Bob Minor
@bobminor.bsky.social
Professor emeritus, historian of world religions, advocate, speaker, author, grampa
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Let this increase your rage against the 8 Vichy Democratic "Centrists"
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Provision in government funding bill allows senators to sue over secretly obtained phone records
Government funding bill includes provision that would create pathway for senators to sue the government if their phone records are investigated without their notice.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Let this increase your rage against the 8 Vichy Democratic "Centrists"
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November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (9/10)
(9) Turn every election for someone into a referendum on some issue and emphasize that issue in every discussion. Affordability, starvation, freedom, whatever worries people. A candidate is a symbol of that issue.
(9) Turn every election for someone into a referendum on some issue and emphasize that issue in every discussion. Affordability, starvation, freedom, whatever worries people. A candidate is a symbol of that issue.
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (9/10)
(9) Turn every election for someone into a referendum on some issue and emphasize that issue in every discussion. Affordability, starvation, freedom, whatever worries people. A candidate is a symbol of that issue.
(9) Turn every election for someone into a referendum on some issue and emphasize that issue in every discussion. Affordability, starvation, freedom, whatever worries people. A candidate is a symbol of that issue.
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (8/10)
(8) When you move toward their position to compromise, it shows others that their position has value, yours has less than you’ve been claiming, and you didn’t really believe in your view originally. What is the compromise with bigotry?
(8) When you move toward their position to compromise, it shows others that their position has value, yours has less than you’ve been claiming, and you didn’t really believe in your view originally. What is the compromise with bigotry?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (8/10)
(8) When you move toward their position to compromise, it shows others that their position has value, yours has less than you’ve been claiming, and you didn’t really believe in your view originally. What is the compromise with bigotry?
(8) When you move toward their position to compromise, it shows others that their position has value, yours has less than you’ve been claiming, and you didn’t really believe in your view originally. What is the compromise with bigotry?
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (7/10)
(7) Never, ever, repeat the language of the other side even to debunk it. Ex: Conversion therapy is not "therapy" - it's the attempted brainwashing of LGBTQ people
(7) Never, ever, repeat the language of the other side even to debunk it. Ex: Conversion therapy is not "therapy" - it's the attempted brainwashing of LGBTQ people
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (7/10)
(7) Never, ever, repeat the language of the other side even to debunk it. Ex: Conversion therapy is not "therapy" - it's the attempted brainwashing of LGBTQ people
(7) Never, ever, repeat the language of the other side even to debunk it. Ex: Conversion therapy is not "therapy" - it's the attempted brainwashing of LGBTQ people
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (6/10)
(6) Don't be cowed by the other side objecting to what you say or how you say it-when they respond & complain,you've won the framing.Remember how well "Hate is not a family value" worked until liberals quit using it cause it offended others?
(6) Don't be cowed by the other side objecting to what you say or how you say it-when they respond & complain,you've won the framing.Remember how well "Hate is not a family value" worked until liberals quit using it cause it offended others?
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (6/10)
(6) Don't be cowed by the other side objecting to what you say or how you say it-when they respond & complain,you've won the framing.Remember how well "Hate is not a family value" worked until liberals quit using it cause it offended others?
(6) Don't be cowed by the other side objecting to what you say or how you say it-when they respond & complain,you've won the framing.Remember how well "Hate is not a family value" worked until liberals quit using it cause it offended others?
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (5/10)
(5) Don't rush ahead of time to tell the press (and thus your opposition) what you are or are not going to do so that your opposition knows how to prepare to respond. The best thing to repeat is "Everything moral and legal is on the table."
(5) Don't rush ahead of time to tell the press (and thus your opposition) what you are or are not going to do so that your opposition knows how to prepare to respond. The best thing to repeat is "Everything moral and legal is on the table."
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (5/10)
(5) Don't rush ahead of time to tell the press (and thus your opposition) what you are or are not going to do so that your opposition knows how to prepare to respond. The best thing to repeat is "Everything moral and legal is on the table."
(5) Don't rush ahead of time to tell the press (and thus your opposition) what you are or are not going to do so that your opposition knows how to prepare to respond. The best thing to repeat is "Everything moral and legal is on the table."
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (4/10)
(4) You don't have to answer every question or explain yourself. Tell reporters what you want them to say to the public and don't expect them to be fair. They'll slant it so the other side sounds viable.
(4) You don't have to answer every question or explain yourself. Tell reporters what you want them to say to the public and don't expect them to be fair. They'll slant it so the other side sounds viable.
