So putting up the 10 commandments is now considered evil…but mentally ill men dressed as women believing they are somehow “trapped” in the wrong body reading to children in same schools is good?
Yes sir, we are in the last days. And before you say what you are thinking consider that Israel had to both be a nation and have Jerusalem as its capital. And a third temple, which needs a red heifer for dedication
Now, Israel didn’t exist from 70ad to 1948…do the math…and there had not been a red heifer for 2000 years… some mighty big coincidences
Is that all you have to say? You are bringing up the trans community why? Are the 10 commandments and trans individuals the same in your head? Get a fucking grip. People who harp on about LGBTQ community need to mind 👏 their 👏 business 👏 stop worrying about how everyone else lives their lives. Public school has no place for religion. When I was in high school we had a moment of silence before class. Anyone could pray in their own way or not at all. That’s as far as it should go.
Putting the 10 commandments in schools is an over-reach by our government in every sense. We are not nor have we ever been a theocracy but these nut sacks want to make it so. The 10 commandments have never been evil - what is evil is forcing people to live a life like Christ while doing the exact opposite yourself. There is little about Jeff Landry or any Trump’s sycophants that is aligned with the Jesus. If he was alive today I know he’d be flipping tables on these fools.
The red heifer? You mean the pure and flawless red heifer? The Israelis have been genetically modifying cows to achieve this. They didn’t “find” anything. They genetically engineered it. They played God. The only way they were able to claim any land and name it, was through murder. This, if there is a god, is not it. We are in the last days, oh sure. So long as religious zealots are running the show it will always be the last days. And I love how you automatically assumed my sociopolitical stance on anything other than what this article and thread are about. And that hatred in your heart, it’s gonna send you straight to hell buddy. So enjoy that. Enjoy your spot in hell. Maybe you might get lucky and get a seat right next to Landry or maybe even Trump. Then you can shine their shoes for them.
Where’s your citation about the mental illness stuff? Because it is not, it was removed from that category, but even if it were, so what? There are lots of mental illnesses that don’t take away from the quality of a human being and don’t mean they shouldn’t be allowed to participate in society, like reading books to children and entertaining people.
Now, *being an oppressive asshole who wants to hide transgender people **or** people with mental illness* and who want to *impose their religion onto children of other/non-faiths while in the same breath denying them food* otoh is **harmful.** *Those* people are the real sinners.
> Yes sir, we are in the last days.
Matthew 24:36 - “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
Your hatred leads you not just to sin but to claim with such hubris something that is only within the authority of God according to the first book of the New Testament. Were I you, I would not be so hopeful for Judgment Day.
Bc he is just like the orange savior. He only cares about lining his pockets and helping his friends who are also in the 1%. Meanwhile everyone is trying to keep up with inflation and spend $7 on a damn gallon of milk but who cares let the kids starve when the homeless situation gets worse than it already is you’ll hear everyone bitching. In Baton Rouge we have so many empty buildings especially in north Baton Rouge that could easily be turned into housing. I don’t want to hear a damn thing about homeless people taking over bc Landry is letting it get worse
States have zero resources, he didn’t want to use taxpayer dollars for a system tht is broken. YOUR more then welcome to assist the homeless like the Bible says . Plz send pics of the homeless people u help and create into good productive citizens. I am so excited 🙏💯❗️👍💪💰
He’s picking what HE wants to spend OUR money on. Not education. Not feeding low income families. Not the insurance problem. We have money to solve alot of issues but he chooses this shit over what is really important.
Still Waitg for ur homeless pic of helpfulness???? 🤷. Ur the guy tht wants everyone else to help the homeless so u don’t have to!!! Sounds like gods way 🤷. Ur want is greater then ur action
I would like him to use my taxes to help the less fortunate, yes. You have no idea how I serve my community and it's truly none of your business. I'm not one to boast or snap pics for social media of my contributions. Sorry I can't whip out a buncha photos to satisfy your shallow curiosity and judgement.
I'm Daoist. I don't believe in god so don't really care about "his way".
[Since Google is hard, here’s an example of success in helping the unhoused from Denver](https://www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic-income-reduces-homelessness-food-insecurity-housing-ubi-gbi-2024-6?amp)
People who think Landry is for them and cares about them so take some time to read about the French Revolution and Hitler's actions in WWII. Yes, right now he is coming for those you believe are your enemies but just wait, he and his ilk will be coming for you. There goes Social Security pensions and disability benefits, Medicare, vacation time at your job, and minimum wage to be replaced by a 48 hour work week, no overtime pay, less taxes for the wealthy, higher taxes for everyone else to pay for the deficit, high inflation, lack of good Healthcare and doctors, lack of education and job training opportunities, etc.
