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I'm not going to watch over an hour long press conference, but I'm really get tired of this shit making fun of ASL interpreters. They are "speaking" a different language than you, and that language is entirely visual. Facial expressions are a key component of that language expressing punctuation, emotion, and all that other jazz. Most importantly, you are NOT the audience for that interpreter. Deaf people are. They recognize and utilize visual cues to enhance their signing for added context, urgency, etc. There are only so many signs, and they're often differentiated by facial or exaggerated physical expressions. Yes, to your ignorant, uninformed eyes, it might look silly, attention-grabbing, or whatever, but, again, YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED AUDIENCE. This is not some slapstick comedy routine.. Grow up and focus on what matters most: the conveyance of information in visual (not written) form. ~ Dad of a Deaf kid whose primary conduit of communication with her is through sign language.45 points
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The trainer he's been training with in Texas for the past month has been Derrick Johnson41 points
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The version of this thread on Daily Texan forum is a good example of why there are so few Trump supporters/conservatives that post in CR. They post a bunch of misinformation, gloat about believing this killer is a Democrat, and then once the facts come out... They're gone. Scattered like cockroaches. The only reason CR is a Dem "echo chamber" is because conservatism is dead and has been replaced by pure trolling and disingenuousness. Easier to just stop posting when you can't sincerely defend your positions anymore.41 points
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Long post alert and I am leaving out tons. I often try to avoid posting on this, but these posts get made all the time. For reasons I'd rather not expound on, I've known more Mormons than most of the rest of this board put together. Your impression is accurate about some, but there is a grotesque side that outsiders rarely see. Mormonism is a mix of good people, average people and predators that prey on them. There's a reason Utah has more multi-level marketing schemes and victims than any other state. First, the happy all the time is a manufactured image and beaten into you as a child, often literally. It's similar to other prosperity gospel groups. If you aren't happy, it's because you need to be more righteous and God will favor you and make you happy. People learn quickly not to show anything aside from a beaming smile. Especially to outsiders. That faux everyone is always happy bullshit is one of their biggest recruiting tools. The women and children are very frequently unhappy, but have learned to keep it to themselves. Utah's suicide rate is nearly double the national average. Suicide is the leading cause of death for ages 10-17. The suicide rate among kids has tripled in the last decade. It is especially high for LGBTQ+ kids. https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/suicide-is-leading-cause-of-death-among-utahns-ages-10-17-research-shows/ Mormonism itself is also in major flux. They are facing an existential truth crisis thanks to the internet and even to South Park, though South Park barely scratched the surface. As a result, many of the actual salt of the earth people are leaving in droves. Wards are being closed down and consolidated across the country. Exmormon content is some of the highest traffic content on TikTok and reddit. Check out r/exmormon and r/mormon for examples. They realized they've been lied to and exploited their entire lives. Or, they've watched others exploited and can't stay silent, though speaking out often means they are completely cut off by their family, friends, jobs and housing. Some left because rape victims are shamed and blamed for not fighting back enough. That's only one example of many and it's gone on for decades, at a minimum. It's beyond cruel and makes the worst experience of their life even more traumatic. Real salt of the earth people don't blame rape victims and they leave cruel organizations where others do blame rape victims. Recently, a bunch left over how the Mormons treat LGBTQ+ members. You won't see it in public, but many Mormons are fucking monsters to any friends/relatives who come out as LGBTQ+, especially trans. I have a friend who is trans and I'd put the odds at 80/20 she kills her self at some point due to how other Mormons treat her. I'm probably underestimating, she's hardly talking to anyone, or returning texts anymore. I regularly have to ask her to text me an emoji response, so I know she's still alive. It makes me fucking livid that there is nothing I can do, because all the love I can give her is dwarfed by the hate she is surrounded by, including most all of her family and former close friends. Salt of the earth people wouldn't do that to her. The real salt of the earth people stand up for the vulnerable and are leaving. Also of note on this issue, you may remember the Mormon "church" spending enormous political capital and members enormous amounts of money to take away LGBTQ+ right to marriage in California. Prop 8 would not have passed without their bigotry. Real salt of the earth people allow others to live their lives as they see fit, rather than trying to take away their rights. Others have left recently when they found out the "church" created a bunch of shell companies to hide at least $32 billion dollars from the SEC. The highest levels of leadership were aware and condoned it for 22 years, until a whistleblower turned them in. For 22 years, everyone else, including 3 different President's and all of their first counselors, covered it up. That whistleblower is the only salt of the earth person in that whole bunch. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64727764 Real salt of the earth people don't condone 22years of hiding billions from the SEC, they leave corrupt organizations like that. They report it to the SEC if they find out. Lots of the good people left when they found out about Joseph Smith's many concubines, including his 14 year old "wife" and how he coerced her by telling her that her families salvation depended on her giving herself to him. She lived to regret that decision and wrote about how she missed her lost childhood dearly. Many of those same Mormons you would call salt of the earth people bend over backwards to excuse this, "She was a few months shy of her 15th birthday". It's fucking gross. Actual salt of the earth people know that is deeply wrong and are leaving over it. Others left when they found out about the many "wives" Smith took that were already married, including sending men overseas on missions and "marrying" their wives. Or Brigham Young's 15 year old "wives", genocide and massacres of the Utah Native American tribes and that he owned slaves. Or that at least the first 4 Prophet, Seer and Revelators took child brides. Again, actual salt of the earth people cannot countenance these completely immoral and indefensible actions. Real salt of the earth people leave. Others left because there is a burgeoning awareness of how rampant domestic and sexual abuse of women and children are. Check out https://floodlit.org, a group who are cataloging all known sexual accusations and instances of direct coverup by leadership. They have a backlog of thousands of cases. The "church" has a special hot line for bishops and stake presidents to call that goes straight to their lawfirm, Kirton-McConkie, who "investigates" and covers up everything they can. The "church" actively lobbies to maintain clergy privilege and not have to disclose abuse to police if it's reported to leadership, despite the fact that the bishops/stake presidents have no formal training and are often just one of the richest, most connected members of the community. Right up the present day, Mormon leadership protects domestic abusers and sexual abusers if the family of the perpetrator is well connected. A friend of mine was married to a man who regularly beat the shit out of her, put out cigarettes on her, subjected her to regular and extremely violent rape. The abuser's family was powerful locally. His brother was a bishop in a nearby ward, his father was the stake president. Every time she reported it to her bishop, he heavily pressured her to not report it and to give the abuser another chance. God had brought them together, who was she to question his will? That's pretty close to verbatim what she was told over and over, to the point where she internalized it and began to see it as her fault. When she tried to complain to the stake president, it was the abuser's dad and he also tried to force her to accept the abuse. When she tried to escalate that, she was scolded for going over the stake president's head. She was frozen out completely and told to talk to the abuser's father about it. She was subjected to that for nearly two years until I found out some of the worst details she'd been telling the church leaders for years. I decided if his church wouldn't put the fear of God in him, I would. He hasn't come within 1000 feet of her since. They could have stopped it at any time, but chose not to. Her abuser, his brother and his father all remain members in good standing as of the last time I heard about them. Brother and father were still in high up leadership roles. You can check the subreddits to see that is far from an isolated case. The top post on the r/exmormon subreddit currently is about a man who raped his daughter for 14 years, went to prison for it, and has just been re-baptised and forgiven. His daughter's life is destroyed forever, but he's re-baptized, so that sin is washed away for him. Her mother chose him over her own daughter. Welcome back into the flock Elder Incest Child Rapist. How can any decent person stay in such a monstrous organization. Actual decent people leave. Kids do one on one "worthiness" interviews with the bishop where they are asked incredibly invasive questions. Many kids first learn about masturbation when the bishop asks them about it explicitly. It's fucked up. For members, including teenagers, that have engaged in extramarital sexual relations, bishops have total leeway in what to ask them. Virtually all of them will ask how many times, what you did, was there oral, hand, vaginal, anal. Some of them want to know exact positions, did you use a condom, did you cum, did you cum inside her, did she cum? Just one example. Bear in mind, the bishop has no formal training, he's usually just one of the richest members of the congregation. It's a