So...on a Venn diagram note...
As not all #Christians & #Conservatives are #transphobes & #bigots, but virtually *ALL* transphobes & bigots are Christians and/or Conservatives, should I change my autocorrect to reflect that?
e.g., when I type in "transphobe", should it autocorrect it to "Christian" (or "Conservative")...?
Just striving for accuracy 😔
@netspionage Conservative.
"Conservative" is (in the US) an all-encompassing label to refer to a set of political beliefs, which includes transphobia and bigotry by default.
"Christian" refers to a wide variety of denominations. Many support bigotry and transphobia, but large swathes don't.
My favorite is 3 words describing our ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the largest Lutheran denomination in US) pastor would make my old Catholic priest's head explode: "Pastor Beth's wife."
OK, one vote for it being "Conservative". I accept your vote: no judgement here.
Anyone else with a D.D. willing to chime in? I'd even accept Episcopalian ones...
#Religion
#Christianity
#Bigotry
#Conservatives
(e.g., https://www.episcopalchurch.org/who-we-are/episcopal-seminaries/)
@ehurtley
FTR, fairly positive a Doctorate in Divinity (aka Doctor Divinitatis) is strictly honorary in America, so those earned in at least a US seminary or anywhere in the Commonwealth gets a higher ranking.
I mean...any televangelist can mail away for one - and has - which means non-seminary-backed US ones are meaningless. Not trying to be a dick; just saying...