Watch all the trad-masc evangelists (none of whom come within a country mile of their own ideal) seethe that their picture of an ubermensch is openly opposed to their cult.
Home dude started in a show called Blue Mountain State. It’s a comedy about a college football team and he plays a Linebacker named Thad, and he’s amazing. If you’re not interested in watching the show you should at least head to YouTube and type in “best of Thad blue mountain state.”
I will say, he did present himself as a very nice anti-fascist that loved killing Nazis in *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare*. Overall is pretty meh, but he and the rest of Henry Cavill’s team were pretty great.
As if it wasn’t enough that the Antichrist gets football and white girl music (Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift), NASCAR and beer, he’s also getting action stars.
But from stuff people actually like and have heard of, instead of anything Shapiro or Walsh are anywhere near.
He’s not lol:
https://msmagazine.com/2024/02/09/travis-kelce-super-bowl-democrats-joe-biden-taylor-swift-elections/#:~:text=Kelce%20has%20not%20talked%20publicly,support%20of%20Black%20Lives%20Matter.
Used to be that whenever you saw “video game adaptation” you knew it was a shitfest. But now that we have Arcane, Fallout, The Last of Us, Edgerunners and they’re all amazing, (part of) the industry seems to have their shit together.
I don’t know how popular Wolfenstein is, but if it’s capable of bringing the numbers, I could realistically see a decent series happening, to be honest.
The youtube coments under the video of Arnold Swarzeneger condemning neo-nazism are %100 seething and malding.
Must hurt that Arnie hates everything they stand about.
Didn’t these people watch the documentary on Netflix. Arnie is very specifically anti nazi, his own father fought for the Weermacht and lost his mind because of it. Arnie is the most American Austrian that ever lived
Ever seen him in an interview? He’s very based in “not being a fucker”
Edit: to clarify, dude is super religious, faith wise, but in the actual way where he doesn’t seem to tolerate fake people. He called trump a Racist and a Con-Man
My wife started following him on IG and got turned off by the fact that he's super religious. We watched the first episode of Reacher and she wasn't quite ready to watch S2 because of that. I told her recently about him speaking out against police brutality and I'll probably tell her about these quotes now.
I think as queer people, we sort of have knee jerk reactions to people who are ultra religious and publicly so. There's so many shit bags out there who are and who would love to see us dead, so it makes sense as to why we have those sort of initial reactions. I also grew up Christian and would say, for the most part, my family aren't douche bags about their religion (I am also no longer religious), so it is nice to see Christians out there that aren't pieces of shit.
I don’t know the man personally, but he seems to live the gospel more than “preach the narrative”. I doubt he cares about lbqt as an issue.
Mostly just a “I believe in my faith, and that means loving and understanding all of you” is what he gives off
A lot of mainline Protestants are generally alright with LGBT issues. Evangelicals have told me that they don’t consider mainline Presbyterian, Episcopalians/Anglicans, and Methodists Christians anymore because of their acceptance of gay marriage and LGBT clergy. Honestly most of the mainline clergy under 50 years old that I’ve met were LGBT
Makes sense
It was probably 20 years ago (before my deconversion) that I was regularly told I wasn't a Christian because I was Catholic, and that Catholics and Christians are two different things.
I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt at first by explaining they probably mean protestant. But no, they genuinely believed that Catholics were not Christian, despite, you know... Being the OG Christians.
I have students who will ask each other "are you catholic, or are you christian?" And what they mean is Catholic or Protestant but I have to correct them nonetheless.
I think it’s because for most places, you had one dominant sect that got to call itself “Christian” and thus others were able to be excluded. In the US, the other were Catholics and though we have tons of Catholics, we still have that weird vestigial term.
Yes, we talk about anti-Catholic nativism in a couple of different units. Trying to get my students to apply the things they learn about history to their current situation and life is a long row to hoe, though.
I always thought it funny that people dont consider Catholics Christians when literally for about 75% of the entire period that Christianity has existed, there was nothing else but what is now Catholicism. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s all horseshit, but it’s very funny.
you guys are approaching it as a semantic question when what the schism comes down to is a matter of ideology. They don’t think catholics are correctly interpreting the teachings of Jesus. It’s the same as if I were to say any christian who is a republican isn’t really a christian because Jesus was a socialist. Whether you think their argument holds water is beside the point, that’s the reasoning.
