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Scott Dirks's avatar

As an actual practicing Christian (Lutheran born and raised)I get really ticked when I get lumped in with people like DeSantis. In fact to many people "Christian" equates with "evangelical." I readily acknowledge that there are some pretty mean-spirited priests, bishops and pastors in Wisconsin, where I live. But they are a minority of true believers and followers of Christ.

As just one example, my congregation in southern Wisconsin has sponsored refugee families from Cambodia, Bhutan, Bosnia and Afghanistan. We have done it because we follow Christ's commandments to love our neighbors as ourselves. We don't try to "convert" these folks to Christianity or our view of it; there is no quid pro quo for our help. We just do it because we're supposed to.

There are many of us out there. Catholic Relief Services and Lutheran Social Services are just two church-based organizations which sponsor and help resettle refugees from all around the world. There are many others.

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Travis's avatar

Liberals should send all the criminals they round up for gun crimes to Texas since Texas loves gun-owners and political stunts so much.

"Here ya go Texas! More gun owners! They love guns and were only non-law-abiding gun owners just once!"

We should also cut off their federal aid for immigration policing since they've decided to farm that out to other states. If they're not going to deal with the problem then they shouldn't get the monies allotted to them for dealing with the problem. Same goes with climate change. Don't want to acknowledge climate change? Okay, there goes your fucking FEMA home flood insurance bailouts. You can rebuild your homes with your own money when you get shitted on by the next Category 4 that mother nature throws at Houston and Corpus Christi.

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