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Correction. I got 3 “Happy Birthday!” texts over the weekend. Great effort everyone. Really appreciated the “my child doesn’t want to talk to me because satan is corrupting god’s intended family dynamic” post the night before 🙃

Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Jun 20

The irony of my parents and sister always sharing posts abt the importance of family and boundaries knowing full fuckin well they haven’t talked to me in months over politics

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Jun 9

Watching dubbed foreign media when you rely on subtitles is a special kind of hell because they’re often not the same script

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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · Jun 9

Protests agains US imperialism and FOR civil rights, bodily autonomy, and LGBTQIA+ freedoms have always, always enraged religious authoritarians. But the only recourse they have is punishment. And once you realize that, you can respond accordingly.

D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · Jun 9

Did you know Dr. Dobson wrote his best-selling book on how to hurt children into immediate compliance to authority in large part because he was so horrified by the protests happening in the 1960s?
strongwilled.substack.com/p/chapter-3-...

Chapter 3: The Beginnings of the Religious Authoritarian Parenting Movement

How the 1960s and social progress movements sparked a long-term backlash that continues on to the present day.

strongwilled.substack.com

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · May 20

Shit that shows up in my fb feed, presented without context for @ihatejamesdobson.bsky.social entertainment

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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · Feb 6

An image of a white young man with short hair curled up on a gray couch on a talk show. Text above it says me getting cozy before I talk your ear off about the evils of Dr. James Dobson

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Apr 21

That face when the news reads like the ol Tim Lahaye signature contrived plot points.

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Mar 14

Every time I open threads @beingexemplary.bsky.social is there bullying another Republican and just how is this man single?

a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed

media.tenor.com

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I Hate James Dobson @ihatejamesdobson.bsky.social · Mar 12

The pastor of the church I was kicked out of posted a blog that’s pro-child abuse and explicitly cited Dobson.

This is my Joker

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Mar 9

NOT THE SPARKS CROWN OF JEWELS

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Mar 9

cäke. feat stupid theme.

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Mar 9

Oof. Been there.

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Feb 25

Queue my lifelong love for the chorus of Iris because it was all too relatable.

D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · Feb 25

It’s not wrong to want to be loved for who you are — and this is what everyone *should* experience with their family. But for so many of us with religious authoritarian parents, all they wanted were compliant and obedient foot soldiers. We were born to be a part of an army we never signed up for.

Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Feb 15

This Make America Healthy Again eo shit is insane. It’s full of misinformed, harmful assumptions and pseudoscience about neurodivergents, specifically children. Between this and the dept of ed chaos I am going to lose my fucking shit.

Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Feb 10

I’d like to volunteer what I can poach from my parents shelves, guarantee you there’s every promise keepers book on them

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Feb 9

cooking for myself vs for other people

Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Feb 9

It’s been a good week to be the unofficial restaurant photog

Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Feb 9

Between strongwilled, IHJD and Jesus and John Wayne I’ve gained a whole new perspective and a lot of unearthed memories from my 90’s homeschooled childhood in Jerry Falwell’s Lynchburg 🤨

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · Feb 9

He went away after that. We need more people to stand up to evangelicals at the local level. Fight the book bans as a unified force. Go to boring city council meetings and find out what is happening in your own town. Get involved just like evangelicals do. 9/14

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Young Machete @youngmachete.bsky.social · Feb 8

Me listening to @ihatejamesdobson.bsky.social while gaining a whole new (horrifying) perspective on the culture I grew up in

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