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With every lawmaker standing up in quiet observance, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) demanded a spoken prayer.

“Silent prayers get silent results,” she said, leading to jeers from Democrats, with some shouting about a school shooting that also happened Wednesday.

Someone hasn't read their Bible.

Matthew 6:5-6

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Even the Bible says Boebert should shut her mouth.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

I didn't expect republicans to interrupt their own masturbatory moment of silence. Anyway, I would've been tempted to rip the loudest, nastiest fart I could muster, even at the risk of shitting my pants.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Long, long, long overdue that the bible-bangers listen to their own rules and get back in the closet.

Also, Qbert should know that she should not have a position of authority over men. That's according to "the" bible she supposedly follows.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+timothy+2%3A11-15&version=NIV

11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[b] she must be quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15 But women[c] will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.

BeetleBert has TWO reasons to shut her yap, according to her own rules.

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 153 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (11 children)

Projection at its finest. Not a word about the kids who were shot dead yesterday. Only that their feelings are hurt because we keep calling them fascists and the fact that one of their own were killed yesterday and people were filled with glee about it is what upsets them.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Calling fascists "fascists" is a crime just as dastardly as calling racists "racists". It's so very interesting how that works...

Enough is enough? How about the Confederates stop being such awful people instead of blaming everyone else for their own mental disorders.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago

I love when the same politicians who are fighting harder to protect pedophiles than they have for any other cause shame the left for doing shit to kids that literally doesn't fucking happen.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

She seems nice.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.world 57 points 12 hours ago

"hey, this guy just got shot and it's probably for all of the hateful shit he aims at minorities"

"BETTER POST SOME HATEFUL SHIT ABOUT MINORITIES ASAP"

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago

So, his racism, sexism, transphobia, fear-mongering, violent rhetoric is totally fine.

But saying you disagree with government overreach is unacceptable.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 41 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Eat shit, Luna. KYS. I don’t see a fucking thing about the school shooting that also happened. Your priorities are blindingly obvious.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Luigied* don't honor Kirk.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 4 hours ago

There can be more than one name for it. Maybe if I’m a good boy there’ll be three more synonyms by Christmas.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago
[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

"I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."

Charlie Kirk - April 5, 2023,

[–] don@lemmy.ca 29 points 12 hours ago

Fuck off, Luna, you fascist clownfuck twat. We call you fascist because that’s what the fuck you are! When I go to a goddamn pizza joint, I don’t tell the server that I’ll have a Rolls Royce jet engine with extra fucking marinara, I order a motherfucking pizza! And fuck you extra hard for not giving the tiniest shit about those kids at the school shooting. Drown yourself in a vat of rancid fucking sewage, you cunt.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 14 points 12 hours ago

You probably don't want to look up what she said when a crazy right wing guy shot a bunch of politicians in Minnesota.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 8 points 12 hours ago

You ARE FASCISTS. Clown world we live in.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 44 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Did she just say that thoughts and prayers accomplish nothing?

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 27 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Silent prayers. Apparently this could have all been prevented if more people prayed out loud.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Gawd needs lots of very loud and public prayer, preferably shouting it in the most performative way at your enemies. Probably some glossolalia and some snake handling for good measure.

That's just science.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

I did say "someone should shoot them" out loud one night while drunk. So maybe there's something there

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Sure sounded like that to me.

[–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 35 points 13 hours ago

The Bible also says don’t pray in a group, so they’re all bullshit.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

Her boyfriend wants her to keep her mouth open! Especially during a Broadway show!

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 29 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'd be laughing so hard there'd be no moment of silence anyway, the guy was a clown.

[–] Kraiden@piefed.social 18 points 12 hours ago

"Don't lump that asshole in with us" - Clowns probably

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 26 points 13 hours ago

Classiest hooker in Colorado

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

Even the Bible says Boebert should shut her mouth.

More than once, even. Let's not forget 1 Timothy 2:11-13:

^11^ Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

^12^ But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

^13^ For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 13 hours ago

Not the vuvuzelas I was hoping for, but I’ll take it.