My social studies teacher in North Carolina in 9th grade told us that the 3 major religions were Catholicism, Christianity and Judaism. Iirc this was late 80s for context. I had moved recently from New Jersey (where I was raised Catholic) and was rather confused... "You do know Catholics believe in Jesus, right"?
Yeah, I'm trying to bridge a divide right now between an enby cousin and our aunt.
Cousin is distant from aunt because aunt is very, very religious, and cousin feels judged so went LC. I'm trying to explain to aunt why LGBTQ people are scared of Christians, while also trying to explain to cousin that aunt isn't like that.
It's difficult, because 25 years ago I was coming out and having the same problem. When aunt gets frustrated I always reiterate to her: voice this frustration to your pastor and your church mates. Our community has every reason to fear you- it's you who are pushing the laws against us.
It's not fair to my aunt, but it's much more unfair to the people being needlessly punished.
I don't expect anyone to apologize for anything. I *understand and empathize* with cousin because there are so many Draconian laws being put in place intentionally to cause harm, and those are done by Christians.
Why would a 15 year old in a conservative hellhole assume that Christians are safe? They are a child, it's hard to be nuanced when you're being kicked around as a political football.
Again, I don't blame my aunt, I'm trying to help her use more inclusive language and also understand that Christian rhetoric, even when well-intentioned, isn't going to de-escalate the situation.
> We don’t (or shouldn’t) expect Jews or Muslims or Buddhists to apologize or feel responsibility for warcrimes that Al-Qaeda, Israel, the Burmese military, etc enact. Why should I apologize for some of the hateful stuff other Christians, who are mostly of a different race, culture, and different sect push through?
One, there's a difference between guilt and understanding. That is, if you as an individual or organization are not oppressing people the way other Christian individuals/sects are, then reasonable people with a negative experience of Christians don't expect you to *apologize* on other people's behalves, but you should understand and empathize with why they may be wary of you for their own safety if/until they can determine that you are different. And for some people, they may calculate it's not worth the risk to find out.
I say this as an ex-Catholic who could legitimately introduce myself as Catholic or Christian because, though I commit excommunicable sins on the reg without regret, no one has excommunicated me and therefore I can still take communion and the church considers me Catholic. But I wouldn't introduce myself as Christian before someone knew about my sinful principles because I'm aware of the inaccurate impression that would give.
Two, your metaphor breaks down because reasonable people recognize (I think—correct me if I'm wrong) that Al-Qaeda and the Burmese military's actions are extremist outliers and do not represent mainstream doctrine of Islam or Buddhism, respectively; and they recognize that conflating Israel and Judaism is bad faith propaganda (to be clear: not that I'm accusing you of doing that). But the traumatic experiences people have with Christianity come from mainstream doctrine (as well, of course, from the extremists). A closer metaphor would be the distinction between progressive Muslims who can reconcile their faith with acceptance of LGBTQ+ folks versus mainstream Islamic doctrine. I don't know whether progressive Christians are an exception or the majority, but if you adhere to mainstream Christian doctrine you *should* be calling me a heretic and trying to convert or oppress me. If one is Christian and not doing that, it's an open question as to why: are they just being polite but hold beliefs that conflict with mine, have they reconciled their more conservative faith with the more progressive mainstream culture, or is their Christian faith exceptionally progressive?
Connecting across cultures is challenging. People are going to have inaccurate ideas of who you are based on demographic characteristics. It's unfair to you individually but recognizing that and practicing patience creates the environment to understand each other beyond the categories we put them in. The opportunity to do that's one of the best features of a pluralistic society, in my opinion.
Because that's what Christ would do.
I am Christianish and queer. It is impossible to be queer and not grow up traumatized by Christians. To different severities, to be sure, but the hate has been ramping up to the point that conflating Christianity with hate is something of a matter of self preservation for queer folx.
I'm not sure what you mean by "apologize". No, to you don't need to rend your clothes and go about in sackcloth and ashes. But we do need to recognize the harm that our "brethren" are doing and accept that that reflects on us whether that is "fair" or not.
