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Celerity

(43,491 posts)
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 12:08 AM Apr 2022

Michigan GOP candidate believes Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and yoga are all tools of the devil

The candidate has attended QAnon conferences and believes the Capitol riot was carried out by leftists

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristina-karamo-billie-eilish-devil-b2066009.html



A Republican running for Secretary of State in Michigan has reportedly dusted off some old-school Satanic panic scare tactics to appeal to her base, suggesting a number of popular musicians are actually in league with the devil.

According to Media Matters, Kristina Karamo, who is running for Michigian Secretary of State, hosted a podcast in the summer of 2020 and claimed that superstar musicians Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish were hypnotising children "under a Satanic delusion."

She called a performance by Grande at the MTV Video Music Awards in which women dancers reenacted Leonardo DaVinci's "The Last Supper" nothing more than a "lesbian orgy."

Ms Karamo also claimed that Beyonce was “working overtime to pull more and more Black Americans into paganism and calling it American spirituality." Beyonce is the focus of many far-right conspiracy theories alleging she is either a member of the "Deep State" or some kind of cult leader.

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JI7

(89,262 posts)
5. These people are always obsessed about other people's personal lives . They have the freedom to not
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 02:30 AM
Apr 2022

engage or get involved in any of these things they oppose . But instead they feel the need to control others .

ZonkerHarris

(24,250 posts)
6. She's right about yoga. Any exercise actually. Devil's fingerprints all over that stuff. :)
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 02:48 AM
Apr 2022

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EYESORE 9001

(25,970 posts)
11. I heard that stupid claim many years ago
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 07:52 AM
Apr 2022

They’re especially critical of Kundalini yoga for some reason.

anarch

(6,535 posts)
13. yeah, but to be fair you hear that from a lot of Hindus as well
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 09:40 AM
Apr 2022

I think it's the whole "temptation to just use the techniques to enhance sex" thing, which can be a legitimate issue with some people...not that there's anything wrong with having mind-blowing sex, but the religious authorities tend to frown on people doing that with no other motive of self-improvement involved.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,869 posts)
9. Why do they never see that they are more likely to
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 06:42 AM
Apr 2022

be agents of the devil than the people they attack (I don't believe in a devil but if there is one he would love these people)

Celerity

(43,491 posts)
10. Because the 'devil' is just anything they hate or disagree with.
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 07:31 AM
Apr 2022

A tape (verified) could come out of Trump's mushroom 🍄 all up in a 13 year old girl, and many of the christofascists will refuse to call him a devil. In fact, many will still worship the orange bloat as a demigod.

They are all in, all in on the cray. Far beyond balls deep.

14. The devil
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 10:04 AM
Apr 2022

The devil exists so people can have something else to blame rather than accept responsibility for their own behavior.

llmart

(15,552 posts)
12. I'll tell you what's the work of the devil...
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 08:23 AM
Apr 2022

those outfits!

I see they've both adopted the "thumbs up" signal from their "hero". When my late stepmother would see someone use that, she'd say, "Oh, sit on it and rotate." She had some very funny retorts when she was in her late 80's.

MagickMuffin

(15,951 posts)
15. Does Kristina Karamo wake up every morning look in the mirror and see Ginni Thomas?
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 10:22 AM
Apr 2022


She needs to learn about CRT 🤭

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