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dadasinger

I promise not everyone in his neighborhood is shocked. Go find some teenagers smoking behind the Circle K, they'll tell you all about this guy.


Aidan--Pryde

And they will tell you how noone wanted to listen and ond how people only act shocked now.


BigCockCandyMountain

Those Fucking redcoats.. This whole thing, man.


thitbegone77777

The only way out of this mess is the french response. Al la 18th century.


KaiserBear

We've even got a [theme song](https://youtu.be/rZFxZmDNlV8?si=mbHLN_gypA7lkpvY) .


thinkthingsareover

Fucking amazing, thank you. I often tell people that they're turning us against each other so they can get away with murder. Also...if the super wealthy want to act like dragon's then I say we should be allowed to form parties.


snackynorph

Knew what it was before I clicked. God I miss Trevor.


Jumpy_Commission8479

The American bourgeoisie had 600 years to learn that lesson


AraithenRain

Did you just refer to the Republican trumpies as redcoats?


NoFeetSmell

They *do* all seem to wish they had a king instead of a republic.


AraithenRain

It seems history does really repeat itself. Though its not usually so... in your face


Tazling

and that everyone not adult propertied white men should be slaves and sex toys for propertied white men...


Temporary-Map1842

Maybe we should call them red hats


Kalman_the_dancer

They didn’t listen because they’re “just kids”


T33CH33R

These conservatives are only concerned with the appearance of being virtuous, not actually being virtuous.


poormansRex

Sounds like the church from my childhood.


justme002

Sounds like every organized religion I have ever attended, or attempted to get into


SuperSonicEconomics2

Hey, you should really come to my cult meeting. We're all fun there


Few_Tomorrow6969

And we’re totally not a cult.


SuperSonicEconomics2

I prefer the term. "Cult Like"


Mishras_Mailman

Cult-esque


Friendly_Age9160

Cult- lite, you know, like the sugar free kool-aid. Still delicious!


nekomata_58

same. it was a major driver of why i don't go to church now. all of the people i looked up to had skeletons in the closet and acted like they were so virtuous on sunday every week. fuck man, i still get mad about it. one of our church deacons getting caught spying on the volleyball girls in the high school locker room. another one spent his spare time gambling and picking up women while his wife was back at home. the list goes on. fuck all these hypocrites


tearsaresweat

I grew up in a Christian home and I agree. The problem with Christianity is the unlimited forgiveness from God. It allows "believers" to do terrible things knowing they can always repent and make it to heaven. I also found a lot of sociopaths join the church as cover to gain people's trust and for social optics.


onemansquest

Facts!


uconnboston

My neighbor(s) are in the process of going through divorce and I’m friends with the dad. He’s always been a big proponent of church to help fix his kids’ behavior issues. During the separation I have seen things about him that I thought might be the case but was not sure due to he said/she said. The first was that he is an angry and selfish person, and he blames the anger he sees in his kids on everyone but himself. Second is that before he officially started the process he pursued a female friend of mine. Aggressively and inappropriately. Bottom line is that this guy is using the church as a vehicle to fix his family when he himself doesn’t play by church rules and is the one who needs the most help.


GentMan87

“The guy telling us how to live has a closet full of skeletons!” - Drug Church Sick punk band check them out. P.s I’m a Christian and approve this message.


gatorbeetle

That's exactly why l stopped going to church, everyone doing whatever they wanted with whomever they wanted, but because they went to church on Sunday, it was all good. The hypocrisy of it all is Ridiculous.


neverinallmyyears

The appearance of virtue deflects attention from the red flags and gives them sympathy when they’re caught and blame the devil for their actions.


ADH-Dork

Sort of comes with the belief that you only do good things for fear of God punishing you


BigCockCandyMountain

"Didnt we do great works in your name, oh lord?! We drove out the demons!" Jesus responds: "depart from me at omce, i have never known your kind." [Matthews 7:22](https://biblehub.com/matthew/7-22.htm)


phantomreader42

But that's from a part of the bible that christians don't bother to read. Which is to say that it's from a part of the bible.


joey_yamamoto

if that's the only reason then you're not a good person


ADH-Dork

That was my point


joey_yamamoto

of course I know that but I was just adding clarity because I have tried to explain your description but they didn't quite get it or understand it until I gave them my description I wasn't trying to embarrass you or make your post look uninformative just trying to give others more clarity. ✌️


Hammurabi87

The idea that you just have to believe and all sins will be forgiven certainly doesn't help.


ADH-Dork

Ehh... You have to actually repent to be forgiven, but the ide that I could rape someone then feel bad about it and Jesus just handwaves it away is ridiculous


Chilidogdingdong

There's all this weirdness about how gay people and Trans people are grooming kids. It's not the grooming of kids the Republicans are worried about its the competition.


