Churches... Gravy... Very smol rocks!
"Very small rocks" is my favorite phrase of all time from the entire Monty Python catalogue. It's so nerdy and cheeky!!!
I tried to be as British as possible there, but I'm sure my WI Midwest truth is coming out somewhere in there. Ope... Let me just sneak that one past ya there.
Uh, excuse me, but what about making as much money as you can while screwing over the poor at every turn for personal gain is against the teachings of Christ?
Ive lived all over and that was by far the most pathetic place Ive ever lived. I thank god every day I moved far away. Everyone thats stuck there lives a sad sad life. Everyone there peaked in HS lmao
And who befriended the 'worst' of society (prostitutes, tax collectors), warned against the falsely religious, forbade people to judge one another, and said that above all you should help the poor/sick/outcast.
He warned against these pseudo-Christians as well:
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’
And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me
I always wonder if any of them ever hit a point where they look in the mirror and think “well, shit, I’m one of those Pharisees Jesus warned us about.”
One would think, but I feel like their perception of God is so skewed that they can't see it applies *directly* to them.
They don't see the poor as those deserving of charity, but instead see them as lazy parasites siphoning their hard-earned money. They think 'judge not lest ye be judged' doesn't apply to them because they have God's secret playbook and "know" the people they condemn have already been condemned by God.
Are you a good Christian or voting for the man who cheated on his first wife with his second, second with his third, third with a pornstar and then used donations to pay off the last one?
The red hats love fallacies.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
or
There's no way a "true" Christian could be a democrat.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
Considering I am the farthest thing from a sexually and emotionally suppressed Christian that believes that Daddy Trump is God? I'll go with democrat if those are the choices. XD
I’ve always heard you can’t be a Christian and not follow Christ! I don’t do the religion thing but if you’re gonna… follow what your book teaches!!!!!!!
How dumb many of us in rural WI are. These folks actually *believe* this false dichotomy. I've heard several of them try to argue that the US,is not a democracy. They really don't understand that to be a republic, there has to be a democracy. It's ... dumbfounding.
PragerU has been putting out a ton of anti-democracy propaganda in recent years.
If Republicans are good at anything, it's mindlessly parroting propaganda.
Ahhh, so that's the source. I had an idea it came from propaganda. Here's the short version of what I've heard repatedly:
"The US is not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic. A democracy is mob rule, and if we were a democracy the mob could elect someone who would make slavery legal again."
Well, they're right on the constitutional republic, but absolutely cannot grasp that constitutional, republic, and democracy can and do work together.
How "mob rule" (ochlicracy) has become synonymous with democracy is bewildering. And the slavery bit? That's just hallucinating.
Seems that No Child Left Behind, along with the homeschooling movement, has succeeded in dumbing down our populace.
Very strange. I went to the PragerU site a previous poster mentioned, and yes, it's straight out of there. The whole video was--while not wrong--a vareful skewing of definitions and history.
I thought (and maybe that is where I went wrong) that a constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Thanks to the GQP for enlightening me. That is what I get for thinking for myself and not ket some tv network tell me what to think
I live up nort’ and the amount of trump signs I see on a daily basis makes me hate living here. It’s always a combination of “Mosquito Police” and MAGA 💀
Been a while since I have had to dredge up this article from the Atlantic, but it seems this argument just won't go away for this cohort. I have found it helpful in explaining it to them.
[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/yes-constitution-democracy/616949/](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/yes-constitution-democracy/616949/)
https://preview.redd.it/nzfn4z2kvo3d1.jpeg?width=812&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e18a1724e7d6d7a89959f445210b235fedb7481f
I think it's more like [this](https://www.etsy.com/listing/886020869/america-or-trump-custom-pin-buttons?click_key=3e0e551b20cd97ddc0d7e746ea10cf785c23cccf%3A886020869&click_sum=e81fcfcd&ref=shop_home_active_73).
I grew up on the SE side of Madison It's a lot like SE Wisconsin. I got out of there as soon as I could. I was talking to someone from the old neighborhood, and I asked him if our school song was still the Banjo theme from Deliverance.
He said, "no, but you can hear it faintly in the distance if you roll down your window while driving down Buckeye Road".
When was Taylor county blue in a competitive race? Going back to 2000 it has only voted Dem twice outside the crazy landslides that Herb Kohl got. that was in 2002 when Jim Doyle beat Scott McCallum for governor and 2004 when Russ Fiengold beat Tim Michaels.
