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1. JSR_FDED · 1790960336 · focus · HN ↗

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   1. roughly · 1790960610 · focus · HN ↗

      There are a category of things that are technically impossible until a burly man threatens to break your arm if you don't do them, and a category of things that are still impossible.

      Doesn't help your arm, but when they're asking for things in that second category, it doesn't help them either.

      1. cwillu · 1790960826 · focus · HN ↗

         But until you've broken their arm, you can't know which category you're in.

         1. not_a_bot_4sho · 1790961240 · focus · HN ↗

            Wait, we're the burly man?

            1. roughly · 1790962902 · focus · HN ↗

               weird when people make that swap without noticing it, huh?
            2. recursive · 1790962985 · focus · HN ↗

               I've always aspired to be burly. This is great news.
      2. m463 · 1790966758 · focus · HN ↗

         I remember talking about voting fraud with an indian friend. He said it was more overt in india - a burly guy would grab your finger and make it press the "correct" voting machine button.

         1. thayne · 1790967589 · focus · HN ↗

            That&#x27;s happened in the US too: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cooping" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cooping
   2. howunfortunate · 1790968268 · focus · HN ↗

      Huh? Is this comment referring to something specific or is it just a general swipe at a religion that&#x27;s unliked around here?

      1. SauciestGNU · 1790980832 · focus · HN ↗

         Government in Utah is essentially a Mormon theocracy. People voted for medical cannabis and the church lobbied and got the will of the people overturned. They have strange alcohol laws because their religion forbids alcohol. They&#x27;re hostile to queer rights because their religion dictates such beliefs.

         1. tzs · 1791000850 · focus · HN ↗

            Utah doesn&#x27;t appear to be hostile to queer rights: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;LGBTQ_rights_in_Utah" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;LGBTQ_rights_in_Utah

            1. SauciestGNU · 1791003851 · focus · HN ↗

               They ban municipalities from displaying pride flags and there are a lot of exemptions from legal protections, but I&#x27;ll admit some of my data is obsolete and I was unaware of the protections added in 2014.

               1. [deleted] · 1791017752 · focus · HN ↗

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   3. pseudosavant · 1790968895 · focus · HN ↗

      No stranger to expecting to apply their morality to all people, even those who have a very different set of beliefs. Just a niche brand of christian nationalism seeking to subjugate everyone to their ways.

      1. cheesecakegood · 1790971609 · focus · HN ↗

         Most Mormons are not Christian nationalists and in fact tend to oppose such, especially in comparison to most red states and evangelicals.

         1. pseudosavant · 1791023944 · focus · HN ↗

            That has not been my experience. I was born and raised in it and come from generations of Mormons going back to the 1800s.

            Every family member I know of that is still Mormon only votes MAGA. Same for 90% of the Mormons I know in my area.

            They expressly want a world&#x2F;govt where their kids are never exposed to people with different views or lifestyles (e.g. LGBTQA people).

            None of this should be surprising for the only church to ever operate a theocracy in the US, and also the last major Christian sect to officially stop being racist (in 1978). It is in the cultural DNA.

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