They seem to be few and far between in some parts of the country, thankfully, but they're pretty common in some other parts. If you've never lived near them, or worked with them, you're very fortunate.

I delete anything she forwards...

use god stuff to promote their superiority in their own head. They get a score of 100% in my book of short a few cards of a full deck.

They're deck has too many cards, and ones no one else has ever seen.

...is either a joker or some of those really creepy cards from tarot decks.

Just to look around, I didn't post anything. She had about 1,000 friends! She'll be back.

Jeebus H. Christ, that is one ugly American. Could this be a spoof? Is anybody really this dumb?

and when people laugh, the fundies see that as more evidence of Christian persecution.

I know this because my sister is a bit of a religious nutter.

And I can't get to the Advocate article either by the link in the OP or Google.

Incidentally, Elletsville, IN is a small town right outside of liberal Bloomington. In fact, the rest of the county is blue. Ellettsville is part of a gerrymandered district that just takes a tiny sliver of Monroe County to connect it with rural, more conservative counties to the north and south.

And I have seen at least three young--they look to be high school age--boys proudly flying the Confederate flag from their pick-up trucks in the last few days in Ellettsville.

ETA: Saw the Betty Bowers remix. Advocate website was down for a bit.

Glad the Advocate link got fixed--I did find that freakishly riveting...!

http://www.advocate.com/comedy/2015/07/04/christian-woman-records-herself-losing-it-over-marriage-equality-gets-remixed

(To use her terminology.)

Wackos have to wack. It is the only thing they know, which is kind of amazing given the few number of functioning neurons they possess.

And they even have an entire major US political party at their disposal, which (by the way) has both houses of the federal congress and a majority of state legislatures and governorships at their bidding.

Democrats are losing this battle... To whom? To ignorant know nothings like this crazy lady. Crazy has taken over.

Welcome to the monkey house.

Throwing verbal feces around.

... like her. We're losing to the interests that are using her, playing to her fears and prejudices.

The only relevance is that they have both federal houses of the US Congress, a majority of state legislatures, and a majority of governors' mansions.

So what is our plan? I recommend setting aside infighting over whether Hillary supported Goldwater, or that Bernie supports the second amendment (or whatever minutia one can come up with).

The fact is, the GOP is kicking our butt. Now I do not think their clown car occupants will anytime soon gain the White House. But there will be Hell to pay if they ever do. God knows they have the rest of the marbles.

Meanwhile here at DU, we have childish infighting about an election which is 16 months away.

We are being played. That is why the GOP has most of the marbles.

The extent to which we do not unite is the extent to which we will continue to lose.

But, but, but, Hillary...

But, but, but, Bernie...

Childish, like two year olds' tantrums.
Sick of that shit here.

We unite or we lose. It is just that simple.

Thanks.

Her problem is that there isn't an angry mob running by to join.

We have many nice ladies who feel as she does around here, even if they don't act out on line. They may be wonderful to those in their ingroup, but they are blind to what it means to be a strong social conservative in an era that is encouraging them to act on their anxiety and are totally clueless about their potential for evil behavior against others. For that matter, there probably isn't one in ten who actually knows what a liberal is, just that they need to somehow stop "them" before "they" destroy the country.

Oh, and I SO agree we need to refuse to be played.

We laugh at these freaks but they are legion and they are very dangerous.