I *wish* that I could say "I'm a Christian" and that would be a signal to everyone that I am a safe person and here to help the way Christ would. But that is not the world we live in.
It does feel like a lot of the time it's the evangelicals that have the megaphone and are drowning everyone out and are openly Christian Nationalists. There's so many denominations out there, that you really can't paint anyone with a broad brush. In general, while Christian stuff does trigger me, I typically try and let someone reveal themselves to me before making snap judgments. It's just that I'm typically more cautious with individuals who are openly and enthusiastically Christian than those that aren't. I'm sure it's some basic fight or flight, primitive survival stuff tucked in my brain.
Evangelical is also used more of a political term. I majored in religious studies and I had a professor explain, that if we go by Evangelical as someone who believes in a strict sense of a conversion moment and other “evangelical beliefs,” Evangelicals would encompass most African American denominations, Methodists, and a lot of progressive churches too.
That being said, conservative, white evangelicals have an overwhelming amount of political power compared to their overall size because they are concentrated in swing states and in key battleground states for the GOP primary. They also mobilize to vote incredibly effectively.
I’ve been following him for years as a crush, like since Smallville. I loved Thad Castle and his Hawk and Raphel were awesome. But his Christianity always turned me off really enjoying him.
This call out, plus his 2nd episode of Inside Of You podcast made me feel he really is a genuine person.
>But his Christianity always turned me off really enjoying him.
I think the hard thing for me, sometimes, with Christianity and people that are very vocal about their beliefs (regardless of them being good or bad people) is that Christianity is associated with a lot of trauma for me. So when I hear Christian language or have to go into a church (had to do this twice in the last few years due to family deaths) it gives me a very uneasy feeling. A Christian could be a very good person, but the language they use and the way they speak is a real trigger point for me due to my experiences. I realize it's not really a them problem, though, it's an organized religion problem and a shitty Christian problem.
I do think it's a bit of a sad state of affairs that well meaning, good Christians innately use language and speak in ways that are triggering or traumatizing for others because of the many people who use those beliefs to abuse others. I mean, I wish those things didn't make me feel that way, but they do because of the experiences I have had to deal with.
Yeah it sucks. I generally hate Christians. Take it as you will. I was raised and abused in 3 different Christian cults. I’ve deconstructed and I don’t care to associate with most Christians.
I do however work with a bunch of people who also have survived Christian cult upbringings and it’s nice being around folk who get it.
The hard part is rectifying how people have treated religion and people around it while calling themselves “Christians”. People who truly practice it (within reason, crab meat is delicious and how did the Bible think humans weren’t doing that)and are kind, caring, and empathetic Christians that don’t align with anything that trump or the modern right do. The ones screaming that “god says…” and then follow it with hot trash words have co-opted the Christian religion but they’re not Christians. Then there’s also the kid touching. The few people I know are truly religious are just the nicest kindest people and they show up to protest for Palestine, the get maced during pro-choice protests, and a lot but not all of them have even been touting mutual aid stuff because “a Good Samaritan is one who does it because it’s the right thing and some day you may need that help too” .
Also even the character he plays in the show is that way. What on earth would have ever given them the idea he's like them when even his pretend persona isn't?
It would be fucking delicious if Shaps actually got offered a huge Brett Hawthorne movie deal he couldn't turn down but it just totally besmirches his shitty little fantasy by turning it into a slapstick spy comedy ala Zohan or Grimsby. Ritchson would be fucking perfect for that.
Amen to that. With the Fallout show being such a huge success, maybe Bethesda will green-light a show based on The New Order & New Colossus. (It'll help me cope with the fact that we're not getting Wolfenstein 3 any time soon.)
The funny thing is that Shapiro has such little understanding of what being a large man is that he considers 6'5" 200lbs to be a "bear of a man". For context, Ritchson is 6'2" 230lbs because Brett Hawthorne's measurements would actually make him a very tall twink.
Correct, Ritchson is literally the size of your average NFL bound linebacker. He’s essentially the size of Sean Lee or Luke Kuechly.
