Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: "Speak Out Loudly Against This Evil": Internet Erupts Over Biden Declaring Easter "Trans Day Of Visibility" Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 19:55:01 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 45 Message-ID: <20240402195501.0000575e@example.com> References: <4svo0jlml2lcmtgtep417921617gi1m6df@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:55:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="349f1a814b41615e7a851adbb90fb18e"; logging-data="3576172"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+9VXCKGDnp+zhyO6vFLp0+POScZBDSDG4=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:010nCtocSzOUALNYbB3rQDObT/c= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240402-6, 4/2/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 3120 On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:00:17 -0400 shawn wrote: > On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:14:34 -0700, The Horny Goat > wrote: > > >On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:30:51 -0400, Ubiquitous > >wrote: > > > >>I also suspect this announcement would not have been made if it > >>were during a Moslem holy holiday, like Ramadan. > >> > >That's my entire point. > > > >(Though to be fair Ramadan is a month long and this year is from > >March 10 - April 9 whereas Good Friday and Easter are both single day > >Christian days though Easter is the highest of all Christian "high > >holy days" even above Christmas. > > > >(As far as Good Friday goes "Friday isn't important without > >Sunday...." - in fact Christianity - St. Paul specifically - says > >that one cannot be a Christian without believing in the Easter > >narrative) > > > >Again Biden is a seasoned enough pol that he KNOWS what kind of > >reaction would be coming and therefore in my view both knows and > >doesn't CARE. I cannot believe he has forgotten what day Sunday was. > > > >As I said earlier, he's either ignorant or not caring of the feelings > >of the predominant religion in America and whichever of the two it is > >it isn't a personal quality I would expect to see in any presidential > >candidate particularly in an election year. > > Or as a long time Catholic and church going Christian he doesn't have > the same feelings that you and BTR appear to think all Christians > have. Luckily they aren't a monolith that all think the same and a > significant number feel that we should be accepting of our fellow Gay > and Trans people. Or he really needs the trans-folks to vote for him so he'll do ANYTHING to win their support. -- Rhino