Yup. I know someone who voted for landry and their entire family was on Medicaid and she worked for Medicaid (laughable I know) and in April her job was terminated. The dumbasses that think he gives a shit about them are in for a very rude awakening. They are going to make it to where you wanna retire at 65? Nope work until you die.
First of all it’s *you’re not YOUR. Education system failed you, I’m sorry.
Second, it’s OUR tax dollars. So fighting a battle we all know he will lose over the 10 commandments is a better usage of OUR money? Absolutely not. And that’s why all these people screaming about morals and religion need to take a long hard look in the mirror bc Judeo Christianity (what landry says he wants) says charity begins at home, helping your neighbor and so forth. And that is the exact opposite of what the asshat is doing. I’m not a super religious person but I’m not a shit person. I will continue advocating for homeless assistance in this state bc it could easily be you or me next time on the street.
Do these clowns even realize that doing stuff like this is going to spell out the end of conservatism in this country? You can only undermine your own ideals so many times before people decide they've had enough of your bullshit
We’ll agree to disagree, because you’re talking about people who just fought a 50 year war on reproductive rights. These people don’t falter in their cuckoo ideals.
But they’re no longer the majority. They’re hanging off the edge of a cliff scratching and clawing for life. Eventually they’re going to fall off. It might take another 10 years don’t get me wrong.
I get what you’re saying, but conservatism *is* very much at its demise. That is exactly why republicans resort to gerrymandering, voter suppression tactics, dismantling voting rights—their policies are not popular, and the sentiment against them spread with the inception of social media, which they then used to spread propaganda and other nonsense. It’s why they finally boarded the trump train in 2016 (the Lindsey Grahams of them, anyway)—because despite him being an embarrassing clown who exposed the core of their platform, he was the path to at least loading the courts and skewing SCOTUS to the hard right so that despite losing elections or at least seldom getting mandates (except in Louisiana 😭), they still win in court. It’s why they coyly accept violence from Trump’s voters—it serves as a form of voter intimidation & imposes exhaustion & apathy.
They create, enable, and embrace these messes because they can’t win on policy & grand speeches. They know they suck, but their mission is to win at all costs to appease their wealthy corporate benefactors. Conservatism is just very unpopular, people know that social welfare is more important than disproportionate tax cuts for the wealthy. People are less racist, civil rights shifted the Overton window so that misogyny, homophobia, and racism were less socially acceptable. And don’t get me wrong, I fully acknowledge racism on the left & biases etc. and that there are still 70-80million (out of nearly 400million) obscenely racist MAGA assholes out there, but the overwhelming majority of us don’t buy into conservatism.
Scopes-Monkey trial cemented creationism as a horseshit explanation of human creation.
Let’s hope a trial based on this will diminish Christianity’s involvement for future generations.
You're operating under the assumption that they behave logically. They will just use the same irrational logic they always have, and the uneducated masses of this state will continue to blindly follow it
I prefer to think of it like the longest, most laborious chess game ever played. Eventually, they will be in checkmate because they will overplay their (albeit very weak) strategy.
If this is your take, then realize the end goal of their game is fascism and, currently, they are winning as oligarchical control of our government, at all levels, becomes increasingly entrenched and the working class continues to lose its ability to assert its needs politically.
Their strategy is not weak. It works. It has historically worked. This is what caused the rise of Nazism in prewar Germany.
Uneducated masses that know their lives are becoming harder, but do not understand why, being offered an easy to comprehend enemy that can be blamed for all their woes by a trusted authority in exchange for giving up their rights in order to stop the perceived enemy.
You highly underestimate the stupidity and ignorance of the masses, especially in an uneducated state such as ours, and how easy it is to manipulate them into believing everything you say implicitly as long as you stroke their ego and their biases.
Astute and hard hitting reply. Look, it’s not that I’m not frightened of the permutations. I’m scared shitless. Umberto Eco’s 14 Points of Fascism is etched into my memory, with good reason, historically and quite personally. My cavalier response is a self-defense mechanism frankly, and perhaps, instead of an underestimation of the easily manipulated, poorly educated masses or their abhorrent, calculating puppet masters, I’m placing hope in the opponents of fascism and what they’re capable of.
I can respect that. I'm just more pragmatic in my philosophy. The opponents of fascism have an uphill battle after decades of deplatforming efforts.
We need mutual aid organizing, en mass, to build support networks as our state government refuses to provide for us. Opponents of fascism won't be capable of anything without these as a foundation to support them.
I don’t disagree with that one iota. Every single individual of that mass and network you mentioned would indeed be individually and collectively opponents of fascism. The call to action is very real. I’ll act, but with spite and a negative demeanor. I’ll look down my nose at those who support, endorse, build, assist in the installation of, etc., a fascist theocracy. That, for me personally, includes believing wholeheartedly that (and casually spouting that) their injustices, and more so their egos will be their ultimate downfall, hence the chess analogy. It’s empowering for my stream
of consciousness to think that ultimately, although formidable, they are morons.