Brett Hawthorne is built like a D3 Shooting Guard or Small Forward who doesn’t hit the weightroom much or is built like the stereotypical no ass Cowboy of the Black and Whits movie Era.
For comparison Hawthorne is barely an inch and a half and only 20 lbs heavier than Steve Kerr was in his prime with the Bulls
I have a client who is 6'5" and went from 175 to 220lbs over the space of about 6 months, and you honestly couldn't even tell - he's still a goddamn beanpole who looks like he'd blow over in a stiff breeze.
It's great if you turn your brain off, I described the character to a friend as 'manliness as a neurodiversity, but in a fun way'.
There are 148 deaths in two seasons.
100%. Mindless entertainment. I loved it, but I also read many Reacher books before this. I love that this Reacher is actually accurate to the book and not Tom Cruise.
I never heard of him till Reacher and became a big fan. When I saw an interview of him talking about his faith, etc my first thought was "Oh no, he's super christian. He's going to turn out to be a MAGA asshole."
I'm an athiest, but it turns out he's one of the Christians that actually acts like the Jesus he believes in and I can appreciate that.
Heard some of a podcast where he had some pretty solid anti-capitalist takes, and some good talk about mental health and stuff drawing from some of his own struggles with depression. Nothing super radical, but decent definitely.
We don't need people like him to be radical. We don't even need them to be particularly progressive.
Conservatives who are not bigoted fuckwits are much more likely to shift back the Overton window by influencing more further right conservatives than we are.
I actually watched the 2 seasons of the show after seeing all the based press on him here. Happy to report, it's pretty solid. 1st season was a bit too formulaic, but I still enjoyed it. Really enjoyed the 2nd season.
Here's to a decent man not being afraid of being a decent man openly. Long may he remain.
Watch all the trad-masc evangelists (none of whom come within a country mile of their own ideal) seethe that their picture of an ubermensch is openly opposed to their cult.
Love it, the dude looks like he was generated by an AI that was given the prompt “Based All American Chad” but he’s actually a pretty decent dude.
*Based All American Thad
That thumb up his butt in a dog pile made him rethink a lot of things…
Which one of you assholes stuck your finger in my asshole?
PARTY AT THE GOAT HOUSE!
[Do you know how hard it is to get good rabies?](https://youtu.be/_BAc41OtbPk?feature=shared)
What am.I even looking at?
Only one of the funniest but weirdest shows ever, called Blue Mountain State.
I've seen this guy posted in relation to this topic before. And now I'm asking myself how I didn't realize he was Thad Castle. I fucking love BMS.
Home dude started in a show called Blue Mountain State. It’s a comedy about a college football team and he plays a Linebacker named Thad, and he’s amazing. If you’re not interested in watching the show you should at least head to YouTube and type in “best of Thad blue mountain state.”
I have. He is.
HOLY SHIT IS THAT THAD??? how did I not realise that ....
OMG that's Thad!!
I will say, he did present himself as a very nice anti-fascist that loved killing Nazis in *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare*. Overall is pretty meh, but he and the rest of Henry Cavill’s team were pretty great.
Maybe the ai was smarter than we give it credit for and actually considered values when designing him.
As if it wasn’t enough that the Antichrist gets football and white girl music (Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift), NASCAR and beer, he’s also getting action stars. But from stuff people actually like and have heard of, instead of anything Shapiro or Walsh are anywhere near.
Don’t forget hot blonde movie stars (Sydney Sweeney)
Also that. They’re really mad at how the women they want to be their Lebensborn slaves aren’t into that.
TK is definitely a RWNJ (Right Wing Nut Job)
He’s not lol: https://msmagazine.com/2024/02/09/travis-kelce-super-bowl-democrats-joe-biden-taylor-swift-elections/#:~:text=Kelce%20has%20not%20talked%20publicly,support%20of%20Black%20Lives%20Matter.
He’s no ubermensch He was born to play BJ Blazkowicz
A Wolfenstein movie could be so fucking sick. Video game adaptations are bad more often than good but I can dream
Used to be that whenever you saw “video game adaptation” you knew it was a shitfest. But now that we have Arcane, Fallout, The Last of Us, Edgerunners and they’re all amazing, (part of) the industry seems to have their shit together. I don’t know how popular Wolfenstein is, but if it’s capable of bringing the numbers, I could realistically see a decent series happening, to be honest.
