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  • I don't agree with Israel at all. But Iran is a theocratic ethnostate as well. One that has pretty loudly proclaimed that the day they have nuclear weapons is the day before they use one on Israel. There's nobody out there who's in a morally high position.

  • I was referring to the mental breakdown that institutionalized her. Which is even listed in that health section you're so obsessed with. But there's far more to it and her conversion to Islam if you had read anything besides the Wikipedia page. She was pretty vocal about her reasons for converting and she was fairly adamant about how much becoming Muslim helped her mentally.

    But feel free to continue with your prejudices based on little to no information.

  • NBC did not rebroadcast the live performance unedited until 2025, when it was featured in the documentary film Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music. In it, Lorne Michaels stated that he had "admired the bravery of what she'd done, and also the absolute sincerity of it", though no mention was made of prior negative comments from him or the show.

    Oh FUCK Lorne Michaels. What a lying sack of dog feces.

  • I don't think her switching religions had a detrimental effect on her mental health. Probably quite the opposite. And it really doesn't matter that she switched from one mainstream religion to another mainstream religion. It's not like joining an offshoot's going to be any better or worse. She was seeking peace. Maybe she found it, maybe she didn't, that's for her to decide in whatever afterlife she ended up in.

  • Yeah, you are still pinning her for her belief in Islam because members of Islam have been and continue being vile detestable people. But they aren't vile detestable people because of their belief in Islam any more than the Christians, Catholic or otherwise, are evil because of their belief in Christianity. They are vile and detestable people regardless of their belief. Their religious beliefs isn't the source, though it does end up being a justification for those acts. But that's just sophistry used to cover their own prejudices.

    She dumped Christianity and chose a different religion. That doesn't make her culpable for the evils of that religion any more than anyone else is for the deeds of others who believe in the same religion they do.

  • That is not why starship fails. Starship fails because like everything that Elon does lately it emphasizes style over practicality. Starship is a very badly designed rocket that looks cool to Elon. Not unlike the Cyber truck which has been an abject failure in every way possible.

  • Again, religion does not equal church. She spent a lot of time as a Catholic trying to make other Catholics see the evils within the church. I think she just became tired of being the town cryer in a world that doesn't give a shit. And Islam, the religion and belief system not the various organized churches, might have held some amount of peace for her soul. Criticizing her for converting and not starting a whole new crusade to stop the myriad of abuse found within the various sects of Islam is just silly. Especially since there are already a million voices pointing out the faults in the Islamic churches already.

  • Islam in and of itself is not problematic, not anymore than Christianity at least. Like with literally every religion, it's the strict conservatives within the religion that are the ones who enforce ridiculous mores and dress codes and other things that are detrimental to the health of the followers of that religion.

  • Office work is the envy of every farm and trade worker

    This isn't exactly true. There are, believe it or not, people who prefer to work outdoors and do heavy labor. Especially farm work. Some people aren't really suited for office work. (pun intended)

  • Yes, but you have to consider the poor CEO's and middle managers. They need to be able to strut around an office full of people and feel important. Plus there's all that office space they leased for the next 30 years at a discount that they need to fill with workers to justify the expense!!

    It cruel to only consider the happiness of the slave class while ignoring the plight of the ruling class. Don't you people know that?!?!?

  • Unrealistic. No politician is going to voluntarily give up their job. Instead aim for making them quake in their boots and afraid they will lose their job in a year and a half if they don't hold Trump accountable for his constitutional violations. Make them oust Mike Johnston as Speaker and elect someone less radical at the very least.

    Edit: all that is needed is for a handful of Republicans to defect from the party line and it's kowtow to Trump. Oh, and for the Democrats to stop cowering in the corner and step up to do their fucking job. Not sure which is the harder prospect.