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[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An evangelical pastor who briefly shot to fame in 2015 for recording a rap song in support of Sen. Ted Cruz is now selling industrial-strength bleach tablets to parents and has admitted that many of his customers are using the product to treat autism in their children.

And somehow this sentence took a turn for the worse after the phrase "rap song in support of Ted Cruz."

[–] Globeparasite@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

to me it was over with "Rapping Preacher". No one who brands himself like that will be involved in anything remotely intelligent nor good

[–] LilDestructiveSheep@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How can people be allowed to do something like this. I just cannot... cheesus Christ.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

In civilised countries they can't. It would be highly illegal.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

It's illegal here too. There are two assholes from Florida currently sitting in prison for selling Bleach as a COVID cure.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They won’t be going forward.

The founders of this bullshit were recently found guilty in a criminal suit for selling bleach as a Covid and autism cure.

I’m surprised this idiot is still doing it, considering that. He’s likely to catch criminal charges, too.

e: guilty verdict came in fast, too.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So they’re trying to kill autistic kids now…

[–] spamfajitas@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They've been doing this for a while now. I remember reading stories about moms in Facebook groups sharing photos of "parasites" they thought they were removing from their children by forcing them to drink bleach...

Pretty sure it was actually the lining of their esophagus/something similarly bad that should be inside not outside the body.

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe you’re talking about them shedding their intestinal linings and thinking they were getting rid of “worms.”

[–] OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one 13 points 1 year ago

That's horrifying

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Very common trick, it's not just done with autism, but many cleansing products have you puke up something to make it look like it actually is doing its job. But most of the time it is just stomach lining

[–] OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are we doing an Aktion T4 now?

On that note, why -- when most of modern conservatism has so many direct parallels in the Third Reich -- do they call our side the fascists?

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

do they call our side the fascists?

Been that way for a long while now.

[–] Globeparasite@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Well the author of that book, written in 2008 even said "Donald Trump proved me wrong"

In 2008, he argued accusation of fascism agianst the GOP were unwarranted because of the very neo liberal and libertarian ideas of the GOP. And to be frank he wasn't really wrong, his position is defensible. Though Trump, was a serious surprise that he acknowledged

[–] Globeparasite@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Please, there's a major difference:

In Aktion T4 they knew what they were doing, those fuckers can't place their neighbors on the map

[–] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

...kill....cure....it's all good.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

“An evangelical pastor who briefly shot to fame in 2015 for recording a rap song in support of Sen. Ted Cruz“

Okay, I've read enough.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe he should practice what he preaches.

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

I agree totally and I think that people like this are really the best examples of that phrase "there is no hate quite like Christian love."

[–] 00Sixty7@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Boy howdy, someone sure did hit The Randomizer (tm) to come up with this chucklefuck.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

He can join the Florida assholes that were selling Bleach to cure COVID in prison.

[–] nyoooom@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vaccine gave autism to my kid, pretty sure bleach on the other hand should do the job

[–] Trihilis@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

I mean. Technically it will. You will never have any disease or beneficial condition for that matter.

[–] aDuckk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have the Save The Children WWG1WGA people ever gone after these bleach freaks? I assume no because it'd probably be friendly fire for their side

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

They don't care about child molesters, they care about who they can accuse of being child molesters.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Maybe he should drink some, to prove that it's safe.

[–] pleasemakesense@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As an ex-coCer, no god-fearing red-blooded member of the one true church would use an instrumental track in a sing-along.

[–] Juvyn00b@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good God... the cringe lol

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Call Myles Power. More fucking MMS-style bullshit.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

His bars are fucking whack. Where's my dude Jim Colerick?

[–] Globeparasite@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

honestly, who really thought that title could end well after starting with "Rapping Preacher"

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

while there's no /r/pastorArrested, there is a !priest_arrested@lemmy.world