invisiblelad:

paxamericana:

71-year-old taken to the ground for questioning Paul Ryan

Ryan: “Most of our debt in the future comes from our entitlement programs.”

Senior citizen: “Hey. I paid into that for 50 years, my unemployment and my Social Security and my Medicare, and now you’re gonna…” At this point you hear the police who are dragging him out shouting, “on the ground, on the ground”.

Ryan then jokes, “I hope he’s taken his blood-pressure medication!” and laughs.

A real man of the people. 

That was horrible to watch. That poor man. I mean, I get that it’s not really okay to start shouting, but they made him get on the ground and handcuffed him? HE IS SEVENTY-ONE! And then that FUCKWAD Paul Ryan has the fucking nerve to make that kind of a joke? Holy shit I need to punch something.

nonplussedbyreligion:

stfuhypocrisy:

If you’re calling about gay rights… (by GLBTQcommunity)

Kid calls the Westboro Baptist Church, got an automated menu. Pressed 6 for Gay Rights, and this is the message:

If you are calling about gay rights, yikes. You are heading straight to hell. God hates fags. God hates fag enablers. Therefore, God hates YOU. You cannot change that standard of God. It doesnt matter if you can get this entire goofy disobedient nation to agree with you! It doesnt matter how many gay pride parades you hold! GOD HATES FAGS. Therefore, at this hour, the destruction of this land is all around you. When you have turned the country over to the fags, youre all shortly coming home in body bags. The lord is coming; America is doomed! Your only hope is to put away your idols, put away your false gods, and put away your filthy manner of life. Get a bible! Read the words and BEEP

This group is absolutely disgusting.  The only silver lining to this is that 99% of Christians I know, including my family and friends, are not these people.  I’m not defending those who believe homosexuality is a sin because of their religious beliefs. I’m simply grateful that in a world that is predominately religious, I don’t have to attempt be civil to assholes like those over at Westboro Baptist. 

psychedelic-freak:

Aaron Gouveia and his wife were already having the worst day of their lives. Then came the abortion protesters. [Source] “You’re killing your unborn baby!” That’s what they yelled at me and my wife on the worst day of our lives. As we entered the women’s health center on an otherwise perfect summer morning in Brookline, two women we had never met decided to pile onto the nightmare we had been living for three weeks. These “Christians” verbally accosted us—judged us—as we steeled ourselves for the horror of making the unimaginable, but necessary, decision to end our pregnancy at 16 weeks. After extensive testing at a renowned Boston hospital three weeks earlier, we were told our baby had Sirenomelia. Otherwise known as Mermaid Syndrome, it’s a rare (one in every 100,000 pregnancies) congenital deformity in which the legs are fused together. Worse than that, our baby had no bladder or kidneys. Our doctors told us there was zero chance for survival. I’m not a religious person and I’ve never believed in heaven or hell. But there is a hell on Earth. Hell is sitting next to the person you love most and listening to her wail hysterically because her heart just broke into a million pieces. Hell is watching her entire body convulse with sobs because she’s being tortured with grief. For as long as I live and no matter how many children we have, I will never forget that sound. And I vowed to do everything in my power to make sure she’d never make it again. Across a crowded street, two people with “God Is Pro-Life!” signs and pictures of torn-up fetuses managed to drive the blade in even deeper. Again, I was left trying to console the inconsolable, feeling even more helpless this time, because I wasn’t allowed into surgery with her. Running on pure adrenaline, and without even a hint of a plan, I grabbed my cell phone and crossed the street. I didn’t know what to say or how to say it, I just knew I wanted to make public the cowardice of these protesters. The video’s below—they didn’t disappoint. I learned a few important things from this encounter. First, these people aren’t used to being confronted. They prey on the weak and they pounce on the wounded. It’s easy to berate people and shame them when they’re too beaten down to fight back. But I chose to do just that, and you can see what happened. They spout the same tired rhetoric passed out at rallies and subway stations. They don’t have one salient response to any of my questions. The most telling thing about their cowardice is when the woman on the right gets upset that I’m recording the conversation (which is perfectly legal) and then threatens to call the police. The irony is rich. She wanted to call the police because I was peacefully expressing my opinion on a public sidewalk and exercising my First Amendment rights, which is exactly what she was doing. But I’m not on “God’s side,” am I. She also claims the women at the clinic are suicide risks. Even if she believed that were true, does she really think yelling at them and shaming them in public is going to encourage these women not to kill themselves? After I took a walk and calmed down, it was time to pick up my wife and go home. When we pulled out of the clinic, the protesters were gone, and a police cruiser was parked nearby with the lights flashing. My wife, still groggy from the surgery, managed to crack a little smile, and asked, “What did you do?” I have no idea if it was my interaction with the protesters that got them to leave. I doubt it was, but my wife was convinced that was the case. At first, I didn’t think of it as a big deal, and I actually felt a little foolish for getting so heated. My wife, suddenly serious, pointed out a women entering the clinic. Within minutes, she said, that woman would be making a serious choice. Whether she kept her baby or not, it didn’t matter—what matters is that she can make the decision that’s right for her. And she can make it without people screaming at her. My wife and I wanted our second child. We loved her. We even had a name for her, Alexandra. You never know the circumstances surrounding this kind of decision. Consider this my plea: stop terrorizing women. Stop adding trauma to their trauma. If you’re able, stand up to these bullies in nonviolent ways. Speak out. And if you have a camera, use it. —Aaron Gouveia is a regular contributor to The Good Men Project Magazine.

Incredibly powerful story.

(Source: everyonelovesasliinky)

nonplussedbyreligion:

Re-blogging for Frank.  It still makes me sick to watch this. ~ Kim

nonplussedbyreligion:

Unlike many here on tumblr I’m exactly the same person I am off my blog as I am on.  I post things from my blog on facebook because everyone knows I’m an atheist.  I posted this video on facebook with the question:  Who are the people buying this book, and why would you do something this evil to anyone, not to mention a child?  My old church was big on home-schooling and many of my friends home-school their kids.  One of them after viewing this just unfriended me and sent me this message: “What these people did was criminal, however it is wrong for you to judge those of us who want to raise up our children with biblical values because you no longer believe in God.  K I’m really sorry to see how far you’re willing to go to defend your beliefs.  And to answer your question, I am the kind of person that buys this book.” I’m just going to let this one go for now.  Monday when I can formulate a non-hostile response I’ll let her know how beating a child with plumbing pipes is abuse and I’d gladly testify against her ass if anything happens to her kids. ~ Kim

nonplussedbyreligion:

Beaten to death for Jesus?  

I am thoroughly enraged.  You must watch this entire video.  I remember saying that this book was pure evil and advocated child abuse and murder before.  But this is too much.  And don’t lose sight of the fact that this is a BEST SELLING book.  Christian family values using biblical teaching my ass.  This is child abuse at it’s worse.  Abusing and killing your children in the name of, or per the teaching of your God makes you amongst the lowest of our species. Yeah, I’m really pissed off about this. ~ Kim