is the ability to look at yourself and say that I may be wrong on this issue. That is what I think the sane (read Democrat) people of America have. The nutters like this woman will never admit to being wrong about anything. My uncle is one. Never wrong about anything and cannot therefore agree with any one. Can you see Donald Trump say, "I may be wrong about this or that". Or Ted Cruz, or any of the other 16-18 insane people who are running for president. I think the Ds of the world have the ability to look at issues and say that they need to rethink. I think even some Rs will come around to the view that some of the things that they are against, they really are not against, because they don't understand what it is they are against. Like being against healthcare for all. Not everyone gets sick, but everyone has a relative or friend who is or gets there. Not everyone has student debt, but know someone who does which prevents them from being productive human beings for having to pay off that debt (much like Greece). Not everyone has to get there car fixed, but they pay insurance for that to happen. This is like an insurance policy. I don't think goop is kicking our butt. They had their opportunity and were too inept to capitalize. Admittedly we had to suffer through Bill Clinton and his triangulation, but things still were good then. There are voices in the wilderness, right wing Christian voices, who are having epiphanies around us and are leading there misguided flocks to the trough of human kindness. We see the pope having come to the correct conclusion. Who cares that magic smoke is waved about and magic turns water to blood etc., as long as the out come is what is truly good for mankind, earth and its other inhabitants.
Who care what our candidates did or supported in the past. They are seeing the truth now, and maybe knew the truth then and had no options. Now they do. Bernie is my man. Never gave money to a political person before, but I did to Bernie. But you know what, Hillary is a good person who came down wrong on some things, but so did a lot of people. Maybe she felt she had no option, but she does lots of good things and supports lots of good things. And if she is the candidate, I will support her. And I will not do so grudgingly, but happily. I just do not want our candidates to say and do things nasty to the other. Disagree, OK. Defend, OK. Sarcastically disarm, not OK. I apologize for the disjointed way this all came out. Just off the top of my head. We have the strength and we need to use it.

... but I was really making a different point. We're not losing because people like her are doing something strategically brilliant and out maneuvering us somehow. I.e, we're NOT losing to "people like her". We're losing because interests who ARE strategically brilliant are "using her" - and millions like her in one way or another - to do their bidding at the voting booth. We would do better to try and educate someone as misguided as she is to exactly how she's being used - rather than mocking her and making fun of her (which likely only strengthens her resolve to remain ignorant).

She's much more like us than she is the Koch brothers, no? She just doesn't realize it.

But by my thinking, ridiculous arguments deserve only ridicule. And the more blatant the ridiculous argument, the more one should pile on the ridicule.

I may be wrong on this, but just the fact that people take the woman in the OP seriously means that one is battling a different kind of enemy.

How else other than merely laughing out loud in their faces? Using ridicule.

BTW, the GOP presidential clown car is full of them. And one of them is going to be the GOP nominee for president of the USA. What then does it say that these kind of arguments are mainstream? That day the world is in big poo-poo.

I will leave it to others to decide for themselves whether we have crossed that line, but I have long since decided for myself where these people would take us if they gain power. Well, they have both houses of the US Congress, a fingernail's hold on the Supreme Court, and a clear majority in the state legislatures and governors' mansions.

If we lose the White House in 2016, we may lose everything... Forever! IMHO, the GOP are that fucking nuts.

I used to be related to a few but we cut that limb off tge family tree.

our currency, suggested "Princess Diana." I'm not making this up, and I'm sure many others heard it. When reminded that she was not American and asked for her reasoning, the woman hemmed and hawed and said something about "her family did so much for this country." This clip immediately brought that to mind.

The one i saw was a call in to CSPAN Washington Journal. They showed snippets of the call in segment on JO's weekly HBO show.

Yep, she was clearly reminded that Diana was not american, and she doubled down about all she did for the country.

Not.

One.

Damn.

Thing.



kthxbye

I get the sense that you haven't read your Book.

thought disorders and loose associations are covered by Obamacare. Marx was right about religion.

She would do a modified version of this drama AT WORK, when something happened that she considered 'anti-christian'. The end of DOMA set her off, and she was disciplined. The ACA set her off (yea, she rationalized that as an affront against Christianity). I left before the SCOTUS marriage equality decision, but I can just imagine how she reacted. And yet, she keeps her job because people are down right intimidated by her behavior.

was of all the universe and everything and everyone in it is perfect in their own way. Saying that it follows that creation included LGBT people. That is what too many people cannot accept. They want God to be in their image.

One man, one woman my foot.

All I can say, lady, is to wake up to reality. Does "freedom of speech" and "we the people" sound familiar? And then for her to accuse Obama, the greatest president to date, as Islamic? OMG. I'm not even going there.

Just another example of a far right, bigoted religious freak. I accept your stupidity and ignorance. Now accept the reality "of the law".

and over, and it makes me guffaw EVERY time.

He does have some mad 'projection' skills!!

Nothing else I can say.

last week. . .

I think that warrants eternal damnation.

I'll bet she's hiding in her cellar, dyeing her hair and getting ready to move.

Or, she'll do a guest spot on Foz (sic).