Of course it's a fucking Continuing Anglican Church. -_-
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why do we keep saying it's nazi-like? If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck....
Golly-gee, I sure hope Elon doesn't get hit by a bullet-shaped object.
because elon can sue anyone into oblivion with a flick of his eyebrows
Because they've only talked about camps, they haven't actually started them yet.
On the bright side, it’s goes to show you the act of doing a Nazi salute is unacceptable, and it should be for Elon, too.
It's up to who, the board of directors for X and Tesla? They will fire him if they want to, but evidently they don't.
If billionaires aren't held to the same standards and laws under the social contract as others they also should be exempt from its protections.
They're protected, but not bound.
so, one of the hallmarks of fascism. got it.
Precisely so.
Agreed
So many people are going to face consequences for doing what Elon did, and Elon isn't going to be one of them.
Glad to see at lest someone is though!
Catholic Church is reasonably based.
My fellow parishioners however are closer to the asshole priest than Church level officials unfortunately .
Pope Francis is an ally we need for these times.
Well done to the church for sticking to the principle that Nazi salutes will not be tolerated. But apparently it's an "Elon Musk salute" - you know, that one Elon Musk invented all on his own, just like the electric cars, space rockets and PayPal.
sigh of course it was someone from Kent County.
Is that where the Michigan Nazis are? I don't know anything about Michigan.
Kent County is in the northern part of the lower peninsula. The most well known city in the area is Grand Rapids, home of the DeVos family (Amway, Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos). In more recent history they have usually been right leaning, and the sheriff's office had been in the news for not the greatest reasons.
That's what I know and colors my perception. I'm honestly surprised that Harris won that county, so maybe there is a culture shift up there.
There are hate and white supremacist groups scattered all over the state, more so as you move further from Detroit and Lansing as the major metropolitan areas. If there was a bigotry capital though I'd put my money on Howell.
Technically he's British. He's from Nottingham.
He's just drawn to places where being a throbber is considered ok.
So he's an immigrant, aligning himself with the immigrant-hating Trump fascists. How stupid exactly is he? I guess he thinks they'd never "deport" him to a camp because he's one of the good ones.
... one of the ~~white~~self-hating ones.
~~FTFY~~ Oof! My bad, corrected
Robinson is of mixed-race heritage. He describes his background as "half Afro-Caribbean and half English"
Thanks! I started to check, clicked on a video which started with a white guy's face, and didn't stay to watch. My bad.
I wasn't going to bring this up, but... it's a little confusing...
Yeah, I saw a picture of the wrong guy, sorry!
IKR?
Surprisingly good response from the church.
Yes I was not expecting that. Especially with the surprising number of nutjobs on that side of the state.
Didn't take long for the qons to start taking the hood off.
Not surprised at all. A lot of dipshits think that Worthington's Law will be extended to them and I bet we see more of this shit. Just like we saw RW assholes throwing racist tantrums at Starbucks workers and so on right after donvict's "win" in 2016....
A refresher on Worthington's Law (and so very many stupid Americans think this way):
I guess kudos to them for having standards. Honestly the catholics seem to be catching a decent amount of this administrations ire. The pope has already postered against Trump. I don't find the catholic org to be a good judge of moral character, but better with us than against us.
This was the Anglican Catholic church, not the Vatican Catholic church.
A temporary ally at least but good while it lasts.
good ol catholic church.
nazi salute: bad.
raping children: good.
Putting your hand up at a 45° angle: Bad
Putting your hand up a 10 year old's dress: Fine
I'm blocked from reading this story but I read this one and am confused: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/calvin-robinson-priest-defrocked-salute-b2689335.html is this man in the UK or US?
"Robinson was a well-known conservative commentator and priest in the U.K. before joining St. Paul’s in September 2024. The church’s website still has him listed as priest-in-charge"
Thank you very much. No idea why I couldn't access the article. Can we send him back?
There should be a separation of church and state when the state is doing their 1930’s Germany impression.
MAGA people: you are NOT in the club. Your vote was helpful, though.
This will be viewed as a win by the MAGA crowd.
"So much for the 'tolerant Left.' "
It's almost like all these people are fucking around and finding out. Remember, we are the plebes not billionaries.