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Apparently refusing to make a poster is bad, but refusing to make a cake is good. I honestly can't tell which parts of their cult are serious and which are satire at this point.
Or that kentucky fried sack of wet noodles who refused to give out marriage licenses, which was her entire job.
Doesn’t she currently have a Supreme Court case coming up to try to reverse gay marriage entirely or some shit?
Morality gets defined in terms of what's best for the cult. It's the only consistency.
Don't forget about refusing to dispense prescribed medication as a pharmacist too.
Well one is a labourer, the other a store owner if that helps along.
Is there a gofundme for this guy
That guy is a hero. Please someone set up a fundraiser for him.
If this guy were right wing, they'd make him a celebrity, fund his legal case up to the supreme court, and let him grift for the rest of his life on it. We could learn a thing or two.
Unfortunately, that only works when you concentrate wealth, and that goes against the mission of the left. Their grift helps concentrate wealth, which is what allows them to be paid for it.
oh no my minimum wage job
Not that I didn't agree with your sentiment, but those could impact their future employment somewhere else. Although I have played pretend manager of a fictional restaurant for a friend before.
“Can you explain this gap in your resume”
“I was providing full time care for a critically ill family member”
There’s no database of jobs you’ve held in your life. Getting fired only screws you over if you tell the next place that you got fired. If they do a check and find posts, just says it’s a different person with your name. Also, stop cataloging your life on social media for anyone to research, it has never helped anyone.
Wait, you mean I don't really have a permanent record that I'm never allowed to see, following me through my life? But they always said "it would go on my permanent record." Now you're saying they were lying?
I have your permanent record, and no you can't see it.
The Work Number maintains a database of employment records that employers can contribute to, and it's commonly used for: Employment verification for new jobs Income verification for loans, rentals, etc. Background checks
They also sometimes keep track of "eligible for rehire" status which basically tells whether you've been fired.
Also can be used to low ball you in your next position.
It's run by Equifax. Enjoy the dark rabbit hole I just sent you down.
“We wanted a message of unity,” organizer Dayne Webb, youth chair of the Kalamazoo Young Republican Party, said at the vigil event, WWMT reports. “You know that’s what Charlie was all about, is bringing people together, no matter if they disagreed or agreed.
HAHAHA WHAT
"Bringing people together" is MAGA code for "Do what you're told or we'll kill you."
The Klan also brought people together, whether they agreed or disagreed. As long as they agreed that black people were their common enemy.
They used to disallow Catholics. Stopped that policy when JFK was elected. There is some hate they're flexible on, but not when it comes to black people.
“You know that’s what Charlie was all about, is bringing people together, no matter if they disagreed or agreed."
I'm hearing this perspective a lot from middle ground people, and I'm inclined to think a lot of them are just missing a huge gap of information. (Ignoring the fact this guy quoted is from the "Young Republican Party". Blegh)
I think a lot of them are shown a different side of certain figures.
I'm not talking about hardcore cultists, if their beliefs line up, they just get reinforced and they're easy to "maintain". I think the real targets are the "useful normies" that don't really get it and usually "aren't into politics."
If you don't protect your privacy, give out your information everywhere, clearnet log in to google / Facebook / insta / reddit / tiktok / twitter / etc, accept all the cookies, etc... algorithms are largely responsible for pushing your perspective of the world.
Let's make the relatively safe assumption this is most people of any leaning who've had a smartphone just shoved into their hand before critical thinking skills were instilled, and were network pressured into blindly joining all these things to talk to their friends.
I genuinely think a lot of these folks saw only clips that made this guy look like a thoughtful and clever debater who gave people time to challenge him. If these normies follow the guy and go deeper, they'll get pulled into what I like to call "the fashy funnel", but a lot of them won't. Most people don't care.
They'll just be exposed to little "reasonable logic" clips at a time that will slowly nudge them towards the opinion of "Huh maybe the righties aren't so bad. I'm glad he's willing to talk." Well meaning, and of course, used against them and exploited.
The funnel system doesn't want to drive these "moderates" away so it doesn't show them the extreme stuff that would trigger their bullshit alarms. That's saved for further down the rabbit hole. The goal is to appeal to their well-meaning centrism.
The guy said a lot of his WORST stuff on his podcast or Fox, because that's where that funnel-segment of his audience would be accepting of it.
Meanwhile, if the algo thinks you're a lefty, you probably get treated to the most awful stuff he said right out the gate, because it (often correctly) thinks that'll piss you off and keep your attention longer.
And that's how you sow working-class division, where one side sees the killing of a monster, and the other sees the death of reasonable bipartisan discourse.
They've both seen what they were told to see, and both sides then turn to each other and are outraged at how blind and foolish their fellow human beings can be.
Those arguments drive engagement, though. So the owning class wins again.
TL;DR: Stop accepting cookies, block ads, touch grass, be excellent to each other, social media was a trap the whole time.
They are so delusional
I think they misinterpreted a call to "round people up" as "bringing people together."
bringing all the bigots together?
No, not even all the bigots could agree. One of them disagreed so much he shot Kirk through the throat.
I strongly encourage the debate regarding conservative purity. They should increase the elimination of any conservatives who aren't conservative enough. Get rid of the posers and RINOs, really strengthen the party.
Well, ya know, trans people aren't people so, ya know, oh, and them colored folk, they aren't really people neither, maybe 3 fifths -2/3rds at most - of a person, but not actually a real person, so, ya know, and them queers, well, they're just demons, so can't count them, so, ya know, charlie loved all the people.
Could one of our American friends go to office depot and try to print a massive swastika and see if they refuse. Please. I will pay.
Probably yes.
I used to work for another office store that has since been absorbed into this one. There was an extreme white supremacist who ran a "church" in the area. My first manager told him we would not make his copies but he could use the self-serve machines. A few of my coworkers did not appreciate this stance and may have taunted him a bit.
A new manager came in and asked him why he was using the self-serve and invited him to use our copy services. Most of the department walked out that day.
The materials were what amounted to white supremacy lightly vailed as religion.
Would they be fired for refusing to print a KKK poster for a dead member? It's no different.
At this point, yes, yes they would
And yet we allow pharmacist to refuse to provide plan B without being fired.
yet we allow pharmacist to refuse to provide plan B without being fired.
In some states they are legally required to refuse to provide it.
Yeah, but that's just for JEEEEEBUS.
So, to recap: post something politically incorrect in opposition to Kirk - get doxxed, and lose your job. Refuse to support propaganda from supporters of this Nazi - lose your job.
The rest of us successful intelligent people will hire them
Office Depot taking a stance and drawing a line in the sand.
They could have been like Walgreens/CVS who back pharmacists for refusing to fulfill prescriptions based on their personal beliefs.
Wait, what? No! Who's the good guy again? None? Ahhfuck'emall.
who back pharmacists for refusing to fulfill prescriptions based on their personal beliefs.
Yeah, I remember that crazy shit. That is just so wild - get a prescription from a doctor and have some dipshit who just needs to count out pills decide they need to veto that decision?
The fucking audacity.
What a wanking fascists world we live in.
Never be honest about things like this. “We were having problems earlier. Would you be alright with tears, smudging, and crumpling? If not come back in a couple of days and we’ll have it sorted out.”
Sounds like some “sincerely held beliefs” if you ask me.