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Local man Jerry Whipple, a self-described red-blooded, god-fearing follower of Christ, was outraged when he noticed all of the parts of the Bible he deemed to be “woke” were highlighted in red, close family members confirmed. [...]


For those unfamiliar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red/_letter/_edition

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[–] manxu@piefed.social 62 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How is that satire? They are actually currently doing that.

[–] pentastarm@piefed.ca 52 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They are calling it toxic empathy from what I understand. I wish I was kidding.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 20 points 3 months ago

But it IS toxic... to their preference to remain selfish assholes.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 3 months ago

Toxic empathy is real, but not like that!

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_letter_edition

Red letter edition Bibles are those in which the words of Jesus Christ are printed in red ink.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Jesus wept.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

BETTER DEAD THAN RED 🇺🇸🍟🍔🌭

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

That’s spicy.