I wish my elementary teachers had used the same discretion. We read the entire book in class together - out loud, word for word. Never once was there a mention that the slurs were inappropriate or hurtful. Not even once. Thanks, Texas!

Qaaaaa has been dismissing comments in reply to theirs, so here’s this:

I choose to believe that we live in a world created by a higher power.

The only thing backwards-ass is expecting REPRESENTATIVES in a REPRESENTATIVE democracy to not REPRESENT the population.

Disagree. See my other posts on religion being a shared delusion. 

But punishing someone who obviously has been pushed over the edge won’t really help the situation.

I don’t have a faith in God, but people like you are the reason I’ll stick with calling myself an agnostic, it comes without the moral superiority bullshit that none of you see the irony in.

Or at least put a “chariots only” provision on His license.

It’s unfortunate that backwards-ass belief systems are still part of how we choose our leaders. 

“People who have a religion” is not a group. That’s like saying “people with jobs” is a group. It’s not hate speech to call societal brainwashing out for what it is. The only reason that people want to protect “freedom of religion,” as it appears in the Constitution, is to justify using religion within the framework…

It’s not hate speech. Hate speech would be vilifying one particular group of people, instead of an institution dedicated to indoctrinating and controlling people. There was no hate aimed at any one religion. They’re ALL poison.

Everyone wants to play the victim.

Implying religion is mental health issue is a very ignorant thing. Is it so you can feel better about yourself? If so, there are many better and more healthy ways to go about accomplishing that.

Churches aren’t teaching NOT to, either. They’re just money-holes for fleecing the flock.

You seek the truth in the Bible with everything you got, and I can tell you your life will be in order.

“It is never the religion but the practitioners.” We try but God can’t stop people from being stupid, evil, or stupidly evil.

One could argue that the acceptance of religious affiliation as the norm is a mental health crisis. 

Had to double check to make sure the post wasn’t from 2016.

Hey, remember when all those Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton stormed the Capitol, threatening to murder the Vice President of their own party, as well as members of Congress? No? Shut the fuck up with your false equivalency.

If sentences like this were common in cases like this, people would feel like there is a measure of justice in the United States, and if sentences like this were common in cases like this, there would be far fewer cases like this.

I was born in Nacogdoches - been a Central TX resident most of my life, went back to SFA to finish up college in 2001. I know those pineywoods roads well.