Monique LaGrange, a member of the board of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools in Alberta, Canada, is digging in her heels after posting a despicable Nazi meme to social media, reports LGBTQ Nation.…
I always love how Christians regularly freak out about the idea that "blasphemy of the Holy Spirit" is canonically the only unforgivable thing they can do, but then rationalize it as some amorphous thing that's just not believing enough such that they go on to claim the Holy Spirit does all sorts of shit.
"The Holy Spirit supervised the creation of the Bible so it's inerrant (even though the majority of scholars think things like 1 Timothy are unquestionably forgeries)."
"The Holy Spirit moved me to post Nazi memes - I was an unwilling vessel."
If that shit really is unforgivable I'd imagine the vast majority of Christians are in for a surprise down the road...
Hmm... Christian theologians have spent centuries debating whether the components of the Trinity have the same essence, substance, nature, personality, etc.—but have they considered whether they share the same ideology? What if Jesus is a socialist but the Holy Ghost is a fascist?
To be fair, it's mainly the Catholic church that has the "funny hats and gold" thing going on. Protestants are all about the expensive suits and private jets.
Tony Morrison's first three of ten steps to fascism
1.Construct an internal enemy, as both focus and diversion.
2.Isolate and demonize that enemy by unleashing and protecting the utterance of overt and coded name-calling and verbal abuse. Employ ad hominem attacks as legitimate charges against that enemy.
3.Enlist and create sources and distributors of information who are willing to reinforce the demonizing process because it is profitable, because it grants power and because it works.
So apparently she, member of the board of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools in Alberta, Canada, posted a meme comparing pride activism to nazi activism, like they're "both brainwashing". The board stripped her of her committee duties and she's now lawyered up in response to sue other Christians about it with the claim that she's the real victim here, that this infringes on her right to express her faith like every other normal Christian.
Oh honey, when you use your faith as a shield for your politics and your politics equivocate oppressors with those you want to see oppressed, you've just told the world that God is, in your image, a fascist. 🍿 🤡
Of course it was red deer XD, I grew up in that shit hole and honestly this isn't even that surprising for the crackpot stuff that went on there. I'm surprised she got punished.
There’s no point in arguing with these people. Faith and superstition is much more flexible than logic. They will always believe they’re right. The absolute best we can hope for is empty lip service that does a passable job of imitating rationality.
"Brainwashing is brainwashing" according to a Catholic school board member. As in those schools whose entire purpose is to indoctrinate children into the Catholic faith from a young age.