religion literally founded on lies, grifting, predatory behavior and sexual abuse of women and children. It continues to be that today. So there are three types of mormons left. 1) The ones who are willfully ignorant, despite the internet being at their fingertips, or 2) are gullible enough to know it and try to make themselves okay with it, or 3) the ones who see it as a guidebook for how to prey on the rest of them. There are still some willfully ignorant good people there. I really do feel bad for them. They are so afraid to find out the truth, they wall themselves off from reality. They are told by their leadership to "Doubt Your Doubts". I understand it is incredibly difficult to walk away from indoctrination that constant and powerful, especially if you are born into it. They've never known any different. But unless they do stand up and leave, they cannot be real salt of the earth people. Not if they support all of the above, plus much, much more awful shit. Real salt of the earth people leave such a monstrous organization.39 points
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I was pleasantly surprised in Belton. Only got to be there about an hour, but I'd guess 700-1000 people were there in the fiefdom of John Carter the Feckless. Kudos to the olds who showed up, saw lots of older vets. Everyone was cordial, welcoming, and upbeat. Almost zero presence of counter protesters, and LEO must have been staying out of sight. Organizers did a great job. Best sign:39 points
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CJ Baxter has been cleared and is back practicing with the team. (IT)39 points
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Per someone writing the checks we are upping the bid on Atkinson and several others. He’s not gonna end up here but others will have to pay. We are managing things on a high level and even in recruitments we aren’t likely to win we are a big fucking problem for everyone else out there. It’s a fantastic time to be a Texas fan. I’m enjoying it immensely. Once it officially became a game of money and intelligence we rose to the top in a hurry. Fun times.38 points
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Texas wins the Director's Cup!!! Bonkers how close it was. And ...37 points
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My kid representing in Chicago. The EL driver stopped the train and honked in solidarity.36 points
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For some reason I was craving an egg salad sandwich from Thundercloud so I ordered it online and asked my wife to pick it up on the way home. I included "I ordered it from the one behind Cane's off Bee Cave road" I get a frantic call "you ordered from the wrong store, they don't have your order but if you send me the receipt they will make it" So I email her the receipt. About 10 seconds later I hear a man say in the background "Ma'am this is Jersey Mikes"36 points
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My wife doesn't understand why I'm always asking if she's stuck when she goes under the bed to get something or when she's getting her clothes out of the dryer.35 points
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From OTF Gerry Hamilton Posted 1 hour ago OTF believes Texas leads for Lamar Brown BTW35 points
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If his name was Dia Smith, he'd probably be a high three-star quarterback. He plays a very low level of competition. He hasn't progressed since his freshman year. I wouldn't say he's regressed, but he hasn't progressed. When he has had to step up against other competition, especially the playoff game where he looked awful, it just hasn't translated. Now, the Bell name is important. It's not just the name but what goes into that. Raja was a tremendous athlete. The kid's been taught since a young age. You have to assume based on the success of everybody else in that family that he's going to be good. So, high three-star with the name Smith. Throw in the Bell name you get to a four star.34 points
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You don't have to explain yourself to this board's version of the Iraqi Propaganda Minister for Negativity and this board's version of Ralph Wiggum. The rest of us understood.34 points
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Those fat fucks in Florida could take a page from west coast popos33 points
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Hung out with my BFF Rick again today Lotta great signs as per usual. This one tho... She was just in the crowd, but talked with us about her dad being a part of one of the first groups into a concentration camp. As she was sharing this, a man with a Ukrainian flag around his shoulders came up and started crying as he listened to her. His Jewish grandparents came to America after the camp they were in was liberated. It wasn't the same one (can't remember the camps names, dammit), but still an incredibly powerful moment.33 points
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My 79 yo dad protested Vietnam in 1970 as a fresh UT grad (immediately after Kent State). Today him and my mom are headed to capitol to do it all again. fuck trump.32 points
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Those poor childrens hospitals man31 points
