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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
Nathan
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« on: August 22, 2020, 06:34:05 PM »

This is how religions get started. One guy tells a lie, too many people take him seriously, and somehow it ends up filling a void in people's lives by allowing them to feel self-righteous. In 1000 years you could easily have people demanding that their Qanon conspiracies receive recognition as a belief system. They'll get offended if you call them crazy and they'll worship at altars to Q. People who point out the obvious absurdities of their ramblings will be called "Qphobes" or just "edgy teens." All the while, they'll keep waiting for Q to topple the deep state, as they have for generations-- repeating "trust the plan" over and over again, hoping for a day of judgement that will never, ever come.

If QAnon manages to stick around for a millennium then it'll have earned its keep as far as I'm concerned. Fortunately for the rest of us, though, I think it's far likelier to die with Trump, possibly even with Trump's presidency.
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Nathan
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2020, 04:48:22 PM »


Al Mohler's a big name in the "old-guard" religious right. Hopefully people will listen to him.
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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2020, 05:31:17 PM »

In the same way that BLM is the religion of liberals, sure.

"Every political movement I don't like is an evil religion, and every religion I don't like is an evil political movement."
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