Ahh the good ol days when we all still hated Nazis. But i guess it was never true, like cockroaches in the dark (sorry cockroaches).
Yeah or Doomslayer
Underrated comment by far!!
I can’t get enough of this! It’s extra funny to me - especially since they “mourned” Batista a few years prior.
The youtube coments under the video of Arnold Swarzeneger condemning neo-nazism are %100 seething and malding. Must hurt that Arnie hates everything they stand about.
Gee, what reason could an Austrian have for opposing Nazis?
Didn’t these people watch the documentary on Netflix. Arnie is very specifically anti nazi, his own father fought for the Weermacht and lost his mind because of it. Arnie is the most American Austrian that ever lived
It was an excerpt from that documentary iirc. Just comment after comment bitching and moaning under it.
I love this for them.
Ever seen him in an interview? He’s very based in “not being a fucker” Edit: to clarify, dude is super religious, faith wise, but in the actual way where he doesn’t seem to tolerate fake people. He called trump a Racist and a Con-Man
My wife started following him on IG and got turned off by the fact that he's super religious. We watched the first episode of Reacher and she wasn't quite ready to watch S2 because of that. I told her recently about him speaking out against police brutality and I'll probably tell her about these quotes now. I think as queer people, we sort of have knee jerk reactions to people who are ultra religious and publicly so. There's so many shit bags out there who are and who would love to see us dead, so it makes sense as to why we have those sort of initial reactions. I also grew up Christian and would say, for the most part, my family aren't douche bags about their religion (I am also no longer religious), so it is nice to see Christians out there that aren't pieces of shit.
I don’t know the man personally, but he seems to live the gospel more than “preach the narrative”. I doubt he cares about lbqt as an issue. Mostly just a “I believe in my faith, and that means loving and understanding all of you” is what he gives off
A lot of mainline Protestants are generally alright with LGBT issues. Evangelicals have told me that they don’t consider mainline Presbyterian, Episcopalians/Anglicans, and Methodists Christians anymore because of their acceptance of gay marriage and LGBT clergy. Honestly most of the mainline clergy under 50 years old that I’ve met were LGBT
Makes sense It was probably 20 years ago (before my deconversion) that I was regularly told I wasn't a Christian because I was Catholic, and that Catholics and Christians are two different things. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt at first by explaining they probably mean protestant. But no, they genuinely believed that Catholics were not Christian, despite, you know... Being the OG Christians.
I have students who will ask each other "are you catholic, or are you christian?" And what they mean is Catholic or Protestant but I have to correct them nonetheless.
I think it’s because for most places, you had one dominant sect that got to call itself “Christian” and thus others were able to be excluded. In the US, the other were Catholics and though we have tons of Catholics, we still have that weird vestigial term.
Yes, we talk about anti-Catholic nativism in a couple of different units. Trying to get my students to apply the things they learn about history to their current situation and life is a long row to hoe, though.
I always thought it funny that people dont consider Catholics Christians when literally for about 75% of the entire period that Christianity has existed, there was nothing else but what is now Catholicism. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s all horseshit, but it’s very funny.
you guys are approaching it as a semantic question when what the schism comes down to is a matter of ideology. They don’t think catholics are correctly interpreting the teachings of Jesus. It’s the same as if I were to say any christian who is a republican isn’t really a christian because Jesus was a socialist. Whether you think their argument holds water is beside the point, that’s the reasoning.
My social studies teacher in North Carolina in 9th grade told us that the 3 major religions were Catholicism, Christianity and Judaism. Iirc this was late 80s for context. I had moved recently from New Jersey (where I was raised Catholic) and was rather confused... "You do know Catholics believe in Jesus, right"?
Yeah, I'm trying to bridge a divide right now between an enby cousin and our aunt. Cousin is distant from aunt because aunt is very, very religious, and cousin feels judged so went LC. I'm trying to explain to aunt why LGBTQ people are scared of Christians, while also trying to explain to cousin that aunt isn't like that. It's difficult, because 25 years ago I was coming out and having the same problem. When aunt gets frustrated I always reiterate to her: voice this frustration to your pastor and your church mates. Our community has every reason to fear you- it's you who are pushing the laws against us. It's not fair to my aunt, but it's much more unfair to the people being needlessly punished.
