Sharia Law: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You.

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#76
Tbh, they can protest that store all they want, but the non Muslim customers will probably keep showing up and buying from them. As long as the protests don’t threaten customers nor block or hinder access to the store in any way.

Makes one wonder how effective boycotts are in a country so culturally split in two these days.
 
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#78
21 years ago and seems a bit different. He’s not requesting the banning of all pornography, but only that it not be sold within 500 feet of a church in line with local law

Why do local laws protect church vicinities from anything in the first place? Dildo factories aren't the only thing you can't build/operate near a church.
 
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#79
#79
Oh Richard, how I've missed your steaming hot takes.

I'm sure women woth armpit hair were responsible for liquor stores being closed on Sunday.

Role of women​

"Woman's Holy War. Grand Charge on the Enemy's Works". An allegorical 1874 political cartoon print, which shows temperance campaigners as virtuous armoured women warriors, wielding axes to destroy barrels of Beer, Whisky, Gin, Rum, Brandy, Wine and Liquors, under the banners of "In the name of God and humanity" and the "Temperance League".
Much of the temperance movement was based on organized religion, which saw women as responsible for edifying their children to be abstaining citizens.[17][46]: 23  Nevertheless, temperance was tied in with both religious renewal and progressive politics, particularly female suffrage.[16] Furthermore, temperance activists were able to promote suffrage more effectively than suffrage activists were, because of their wide-ranging experiences as activists, and because they argued for a concrete desire for safety at home, rather than for an abstract desire for justice as suffragists did.[65]: 5–6 

By 1831, there were over 24 women's organizations which were dedicated to the temperance movement. Women were specifically drawn to the temperance movement, because it represented a fight to end a practice that greatly affected women's quality of life. Temperance was seen as a feminine, religious and moral duty, and when it was achieved, it was also seen as a way to gain familial and domestic security as well as salvation in a religious sense.[4]: 47  Indeed, scholar Ruth Bordin stated that the temperance movement was "the foremost example of American feminism".[109] Prominent women such as Amelia Bloomer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony were active in temperance and abolitionist movements in the 1840s.[4]: 47 

A myriad of factors contributed to women's interest in the temperance movement. One of the initial contributions was the frequency in which women were the victims of those who had an alcohol use disorder. At a Chicago meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Susan B. Anthony stated that women suffer the most from drunkenness. The inability of women to control wages, vote, or own property added to their vulnerability.[110]: 7  Another contribution was related to the role of women in the home in the 19th century, which was largely to preside over the spiritual and physical needs of their homes and families. Because of this, women believed that it was their duty to protect their families from the danger of alcohol and convert their family members to the ideas of abstinence. This newfound calling to temperance, however, did not change the widely held viewpoint that women were only responsible for matters which pertained to their homes.[110]: 8  Consequently, women had what Ruth Bordin referred to as the "maternal struggle" which women felt was the internal contradiction that came with their newly discovered power to make change, while still believing in their nurturing and domestic roles without yet understanding how to use their newly acquired power.[110]: 8–9  June Sochen called women who joined movements such as women's temperance organizations "pragmatic feminists", because they took action to solve their grievances, but were not interested in altering traditional sex roles.[111] The missionary organizations of many Protestant denominations gave women an avenue to work from; several all-female missionary societies already existed and it was easy for them to transform themselves into women's temperance organizations.[110]: 9–10 


In the 1870s and 1880s, the number of women who were in the middle and upper classes was large enough to support women's participation in the temperance movement. Higher class women did not need to work because they could rely on their husbands' ability to support their families and they consequently had more leisure time to engage in organizations and associations that were affiliated with the temperance movement.[110]: 10  The influx of Irish immigrants filled the servant jobs that freed African-Americans left after the American Civil War, leaving upper and middle-class women with even more time to participate in the community while domestic jobs were being filled. Moreover, the birth rate had fallen, leaving women with an average of four children in 1880 as compared to seven children at the beginning of the 19th century.[112][110]: 11–12  The gathering of people in urban areas and the extra leisure time for women contributed to the mass female temperance movement.[110]: 11–12 

A postcard from around 1910
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) grew out of a spontaneous crusade against saloons and liquor stores that began in Ohio and spread throughout the Midwestern United States during the winter of 1873–1874. The crusade consisted of over 32,000 women who stormed into saloons and liquor stores in order to disrupt business and stop the sales of alcohol.[113][110]: 15  The WCTU was officially organized in late November 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio.[114] Frances Willard, the organization's second president, helped grow the organization into the largest women's religious organization in the 19th century. Willard was interested in suffrage and women's rights as well as temperance, believing that temperance could improve the quality of life on both the family and community level. The WCTU trained women in skills such as public speaking, leadership, and political thinking, using temperance as a springboard to achieve a higher quality of life for women on many levels. In 1881, the WCTU began lobbying for the mandate of instruction in temperance in public schools. In 1901, schools were required to instruct students on temperance ideas, but they were accused of perpetuating misinformation, fear mongering, and racist stereotypes. Carrie Nation was one of the most extreme temperance movement workers and she was arrested 30 times for her "hatchetations" - using a hatchet to destroy property at bars, saloons, and even pharmacies, believing that even alcohol which was used for medicine was unjustified. At the approach of the 20th century, the temperance movement became more interested in legislative reform as pressure from the Anti-Saloon League increased. Women, who had not yet achieved suffrage, became less central to the movement in the early 1900s.[115]
 
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#80
Why do local laws protect church vicinities from anything in the first place? Dildo factories aren't the only thing you can't build/operate near a church.

