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5. Sounds like he would like Sharia Law

Reply to gulliver (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:29 PM

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My arch-conservative uncle strikes again [View all] gulliver 6 hrs ago OP

Excellent comebacks. MarineCombatEngineer 6 hrs ago #1

There are two types of super conservative old men Polybius 6 hrs ago #2

I think those are actually the public and hidden persona of the same guy. LisaM 5 hrs ago #6

Oh your uncle and all like him BOSSHOG 6 hrs ago #3

Here's to your knees! Permanut 2 hrs ago #32

I'll remember this the next time you attack trans women BootOutTheGoons 5 hrs ago #4

Sounds like he would like Sharia Law Historic NY 5 hrs ago #5

I'd be offering to help pay for a one way ticket to a country where spooky3 3 hrs ago #29

Good for you for your straight talk and no-nonsense reactions to his neanderthal opinions. Martin68 5 hrs ago #7

Freedom FROM religion is why America was what it was prior to the NoMoreRepugs 5 hrs ago #8

OH how they mocked Hillary for calling them a "basket of deplorables.." AZ8theist 1 hr ago #35

She was being polite. It was/is way worse Evolve Dammit 53 min ago #38

The religions of the god of Abraham Old Crank 5 hrs ago #9

A quote I have been fond of: lastlib 3 hrs ago #26

It's high time to stop mincing words. There's nothing conservative about "arch-conservatives". JHB 5 hrs ago #10

IOW, fascists. lastlib 3 hrs ago #28

Yes, or reactionaries nt spooky3 3 hrs ago #30

Ain't no fool like a old fool. Dan 5 hrs ago #11

Hah..different context jfz9580m 5 hrs ago #12

" They have to run things, because only they know what things are right and wrong." MLWR 5 hrs ago #13

Brave! Dear_Prudence 5 hrs ago #14

I told my only personal MAGA friend to fuck and hes long gone. BradBo 5 hrs ago #15

I can honestly say my uncle, a navy veteran, is more out in left field than I am and I am in the left field parking lot AZLD4Candidate 4 hrs ago #16

Don't hold me to this with regard to Fugelsang's book, but I think it's attributed to him. hamsterjill 4 hrs ago #17

Did he mean he seeks the approval of Muslim religious leaders? JohnnyRingo 4 hrs ago #18

A good response... Ping Tung 4 hrs ago #19

Thank you for homegirl 4 hrs ago #21

I endeavor to please. Ping Tung 2 hrs ago #33

hem. he has never heard of sep of church and state b4 ? AllaN01Bear 4 hrs ago #20

i would have gone off on unc saying this is neither a christian or religious country. AllaN01Bear 4 hrs ago #22

It sounds like he'd be more comfortable in Iran or Saudi Arabia fujiyamasan 4 hrs ago #23

Religious leaders have to run things? Ilsa 3 hrs ago #24

He is a mean man Trueblue1968 3 hrs ago #25

"As long as what the people decide is approved by religious leaders" - like the Taliban? rurallib 3 hrs ago #27

We never talk politics at family holidays, and I helped reinforce that unwritten rule one Xmas TlalocW 3 hrs ago #31

He sounds like a closeted flamboyant gay man Johonny 1 hr ago #34

I don't HallieBaBa 1 hr ago #36

Well done, how does one get an invite to the next family get together? I'd like to sit in the peanut gallery and cheer MLAA 1 hr ago #37