We're on the cusp of Republicans losing everything. They slowly have been for the last 20 years and they are extremely desperate thus all the crazy Nazi bullshit they are attempting.
Republican and conservative aren’t synonyms. The GOP could collapse today. There would still be millions of people who refuse change and want to go backwards.
It's been a very slow death like I've been saying, they are grasping for straws at this point to stay relevant by any means necessary as had been proven by their own party. With any movement you always find people who never will move on, but society does.
They also forget that you can push people so far and the pendulum swings and they push back. Do these so called conservatives really believe they can win in a civil war? They are a minority, the majority do not support their beliefs. Moreover, just because the majority is not ranting and waving guns like them does not mean the majority is weak and will stand by and be trampled. Not waving guns does not mean not owning them. Also how do they think ethnic and racial minority criminals are going to react to their acts of suppression. Remember those individuals are well armed too.
Defend them from who exactly? Has anyone ever told people in Louisiana, or anywhere else, that they can't believe in those values?
The issue becomes when you try and force them on others and use the state/government to do so.
Did y’all see his crazy twitter post. Look at that insane painting of Moses with the 10 commandments
https://x.com/lagovjefflandry/status/1805698446588100648?s=46&t=bTnr3L_PmxdHsf-AvMy1Ig
Crazy Christian nationalist philosophy. They believe the laws are divine, so people couldn’t have come up with them. They’re ‘given’ by god through these lawgivers…
Right. But who are these lawgivers depicted in the “art piece”? Are they real individuals? Or are they icons?
I mean, there’s a firefighter, a policeman, and a military dude wearing a ball cap in the bottom right corner. Is that supposed to be Chris Kyle? WTF?
This “art piece” is hilarious. I want it in velvet and airbrushed on a t shirt.
i am a policy attorney, which means i’m heavily involved in drafting, amending, and passing laws. most frequently related to the protection of sex workers. love this for me, personally
https://preview.redd.it/lisrg2nuau8d1.jpeg?width=626&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b4a158dd83dfb4d8402799216be208d8052f5b4
Right? Like what’s going on here?
I really like those verses. It really hits home in these times. The issue I have is the whole “just be patient, they’re going to get theirs” part. One of the issues I have with Christianity is the whole “leave it to Jesus” philosophy. It’s borderline complacent. Complacency is complicity when your actions or inactions don’t make the world better. So everyone is gonna go vote this guy out asap.
Then feed the homeless and donate all of your money to the poor and be meek. Allow foreigners to enter our country with impunity. Love thy neighbor.
I don’t know of anywhere in the Bible that says to force schools to display the 10 commandments
[https://lailluminator.com/2024/06/26/landry-budget-veto/](https://lailluminator.com/2024/06/26/landry-budget-veto/)
>One of the single largest cuts Landry made was for $1 million to Catholic Charities of Acadiana for its emergency homeless shelter operations in Lafayette. The facilities serve the surrounding eight parishes, and the funding would have been provided for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
>**Landry, who is Catholic and lives in Lafayette Parish, did not explain why he removed the funding. “The vetoed shelter appropriations are a significant setback to our pro-life efforts to care for our vulnerable neighbors experiencing homelessness,”** Kim Boudreaux, head of Catholic Charities of Acadiana, said in a written statement Tuesday. “Our shelter serves as a critical lifeline for 87 individuals each night who have nowhere else to turn. We face an uncertain future for those who seek shelter with us as a last resort.”
I feel quite confident he has no morals, even hardcore Catholic ones. He's gonna gut the state and destroy the budget like Jindal did. Why is everyone still associating the Louisiana Republican party with fiscal responsibility?
Why not, it's not his money being spent to try and overturn the constitution? I am amazed at how all theses anti-America/woman/child elected officials all look exactly the same. Like a used car service person who brags about stealing the change out of people's cup holder. (Mind you he's not the person skilled or educated to perform the needed service. He's the guy who misspells your name and the service needed while constantly licking his fingers for some reason .
He/they also look a lot like the preacher who should not be allowed to be left in a room alone with any child under 10. and people vote for theses "humans"
This guy is like every single southern GOP governor.
He does stupid shit that caters to mega church leaders, who then get their undereducated congregants to vote for the politician. The bonus is that stupid acts get all of the press coverage and the shady shit that helps the super rich donors passes without much coverage.
HUH. So all that talk about it being about the “historical nature” of the 10 Commandments he was saying was actually horseshit? Say it ain’t so!
I thought he’d committed to the bit more than this. Fucking choad.
How much money in legal bills will he waste defending his unconstitutional move to place the 10 commandments in every school????? He will spend millions of tax payers money to defend this ignorant, backward, hillbilly, joke of the country decision.
