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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded...
URL: https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usaid-shutdown-musk-rubio-trump/
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"Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded, and without answers—worry that the new administration is done with the development agency. Patients seek treatment at a USAID supported hospital in Somalia during a drought in 2022. CHRISTIANITY TODAY FEBRUARY 4, 2025 Projects in 130 countries—from Kenya to Vietnam to Ukraine—ground to a halt. Staff on the ground, many with Christian organizations, were adapting to new information by the hour, trying to find alternatives for patients seeking help from clinics that had closed. Halted projects were addressing famine, lack of electricity in rural health facilities, and malaria outbreaks. What initially appeared to be a temporary freeze in funding for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) turned out to be an effort to permanently close the 64-year-old humanitarian agency, the single biggest source of relief and development in the world. USAID became a target of Elon Musk’s Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE). Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated Monday that USAID, an independent agency, would be absorbed into the State Department. It’s unclear how that would work when the administrative infrastructure of the agency has been gutted and projects halted midway through. Former officials in US foreign aid who spoke on background with CT are hopeful that Rubio can find a way for the aid to continue in a restructured form. Sign up for The Daily Briefing Get the most recent headlines and stories from Christianity Today delivered to your inbox daily. But over the weekend, Musk announced on his social media platform X that the agency would be closing permanently and that Trump supported the closure. Musk has publicly accused USAID of being a “criminal organization.” “We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” Musk posted on X on Sunday night. The Wall Street Journal reported that DOGE staffers forced their way into the USAID offices over the weekend and gained access to classified information Most of USAID’s budget goes to grants for specific development projects, including at Samaritan’s Purse, World Vision, World Relief, Catholic Relief Services, and many other faith-based groups. It supports local Christian health clinics in Malawi and groups providing orphan care. In Kenya, PCEA Chogoria Hospital, a historic mission hospital now run by Kenyan churches, provides comprehensive health care to HIV patients through support from USAID. On January 24 the hospital received a stop-work order for that care and has had no indication of a return of funding despite Rubio’s promises that life-saving HIV care could continue. The hospital has 3,162 HIV patients in that USAID-funded program, and 42 staff members caring for those patients. Chogoria had a plan to gradually take on the funding obligation of HIV patients itself over the next three years. “However, the abrupt nature of this funding halt was unforeseen and has left both staff and patients facing uncertainty about the future of their care,” said Elijah Mwaura, the CEO of Chogoria, in a statement to CT. “We acknowledge and sincerely appreciate the invaluable support provided over the years, which has significantly improved health outcomes for many individuals living with HIV. While this development presents a considerable challenge, we remain hopeful that a timely solution can be found to sustain these critical services and minimize disruptions to patient care.” On Monday, Democratic lawmakers who tried unsuccessfully to access the locked agency headquarters protested that Trump does not have constitutional authority to shutter the agency. Trump on Monday said he did not need congressional authority to shut the agency down if there were fraud, though he did not have concrete evidence of any fraud at the agency. The administration and Musk have repeated that USAID funded $50 million worth of condoms in Gaza, which is not true. The contract the White House cited funded zero dollars’ worth of condoms to Gaza. “It is exceptionally painful to watch all this,” said Kent Hill, a former top official at USAID who also worked at World Vision and in Christian higher education as the president of Eastern Nazarene College. If USAID has specific problems, shutting the whole agency down instead of addressing the problems is a “tremendous overreaction” and “inhumane,” he said. “Few American investments, if any, bring such a remarkable return,” Hill said. “To talk about shutting USAID down is callous and represents a tremendous a lapse in judgment which ought to call forth bipartisan condemnation.” Groups on the ground have reported to CT an ongoing freeze in USAID funds, like those used for critical healthcare, even after the State Department issued a waiver for life-saving care. “The total closure of USAID would cause irreparable damage to a number of Christian mission institutions across Africa, and I’m sure across the world,” said Matthew Loftus, a missionary doctor in Kenya. “A lot of what USAID is funding is critical infrastructure that everyone relies on to keep their programs running every day, like medicines.” One example is Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS), a Christian medical organization that manages the supply chain and quality control of medications in Kenya. MEDS does its work with USAID funding. Loftus said MEDS is a “lifeline” for mission hospitals in Kenya, and it’s how his hospital gets most of its medication. “This is how the missionaries that you support do their job every day,” Loftus said. A child holds a US flag during a naturalization ceremony RELATED Can Christians