You’re always welcome to move if you don’t like your local laws or work to change them.
 
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#81
Years ago not relevant.

Agreed on the second point didn't catch that. Even though that's a bs law that all should shout down

My point is chritsitans have a long history in this country trying to prevent private business from doing business they disagree with.
In Chattanooga the local gauditorium ran a bowling alley out of business after the law changed and beer could not be sold within a certain distance of a church. The church then took over the building the bowling alley was in. The Bowling Alley was there first. They ended up reopening down the street. A few years later a new church started building near the bowling alley. They sued to stop the church. Ultimately the church got finished with an exemption given to the law as the bowling alley was there first.

You can’t make this stupidity up
 
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#84
The most hilarious thing about the open islamophobia on this board is that these are the same people who call anyone an anti semite for saying we shouldn’t carpet bomb Gaza.

Can you name any other PAC that such wild claims are made about? We could find numerous groups or individuals who spent substantially more. Yet, I’ve seen no one make such wild claims about how the National Association of Realtors has bought and paid for our politicians.

That AIPAC $$$$$ is working wonders for Israel. The US is bought and paid for.


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#85
The most hilarious thing about the open islamophobia on this board is that these are the same people who call anyone an anti semite for saying we shouldn’t carpet bomb Gaza.

No antisemitism here right? Those scary “elites” who are all of the same ethnicity according to this guy, just run everything!

Its sad you still think this a democrat/republican thing when both parties take money from AIPAC and are beholden to big money elites that tend to be of a certain ethnicity that has deep allegiance to a foreign nation.

The reason Trump and Biden both are fine with protecting Epstein is because they both work for his bosses. You know that group we're not allowed to acknowledge run everything otherwise we lose our livelihood.
 
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#88
Can you name any other PAC that such wild claims are made about? We could find numerous groups or individuals who spent substantially more. Yet, I’ve seen no one make such wild claims about how the National Association of Realtors has bought and paid for our politicians.

For the record, I am against all forms of lobbying.

But to your point, the National Association of Realtors isn’t tied to government officials of another sovereign nation.
 
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No antisemitism here right? Those scary “elites” who are all of the same ethnicity according to this guy, just run everything!

Dropping a quote that supports your argument while ignoring 2 threads worth of people using anti semitism as a shield for any criticism of Netanyahu’s government isn’t the flex you think it is. I can go on the record and say there is no room for anti semitism, would you be able to do the same for Islamophobia?
 
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No antisemitism here right? Those scary “elites” who are all of the same ethnicity according to this guy, just run everything!

Can you prove its false? Do you need me to post the amount of billionaires that are Jewish versus the percentage of the global population?

Just because a claim is uncomfortable doesn't make it untrue. I'm sure you wouldn't have a problem if I said most of the violent crime in this country is committed by young black men. Is that claim racist? Or is it simply true?
 
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For the record, I am against all forms of lobbying.

But to your point, the National Association of Realtors isn’t tied to government officials of another sovereign nation.

The NAR 100% pays government officials. As far as another nation, there’s other groups that have similar PACs to aipac, no one proclaims they control our country. While not PAC specific, countries like Qatar greatly outspend Israel within the US. Yet we don’t see the number of claims about their influence as we do Israel.
 
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Dropping a quote that supports your argument while ignoring 2 threads worth of people using anti semitism as a shield for any criticism of Netanyahu’s government isn’t the flex you think it is. I can go on the record and say there is no room for anti semitism, would you be able to do the same for Islamophobia?

The point is there’s been plenty of blatant antisemitism within those threads. You intentionally ignore it. I won’t pretend I read every post myself. But that doesn’t change the existence of such posts.

Depends on how you define Islamophobia
 
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Can you prove its false? Do you need me to post the amount of billionaires that are Jewish versus the percentage of the global population?

Just because a claim is uncomfortable doesn't make it untrue. I'm sure you wouldn't have a problem if I said most of the violent crime in this country is committed by young black men. Is that claim racist? Or is it simply true?

Sorry everyone. My conjuring was unintentional
 
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#96
The NAR 100% pays government officials. As far as another nation, there’s other groups that have similar PACs to aipac, no one proclaims they control our country. While not PAC specific, countries like Qatar greatly outspend Israel within the US. Yet we don’t see the number of claims about their influence as we do Israel.
you are missing the forest for the trees.

both are claims, that either Israel or Qatar, have undue influence due to their PACs. you believing one does, does not make the claim hold any more validity.

I would posit that if an outside entity was trying to control/influence us, it would be the one we hear less about that has more money. not the one that more people BELIEVE to be the ones in charge.

also believing a foreign nation, even if ran by a particular ethnicity, is a bad actor doesn't equal bigotry towards that ethnicity. you are jumping through multiple levels of association to make such a claim.
 
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The point is there’s been plenty of blatant antisemitism within those threads. You intentionally ignore it. I won’t pretend I read every post myself. But that doesn’t change the existence of such posts.

Depends on how you define Islamophobia
Islamophobia is defined as someone disagreeing and not bowing to the cult religion of Islam. Islam's values conflict with the West and any rational Society.
 
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#99
Might want to check Minnesota's huge budget shortfall and current massive Somalian welfare scandal. There is a reason that everyone is moving to places like Tennessee and NOT Minnesota
Yeah their state government is run by short sighted dopes. So they're even with Tennessee in that respect.
 
Actually most of the temperance laws were because of a huge advocacy of liberal white feminists
There were few to no liberal white feminists in Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee when those county alcohol sales referendums were being defeated in the 60's, 70's and after. Churches led the opposition, at least where I'm from.
 
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