I have no idea who this guy is, but I sort of feel like the authority figures who decided to have him speak to children deserve to share in the blame for this.

Uh, without pedophiles and racists, who is gonna attend CPAC?

I don’t want this to overshadow the fact that he is a genuinely lovely man, but if you’re in your 50s and you still can’t grow a proper beard, it’s probably time to stop trying.

Oh, it’s good to find out that all the other shit’s apparently been dealt with by now.

I have faith that one day, I will see someone on the internet use the word “pretentious” correctly.

Not sure how I feel about the implication that people ever did.

Please make sure to keep us all informed of further developments.

Huh?

Huh, so why can’t you defend what you said? Not being good-looking shouldn’t stop you from doing that.

Wait, you’re going to lie about me in order to dismiss my comments? That’s a pretty shitty thing to do just because you can’t back up your opinions about people’s looks. It’s not other people’s fault you decided to bring your looks into this.

Wow, and you couldn’t even get that across without help . . .

My defensive posture? Shit, hon, I’m not carrying these books on my head for my own sake.

Yeah this dude is first order scum.

That’s really an alarming concept. Thanks for bringing more attention to this shit. Ugh.

Agreed totally.

^^^ This.

Martin Luther was a complete fucking nutcase, actually. And he really hated Jews.

Isn’t the Missouri Synod the saner group fundie Lutherans? IIRC “regular” Lutherans (the ones you hear about on A Prairie Home Companion who make “hotdish”) are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (not actually Evangelicals despite the name). Then there are the fundie Lutherans, the Missouri Synod and the…

Yeah. There is a lot of active evil in American evangelical culture. It’s not everyone involved, but there’s a reason why it’s such a friendly home to “Prosperity Theology”, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, etc. etc. etc.

It’s more that the people wanting to make that decision attached themselves to her and used her.