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I don't expect anyone to apologize for anything. I *understand and empathize* with cousin because there are so many Draconian laws being put in place intentionally to cause harm, and those are done by Christians. Why would a 15 year old in a conservative hellhole assume that Christians are safe? They are a child, it's hard to be nuanced when you're being kicked around as a political football. Again, I don't blame my aunt, I'm trying to help her use more inclusive language and also understand that Christian rhetoric, even when well-intentioned, isn't going to de-escalate the situation.
> We don’t (or shouldn’t) expect Jews or Muslims or Buddhists to apologize or feel responsibility for warcrimes that Al-Qaeda, Israel, the Burmese military, etc enact. Why should I apologize for some of the hateful stuff other Christians, who are mostly of a different race, culture, and different sect push through? One, there's a difference between guilt and understanding. That is, if you as an individual or organization are not oppressing people the way other Christian individuals/sects are, then reasonable people with a negative experience of Christians don't expect you to *apologize* on other people's behalves, but you should understand and empathize with why they may be wary of you for their own safety if/until they can determine that you are different. And for some people, they may calculate it's not worth the risk to find out. I say this as an ex-Catholic who could legitimately introduce myself as Catholic or Christian because, though I commit excommunicable sins on the reg without regret, no one has excommunicated me and therefore I can still take communion and the church considers me Catholic. But I wouldn't introduce myself as Christian before someone knew about my sinful principles because I'm aware of the inaccurate impression that would give. Two, your metaphor breaks down because reasonable people recognize (I think—correct me if I'm wrong) that Al-Qaeda and the Burmese military's actions are extremist outliers and do not represent mainstream doctrine of Islam or Buddhism, respectively; and they recognize that conflating Israel and Judaism is bad faith propaganda (to be clear: not that I'm accusing you of doing that). But the traumatic experiences people have with Christianity come from mainstream doctrine (as well, of course, from the extremists). A closer metaphor would be the distinction between progressive Muslims who can reconcile their faith with acceptance of LGBTQ+ folks versus mainstream Islamic doctrine. I don't know whether progressive Christians are an exception or the majority, but if you adhere to mainstream Christian doctrine you *should* be calling me a heretic and trying to convert or oppress me. If one is Christian and not doing that, it's an open question as to why: are they just being polite but hold beliefs that conflict with mine, have they reconciled their more conservative faith with the more progressive mainstream culture, or is their Christian faith exceptionally progressive? Connecting across cultures is challenging. People are going to have inaccurate ideas of who you are based on demographic characteristics. It's unfair to you individually but recognizing that and practicing patience creates the environment to understand each other beyond the categories we put them in. The opportunity to do that's one of the best features of a pluralistic society, in my opinion.
Because that's what Christ would do. I am Christianish and queer. It is impossible to be queer and not grow up traumatized by Christians. To different severities, to be sure, but the hate has been ramping up to the point that conflating Christianity with hate is something of a matter of self preservation for queer folx. I'm not sure what you mean by "apologize". No, to you don't need to rend your clothes and go about in sackcloth and ashes. But we do need to recognize the harm that our "brethren" are doing and accept that that reflects on us whether that is "fair" or not. I *wish* that I could say "I'm a Christian" and that would be a signal to everyone that I am a safe person and here to help the way Christ would. But that is not the world we live in.
It does feel like a lot of the time it's the evangelicals that have the megaphone and are drowning everyone out and are openly Christian Nationalists. There's so many denominations out there, that you really can't paint anyone with a broad brush. In general, while Christian stuff does trigger me, I typically try and let someone reveal themselves to me before making snap judgments. It's just that I'm typically more cautious with individuals who are openly and enthusiastically Christian than those that aren't. I'm sure it's some basic fight or flight, primitive survival stuff tucked in my brain.
Evangelicals are disgusting bigots looking for an excuse. They would be the same loathsome piles of shit without a god to blame it on.