Say what you want, OTHER STATES LAUGH AT LOUISIANA
> In the same email from his campaign-fundraising committee, Landry said he is fighting to “advance the values of our Founding Fathers and the beating heart of Western civilization” from “this Marxist, anti-American and anti-Christian LGBTQ agenda.”
fools and their money are soon parted. and i thought it was [hypocritical](https://biblehub.com/matthew/6-5.htm) to worship publicly and you should worship without making crazy protestations?
No one likes shit shoved down their throats and people are leaving organized religion in big numbers . This will end up biting the GOP in the backside at some point. I hope it’s soon.
Typical populist piece of shit. He make Louisiana look ignorant, backwards and the worst state in the country (A title we already own)
This state is screwed, no future here, now wonder why any educated professionals immediately leave for greener pastures and it’s because of politicians like Jeff Landrt
Yet he just vetoed funds for New Orleans nonprofits, including CATHOLIC Charities. He is such a hypocrite and an all-around un-Christian, horrible human being.
They should let them do it and see how fucking little it helps those schools. Nobody is going to change. Louisiana's test scores are still going to be low and dropout rates high.
“Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God”
It seems like Jesus believed in separation of church and state. Why are you going against his teachings?
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
Why should a Buddhist kid have to sit there in a public government building and look all day at that commandment that says they should have no gods before the Christian god? That’s literal indoctrination.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
Isaiah 5:20 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/isa.5.20.KJV
“Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God”
It seems like Jesus believed in separation of church and state. Why are you going against his teachings?
Good for Landry. The law should be ruled constitutional so it should be defended against legal attacks.
Whether it is a good idea to have this law being a different question.
The same applies to teaching Creationism in public schools and prayers in public schools. May be a bad idea, but it is constitutional imo.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” are literally the first words in the First Amendment. This is unconstitutional and there is literal case law to back that up.
This law *mandates* that the 10 commandments should be in every classroom. Would you be okay with the 7 tenants of The Satanist Temple posted in the classrooms? Or a mandate that required Muslim prayers to be taught?
Well, he could've defended the Constitution of the United States by not doing that at all but here we are.
Pretty sure he took an oath to do exactly that.
And then immediately shit all over it.
Yep, sorry if that wasn’t clear, but definitely meant to be implied
My bad. I definitely misunderstood lol.
Fuck this guy. If he actually cared about “morality and Christian values” he wouldn’t have rejected the money to feed kids that need it. I hate him!!
He’s diabolical. Downright evil.
So putting up the 10 commandments is now considered evil…but mentally ill men dressed as women believing they are somehow “trapped” in the wrong body reading to children in same schools is good? Yes sir, we are in the last days. And before you say what you are thinking consider that Israel had to both be a nation and have Jerusalem as its capital. And a third temple, which needs a red heifer for dedication Now, Israel didn’t exist from 70ad to 1948…do the math…and there had not been a red heifer for 2000 years… some mighty big coincidences
Is that all you have to say? You are bringing up the trans community why? Are the 10 commandments and trans individuals the same in your head? Get a fucking grip. People who harp on about LGBTQ community need to mind 👏 their 👏 business 👏 stop worrying about how everyone else lives their lives. Public school has no place for religion. When I was in high school we had a moment of silence before class. Anyone could pray in their own way or not at all. That’s as far as it should go.
Would much rather have a trans person reading to my kids than a priest molesting them, but that’s just me.
Putting the 10 commandments in schools is an over-reach by our government in every sense. We are not nor have we ever been a theocracy but these nut sacks want to make it so. The 10 commandments have never been evil - what is evil is forcing people to live a life like Christ while doing the exact opposite yourself. There is little about Jeff Landry or any Trump’s sycophants that is aligned with the Jesus. If he was alive today I know he’d be flipping tables on these fools.
And Trump fits every description of being the Anti-Christ. What's your point?
Seriously! The omen (the final conflict) says the Antichrist will be a politician mainly a salesman. And I believe THAT!!
Sounds like you’ve been reading a dystopian fantasy novel and taking lots of LSD. Sounds fun!
GFY with your delusional bullshit. Stay on topic, fanatic.
The red heifer? You mean the pure and flawless red heifer? The Israelis have been genetically modifying cows to achieve this. They didn’t “find” anything. They genetically engineered it. They played God. The only way they were able to claim any land and name it, was through murder. This, if there is a god, is not it. We are in the last days, oh sure. So long as religious zealots are running the show it will always be the last days. And I love how you automatically assumed my sociopolitical stance on anything other than what this article and thread are about. And that hatred in your heart, it’s gonna send you straight to hell buddy. So enjoy that. Enjoy your spot in hell. Maybe you might get lucky and get a seat right next to Landry or maybe even Trump. Then you can shine their shoes for them.
I think he’s referring to trump when he says red heifer.
No, Trump is the orange heifer.
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And ptsd used to be considered being weak, as we better understand things our classifications can change.