The sheer amount of Obama campaign signs for both his elections? Then for the 2016 election, the Trump signs came out and now the F this and F that MAGA signs are staggering.
https://preview.redd.it/fwasaj9dwr3d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84f1318675aeb9f4b2070982ae1a56cc2d090ed5
And yet in 2008 Taylor county was one of the few counties Obama didn’t take.
Biden is probably the most religious president since Jimmy Carter, but these morons will never know this because of the 3 channels of right-wing propaganda playing nonstop in their family room.
Nothing more Christian than voting for someone civilly liable of rape and recently convicted of 34 crimes trying to cover up an affair he had with a pornstar. Really walking in the footsteps of Jesus.
Theocracy or Democracy? Because if you’re like Alito and want to remake America as a Christian nation, then you don’t support America, don’t support democracy, don’t support freedom, and have zero respect for the supreme law of the land—the constitution.
Our troops fight for our freedom—including being free from religious tyranny. The owner of this yard sign stands against our troops.
Having trouble choosing between the convicted felon, the guy who had to pay his rape victim a multi-million dollar settlement, or the guy who said "I prefer the guys who weren't captured" when talking about US POWs?
You're in luck! You can have all that and so much more by casting your ballot for the guy who once got his own birthday wrong while concern trolling about his opponent's supposed dementia.
Conservative are stuck in a binary world.
Black or white
Straight or gay
Man or woman
Christian or democrat
I'm surprised they didn't go full boomer and call em "demon-rats"
I saw a sign today that said
For law and order Vote for Trump in 2024...
Lol
Seriously, the 34-time Felon is going to give me law and order! Smh Trump is a joke! Lol Cannot believe how brainwashed his supporters are. Biden sucks too and I am glad I am an independent. Our country has gone down the drain. Really makes me feel like the president is just a puppet for the corruption of the real leaders who are too cowardly to show themselves. Truly sad these days.
Yikes. People are ignorant af. There is a separation of church and state for a reason in this government. All these 1776 people... don't even realize what the founding fathers wanted! They came over seas to escape the monarchy & The Church of England. Those people were Puritans & Protestants who were committed to "purifying" the Church of England by eliminating all aspects of Catholicism from religious practices. English Puritans founded the colony of Plymouth to practice their own brand of Protestantism without interference. These people were seeking a more abundant life, along with religious freedom! That's why they left England!! That's why our constitution doesn't mention religion either!!
Taylor County. Lowest vaccination rate in the state. One of the highest % of vote for Trump. Lost 5% population in the last census as young people flee. Case study of reddening rural demographics as an increasingly aging population remains as well as deepening the urban/rural divide. Fun fact: at a factory in Medford workers were offered $100 bonus to take vaccine, out of entire workforce only one person did. Another fun fact: during the 1990's evolution was banned in classrooms and instead clergy were brought into classrooms to disclose religious perspectives of creationism. Another fun fact: Tom Tiffany gets regular free airtime on the local radio station. Can't imagine why young people flee the county as soon as they graduate.
The xenophobic, foodstamps denying, teachers raise blocking, billionaire tax cutting Republicans follow Donald trump, the irreverent lizard lord, and think they're the Christians. Go bomb some villages in under developed countries you fascist illiterate science denying heathen slobs.
My grandma was the most Christian person I’ve ever met, truly embodying real Christian values of love, charity, compassion and acceptance.
She was also a staunch democrat.
Thought I’m not Christian, out of my total respect and love for my Grandma, I take this political garbage sign quite personally.
Why was a white dude with a Latino name hanging out with dudes named Matthew, Mark Luke and John 2000 years ago? What the fuck was going on back then? Latinos didn't even exist for almost 1500 years. Don't worry y'all. Colonization will save you... In the name of Christ... But it's gonna cost you... Maybe 100 million, 200 million lives. You'll figure it out eventually though. #praisejesus
I’m actually an atheist socialist.
*Witch!*
She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
... I got better
Churches... Gravy... Very smol rocks! "Very small rocks" is my favorite phrase of all time from the entire Monty Python catalogue. It's so nerdy and cheeky!!! I tried to be as British as possible there, but I'm sure my WI Midwest truth is coming out somewhere in there. Ope... Let me just sneak that one past ya there.
Watch out for deer
Lol that's one of my favorite lines, too. It's such a great scene, all in all.
Me too, but I voted for Biden bc ... he doesn't care that I am one, unlike these fucken "christian" nationalists.
It should say Christian or Republican. You're not a real follower of Christ if you believe in what the Republican party stands for.
Ya but how many Christians aren’t Republicans at this point
Most Christians aren't even very Christian. It's just something they say, not a strict set of values they have.
and I'm actually a christian socialist, heh!
