Oh yeah. I got my conspiracies confused.

That was one thing. They tried to keep that hidden.

In Ohio, the local Mormon-run bank went under - so did a lot of others at the time but they were being just as greedy and stupid as everyone else.

In Missouri, they were actually on the moral high ground but walking in new to town and telling your new neighbors that they’re going to hell for slavery isn’t a good idea. Also, they tried to buy up all the land and move enough people in to take over the elected positions.

In Illinois, one of the final straws was when Joseph Smith, as mayor of Nauvoo, declared a rival newspaper a public menace and had their press destroyed. Legal at the time but, again, great way to piss off your neighbors.

The history of the church is basically a string of grifts, arrogance, misogyny, and racism. Right up to today but now you can add homophobia and transphobia.

The cherry on top is BYU telling its incoming freshmen that they have to study an infamous speech from “Apostle” Jeffrey R Holland, who used a bunch of dog whistles to call for violence under the guise of “religious freedom.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/byu-freshmen-controversial-musket-fire-speech-mormon-lgbtq-utah-rcna143891

Remember the only thing that can stop teenagers with a camera is a dumbass with a gun.

USA! USA! USA!

It’s a trigger from a Deep State operative! It means they’re going to start doing forced gender reassignment surgery on gay frogs in prison.

Satan and Dionysus tie for first in my book.

Chill out there, Heimskr.

Yeah, they kept getting kicked out. Mostly for being bad neighbors - or at least not being able to read the room.

Seriously, American Puritans. They’d move en masse to an area, try to impose their religion on everyone, piss everyone off, get driven out, then cry about it.

Another option: a total lack of self-awareness coupled with narcissism.

He probably does. He is just as deluded and narcissistic as his new BFF, T****.

She didn’t have to. The moderators did it for her on a fact check.

I’m not high and I can’t believe it either. Now I want some.

Hey, he has to spend lots of time harassing poors and minorities. It’s not nothing.

I might have to buy it for the PC now. I’ve been content playing it on my PS5, but this is literally game changing and worth the investment.

Yep. I studied Latin and the “legales” is modifying the two nouns.

The first actually refers to residents of Hispania, so any classical Latin speaking immigrants from Spain and Portugal should feel included.

The second refers to the Latins, who were assimilated into the Roman (Trojan if believe the Aeneid) population and no longer exist.

Stylistically, I would have gone with the enclitic “-que” over the conjunctive “et.”

EDIT: They messed up the verb. Well, I’m guessing they thought they were using a verb. The “vota” is the nominative plural of votum, so it reads “Votes for Trump.”

They’re not bright enough to know that the English verb “elect” derives from the perfect passive participle of “eligo, eligere” - electus.

They should have gone with “Eligite Trump!” - “Choose/Elect Trump!”

Scientology teaches that psychology and psychiatry are fake and that mental illnesses are caused by “body thetans” which are the spirits of the victims of the many genocides committed by Xenu.

Until she says publicly disavows Scientology, then the only narrative is that she believes what Scientology teaches

Don’t ask why. It just leads to pain. Just remember that some people rarely reach beyond their basic instincts or urges.

So, you don’t remember January 6, 2021?

Don’t forget he’s also Christian!

Well, beehaw is kinda like ml but less hinged at times. I don’t block instances, only users and communities. Some of beehaws communities are quite good and friendly. The politics ones…well, I don’t see those anymore.

Sometimes it feels like there grownups in there who grasp nuance and empathy and at other times it feels like it’s full of ex-4channers who think they’ve grown up.

Stop using asphalt for roads.