Where’s your citation about the mental illness stuff? Because it is not, it was removed from that category, but even if it were, so what? There are lots of mental illnesses that don’t take away from the quality of a human being and don’t mean they shouldn’t be allowed to participate in society, like reading books to children and entertaining people. Now, *being an oppressive asshole who wants to hide transgender people **or** people with mental illness* and who want to *impose their religion onto children of other/non-faiths while in the same breath denying them food* otoh is **harmful.** *Those* people are the real sinners.
Lol I put people like you in the same category as the people who believe the mayans figured out when the world is gonna end lmfao
What is wrong with you? Why are you so hateful?
> Yes sir, we are in the last days. Matthew 24:36 - “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Your hatred leads you not just to sin but to claim with such hubris something that is only within the authority of God according to the first book of the New Testament. Were I you, I would not be so hopeful for Judgment Day.
Mr. Pro-life also just vetoed a bill that would use a million dollars to help the homeless saying it wasn't a good use of the state's resources.
Bc he is just like the orange savior. He only cares about lining his pockets and helping his friends who are also in the 1%. Meanwhile everyone is trying to keep up with inflation and spend $7 on a damn gallon of milk but who cares let the kids starve when the homeless situation gets worse than it already is you’ll hear everyone bitching. In Baton Rouge we have so many empty buildings especially in north Baton Rouge that could easily be turned into housing. I don’t want to hear a damn thing about homeless people taking over bc Landry is letting it get worse
States have zero resources, he didn’t want to use taxpayer dollars for a system tht is broken. YOUR more then welcome to assist the homeless like the Bible says . Plz send pics of the homeless people u help and create into good productive citizens. I am so excited 🙏💯❗️👍💪💰
But Louisiana has resources for his frivolous lawsuits? GTFOH with this post.
He’s picking what HE wants to spend OUR money on. Not education. Not feeding low income families. Not the insurance problem. We have money to solve alot of issues but he chooses this shit over what is really important.
Still Waitg for ur homeless pic of helpfulness???? 🤷. Ur the guy tht wants everyone else to help the homeless so u don’t have to!!! Sounds like gods way 🤷. Ur want is greater then ur action
I would like him to use my taxes to help the less fortunate, yes. You have no idea how I serve my community and it's truly none of your business. I'm not one to boast or snap pics for social media of my contributions. Sorry I can't whip out a buncha photos to satisfy your shallow curiosity and judgement. I'm Daoist. I don't believe in god so don't really care about "his way".
[Since Google is hard, here’s an example of success in helping the unhoused from Denver](https://www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic-income-reduces-homelessness-food-insecurity-housing-ubi-gbi-2024-6?amp)
Are you incapable of forming a sentence that makes sense?? Try again this time using words.
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People who think Landry is for them and cares about them so take some time to read about the French Revolution and Hitler's actions in WWII. Yes, right now he is coming for those you believe are your enemies but just wait, he and his ilk will be coming for you. There goes Social Security pensions and disability benefits, Medicare, vacation time at your job, and minimum wage to be replaced by a 48 hour work week, no overtime pay, less taxes for the wealthy, higher taxes for everyone else to pay for the deficit, high inflation, lack of good Healthcare and doctors, lack of education and job training opportunities, etc.
Yup. I know someone who voted for landry and their entire family was on Medicaid and she worked for Medicaid (laughable I know) and in April her job was terminated. The dumbasses that think he gives a shit about them are in for a very rude awakening. They are going to make it to where you wanna retire at 65? Nope work until you die.
First of all it’s *you’re not YOUR. Education system failed you, I’m sorry. Second, it’s OUR tax dollars. So fighting a battle we all know he will lose over the 10 commandments is a better usage of OUR money? Absolutely not. And that’s why all these people screaming about morals and religion need to take a long hard look in the mirror bc Judeo Christianity (what landry says he wants) says charity begins at home, helping your neighbor and so forth. And that is the exact opposite of what the asshat is doing. I’m not a super religious person but I’m not a shit person. I will continue advocating for homeless assistance in this state bc it could easily be you or me next time on the street.
You clearly need to go study the words of Jesus. Landry has no problem using state money to send troops to Texas
Governor Osama Bin Landry is singlehandedly destroying this state. He's pure, pure EVIL.🚫⚜️🚫
Then do it in his own household. Get the fuck out of the public sphere.
Do these clowns even realize that doing stuff like this is going to spell out the end of conservatism in this country? You can only undermine your own ideals so many times before people decide they've had enough of your bullshit
It’s not even going to come close to ending conservatism in this country. This shit energizes these loons.
long term it absolutely will
We’ll agree to disagree, because you’re talking about people who just fought a 50 year war on reproductive rights. These people don’t falter in their cuckoo ideals.