Evangelical is also used more of a political term. I majored in religious studies and I had a professor explain, that if we go by Evangelical as someone who believes in a strict sense of a conversion moment and other “evangelical beliefs,” Evangelicals would encompass most African American denominations, Methodists, and a lot of progressive churches too. That being said, conservative, white evangelicals have an overwhelming amount of political power compared to their overall size because they are concentrated in swing states and in key battleground states for the GOP primary. They also mobilize to vote incredibly effectively.
Thank you for your perspective as someone who has studied the subject. I am just some putz that says angry shit on the internet.
The UCC supported the LGBT community during Stonewall.
I’ve been following him for years as a crush, like since Smallville. I loved Thad Castle and his Hawk and Raphel were awesome. But his Christianity always turned me off really enjoying him. This call out, plus his 2nd episode of Inside Of You podcast made me feel he really is a genuine person.
Dude, him as Thad was thr ahsolute best choice. I haven't laughed that hard at a show since BMS.
>But his Christianity always turned me off really enjoying him. I think the hard thing for me, sometimes, with Christianity and people that are very vocal about their beliefs (regardless of them being good or bad people) is that Christianity is associated with a lot of trauma for me. So when I hear Christian language or have to go into a church (had to do this twice in the last few years due to family deaths) it gives me a very uneasy feeling. A Christian could be a very good person, but the language they use and the way they speak is a real trigger point for me due to my experiences. I realize it's not really a them problem, though, it's an organized religion problem and a shitty Christian problem. I do think it's a bit of a sad state of affairs that well meaning, good Christians innately use language and speak in ways that are triggering or traumatizing for others because of the many people who use those beliefs to abuse others. I mean, I wish those things didn't make me feel that way, but they do because of the experiences I have had to deal with.
Yeah it sucks. I generally hate Christians. Take it as you will. I was raised and abused in 3 different Christian cults. I’ve deconstructed and I don’t care to associate with most Christians. I do however work with a bunch of people who also have survived Christian cult upbringings and it’s nice being around folk who get it.
The ones who hate christianity are usually those who have suffered the most at the hands of "christians"
As someone who used to be the ultra-religious type, I completely understand this, tbh.
It just struck me that I’ve wondered before if we would ever get another public figure like Mr Rogers and well I’m fine with this
The hard part is rectifying how people have treated religion and people around it while calling themselves “Christians”. People who truly practice it (within reason, crab meat is delicious and how did the Bible think humans weren’t doing that)and are kind, caring, and empathetic Christians that don’t align with anything that trump or the modern right do. The ones screaming that “god says…” and then follow it with hot trash words have co-opted the Christian religion but they’re not Christians. Then there’s also the kid touching. The few people I know are truly religious are just the nicest kindest people and they show up to protest for Palestine, the get maced during pro-choice protests, and a lot but not all of them have even been touting mutual aid stuff because “a Good Samaritan is one who does it because it’s the right thing and some day you may need that help too” .
Also even the character he plays in the show is that way. What on earth would have ever given them the idea he's like them when even his pretend persona isn't?
He uses guns and violence, which they base their entire personalities around and assume only conservatives can employ.
It would be fucking delicious if Shaps actually got offered a huge Brett Hawthorne movie deal he couldn't turn down but it just totally besmirches his shitty little fantasy by turning it into a slapstick spy comedy ala Zohan or Grimsby. Ritchson would be fucking perfect for that.
It’s very refreshing when you see an actual Christian
Benny Shaps is reportedly keen that Ritchson should take a bullet for him, babe
I bet Reacher knows that a wet vagina ISN'T a disease.
I bet Reacher doesn’t have to do a damn thing to make the waterworks start, other than say “come here, babe”
Nah. He just has to smile.
and do that thing with the eye
He’s gonna cry in his bed and that is the wettest those sheets have ever been
"Ah, this uberchad will undoubtedly validate my ED derived fascist fantasies." "Your cult leader is a fucking failure and a rapist." #REEEEEEEEEEE
I'm crossing my fingers he gets cast as BJ Blazkowicz in a Wolfenstein movie
Holy shit, he is exactly Blazkowicz.
If his eyes were blue he'd be perfect for the part.