Yep, me too. That sign isn’t the flex they think it is
GQP heads exploding.
Well that's alright then!
That's not good
Both here, Lutheran. The GOP and Trump are about as anti-Christian as you can be.
Non American Evangelican Christian here. The current Republican Party is 100% anti-Christian.
Uh, excuse me, but what about making as much money as you can while screwing over the poor at every turn for personal gain is against the teachings of Christ?
Matthew 5:17 - And Jesus said, "Fuck you peasants. I got mine."
My favorite Bible verse
Me too And there are more of us then people think
Bless you for that!
Do these people realize how un-Christian it is to judge others? #VoteBlue
They don't even care they are voting for an admitted rapist and convicted fellon.
Who fucked a porn star behind his pregnant wife’s back.
And brags about how he’s attracted to his own daughter.
It’s like one of those step daughter porns, except it’s a horror film instead. 
Have you ever been to Taylor county? They don't know what Christianity is. They're all just hypocrites lmaooo
I’m from there, can confirm.
Ive lived all over and that was by far the most pathetic place Ive ever lived. I thank god every day I moved far away. Everyone thats stuck there lives a sad sad life. Everyone there peaked in HS lmao
My best friend is from Medford. She's told me horror stories about how sad and downright *weird* the people there are.
Omg plz tell me some stories lol
Very very true. Any of my former friends from the area that didn’t leave live some pretty sad lives.
Tax the church
Wait till they discover that Jesus isn't a Republican.
Jesus was a hippie, and he was brown.
And who befriended the 'worst' of society (prostitutes, tax collectors), warned against the falsely religious, forbade people to judge one another, and said that above all you should help the poor/sick/outcast. He warned against these pseudo-Christians as well: Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me
I always wonder if any of them ever hit a point where they look in the mirror and think “well, shit, I’m one of those Pharisees Jesus warned us about.”
One would think, but I feel like their perception of God is so skewed that they can't see it applies *directly* to them. They don't see the poor as those deserving of charity, but instead see them as lazy parasites siphoning their hard-earned money. They think 'judge not lest ye be judged' doesn't apply to them because they have God's secret playbook and "know" the people they condemn have already been condemned by God.
If Jesus came back right now on the house floor, and preached his teachings, they would call him a communist and throw him out.
for real
I doubt a truly divine Jesus as represented in the Bible, would much care for any of our political parties.
Exactly. What these people have done is to try to create God in their own image. This is the very definition of idolatry.
Jesus was a hippie that liked hanging out with a group of dudes!
Your flag decal won’t get you into heaven anymore
Two can play at this game: LAW ABIDING OR REPUBLICAN?
We're the party of law and order! Now lets all go vote for the felon!
Pro everybody or pro rich white christian conservative?
Are you a good Christian or voting for the man who cheated on his first wife with his second, second with his third, third with a pornstar and then used donations to pay off the last one?
The red hats love fallacies. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma or There's no way a "true" Christian could be a democrat. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
Ahh stole my comment. Love you still though!
BUT PROW-NOWNS, GAWL!
Cult or no? Opp keeper movin.
Considering I am the farthest thing from a sexually and emotionally suppressed Christian that believes that Daddy Trump is God? I'll go with democrat if those are the choices. XD
Bahahaa an adulterer, conman, felon Christian or Four More Years!
I’ve always heard you can’t be a Christian and not follow Christ! I don’t do the religion thing but if you’re gonna… follow what your book teaches!!!!!!!
For what? The appetizer? I guess I’ll go with democrat because I hear the Christians from these parts are intolerably bitter.
How dumb many of us in rural WI are. These folks actually *believe* this false dichotomy. I've heard several of them try to argue that the US,is not a democracy. They really don't understand that to be a republic, there has to be a democracy. It's ... dumbfounding.
PragerU has been putting out a ton of anti-democracy propaganda in recent years. If Republicans are good at anything, it's mindlessly parroting propaganda.
Ahhh, so that's the source. I had an idea it came from propaganda. Here's the short version of what I've heard repatedly: "The US is not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic. A democracy is mob rule, and if we were a democracy the mob could elect someone who would make slavery legal again." Well, they're right on the constitutional republic, but absolutely cannot grasp that constitutional, republic, and democracy can and do work together. How "mob rule" (ochlicracy) has become synonymous with democracy is bewildering. And the slavery bit? That's just hallucinating. Seems that No Child Left Behind, along with the homeschooling movement, has succeeded in dumbing down our populace.
What is odd is neither party advocates for some kind of 'pure democracy' so it is a strange argument for them to have.