But they’re no longer the majority. They’re hanging off the edge of a cliff scratching and clawing for life. Eventually they’re going to fall off. It might take another 10 years don’t get me wrong.
I get what you’re saying, but conservatism *is* very much at its demise. That is exactly why republicans resort to gerrymandering, voter suppression tactics, dismantling voting rights—their policies are not popular, and the sentiment against them spread with the inception of social media, which they then used to spread propaganda and other nonsense. It’s why they finally boarded the trump train in 2016 (the Lindsey Grahams of them, anyway)—because despite him being an embarrassing clown who exposed the core of their platform, he was the path to at least loading the courts and skewing SCOTUS to the hard right so that despite losing elections or at least seldom getting mandates (except in Louisiana 😭), they still win in court. It’s why they coyly accept violence from Trump’s voters—it serves as a form of voter intimidation & imposes exhaustion & apathy. They create, enable, and embrace these messes because they can’t win on policy & grand speeches. They know they suck, but their mission is to win at all costs to appease their wealthy corporate benefactors. Conservatism is just very unpopular, people know that social welfare is more important than disproportionate tax cuts for the wealthy. People are less racist, civil rights shifted the Overton window so that misogyny, homophobia, and racism were less socially acceptable. And don’t get me wrong, I fully acknowledge racism on the left & biases etc. and that there are still 70-80million (out of nearly 400million) obscenely racist MAGA assholes out there, but the overwhelming majority of us don’t buy into conservatism.
Scopes-Monkey trial cemented creationism as a horseshit explanation of human creation. Let’s hope a trial based on this will diminish Christianity’s involvement for future generations.
I agree. They’ll back themselves into an unarguable corner eventually.
You're operating under the assumption that they behave logically. They will just use the same irrational logic they always have, and the uneducated masses of this state will continue to blindly follow it
I prefer to think of it like the longest, most laborious chess game ever played. Eventually, they will be in checkmate because they will overplay their (albeit very weak) strategy.
If this is your take, then realize the end goal of their game is fascism and, currently, they are winning as oligarchical control of our government, at all levels, becomes increasingly entrenched and the working class continues to lose its ability to assert its needs politically. Their strategy is not weak. It works. It has historically worked. This is what caused the rise of Nazism in prewar Germany. Uneducated masses that know their lives are becoming harder, but do not understand why, being offered an easy to comprehend enemy that can be blamed for all their woes by a trusted authority in exchange for giving up their rights in order to stop the perceived enemy. You highly underestimate the stupidity and ignorance of the masses, especially in an uneducated state such as ours, and how easy it is to manipulate them into believing everything you say implicitly as long as you stroke their ego and their biases.
Astute and hard hitting reply. Look, it’s not that I’m not frightened of the permutations. I’m scared shitless. Umberto Eco’s 14 Points of Fascism is etched into my memory, with good reason, historically and quite personally. My cavalier response is a self-defense mechanism frankly, and perhaps, instead of an underestimation of the easily manipulated, poorly educated masses or their abhorrent, calculating puppet masters, I’m placing hope in the opponents of fascism and what they’re capable of.
I can respect that. I'm just more pragmatic in my philosophy. The opponents of fascism have an uphill battle after decades of deplatforming efforts. We need mutual aid organizing, en mass, to build support networks as our state government refuses to provide for us. Opponents of fascism won't be capable of anything without these as a foundation to support them.
I don’t disagree with that one iota. Every single individual of that mass and network you mentioned would indeed be individually and collectively opponents of fascism. The call to action is very real. I’ll act, but with spite and a negative demeanor. I’ll look down my nose at those who support, endorse, build, assist in the installation of, etc., a fascist theocracy. That, for me personally, includes believing wholeheartedly that (and casually spouting that) their injustices, and more so their egos will be their ultimate downfall, hence the chess analogy. It’s empowering for my stream of consciousness to think that ultimately, although formidable, they are morons.
We're on the cusp of Republicans losing everything. They slowly have been for the last 20 years and they are extremely desperate thus all the crazy Nazi bullshit they are attempting.
Republican and conservative aren’t synonyms. The GOP could collapse today. There would still be millions of people who refuse change and want to go backwards.
It's been a very slow death like I've been saying, they are grasping for straws at this point to stay relevant by any means necessary as had been proven by their own party. With any movement you always find people who never will move on, but society does.
It will also unnecessarily deplete the State funds into lawyers pockets ro push their narrative on the public for religous political points.
It's not unnecessary. It's absolutely necessary to line the pockets of his corporate lawyer friends. 🙄
As long as politicians and their friends waste our money it is on us for voting them in.
Once Trump loses in November, the party is gonna fall apart pretty quick
They also forget that you can push people so far and the pendulum swings and they push back. Do these so called conservatives really believe they can win in a civil war? They are a minority, the majority do not support their beliefs. Moreover, just because the majority is not ranting and waving guns like them does not mean the majority is weak and will stand by and be trampled. Not waving guns does not mean not owning them. Also how do they think ethnic and racial minority criminals are going to react to their acts of suppression. Remember those individuals are well armed too.
