Someone can be “fairly respectful” or “civil” about their views on gender identity & sexuality, but if their message boils down to ideology like “I don’t believe this really exists”, “Be a man or a woman, ffs”, or “These people are all just mentally ill”, it doesn’t really matter how “respectful” they are being if their message / beliefs are harmful to marginalized groups.

I don’t necessarily encourage these kinds of hostile replies, but I can absolutely see where it comes from, and it is absolutely understandable.

If your beliefs can cause or encourages harm, hostility can enforce the message that it is not welcome in these places.

I would also love to know what kind of “left wing agenda” that the commenter is claiming to “cause so much harm” actually is.

As good as I feel Lemmy is, I find a lot of the meme & humor communities alarmingly depressing.

I’m not looking for 24/7 wholesome! But, man… I just want to see funny memes.

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"People don't like unregulated organizations that foster abuse and hatred!"

Wow. Crazy, right?

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Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! ❤️

Consent is not the issue here. The issue is the abuse of power.

Therapists & teachers are barred from dating their clients / students, even if they are of legal age. For therapists, it's straight-up illegal. For teachers/professors, it is against the set code of conduct and seen as unethical. There is a clear imbalance of power between the individuals. Ethical bosses also do not engage in dating employees.

This pastor led this woman to believe that this was part of the "ministry", the way things are done, and took advantage of her ignorance. He violated her & her trust in order to assault her, regardless of consent, because he uses his position of authority to do so.

Saying that this is a consent issue is absolutely wrong, and the very reason why this rat-fuck got away with it.

Saying that this is about "consent" puts responsibility onto the victim who was misled by the person in a high level of power. "Consent" bears little meaning in an uneven power dynamic. The person in position of power is the one responsible for not using their position to mislead/abuse. Full-stop.

The fact that churches have clergy put into power over so many vulnerable people with no checks or balances, it's no wonder the whole system is an endless cycle of abuse that attracts the lowest of the low.

It is working as intended.

If you support churches, you are complicit. You are an accomplice. You are helping them abuse people.

I've come across more predators in churches than I ever have in any other environment.

Legitimately, I urge anyone who has children to keep them away from churches!

Posters, plushies, stickers, and figurines. That sounds nice! It's so good to have your own clean space away from others. (:

Yoooooo I love entertainment stands/centers with storage and shelves and drawers and shit!!! Nice!!!

15.77 GB. Whew. Thank you for the tip!