Save the Refugee Program? HARVEST PRUDE USAID supports health measures like malaria treatment and HIV treatment and prevention. It manages nonmilitary aid for Ukraine, the biggest chunk of its budget. It helps local governments with logistical and technical support as they build health infrastructure. Other than Ukraine, most of its budget goes to health care. It forms less than 1 percent of the US government’s budget, so it provides small savings for DOGE compared to its impact. But officials over the years have discussed a need for USAID reforms. Here’s how USAID projects work: USAID staffers outline a need (like lack of water in a community) and a solution (like building a well) and form that into a project. An organization—faith-based, secular, for-profit, or nonprofit—applies to implement that project. Project-based funding is where most US foreign assistance goes. The stop-work order on foreign assistance halted these projects. Even if the administrator of a project is not religious, a local church or religious organization might be implementing it on the ground. USAID supports local faith-based organizations, it said on its now-shuttered website, because it considers them to be “the backbone of local communities.” USAID staffers read the administration’s actions in the last week as a more permanent ending of USAID as an agency than as a 90-day pause for a review. USAID’s website is offline. Hundreds of USAID employees have been fired—not simply furloughed—including top administrators. The Associated Press reported Monday that remaining employees received a notice not to come to the office. Recently fired USAID employees told CT that even before their firings last week, they had been barred from talking to partners in the field or from holding any meetings with other staff. They knew of projects that were stopped midstride, like a project bringing electricity to rural health facilities in Sierra Leone. They worried about the breaking of trust with people all over the world. One recently fired employee said USAID supplies say on the outside, “From the American people,” so people know where aid is coming from. Now they’ll know who is at fault for it stopping, too. Hill, the former USAID official, said that the Trump administration had overreached its constitutional powers. “The Republican Party, if it is to retain any degree of credibility with the American people and with serious, principled conservatives, must courageously resist all examples of overreach in the new administration, and it must defend USAID from destruction since USAID had been funded and supported by Congress since its inception,” Hill said. Annē Linn is one of those who was recently fired; she worked on the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), an initiative started by President George W. Bush, since 2019. She was an institutional contractor, which means she worked for a contractor but functioned as a USAID employee. She saw her job at USAID as a Christian calling. The assertions Musk spread online about USAID, like that it was a “criminal organization,” were a “gut punch,” Linn said, for people who have been doing dedicated work. “It’s one thing to say that it’s not a good use of taxpayer money, but to be targeted in such a grotesque way was beyond anything I could have ever imagined,” she said. Before she started working for USAID, she and her husband worked in Senegal, where her neighbor died of malaria. She saw USAID’s work on malaria and knew she wanted to be part of it. Now she is in shock over the sudden stopping of all USAID projects. “It is nothing short of cruel,” she said. She said already-purchased malaria medications are not being distributed. Some organizations, she knew, would find a way to continue providing services, but many would not. “I want the church to know what’s happening,” said a former USAID employee and Christian who was laid off last week and was concerned about sharing his name in part because of the DOGE’s access to personnel files. “Pray for what’s happening. People are dying every day because of this.”" |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded...
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How long will Christians' hero worship of him hold water... It really is sooo incredibly pathetically sad...beyond the stark inhumanity of what he's doing there...how those who identify as Christian in a way that doesn't involve much questioning and introspection, or who aren't anywhere near ready to do any of that...they follow the strongest Christian-seeming current near them, that sounds/feels right as per what they know and, BAM, they're supporting a madman... ...and because that IS all they know, the more horrific he becomes, the more they adhere... |
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From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded...
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“It really is sooo incredibly pathetically sad...beyond the stark inhumanity of what he's doing there...how those who identify as Christian in a way that doesn't involve much questioning and introspection, or who aren't anywhere near ready to do any of that...they follow the strongest Christian-seeming current near them, that sounds/feels right as per what they know and, BAM, they're supporting a madman... ...and because that IS all they know, the more horrific he becomes, the more they adhere...” OMG.. you describe our bible thumper.. perfectly! Another Christian that traded their faith for a pocket full of promises when it suits.. and look at the moron who they suck up to now. Kinda proves all that Christ this and Mother Mary that is just so much hocus pocus.. I mean, come on, if you’re gonna trade.. trade up.. but nooooo! |
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From: shadow , [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded...
