiece, bringing the three words into the public lexicon alongside internet commentary and satire.The ".45 ACP" MemeWithin online gun culture and gaming communities, a common satirical trope asserts that .45 ACP is "the Lord's chosen caliber". This running joke is tied to the longevity of the M1911 pistol and the humorous idea of "God's caliber", frequently referenced in memes speculating on what firearms religious figures would use."
So, interesting that it connected its answer to the same campaign mentioned in the OP. And finally, I have an M1911 with several hundred rounds of .45 ACP. I don't intend to ever use it on babies....way overkill. .22LR is plenty.
I’ve done door knocking this spring for 2 school board candidates. Our SB elections are officially non-partisan. (All the candidates appear on both Dem and Pub primary election ballots. We have 4 open seats this year; the top 8 vote getters in the primaries go in to the general election. ) Since party isn’t a marker, I use “Moms for Liberty” as a short hand to ID my two candidates as progressive. My door knocking lists are for registered Dems. I say, “Last time around 3 Moms for Liberty types got elected and I’m trying to make sure that doesn’t happen again.” Works like a charm.
ETA: If a voter wants more detail, I’ve got literature.
I find it despicable that Republicans and fundamentalist Christians have taken words like "Freedom" and "Liberty" and "Family" and so associated themselves with them that the words have taken on unfortunate associations.
Why is it more expensive? Because you actually have to do the work of reaching out. Once you have done that, you have the info in the database and can scale up at the same cost as being lazy and telling the fundies that Jesus would vote for you.
We want our representatives to work for us. To do that they need to find out what we want them to do.
Abso-fucking-lutely THIS! Reagan got us on the sizzle-instead-of-steak bandwagon, and it has run damned near out of control since that time, peaking with Trump and his attendant bullshit. Problem is, those of us who bother to THINK about what we want out of our government have little problem in seeing through the BS and calling the bullshitter on it.
It may take a while, but a swing back to substance rather than appearance may be in the works.
How do Christian voters feel when their prayers to their god to help feed their children and pay their bills repeatedly go unanswered? Do they blame the GOP that supposedly represents them? Do they shrug their shoulders and say "It's God's Will (tm) and he's testing our faith."
What you're talking about is really no less than DEPROGRAMMING ... and that will take more than a little time and work. Once again, I'm reminded of Peter Boghossian and his approach to believers and coaxing them out of their belief.
The operative term here is: "negative entropy," which is a LOT harder to create than the positive kind.
"A candidate for the GOP nomination for governor of Georgia refused to concede defeat even though she received only 3.4% of the vote on Tuesday.
Kandiss Taylor, a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump, came third in the race.
She received significantly fewer votes than David Perdue, who had Trump's formal endorsement, and incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp, who won by 73.7% and secured the nomination." - Business Insider
For many of these people, voting has become just another decision they're happy to abdicate. One of the paradoxes of modern culture is that even with so much information readily available now, people are more amenable to letting others tell them what decision to make.
Further Thought: Trying to sell sizzle instead of steak has likely made many politicians lazy, thinking that they can throw out a few vacuous platitudes and make their case. As I have said elsewhere here, that doesn't fly with us. We want to know WHAT you stand for and WHY. We also want to know that you LISTEN to us and can RESPOND intelligently and coherently.
This isn't Madison Avenue. This is about American government and the importance it holds in our lives. We demand that it and those who are directly involved in it take the job and what it entails SERIOUSLY.
In other words, for a god-voter, a little sizzle is all I need to hook them. For a non-believer, I need to provide SUBSTANCE! Turns out that substance takes more effort, time, and MONEY than fluff and BS do. And we unbelievers will INSIST on substance!
We want substance because we want our representatives to actually do what we ask of them. Most of them, especially on the right, just want easy slogans that identify them to the rubes, then once in office they will do what they want instead of actually representing their constituents. For an obvious example of the difference we want, look at Kristi Burke and how she is running and wants to represent her district versus Diana Harshbarger and how she is currently "representing" that district.
Why are political campaigns so expensive? Low information voters. Low attention span, uninformed, make decisions based on superficial information, often single issue. Easy to see why religious lean right: no thinking necessary.
People all across the free-thought spectrum tend not to be herd animals, and thus more difficult to reach. The evangelical crowd just lines up to be told what to think and believe. Most of them never realize they're the ones being had.
There is a reason that their followers are called flocks like the sheep they are.
So much for religion making one a better person.
We're not easy, we're not cheap.
And we'll hold your feet to the fire if you cannot or will not produce results!
Speak for yourself. ; )
Jesus guns babies.
Film at 11.
What could go wrong?
My dark sense of humor immediately brought up images of Jesus using a baby gun, something like a potato cannon, launching infants for distance...
"Mommy, where do babies come from?"
"Well hon, Jesus shoots them out of a cannon and the mommy and daddy catch them."
I can go even darker, but people might take offense. And I couldn’t blame them.
Like shooting babies in a barrel.
I was thinking of Jesus using babies as skeet targets.
PULL!
(see what i mean?)
Babies are less important than guns?
Sure they are. Just ask the NRA!
Worse: Babies are deemed less important than an imaginary being.
That's the REAL capper, isn't it? That dangerous objects and insubstantial entities can command more attention and MONEY than kids can.
Makes me ... no, not sick. PISSED!
What caliber does Jesus use when gunning babies?