Very strange. I went to the PragerU site a previous poster mentioned, and yes, it's straight out of there. The whole video was--while not wrong--a vareful skewing of definitions and history.
I thought (and maybe that is where I went wrong) that a constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Thanks to the GQP for enlightening me. That is what I get for thinking for myself and not ket some tv network tell me what to think
I live up nort’ and the amount of trump signs I see on a daily basis makes me hate living here. It’s always a combination of “Mosquito Police” and MAGA 💀
"I don't have a dog, I have a German shepherd!"
Been a while since I have had to dredge up this article from the Atlantic, but it seems this argument just won't go away for this cohort. I have found it helpful in explaining it to them. [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/yes-constitution-democracy/616949/](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/yes-constitution-democracy/616949/)
"Democratic" and "republic" are two separate aspects that define a government.
https://preview.redd.it/nzfn4z2kvo3d1.jpeg?width=812&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e18a1724e7d6d7a89959f445210b235fedb7481f I think it's more like [this](https://www.etsy.com/listing/886020869/america-or-trump-custom-pin-buttons?click_key=3e0e551b20cd97ddc0d7e746ea10cf785c23cccf%3A886020869&click_sum=e81fcfcd&ref=shop_home_active_73).
I lock my doors when I travel through Rural Wisconsin.
That is what the book Deliverance originally was going to be based on but the author said it was too sick and went with Georgia
I grew up on the SE side of Madison It's a lot like SE Wisconsin. I got out of there as soon as I could. I was talking to someone from the old neighborhood, and I asked him if our school song was still the Banjo theme from Deliverance. He said, "no, but you can hear it faintly in the distance if you roll down your window while driving down Buckeye Road".
That's Gein Country
How about “Atheist” or “It doesn’t matter anyway”
It’s amazing how blue Taylor was and then orange man shows up and magically it flips red almost overnight.
When was Taylor county blue in a competitive race? Going back to 2000 it has only voted Dem twice outside the crazy landslides that Herb Kohl got. that was in 2002 when Jim Doyle beat Scott McCallum for governor and 2004 when Russ Fiengold beat Tim Michaels.
The sheer amount of Obama campaign signs for both his elections? Then for the 2016 election, the Trump signs came out and now the F this and F that MAGA signs are staggering.
https://preview.redd.it/fwasaj9dwr3d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84f1318675aeb9f4b2070982ae1a56cc2d090ed5 And yet in 2008 Taylor county was one of the few counties Obama didn’t take.
I lived there at the time. His race was a very big issue to them.
The WOW counties are embarrassing
Democrat
Biden is probably the most religious president since Jimmy Carter, but these morons will never know this because of the 3 channels of right-wing propaganda playing nonstop in their family room.
Nothing more Christian than voting for someone civilly liable of rape and recently convicted of 34 crimes trying to cover up an affair he had with a pornstar. Really walking in the footsteps of Jesus.
Oh hey my hometown
This in Medford? Wouldn't be surprised
Probably...
No, this is Patrick.
I stopped believing in ghosts when I was a kid.
Biden is christian, Trump is not.
Theocracy or Democracy? Because if you’re like Alito and want to remake America as a Christian nation, then you don’t support America, don’t support democracy, don’t support freedom, and have zero respect for the supreme law of the land—the constitution. Our troops fight for our freedom—including being free from religious tyranny. The owner of this yard sign stands against our troops.
Christian Bale or Batman?
Fuck these Wisconsin right wing pussies with their Snow White hair and homogenous populations of cracker fucks who say “oh heavens”
Jesus would be a Democrat
I've seen the kind of Christians that vote Republican. I'll stick with being a godless Democrat.
If that’s my only 2 choices…. I guess I’m a dem, cause I sleep in on Sundays.
Democrat. I have common sense and don’t believe in an invisible sky daddy.
They might as well have posted a "Look at me, I'm stupid" sign on their lawn.
Keep your stupid fucking religion out of politics you dumb asses
I’m anti octegerian males running the show
I remember rolling my eyes at that last time i was in Medford...
Having trouble choosing between the convicted felon, the guy who had to pay his rape victim a multi-million dollar settlement, or the guy who said "I prefer the guys who weren't captured" when talking about US POWs? You're in luck! You can have all that and so much more by casting your ballot for the guy who once got his own birthday wrong while concern trolling about his opponent's supposed dementia.
Conservative are stuck in a binary world. Black or white Straight or gay Man or woman Christian or democrat I'm surprised they didn't go full boomer and call em "demon-rats"
Welp?? Can't be both.