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And yet..........for charlie, *This is So*... *Turning the other cheek* to others complicit in horrific things being done to others is *one neat trick,* boy howdy... ;-O And yet...however it is that I manage to hone and enact that grace, my "cheek" will never "turn" silently... Speaking from the level of inner union and coherence that truly has the capacity to *speak Love to "power"*...even and especially when that "power" is expressing as the darkest side of what masse fear enables in a population...is what I'm working toward and, may it please all that's holy, one day I will master it... |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: *speak Love to "power"*?
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...how about speaking love to Charlie first? Chas lives his faith with all his heart. Can you honestly say the same? |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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"Chas lives his faith with all his heart." What's so great about that? |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
| as does the rump, bannon and all those chumps...call a spade a spade... |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: ...most spades are potential saints...
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...I call it as it is. Do you really want all of us to remain spades ryan or should we rise above it for a change? Why do we insist on this childish naive behavior? If Charles can rise above it, why can't the rest of us? It's a little late in the game to be sticking with this adult nonsense. At least you came to the right board. |
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From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: ...most spades are potential saints...
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"...I call it as it is." You call it what? If only you could hear yourself. You sound, you speak, like an infant, Lee. And no matter how many try and help you cling to your false premisses in the hopes you can die and go live in a mansion? Really, that's it? Does it come with virgins? Or do only the guys with the other god get virgins? Lee... read your own posts.. you're lost brah.. and no matter how many try and help you, you just stick your fingers in your ears and thrust out your tongue.. nah nah nah nah.. like a spoiled brat.. I think Tex called you a gollum.. reading back through your posts today I have to agree.. you got the schtick down.. it's a perfect analogy. You're trying to suck shadow's energy and she ain't giving.. though I imagine she's remembering just how futile it is to try and have a discourse.. with you.. |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: ...most spades are potential saints...
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you cling to your false premises in the hopes you can die and go live in a mansion? That was my wish when I was ten ao. My current illusion places me "alone" on an otherwise unoccupied section of Heaven with a great view but no cell service. Obviously no housing of any type required. Where did you get the idea I was in the market for a Mansion? Something I said, or something that just sort of resonated in the moment? You and I are very much alike in many ways, and totally dissimilar in many others... ...why would anyone, especially our Creator, have a problem with that? I thrive on diversity truth be known. |
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From: chaskuchar@stcharlesmo, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: ...most spades are potential saints...
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fthicnk about it. we have eternity to get to know oner another. and we will know what each other like the most. then we might not see erach other for thousands of years if there is time there. another thing, when heaven adds one soul saved, heaven doubles in size. each person in heaven will have a relationship with the new guy, ergo, heaven doubles. i'm saying powerful prayers for ao. |
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From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: ...most spades are potential saints...
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"i'm saying powerful prayers for ao." Why, thank you Charlie. One certainly can never get too many prayers. While you're at it, I wonder, what will you be able to do in Heaven that you can not do on Earth? |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: (...and by the way...
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I wasn't going to point this out, as it can only embarrass you and you already see me as doing nothing but putting you down...but please, kindly have a re-read of *what I actually said* about my capacity for "speaking truth to 'power'"...so you can see just how spastically you jumped at that imagined opportunity to accuse me...lol... ...I was quite upfront that I haven't mastered doing so yet...so your passive-aggressive whine about my being hypocritical doesn't hold water, either......) |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: (...and by the way...
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...passive aggressive whines are no stranger to EB. That's why I would encourage all of us to work on it. |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: (...and by the way...
