There are always folks who whine about me making fun of religion, saying things like âwhy canât you let people believe what they wantâ or claiming Iâm being rude by mocking a completely ridiculous ideology.
This post is for those people.
Do you understand now?
Does it make sense?
Do you feel any sort of responsibility for the current SCOTUS situation (after all, you gave religion a pass and didnât see a problem with it affecting public policy)?
If youâve argued that people like me need to leave religion alone, you tacitly supported this SCOTUS decision. Full stop.
âlol why are atheists all so angry?!?â
Because weâve been screaming about the enormous problem that is Christian Nationalism for years (decades?). Since before the abhorrent Citizens United ruling, weâve been screaming that Republicans are playing the long game. Weâve been screaming about the slow moving, multi-decade coup since the 90s. The gerrymandering. The voter suppression. The extremist/activist Republican judges being appointed (⌠to lifetime positions).
While weâve been screaming about these factual, objectively true events, youâve been concern trolling and laughing about how âtriggeredâ we are.
We screamed about Trump hijacking the Christian Nationalist movement (Trump is neither a Christian nor a nationalist â he cares only about himself).
Weâve been saying things like âRoe is on the ballot in Novemberâ. You said we were being ridiculous, and engaging in hyperbole.
Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell singlehandedly prohibited Garland from having a confirmation hearing, then in one of the most hypocritical acts of a politician in the 21st century, nominates Barrett just weeks before Trump lost the election. (Remember â those two appointments alone swung the court to a place where striking down Roe is possible, if not guaranteed.)
They want to make getting abortion â a medical procedure â a felony. (I warned about this 6 years ago.)
There are 13 states that already have laws on the books that will effectively ban abortion immediately once SCOTUS formally issues this ruling. At least a dozen other states will follow suit.
A politician in Arizona has already said they want to ban condoms. THEY WANT TO BAN CONDOMS. (I wrote an article warning about this five years ago. And another one 3 years ago.)
Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn said that a 1965 SCOTUS ruling that made contraceptives legal is âconstitutionally unsoundâ. Sheâs a horrible human being, but sheâs not stupid. She wouldnât publicly say something like that if she didnât already know there is support behind the idea. (I wrote about the Christian Nationalist infatuation with abstinence-only sex education 4 years ago. But I also wrote about that 2 years prior, too.)
A SITTING UNITED STATES SENATOR THINKS THAT SIMPLY BEING ABLE TO BUY CONDOMS AND BIRTH CONTROL PILLS IS âCONSTITUTIONALLY UNSOUNDâ.
And this is all coming from the same group of people who think âitâs not rape if the child isnât penetrated,â which is a real think a real religious âleaderâ said.
So yes, youâre goddamn right Iâm angry.
The real question: why arenât you?
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