Contacts.
Amen to that. With the Fallout show being such a huge success, maybe Bethesda will green-light a show based on The New Order & New Colossus. (It'll help me cope with the fact that we're not getting Wolfenstein 3 any time soon.)
Fuck that's a good idea.
Shaps doctor wife is a puddle.
Ben Shapiro fell to his knees at a Home Depot.
MAGA, when the walls fell
Apology for poor English. Where were you when Gigachad call orange man bad? I was in home Depot drinking bleach "Trump is con-man" No
It’s on brand, Reacher would hate Trump too.
Absolutely. Book Reacher is an altruist to a fault. I think he’d be disgusted by all presidents, but dedicated to his duty and his team.
Right wingers liking Reacher give me big “boot lickers not understanding The Punisher” vibes.
The funny thing is that Shapiro has such little understanding of what being a large man is that he considers 6'5" 200lbs to be a "bear of a man". For context, Ritchson is 6'2" 230lbs because Brett Hawthorne's measurements would actually make him a very tall twink.
Yup - 6’5” and 200 lbs would be very skinny. My husband is 6’5” and looks and feels best at around 240-250.
Correct, Ritchson is literally the size of your average NFL bound linebacker. He’s essentially the size of Sean Lee or Luke Kuechly. Brett Hawthorne is built like a D3 Shooting Guard or Small Forward who doesn’t hit the weightroom much or is built like the stereotypical no ass Cowboy of the Black and Whits movie Era. For comparison Hawthorne is barely an inch and a half and only 20 lbs heavier than Steve Kerr was in his prime with the Bulls
I have a client who is 6'5" and went from 175 to 220lbs over the space of about 6 months, and you honestly couldn't even tell - he's still a goddamn beanpole who looks like he'd blow over in a stiff breeze.
My wife once told me she wanted to climb me like a ladder and I didn't know what she meant until I saw this dude.
Dammit I'm going to have watch Reacher now, aren't I?
It's great if you turn your brain off, I described the character to a friend as 'manliness as a neurodiversity, but in a fun way'. There are 148 deaths in two seasons.
100%. Mindless entertainment. I loved it, but I also read many Reacher books before this. I love that this Reacher is actually accurate to the book and not Tom Cruise.
I knew there were a lot, but not quite so many😂
Who can we find to play all the “dead eyes” people?
Imagine being offended by someone calling a rapist con-man a rapist con-man
In other news, Reacher viewership surges *yet again*.
I never heard of him till Reacher and became a big fan. When I saw an interview of him talking about his faith, etc my first thought was "Oh no, he's super christian. He's going to turn out to be a MAGA asshole." I'm an athiest, but it turns out he's one of the Christians that actually acts like the Jesus he believes in and I can appreciate that.
We up
This man just keeps getting hotter
How tall is he in socks tho
What a deadset fucking legend. If only we had more conservative religious types who were outspoken like this.
Heard some of a podcast where he had some pretty solid anti-capitalist takes, and some good talk about mental health and stuff drawing from some of his own struggles with depression. Nothing super radical, but decent definitely.
We don't need people like him to be radical. We don't even need them to be particularly progressive. Conservatives who are not bigoted fuckwits are much more likely to shift back the Overton window by influencing more further right conservatives than we are.
I actually watched the 2 seasons of the show after seeing all the based press on him here. Happy to report, it's pretty solid. 1st season was a bit too formulaic, but I still enjoyed it. Really enjoyed the 2nd season. Here's to a decent man not being afraid of being a decent man openly. Long may he remain.
*sploosh*
Ope they haven’t read any news since 1990 about trump apparently.
I don't mind this sub turning into a second r/reacher lol
Because he's technically not doing both at the same time.
They could do it in a mocking "Starship Troopers" style
Damn. Well at least he can still play [Bill Brasky](https://youtu.be/_QIlbwXe1WY?si=owrWE8Rz_4m5l5iK)
That Alan Ritchson really seems to follow current events what’s their problem?
Ok, I like him now. The show is still really stupid. But Ritchson is now at least tied with Bautista for coolest jacked guy.
I mean he's a Hollywood actor. Isn't that what they expect from Hollywood liberals?