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Hm…actually no… I read these boards every day, have with few breaks for years, and I smell P/A energy at fifty paces…lol…and while of course that dynamic operates unconsciously in most of us on at least rare occasions…or at least that’s how I’ve noted it… you *consciously utilize it* as a tool in your spin-and-obfuscate style of expression… I was speaking to you, about *yourself only*………………which, of course, you couldn’t endure without trying to spin it off you… |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Oh absolutely I can, Nevada…! Can you? |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Oh absolutely I can, Nevada…! Can you? Nope, I'd be lying if I did. Charlie has me beat in that catagory. His honesty is like a breath of fresh air. What I really appreciate about Charlie is he honestly and lovingly lives his faith. Most people don't actually reflect the beliefs they espouse publicly. I'm sure there's a word for that. |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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That word you're passive-aggressively hurling at me, dear lizardman...with an added dash of fake humility...would be "hypocrite," or "being hypocritical"...lol... G'head! For once in your life say something outright, without duplicitously couching it in between and behind nicer-appearing words! Thinking you're being clever! lololol Nevada, if I had a buck for every word I've ever invested into attempting to have direct, meaningful and substantive conversation with you over these many years, I'd be soooo wealthy right now...and all for naught, because you've never had the first genuine intention of actually understanding me...only using *anything I've said* as launching material to further your own ends... ;) You seem to forget: I've known you for years, now; I know your poorly-hidden agenda, I know your trajectory, I know your obfuscative ways of being inside and out at this point...lol... Nothing you can add, here, is anything new within this dance we've been doing, and I'm just not interested in offering anything further to such a futile endeavor... ...except for maybe this: Once again: No, Nevada, there is NO PLACE in this country for authoritarian/Fascist agendas or government. There never will be. As long as you support there being one, you will forever remain one of the most hyupocritical people whose posts I've read, given how steadfastly and earnestly you attempt to spin up that you actually hold values that cherish the rights, freedoms and pursuit of happiness of ALL...... ...b'bye... |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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...am I the message or the messenger? I gave you the opportunity to choose any "word" your good heart might select to set the tone for your sacred heart response. That's why I prefer Charlie's choice of spiritual dialogue. Yours's not so much. Are you going to spend the rest of your life putting me down or are you going to take loving advantage of the opportunity Charlie gives all that visit here? |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Is everything that comes out of your mouth toward me, for as long as you’re able to offer it, going to be the same as what you accuse me of? lol At this point I’d bet my rent on it… ;) And BTW…aside from how Ryan characterized how “charlie puts up with you here*…it is obviously Ryan/Mr. Bopp who designated this board as Charlie’s, to keep the Christian stuff differentiated from Spiritual… The way you talk…lol…you’d think dear charlie had erected a sacred Christian temple of his own bare hands and I came along and knocked it down…lol. You might as well give it up, Nevada… Color me however your sad projections must; You are not now and never could be my “adversary” or enemy, as I have none… As a child of Creator you are my brother and I love you…but I know well enough not to trust you, for we have far too different ideas of what the highest good of this country’s destiny, and each of its citizens, requires to thrive… |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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we have far too different ideas of what the highest good of this country’s destiny, and each of its citizens, requires to thrive… ...take it to National shadow. This is the Christian/Spiritual board not the political fascist trash can. You're old and smart enough to understand the difference... ...and spiritually mature enough to respect it. |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
| shut up lee...you brought this here...enough of your juvenile put downs... |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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shut up lee...you brought this here...enough of your juvenile put downs... ...when did asking someone to act their age become a put-down ryan? How come Charlie doesn't have a problem being a grownup? The world is going to hell in a handbasket and you'd rather play cops and robbers then become part of the solution. You make it so much harder than God ever intended. So many solutions out there and you seem to side with fanning the flames instead of growing up. |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Careful, Nevada…that which reveals why you resonate with authoritarian/Fascist values is showing…. |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Careful, Nevada… that which reveals why you resonate with authoritarian/Fascist values is showing…. ...isn't it interesting shadow that you seem to be most excited about authoritarian, fascist values when committed by Caucasian looking republicans but your heart and soul looks the other way when that same behavior shows up in the democratic side of things. Resonance seems to have a mind of its own. I prefer a solution that looks at both sides of the political equation equally, don't you? SAY the words, diversity, equity and inclusion out loud... ...add the word MERIT and we can sing together in unison. In my freshman year (third try) in college in Utah, I was blessed to have a black roommate who went on to change the way Utah people looked at black folk. He didn't do it because he was black, or had a struggling Caucasian roomate, but because he had a very large smile, an iq double mine, and had an uncanny ability to quickly accomplish any goal he set with ease. That's what we used to call MERIT. DEI without merit is like sail boating without wind. No matter how hard you try, you ain't going nowhere. Add MERIT to the equation, and it's all