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First, lets state the obvious; You don't actually have any actual information about the NIL budgets, costs, packages, or anything else at any other school. You don't have any actual information about those things at the fucking school you follow, Texas. So the fact that you say declaratively that other programs don't care about cost is stupid to the point that it should be immediately dismissed, mocked, and you should be laughed at, heartily. Second, we just inked the number one class, loaded at damn near everywhere, a few short months ago, including some big time over the top efforts at the end to get key, high cost players. And this was after everyone piss and shit themselves all summer about our class. And, this is something I actually know, our fundraising has only gotten stronger and improved since last year. So maybe, maybe, act like you can remember at some point in your life what it was like to have a set of balls.30 points
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We just got back from the Austin rally (we were there for half of it, then rotated out - people were still showing up, older folks were rotating out…it was pretty damned hot). But we Constitutioned the fuck out of it. The right of the people to peaceably assemble. All that shit. We the people will not go quietly into that good night. Multiple people complimented and thanked my wife for representing - she wore her clerical collar, because real Christians stand against cruelty and fascism. Bonhoeffer sure as fuck did. We can too. The crowd was in great spirits. Cars driving by as we left were honking horns, fists raised in support. And yeah, a drag queen did two RATM numbers. Solid. I’m proud of all of y’all, and of a shitload of my countrymen. But this doesn’t end here. Not even close.29 points
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Fuckers were at the entrance to my neighborhood this morning when I left. About six to eight police vehicles, DPS and unmarked. Had a lawn crew pulled over with about eight guys detained. When I came back a little later their truck was being towed and they were gone. I feel so much safer but now my neighbor needs to mow his fucking yard. Fuck you racist, piece of shit Republicans in the goat ass. If you all died today I would celebrate in the streets.28 points
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People asking what they can do to keep this going, protests are awesome do them. But the playbook is pretty simple… 1. Stay informed - BUT only enough to be informed. Do not let news consumption drain your resources because consuming news does nothing in and of itself. 2. Strengthen your community - building and strengthening relationships among friends is critical to a movement. Go out, have a good time, learn about one another, give to one another, and add more to your community. This becomes critical when it’s go time - see below. 3. Go to local candidate fundraisers and give money (if you can) - online giving is better than nothing but go to the in person ones and make new friends, these are critical for building community and also funding the operation. The opposition passes the fucking plate on Sunday essentially to raise money it’s in their DNA. We have to understand we will win the war when every dog catcher in America is a people (and dogs) first elected official. Dems are terrible at down ballot. We have to do better. You don’t have kids or don’t have kids in school anymore? It doesn’t matter. That local school board election might be the single most important election in your community and galvanizing around candidates in your community only races benefits the state wide and national races. 4. Take breaks, find and appreciate beauty in your life - gratitude and beauty are things we must have to recharge. Find them, cultivate them. From here with a strong community you are ready for game time. 5. Fight back by voting - this seems like the duh part BUT do you know many of your friends might not vote for this or that reason? Remember the build community part? Now it’s time to call on your community and HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. 35-40% of those that vote will never change from the republicans for whatever reason. These elections will always be won on turnout. Text or call everyone you know encouraging them to vote and asking if they have a plan. Ask them to call and tell their friends. And know it is because you cultivated and strengthened your community that you have the right and authority to hold them accountable. When a strong community holds itself accountable the people will be heard. The END GAME when it comes to building community is to ensure our voices are heard at the ballot box. Keep the end game in mind. we just did this to take back the LTISD school board from MAGA assholes. We did it by brining new people into our community and then saying hey let’s vote and get this done. I texted and texted my relationships not some campaign text banking shift but texting those I know and for the first time felt like I was actually effective in moving the needle (and I’ve done plenty of phone banking). Organic, community led accountability is what will truly lead to saving this country.28 points
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I am going anyway. Fuck this regime.26 points
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