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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago (4 children)

the irs already knows that line is violated constantly. unfortunately, they don't have the resources or the kahunas to go after the churches that do this. there's way too many (like most of them, probably), and "going after churches" would be a political shitstorm regardless of the constitutional validity of such "persecution"

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The word you're looking for is cajones. Also, capitalization exists for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope, in that context the word is cojones. Balls.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks, my spelling was a bit off. 🤙🏼

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Funnily enough, kahunas could feasibly work in that context; it translates to someone with a lot of authority in Hawaiian.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for correcting them, I would've never been able to deduce what they were actually trying to say without your help. The Internet needs more people like you, there are so few out there doing the good work you are...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Come on over to the anti-theist side and kill gods while we're at it. 🥰

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good, 'cause we're taking your car. Let's ride!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing about the IRS is that they exist mostly outside of the consideration of political pandering. They just need to enforce tax code, not care about what people think. Kind of like a computer program. They don't write the rules they just enforce whatever is on the books. They aren't really elected or responsible for the perception of their acts. They are already generally unpopular publicly so I don't see them being overly concerned about political shitstorms.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Except a few years ago when they started going after fraud by conservative groups and Congress went after them for that. No government agency is as independent as they want you to believe. All it takes is one Congress member to decide to make a big deal about something and the program gets shutdown.

If they start going after the Churches how are the senators from the Bible belt going to react? What do you think Biden is going to do? Take a hard stance against churches, does that sound like Joe "Bible the size of a small dog" Biden?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Kahuna lol 🤣🤣🤣

(Hawaiian) a wise man or shaman.

(Surfing) a large wave.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

and “going after churches” would be a political shitstorm regardless of the constitutional validity of such “persecution”

Say that again. No one likes the IRS. Imagine how little it would take to spin this. In this corner you have a soulless government agency that all of us have had to deal with on and in the other corner you have a church, the institution that generally is well liked, being "attacked" because the pastor expressed their first amendment rights. Sure it's spin but it would definitely work. Big mean government vs tiny church.