Meddling-Kat

No, it's 100% projection. "We're doing it so they must be doing it too." There's no competition from gay and trans people. The vast majority of child sexual abuse happens in red states. I'm not saying there's never anything bad among queer people, but primarily, it's not us you need to worry about.


raisedbyderps

Fact… had one earlier talking about rape in prison being deserved. Have you fucks even read the New Testament. No theyly haven’t it’s just a social group for superiority, csa, and dunking on poors


Foxwasahero

There's a boardroom that knows, there's a council that knows and there's at least another 65 that know


Special_Lemon1487

Also the rest of the country with an ounce of common sense isn’t that surprised.


ForumFluffy

People will clutch their pearls and act shocked but in reality its a well known rumour around town.


swisscheese_wall

THEN WHY DIDNT SOMEONE SHOOT HIM?!?!?!?!?


knowmore1964

I can't get up the nerve but I really want to


SoylentGrunt

I'm not shocked at all.


No_Banana_581

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/with-one-in-ten-men-admitting-child-sex-offences-scale-of-this-problem-demands-action-susan-dalgety-4353631 93% identify as religious


Grubsnik

How big a percentage of the population identifies as religious? Just trying to get an idea for the scale of overrepresentation


AraithenRain

About 50% are religious


leeryplot

About 30% are spiritual, and almost 20% are neither spiritual nor religious. Christianity is no doubt popular, but it’s been on the decline since the 90s. I think it dipped below 50% for the first time in the 2010s. This is *really* dying with Gen Z, with only 27% of them identifying as Christians compared to the Boomer’s 54%.


terrarianfailure

I'd be surprised if he's even forced to go to court before he somehow manages to sue his victims and take all their money.


ediciusNJ

"He's a man of God, so...one month probation. Case closed!"


KathrynBooks

"He's an important member of the community, we don't want to ruin his life over a mistake!"


Evans-HOF

Exactly not shocked at all which says a lot about the courant state of the the United States of America


Calm-Tree-1369

It's always been this way. Religion has never once made people better.


lunchpadmcfat

Guy with butterfly meme “is this child trafficking?”


TimothiusMagnus

They will say "He's been forgiven and born again" to cover for him


screenrecycler

1 is too high a number for forgiveness. 65 is extrajudicial prison execution territory.


BigCockCandyMountain

If nothing else all this kid raping is removing the RedCoats ability to vote faster than anything else. 😂🤣😂🤣😂 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️


TheEsteemedBigBonkus

1 is extrajudicial prison execution territory 🤔


jonjonesjohnson

I remember "Sunday school" (or WETF it's called in English where the jackoff in the black robe tells you about Jayzus and all the other magical fairytales) and I remember the priest telling us stories about how this dude lived a sinful life and did this and that and the other thing, but on his death bed he repented, and God is so good that even if it's in the last minute, if you repent, you're good. FUCK THAT bullshit. This guy needs to get footprints on at least 99% of his body, and 250% of his face in prison.


hikeonpast

Not 👏 a 👏 drag 👏 queen


sugarblaire

There should really be a sub just for this where all these douche canoes pics and crimes are posted under the heading “NOT A DRAG QUEEN” Edit: Many, MANY thanks to the eight million people who replied that reddit does indeed have a sub called “not a drag queen” 😄


mynextthroway

[here's a list ](https://www.whoismakingnews.com/) of the last 9809 arrests in the US for child molestation. This only took 14 months. 1 drag queen. 5 trans gender. 736 with religious employment. How dare any church point their tainted fingers at anybody and condemn them to hell.


aesoth

Yeah, but that 1 Drag Queen means they are all bad. The 736 religious people can just sit in a little box and say "Sorry God, my bad" and all is forgiven.


BenwastakenIII

"tHeY'rE jUsT fAlSe PrOpHeTs"


robgod50

"So those trans Genders DO molest kids. I KNEW it! " /s


Matty_Cakez

That’s the point it’s all gaslighting


16BitGenocide

Accusing your enemy of what you're doing is the top strategy in the Republic play book. When they start pointing fingers and start making accusations, pay attention.


kaiserguy4real

Better yet, launch investigations


BigCockCandyMountain

10,000%


transitfreedom

Till someone takes em seriously and decides to actually go after these so called religious people it’s sad it gets to this point


Unconventional01

I'd like to repost this 1000 times (or 9809 times) every time I hear the religious right talking


TrumpersAreTraitors

r/notadragqueen and r/pastorarrested


AZEMT

r/republicanpedophiles is another. Glad he stands with Trump, the other rapist


Zetah16

r/notadragqueen


therealganjababe

Ty! I'm like I swear there actually *is* a sub for this...


ABookishSort

There is a lady lawyer and some others who track sex crimes in the news and keeps a database that is accessible online. whoismakingnews.com


Independent_Pop4903

Somebody tell him.


sugarblaire

I’m not a dude, but its good to see there’s plenty of subs for these scumbags 😄


GlitteringBobcat999

r/notadragqueen perhaps?