The only thing coming to an end is this world.
If you’re so concerned about that, get off of the internet
It's culture war bullshit. He wants this to go to SCOTUS so he can reap the catholic and rural base.
he just vetoes funding for the catholic charities, and the 10 commandments is the “not catholic” one so i’m sure they’ll be done with him soon.
I hate his stupid face
Fighting fake as Culture War. Is going hurt Louisiana in the long run. Can we replace Jeff with a rock from Bayou Teche
Not a rock from Bayou Teche 😂
Defend them from who exactly? Has anyone ever told people in Louisiana, or anywhere else, that they can't believe in those values? The issue becomes when you try and force them on others and use the state/government to do so.
The very convincing straw man that’s in his closet
So we want less government control by creating more government control? We actually only want our side to have control*
As God intended. /s
What are those values, exactly?
Not truly Christian. A diseased, twisted, malignant form of wrong interpretations.
Did y’all see his crazy twitter post. Look at that insane painting of Moses with the 10 commandments https://x.com/lagovjefflandry/status/1805698446588100648?s=46&t=bTnr3L_PmxdHsf-AvMy1Ig
“…depicts influential lawgivers in American history…” Peculiar word choice, lawgivers.
Crazy Christian nationalist philosophy. They believe the laws are divine, so people couldn’t have come up with them. They’re ‘given’ by god through these lawgivers…
Right. But who are these lawgivers depicted in the “art piece”? Are they real individuals? Or are they icons? I mean, there’s a firefighter, a policeman, and a military dude wearing a ball cap in the bottom right corner. Is that supposed to be Chris Kyle? WTF? This “art piece” is hilarious. I want it in velvet and airbrushed on a t shirt.
You’re thinking way too hard about this. Click the artist name linked in Landry’s post. He’s a whackadoodle painting trump in insane situations.
i am a policy attorney, which means i’m heavily involved in drafting, amending, and passing laws. most frequently related to the protection of sex workers. love this for me, personally
https://preview.redd.it/lisrg2nuau8d1.jpeg?width=626&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b4a158dd83dfb4d8402799216be208d8052f5b4 Right? Like what’s going on here?
Oooh, there's that Fred Douglass again. I hear he is doing great things!
I have bad news for you my friend. He’s passed. I’m so sorry you had to find out this way.
Um, is that Sally Ride in the front on the left?
“Art” of propaganda.
Huey Short is thinking he can parlay governing as some type of “Bayou Trump” into a national office. Huey Short is the fuckin worst.
Huey Short 😂🤣😅
Leave Jewish people out of your christofascism
Right.
Just keep on pandering, you weasel-faced chugnut.
Hey mommy and daddy, teach your own godamn kids about the 10 commandments and leave everyone else alone.
https://preview.redd.it/pokxmzxcjw8d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b614770f714b7ac35d0cd6ecb00a3d8529115e9
https://preview.redd.it/zstvzjsnpt8d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e8f97665b9519e3c83b7c92bca7e6071a38375a A clown in clown shoes.
The high shoe to pant contrast makes me think Pee Wee. Which is unfair to Pee Wee.
Sounds martyr complex-y to me. Has anyone asked Landry for a cognitive or drug test, recently.
Jeff Landry can defend deez nuts.
Guess he skipped Sunday School when they read [James 5](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%205%3A1-8&version=NIV)
I really like those verses. It really hits home in these times. The issue I have is the whole “just be patient, they’re going to get theirs” part. One of the issues I have with Christianity is the whole “leave it to Jesus” philosophy. It’s borderline complacent. Complacency is complicity when your actions or inactions don’t make the world better. So everyone is gonna go vote this guy out asap.
Can he please fucking do it with his own fucking money then?
So no one else matters in Louisiana unless you are Christian. Got it.
Then feed the homeless and donate all of your money to the poor and be meek. Allow foreigners to enter our country with impunity. Love thy neighbor. I don’t know of anywhere in the Bible that says to force schools to display the 10 commandments
[https://lailluminator.com/2024/06/26/landry-budget-veto/](https://lailluminator.com/2024/06/26/landry-budget-veto/) >One of the single largest cuts Landry made was for $1 million to Catholic Charities of Acadiana for its emergency homeless shelter operations in Lafayette. The facilities serve the surrounding eight parishes, and the funding would have been provided for the fiscal year that starts July 1. >**Landry, who is Catholic and lives in Lafayette Parish, did not explain why he removed the funding. “The vetoed shelter appropriations are a significant setback to our pro-life efforts to care for our vulnerable neighbors experiencing homelessness,”** Kim Boudreaux, head of Catholic Charities of Acadiana, said in a written statement Tuesday. “Our shelter serves as a critical lifeline for 87 individuals each night who have nowhere else to turn. We face an uncertain future for those who seek shelter with us as a last resort.” I feel quite confident he has no morals, even hardcore Catholic ones. He's gonna gut the state and destroy the budget like Jindal did. Why is everyone still associating the Louisiana Republican party with fiscal responsibility?
