Mastodawn

I give you the Republican Party of Texas, which I think pretty representative of the Republican Party. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/texas-republican-party-convention-muslims-sharia-law/

A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears.

Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.

The Texas Tribune

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Nazo

@heidilifeldman I will never, so long as I shall live, understand this phenomenon.

And to be clear, I don't just mean people of other religions or other colors. Just people... in general... The Republican party stands against everyone who is not born as a rich white man professing (but not believing) in a very specific brand of Christianity.

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Heidi Li Feldman 6d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou perfect cartoon

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Zelda 🎀🏳️‍⚧️6d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou Some seem desperate to be "one of the good ones". Most of it just seems to be...the average person is much stupider than I ever realize.

And I was always called a pessimist, elitist, or what have you. I'd rather be anything than this.

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kris 6d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @heidilifeldman https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3800/3800-h/3800-h.htm#chap04

a good place to study this question!

A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears.

The Project Gutenberg E-text of The Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza