17 Sep 22
@fmf saidI don’t know what a Christian perspective would be anymore than I would a Moslem or Hindu perspective.
What is a Christian perspective on what he did earlier this week?
But my personal perspective is (among other thoughts) that I thought it was mixture of amusing political grandstanding, raw hypocrisy, people pawning and a good point.
@fmf saidRon DeSantis is little more than a snake oil salesman in an expensive suit who wraps himself in a cloak of Christian sanctity in order to further his political ambitions. This little move of flying people to other states was just a publicity stunt from a sicko who enjoys using the less fortunate to his advantage.
What is a Christian perspective on what he did earlier this week?
@mchill saidCould you try that again without the flurry of partisan adhominem ?
Ron DeSantis is little more than a snake oil salesman in an expensive suit who wraps himself in a cloak of Christian sanctity in order to further his political ambitions. This little move of flying people to other states was just a publicity stunt from a sicko who enjoys using the less fortunate to his advantage.
17 Sep 22
@divegeester saidI have no wish to be abrasive, but few things get under my skin more than rich politicians who use poor people and scripture for political gain.
Thanks for thinking about it.
@mchill saidDo you think Biden should draw criticism for flying people all over the country at night
Ron DeSantis is little more than a snake oil salesman in an expensive suit who wraps himself in a cloak of Christian sanctity in order to further his political ambitions. This little move of flying people to other states was just a publicity stunt from a sicko who enjoys using the less fortunate to his advantage.
without fanfare and just dropping them off everywhere without notice?
@fmf saidsorry for the redirect
What is a Christian perspective on what he did earlier this week?
this is an npr story about the history of this exact sort of racist behavior from the same sort of racists that have always existed
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/17/1123629655/60-years-before-migrants-were-sent-to-marthas-vineyard-there-were-the-reverse-fr
17 Sep 22
@divegeester saidWhat someone did last week or some other period of time isn't specific, if you
Oh dear, here we go.
are not clear whatever he was thinking about may not be what I think about
when I think about him and last week, so yes, be specific.
17 Sep 22
@kellyjay saidSo you are just going to pretend that you don’t know what is being discussed here?
What someone did last week or some other period of time isn't specific, if you
are not clear whatever he was thinking about may not be what I think about
when I think about him and last week, so yes, be specific.
17 Sep 22
@divegeester saidI see the words here, what someone did last week from someone else's point of view
So you are just going to pretend that you don’t know what is being discussed here?
that isn't something I'd call common knowledge.