And.....Google AI answers:
"There is no biblical, historical, or theological text that describes Jesus using firearms or harming infants.If this query is inspired by internet culture, political campaign slogans, or dark humor memes, the following context clarifies where these concepts originate:"Jesus, Guns, Babies" Campaign SloganThe phrase likely stems from a political campaign slogan. Notably, it was used by a 2022 Georgia gubernatorial candidate as a platform centerpiece, bringing the three words into the public lexicon alongside internet commentary and satire.The ".45 ACP" MemeWithin online gun culture and gaming communities, a common satirical trope asserts that .45 ACP is "the Lord's chosen caliber". This running joke is tied to the longevity of the M1911 pistol and the humorous idea of "God's caliber", frequently referenced in memes speculating on what firearms religious figures would use."
So, interesting that it connected its answer to the same campaign mentioned in the OP. And finally, I have an M1911 with several hundred rounds of .45 ACP. I don't intend to ever use it on babies....way overkill. .22LR is plenty.
You could replace anti-vax with talibangelical.
https://ibb.co/Z6GhQxw4
With RFKJr at the wheel (presuming he even knows how to drive!). 😝
No severed whale head strapped to the roof, so it can't be him.
Look! A raccoon penis!
I’ve done door knocking this spring for 2 school board candidates. Our SB elections are officially non-partisan. (All the candidates appear on both Dem and Pub primary election ballots. We have 4 open seats this year; the top 8 vote getters in the primaries go in to the general election. ) Since party isn’t a marker, I use “Moms for Liberty” as a short hand to ID my two candidates as progressive. My door knocking lists are for registered Dems. I say, “Last time around 3 Moms for Liberty types got elected and I’m trying to make sure that doesn’t happen again.” Works like a charm.
ETA: If a voter wants more detail, I’ve got literature.
I find it despicable that Republicans and fundamentalist Christians have taken words like "Freedom" and "Liberty" and "Family" and so associated themselves with them that the words have taken on unfortunate associations.
That SO needs to be undone!
Those groups took "The Principles of Newspeak" from Nineteen Eighty Four and used it as an instruction manual.
Those terms make it easy to identify groups, organizations or businesses to avoid.
Yup. That’s how I’m using it.
𝑌𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑝 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦.
Why is it more expensive? Because you actually have to do the work of reaching out. Once you have done that, you have the info in the database and can scale up at the same cost as being lazy and telling the fundies that Jesus would vote for you.
We want our representatives to work for us. To do that they need to find out what we want them to do.
𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒? 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡.
Abso-fucking-lutely THIS! Reagan got us on the sizzle-instead-of-steak bandwagon, and it has run damned near out of control since that time, peaking with Trump and his attendant bullshit. Problem is, those of us who bother to THINK about what we want out of our government have little problem in seeing through the BS and calling the bullshitter on it.
It may take a while, but a swing back to substance rather than appearance may be in the works.
How do Christian voters feel when their prayers to their god to help feed their children and pay their bills repeatedly go unanswered? Do they blame the GOP that supposedly represents them? Do they shrug their shoulders and say "It's God's Will (tm) and he's testing our faith."
*smdh* They need to snap out of it.
What you're talking about is really no less than DEPROGRAMMING ... and that will take more than a little time and work. Once again, I'm reminded of Peter Boghossian and his approach to believers and coaxing them out of their belief.
The operative term here is: "negative entropy," which is a LOT harder to create than the positive kind.
Mysterious ways, man, mysterious ways.
Just saying, at first glance I thought that Kandiss Taylor ad was satire. But, no, she was really running on "Jesus, babies, and guns"?
Simplistic, juvenile, and reductive. She hit the trifecta!
It was real but it didn't work.
"A candidate for the GOP nomination for governor of Georgia refused to concede defeat even though she received only 3.4% of the vote on Tuesday.
Kandiss Taylor, a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump, came third in the race.
She received significantly fewer votes than David Perdue, who had Trump's formal endorsement, and incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp, who won by 73.7% and secured the nomination." - Business Insider
For many of these people, voting has become just another decision they're happy to abdicate. One of the paradoxes of modern culture is that even with so much information readily available now, people are more amenable to letting others tell them what decision to make.
Further Thought: Trying to sell sizzle instead of steak has likely made many politicians lazy, thinking that they can throw out a few vacuous platitudes and make their case. As I have said elsewhere here, that doesn't fly with us. We want to know WHAT you stand for and WHY. We also want to know that you LISTEN to us and can RESPOND intelligently and coherently.
This isn't Madison Avenue. This is about American government and the importance it holds in our lives. We demand that it and those who are directly involved in it take the job and what it entails SERIOUSLY.
"Religious voters are easier to manipulate" is a polite way of saying that religious voters tend to be on the stupid side.
Now with more willful ignorance.
“𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑒,” 𝐴𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑. “𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒-𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒.”
In other words, for a god-voter, a little sizzle is all I need to hook them. For a non-believer, I need to provide SUBSTANCE! Turns out that substance takes more effort, time, and MONEY than fluff and BS do. And we unbelievers will INSIST on substance!
Gee whiz, who woulda thunk it?
We want substance because we want our representatives to actually do what we ask of them. Most of them, especially on the right, just want easy slogans that identify them to the rubes, then once in office they will do what they want instead of actually representing their constituents. For an obvious example of the difference we want, look at Kristi Burke and how she is running and wants to represent her district versus Diana Harshbarger and how she is currently "representing" that district.
Fuck the sizzle. Give me the STEAK! [preferably medium rare!] 😁
With a baked potato stuffed with sour cream and chives. :9
Oh, yeah. There was a place I used to go to a LONG time ago that did Steak au Poivre with a TWICE-BAKED potato. OOOOG!
good essay--thanks
Why are political campaigns so expensive? Low information voters. Low attention span, uninformed, make decisions based on superficial information, often single issue. Easy to see why religious lean right: no thinking necessary.