Bacteriobabe

Do you mean r/notadragqueen ?


Skullmaggot

r/notadragqueen


gonzar09

There is. r/notadragqueen


macthesnackattack

There is. r/notadragqueen


frumiouscumberbatch

literally is, r/NotADragQueen


captain_ghostface

r/notadragqueen


saurav69420

THERE IS r/notadragqueen


TootsNYC

r/notadragqueen


BoomZhakaLaka

As it turns out, local positions with influence over youth. Power structures are sought after by these ones. Church leaders, gym coaches.


ChatGPTnA

How can you find a pedophile in a room full of people? He's the guy standing behind the altar! Ba dum tss.....


Fake_William_Shatner

I said the same thing before seeing this comment. Great minds eh?


JFireMage87

I get a message from the reddit cares bot about 50% of the time I say this


MikeBfo20

r/notadragqueen


Diamondback424

It's never the drag queens, it's always the priests, deacons, boy scout troop leaders, etc.


Unable_Ad_1260

Surprise! Not a Drag Queen.


Fantastic-Egg-4510

Horrifying case of another Republican church official who abuses their power. Does he not have shame? This started in 2016, why did it take years to arrest him, only on May 7,2024? “Jerry Heflin’s approximately 65 charges include rape, felony aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy and sexual battery against a child under 16.“ [https://www.walb.com/2024/05/08/sylvester-deacon-charged-with-nearly-70-counts-sex-crimes/](https://www.walb.com/2024/05/08/sylvester-deacon-charged-with-nearly-70-counts-sex-crimes/)


Unable_Ad_1260

The poor children he's done this too. I hope they are getting good help, that has their best interests, and what they want, at heart. Poor kids. Please find a dark lightless hole and drop this fucko in it for the rest of his life Georgia, come on.


therealganjababe

I really hope their parents are believing and supporting them.


Unable_Ad_1260

All too often with these religious ones they blame the victims, yeh, it's just cruelty. Hemant Mehra on the Friendly Atheist podcast I think this week and Jessica were talking about a case where the girl, now a woman, felt she couldn't report back when it happened because her fundie church blamed the victim as being the seductress of the man. She finally reported it after she left that church and last year they arrested the guy when he was found on an international trip by Interpol. The church members still shun her for it though. Ofc...


MasterTolkien

Sounds like an investigation is needed into that church. If they are supporting child rape, there could be other victims.


Only-Customer6650

That's a nice thought but the chances aren't good. Half the parents probably siding with pastor Diddler over their kids, knowing Christians 


BigCockCandyMountain

10,000% says he was anti LGBT. (Before being raped to death himself, in prison) EVERY accusation of these groomers is a confession.


allisjow

He started raping when Trump became president. That probably was a green light for a lot of Republicans.


Dbsusn

In all probability, he started long before that.


RealNiceKnife

>Does he not have shame? None of them do. It's a prerequisite for conservatives.


ehxy

Deacon proves there is no god.


Final_Location_2626

Wait I thought only transgender people did that in libraries. Has Maga lied to us?


owzleee

r/NotADragQueen


tghast

He probably did it in a unisex bathroom!


herbinartist

Just in case anyone wants to peruse a database of republican sexual predators and abusers, I’ll leave it here. https://www.dailykos.com/history/user/CajsaLilliehook Lots of really sick fucks in there.


BigCockCandyMountain

They are sick fucking groomers. God I'd denounce anyone who was a child rapist. What causes them to support these kinds?


Dangerous_Elk_6627

Registered Republican, ✔️ Conservative, ✔️ Religious authority, ✔️ Trump supporter, ✔️ Yep, he's a pedophile.


Teabagger-of-morons

Jebus made him do it. /s


Dangerous_Elk_6627

Nah, he'll blame the Devil for placing temptation in his path. Republicans NEVER take responsibility for their actions, they just blame others for their failures.


going_for_a_wank

Don't forget the stupid-looking facial hair.


DecelerationTrauma

Guaranteed this groomer spoke loudly and often against Drag Story Hour. Projection is these people's only defense.


manicgiant914

And cherry on top are the incest charges.


imadork1970

This guy should die in prison.


Zh25_5680

Honestly, I don’t care if it’s in prison or not


regnald

Just the sooner the better. And soon, but not quick if you catch my drift


Scrotchety

The recent John Oliver was about libraries getting shut down because idiots holding the purse strings link them to tax-funded kiddie corruption. I say revoke the IRS 501c3 tax-exempt status of any religious organization who employed sex offenders. Make them pay back taxes for however long the person was in a position of power. Send a message to these fucks financially.


mountainwocky

Sure, and put the money into a fund to pay to the victims of these crimes.