smooth sailing. Did Christ bring MERIT to his more obvious DEI credentials? It's pretty obvious he did. |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Aw, dude.......... Please don't tell me you're actually going to launch that tired old nonsense that Blacks, women and the disabled have been hired *over and above* those more skilled who were white and, now, we're *finallY* seeing the long-overdue revolution that puts that right... And please don't tell me you're actually hallucinating that Democrats tried to enact a coup onto this country and enact a racist, religious fascist government sometime while I wasn't looking... "DEI without merit is like sail boating without wind. No matter how hard you try, you ain't going nowhere. Add MERIT to the equation, and it's all smooth sailing. Did Christ bring MERIT to his more obvious DEI credentials? It's pretty obvious he did." OMFG, pal... You're really starting to sound unhinged now... Feeling to politely avert my eyes at this point. Please get some help and stop hurling this sad shite... |
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From: Nevada, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Do you honestly not understand the importance of MERIT in running our country? I'm guessing you actually do understand the concept perfectly and successfully practice it in your own life but because it's "me" making the observation and not Obama or Biden, you can't in good conscious admit it. I'm pretty sure God get's it and has told you so many times with your full agreement and understanding. Always nice of you to stop by and add to the conversation. |
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From: Kat, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Maybe asking where or what kind of news she listens to every day. That could make all the difference. Just saying, food for thought. |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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(Since you seemed to have missed this reply when you posted the same thing the other day:) No, Kat...sorry, but what Nevada was attempting to sell me on was that ugly old myth that nonwhites, women and the disabled are holding positions they are not qualified for…that these folk in important positions is about to break the country if DJT doesn’t save us...that White folk hold more MERIT and qualification *simply because they are White* and are being cheated out of their rightful positions due to “DEI” practices... This is a despicable lie, Kat...end of story...always has been, always will be… Of course, you can easily find equally rightwing corporate-owned media/news that’ll happily try to support that racist myth...lol...but that doesn’t mean it’s true... And it’s not true because you want it to be, either... |
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From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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"And it’s not true because you want it to be, either..." Interestingly, what I have found.. Truth.. is a subjective state held onto by a mind as an anchor holds a ship from being blown about otherwise. So, Kat has a truth, I have one, you have yours, but they are not necessarily the same. Though like kine truths seems to be attracted.. which reinforces the truth as it is known by the collective. But, overall, truth is a variable that is subject to change on a whim.. Truths, as such, are the providence of faith.. where truth and faith are interchangeable. Facts, on the other had, are indisputable. One can believe or not a fact, but their opinion doesn't alter a fact one iota. A good example.. Christians want to believe that Trump is god anointed. In the run up to this current administration we heard all sorts of beliefs of how he was going to save us all. Palestine, Ukraine, the poor, the disenfranchised, the economy, immigration. They believed, and spoke of their beliefs as truths, that Trump is chosen and can do no harm. And yet, in fact, it was their opinion, their hope, their faith.. and now it's all been proven to be lies. Those that traffic not in truths but in fact said, all along, look at the results of his behavior. He will not save the Palestinians. In fact we, right here on EB, some of us speculated that all Trump wanted was to rid Gaza of all of the Palestinians and build resorts. We guessed, based on previous, proven, facts. A consumer's version of science. Those that have suspended their reasoning to embrace faith can not be expected to understand the difference between truth and fact. They just don't see it. How could they if in fact they've forsaken their, god given, reasoning? |
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From: Kat, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Maybe asking where or what kind of news she listens to every day. That could make all the difference. Just saying, food for thought. |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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No, Kat…sorry, but what Nevada was attempting to sell me on was that ugly old myth that nonwhites, women and the disabled are holding positions they are not qualified for…that these folk in important positions is about to break the country if DJT doesn’t save us…that White folk hold more MERIT and qualification *simply because they are White* and are being cheated out of their rightful positions due to “DEI” practices… This is a despicable lie, Kat…end of story…always has been, always will be… Of course, you can easily find equally rightwing corporate-owned media/news that’ll happily try to support that racist myth…lol…but that doesn’t mean it’s true… And it’s not true because you want it to be, either… |
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Subject: Re: *speak Love to "power"*?
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Do you honestly *not understand* what I just said to you in the plainest English? That I see the rightwing racist claim that there has been such an imbalance of “less qualified” Black/female/disabled people hired for jobs *instead of Whites* just to satisfy DEI guidelines, that we’re only lucky the country hasn’t already collapsed and that a major “corrective sweep” of that is now appropriate and, omg, “God-ordained”…as nothing but the ridiculous projections of their own dark misunderstandings of the beauty and power of human nature in its diversity and complexity…? Really? I somehow failed to make that clear? Ah well. Another lifetime perhaps. Perhaps not. |
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