since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

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Yeah it's like, I'm an atheist and I still recognise the real fight is against those that misuse religion as an excuse to oppress people. I couldn't care less what people believe in if they aren't hurting anyone, because for the most part people get into religion to give their lives purpose and-

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-meaning. I mean, everyone does that with a whole bunch of different things. I'm not gonna say something is evil because some guy picked it up and used it for their evil goals. I'm gonna say that guy is evil, I'm gonna say their supporters are evil. Because like you say, they'll use *any*-

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-manipulate people however they need to and they'll change tactics on a dime if something doesn't work.

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-reason, *any* excuse. They use religion because they know that the people put their faith in it, and for manipulators like hypereligious conservatives that is an angle of attack. Just like misrepresented facts are an angle of attack for those that put stake in facts rather than faith. They'll-

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