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (4/10)
(4) You don't have to answer every question or explain yourself. Tell reporters what you want them to say to the public and don't expect them to be fair. They'll slant it so the other side sounds viable.
(4) You don't have to answer every question or explain yourself. Tell reporters what you want them to say to the public and don't expect them to be fair. They'll slant it so the other side sounds viable.
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (3/10)
(3) Repeat your stance usually in the same language over and over and over again. No long. detailed, justifying or further explanations needed.
(3) Repeat your stance usually in the same language over and over and over again. No long. detailed, justifying or further explanations needed.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (3/10)
(3) Repeat your stance usually in the same language over and over and over again. No long. detailed, justifying or further explanations needed.
(3) Repeat your stance usually in the same language over and over and over again. No long. detailed, justifying or further explanations needed.
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (2/10)
(2) Don't wait for the public to understand something or be affected by something even if it works against the public's interest as if they will then get your point - you frame how they should respond immediately.
(2) Don't wait for the public to understand something or be affected by something even if it works against the public's interest as if they will then get your point - you frame how they should respond immediately.
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (2/10)
(2) Don't wait for the public to understand something or be affected by something even if it works against the public's interest as if they will then get your point - you frame how they should respond immediately.
(2) Don't wait for the public to understand something or be affected by something even if it works against the public's interest as if they will then get your point - you frame how they should respond immediately.
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (1/10)
1) Symbols are more effective than facts - See George Lakoff or talk to any religious studies professor
1) Symbols are more effective than facts - See George Lakoff or talk to any religious studies professor
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
10 Things #Republicans get but not many #Democrats: (1/10)
1) Symbols are more effective than facts - See George Lakoff or talk to any religious studies professor
1) Symbols are more effective than facts - See George Lakoff or talk to any religious studies professor
We can't know if someone will forgive a mistake. But we can set an example for how to clean up a mess and walk away confident we did our part to make it better.
Why It's Better To Embrace the Mess Than Chase Perfection
We can't know if someone will forgive a mistake. But we can set an example for how to clean up a mess and walk away confident we did our part to make it better.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We can't know if someone will forgive a mistake. But we can set an example for how to clean up a mess and walk away confident we did our part to make it better.
Did you know that AAA executives are big givers to Repubs like Rick Perry?
October 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Did you know that AAA executives are big givers to Repubs like Rick Perry?
Republicans’ near-permanent House majority, however, is not inevitable—even if SCOTUS does deliver a death blow to minority voting rights. Republicans’ near-permanent House majority, however, is not inevitable—even if SCOTUS does deliver a death blow to minority voting rights. @mjsdc.bsky.social
Democrats Have One Brutal Path to Survival if the Supreme Court Kills the Voting Rights Act
Congress could become even less diverse, as racial minorities in blue states would have fewer opportunities to elect the representatives of their choice.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Republicans’ near-permanent House majority, however, is not inevitable—even if SCOTUS does deliver a death blow to minority voting rights. Republicans’ near-permanent House majority, however, is not inevitable—even if SCOTUS does deliver a death blow to minority voting rights. @mjsdc.bsky.social
"Calling them #hypocrites frames the problem as merely a personal one, a set of mistakes, human flaws, youthful indiscretions, or common foibles, not a problem deeply embedded within right-wing #religion."
Why This Religion Professor Quit Calling These Right-Wing Christians Hypocrites Long Ago
Calling them hypocrites frames it as just a matter of personal mistakes, flaws, indiscretions, foibles — not a problem deeply embedded in right-wing religion.
whosoever.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Calling them #hypocrites frames the problem as merely a personal one, a set of mistakes, human flaws, youthful indiscretions, or common foibles, not a problem deeply embedded within right-wing #religion."
Wondering about the Trumper who shot up and burned the #Mormon church in #Michigan? Remember that right-wing Evangelicals consider Mormons a cult not a Christian church at all. They along with Catholics have chapters in books such as "The Chaos of the Cults" and "The Kingdom of the Cults"
September 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Would anyone be surprised?
From #MSignorile
From #MSignorile
Is MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson another closeted gay guy on the far-right?
Or maybe bisexual? The influencer who helped blow up FCC chair Brendan Carr's attack on Kimmel, has pushed ugly anti-LGBTQ garbage. Now questions are being asked.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Would anyone be surprised?
From #MSignorile
From #MSignorile
But don't tell President Fubar or Bobby Brainworm
4 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia, according to science
Some vaccine-preventable diseases are linked to accelerated brain atrophy and increased dementia risk years down the line.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
But don't tell President Fubar or Bobby Brainworm