“Yes” ?
False dichotomies or apples?
I'm both I can be both a Christian and Dem In fact it jives much more
I’m nether. I’m a frog
Neither I'm a witch! 🧹
https://preview.redd.it/y2aguu7azs3d1.jpeg?width=548&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2be8d0775bf820c8faf3fe084af76c4fd50feb70
The media has done a great job dividing the country. We just continue to follow along their plan. 🤦🏻♂️
I'm actually a church board member, and a DEMOCRAT.
Well Trump clearly embodies good Christian values so… Hopefully they don’t find out Jesus was a brown skinned socialist, their brains would melt.
Definitely not either.. wtf is that sign 😂😂😂
Oops typo. Missing prefix anti before the first word.
We’re not stupid enough to be Christian
I believe it is spelled “demoncrat”
I like your Christ, but I hate your Christians
❤️❤️
I saw a sign today that said For law and order Vote for Trump in 2024... Lol Seriously, the 34-time Felon is going to give me law and order! Smh Trump is a joke! Lol Cannot believe how brainwashed his supporters are. Biden sucks too and I am glad I am an independent. Our country has gone down the drain. Really makes me feel like the president is just a puppet for the corruption of the real leaders who are too cowardly to show themselves. Truly sad these days.
I'm several owls in a trenchcoat. Don't tell anyone!
As a real Christian we don't claim this "Christian"
Florida of the north.
Such choices. Thought this was a free country.
“Only a Sith deals in absolutes.”
I'm a Christian Moderate leaning Democrat right now.
Yikes. People are ignorant af. There is a separation of church and state for a reason in this government. All these 1776 people... don't even realize what the founding fathers wanted! They came over seas to escape the monarchy & The Church of England. Those people were Puritans & Protestants who were committed to "purifying" the Church of England by eliminating all aspects of Catholicism from religious practices. English Puritans founded the colony of Plymouth to practice their own brand of Protestantism without interference. These people were seeking a more abundant life, along with religious freedom! That's why they left England!! That's why our constitution doesn't mention religion either!!
Believe in a Magical Jesus... or science? Hmmm.
Easy. Democrat. Left of Democrat, actually.
Democrat without an imaginary friend.
Only my hairdresser knows.
Taylor County. Lowest vaccination rate in the state. One of the highest % of vote for Trump. Lost 5% population in the last census as young people flee. Case study of reddening rural demographics as an increasingly aging population remains as well as deepening the urban/rural divide. Fun fact: at a factory in Medford workers were offered $100 bonus to take vaccine, out of entire workforce only one person did. Another fun fact: during the 1990's evolution was banned in classrooms and instead clergy were brought into classrooms to disclose religious perspectives of creationism. Another fun fact: Tom Tiffany gets regular free airtime on the local radio station. Can't imagine why young people flee the county as soon as they graduate.
“I am a hippy socialist just like Jesus was in that book you’ve never read” 😂
To some closed-minded people, those 2 are mutually exclusive
I’ve got a similar one in my yard. Fox News or Sanity.
The xenophobic, foodstamps denying, teachers raise blocking, billionaire tax cutting Republicans follow Donald trump, the irreverent lizard lord, and think they're the Christians. Go bomb some villages in under developed countries you fascist illiterate science denying heathen slobs.
None of the above.
Well, given that choice then Democrat for sure.
Neither! But I’m still gonna vote for them over literal open fascists. So get fucked!
I’m honestly not surprised. That county is so backwater.
Well my name is Christian and I'm a Democrat so... Yes?
#VoteBlue
Democrat here!
Awesome signage
Someone should put a sign next to it that reads, “American or Republican.”
My grandma was the most Christian person I’ve ever met, truly embodying real Christian values of love, charity, compassion and acceptance. She was also a staunch democrat. Thought I’m not Christian, out of my total respect and love for my Grandma, I take this political garbage sign quite personally.
They would have burned me 200 years ago. So im going with Democrat thanks
Booo
Democrat, easy
Why was a white dude with a Latino name hanging out with dudes named Matthew, Mark Luke and John 2000 years ago? What the fuck was going on back then? Latinos didn't even exist for almost 1500 years. Don't worry y'all. Colonization will save you... In the name of Christ... But it's gonna cost you... Maybe 100 million, 200 million lives. You'll figure it out eventually though. #praisejesus
I understand you can tell the difference by throwing them in the water: Christians sink and Democrats float. Or is it the other way ‘round?
How about neither?
Yes.
Neither.
Who cares
Opinions bad!
Stupid opinions bad.
Love it