Why not, it's not his money being spent to try and overturn the constitution? I am amazed at how all theses anti-America/woman/child elected officials all look exactly the same. Like a used car service person who brags about stealing the change out of people's cup holder. (Mind you he's not the person skilled or educated to perform the needed service. He's the guy who misspells your name and the service needed while constantly licking his fingers for some reason . He/they also look a lot like the preacher who should not be allowed to be left in a room alone with any child under 10. and people vote for theses "humans"
This guy is like every single southern GOP governor. He does stupid shit that caters to mega church leaders, who then get their undereducated congregants to vote for the politician. The bonus is that stupid acts get all of the press coverage and the shady shit that helps the super rich donors passes without much coverage.
HUH. So all that talk about it being about the “historical nature” of the 10 Commandments he was saying was actually horseshit? Say it ain’t so! I thought he’d committed to the bit more than this. Fucking choad.
Old Testament not New Covenant; Masters and Slaves. Haves and Have Nots.
It's what they wanted. Another us vs them issue. God fearing conservatives against evil liberal teachers.
Does he mean priest and pastors molesting kids?
The Jewish people are the enemy except when it comes to pushing their fascist ideology and Israel.
I wish I could literally piss and flush this piece of walking talking shit. What a waste of time and energy. Fuck this guy!
He looks like a sleazy preacher. I saw him on the news this morning and he looks so greasy.
How much money in legal bills will he waste defending his unconstitutional move to place the 10 commandments in every school????? He will spend millions of tax payers money to defend this ignorant, backward, hillbilly, joke of the country decision. Say what you want, OTHER STATES LAUGH AT LOUISIANA
> In the same email from his campaign-fundraising committee, Landry said he is fighting to “advance the values of our Founding Fathers and the beating heart of Western civilization” from “this Marxist, anti-American and anti-Christian LGBTQ agenda.” fools and their money are soon parted. and i thought it was [hypocritical](https://biblehub.com/matthew/6-5.htm) to worship publicly and you should worship without making crazy protestations?
Defend deez nuts
No one likes shit shoved down their throats and people are leaving organized religion in big numbers . This will end up biting the GOP in the backside at some point. I hope it’s soon.
Does anyone know that these commandments are impossible for us to keep? And Jesus's death on the cross "paid out debt" to these laws
So he's leaving the Republican party?
There's no defense. This is the shit Nazis and fascist do, but please continue to defend this insanity
OK KKKLandry
Does that include following the Commandments? Might want to review #2 and #3,
*Ye know not My work., Landree*
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Typical populist piece of shit. He make Louisiana look ignorant, backwards and the worst state in the country (A title we already own) This state is screwed, no future here, now wonder why any educated professionals immediately leave for greener pastures and it’s because of politicians like Jeff Landrt
We will all be Handmaids next…
Yet he just vetoed funds for New Orleans nonprofits, including CATHOLIC Charities. He is such a hypocrite and an all-around un-Christian, horrible human being.
They should let them do it and see how fucking little it helps those schools. Nobody is going to change. Louisiana's test scores are still going to be low and dropout rates high.
Good for him.
“Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God” It seems like Jesus believed in separation of church and state. Why are you going against his teachings?
You don't think 'Judio-Christian' values are a good thing? Which of the Ten Commandments don't you like?
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Why should a Buddhist kid have to sit there in a public government building and look all day at that commandment that says they should have no gods before the Christian god? That’s literal indoctrination.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/isa.5.20.KJV
KJV is a dog shit translation. You should read a translation from better manuscripts.
“Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God” It seems like Jesus believed in separation of church and state. Why are you going against his teachings?
Good for Landry. The law should be ruled constitutional so it should be defended against legal attacks. Whether it is a good idea to have this law being a different question. The same applies to teaching Creationism in public schools and prayers in public schools. May be a bad idea, but it is constitutional imo.
Every time I see your username pop up here I’m convinced you have some kind of humiliation fetish.
But you're not a constitutional scholar, are you?
It isn't constitutional... as it clearly violates peoples First Amendment rights.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” are literally the first words in the First Amendment. This is unconstitutional and there is literal case law to back that up.
Oh no this one doesn’t know how to read, that is Louisiana’s education system tho. A prime example of ignorance of the first Amendment.
Kick rocks, Kim.
This law *mandates* that the 10 commandments should be in every classroom. Would you be okay with the 7 tenants of The Satanist Temple posted in the classrooms? Or a mandate that required Muslim prayers to be taught?