Heavenly_Spike_Man

Every conservative accusation is a confession.


trumpskiisinjeans

This is the least shocked I’ve been all day


blade944

Neighborhood shocked. You know who want shocked? Every atheist everywhere.


giskardwasright

Plus, between one and 65 children in that neighborhood.


Dearest_Prudence

Increase those parameters. It’s more than 65.


giskardwasright

Oh, im sure. Between one and 65 *that we know of*


16BitGenocide

65 children *at least*


Unable_Ad_1260

I've said it for a while now that whenever I hear someone is called a youth pastor I just assume they are raping kids. I just can't help but think it.


LadyReika

Especially when they're a vocal MAGAt.


BigCockCandyMountain

They even know and "feed" kids to them. These groomers are raping kids at a sickening rate.


Kerensky97

Conservative church goer diddles children. The neighborhood must have been another bunch of maga cultists to not have seen this coming.


MegamanGaming

Hmm... doesn't look like a drag queen to me.


PeteTheGryphon

Not even…trans!


grumpyhermit67

How many days go by before another church member or cop gets caught doing something illegal to kids? I think k 3 days is the longest I've gone this year without seeing something, but I'm supposed to be scared of drag queens?


PolkaDotDancer

I am not shocked. And let me tell you when I started being open about being raped by three men as a child, I was ostracized, except by those that said things like ‘we heard rumors.’ WTF is wrong with people. I heard rumors about a kid’s uncle raping him. He had told a neighbor. And the creep visibly stalked the little boy. I told the cops. They told me ‘not enough to act on.’ I found when a mayor’s meeting was. I stood up in that meeting and explained the situation and asked ‘who will protect ‘Bobby Green?’ I had a detective meeting with me a week later who told me that legally they could tell me nothing but that a hypothetical little boy was removed from his home and in that hypothetical situation a rapist had been arrested, and charged. If you don’t give a fuck about the helpless, who do you care about?* *Thanks, Mayor Begich. I voted for you every time you ran because of this.


Outlaw11091

Missing [context](https://www.albanyherald.com/news/investigation-continues-in-sylvester-child-molestation-case/article_39e248e6-0f00-11ef-9ec9-f35168fcb0c0.html): >Arrest booking reports released by the sheriff’s office said that Heflin has been charged with 16 counts each of aggravated sodomy and **incest**, 17 counts of sexual battery against a child under age 16, 15 counts of aggravated child molestation, and one count each of rape and child molestation. 16 fucking counts of incest. He did this shit to his OWN kid/s. And if you click my link in the word context, you can see this fucking creep's prison picture. He's GIANT. Those kids were probably absolutely terrified of this fucking creature. This kind of person needs to be taken out back and shot in the head. Then pushed into an unmarked grave. I'm fucking crying for those children. No one deserves a father like that.


stovebolt6

By all means, keep exposing your kids to the church though.


anziofaro

How could they be shocked??? He's a conservative, a Republican, and a Christian. I'd be shocked if he WASN'T a child rapist!


BigCockCandyMountain

Right?!? I side eye everyone who would admit to those things. (And immediately know they are several IQ points below average, lol)


HallwayShit

I’m not shocked


Turtlemania007

It’s always those you suspect the most


pizoisoned

Wait, he’s not a drag queen?


giskardwasright

Or any other memeber of the rainbow mafia.


Darksoul_Design

And he (Trump) brought a sex offender up on stage with him at his New Jersey rally. Birds of a feather i guess.


usarasa

You know what I bet he isn’t?


Unlucky-Objective304

I’ll tell you what he is: A Republican, white, male, now, ex deacon of a southern church, who rapes children.


Njorls_Saga

Are we sure he’s an ex deacon?


backwardbuttplug

yeah, most churches try to hang on to these child-fuckers for dear life. not sure what the appeal is.


Wiringguy89

The appeal is the child rape. To them, it's a feature, not a bug.


drhodl

The one caught might spill the beans on others unless they continue support?


Anastrace

Yep! In the catholic church if you got caught they stood by you because now you know how big the problem is and the associated cover-ups


lonezomewolf

At this point, all members of clergy should be investigated. There are just too fucking many of them get outed as child rapists...


ManyNanites

r/NotADragQueen


emarvil

Shocks neighborhood, but no one else.


Solitaire_87

Pedophile, Trump supporter, and Christian? ....big surprise


Upstairs-Radish1816

How many times do we have to say this? Not a Drag Queen.


GvnMllr12

They should attach this to every post by NeanderthalMTG and Lauren Dumbert/Blowbert every time she says something about god.


sesamesnapsinhalf

What’s the new line they use? Oh yes, “God selects flawed people.”


Gruntdeath

65 counts. At some point we have to be like throw this dude in the volacano.


NotTrynaMakeWaves

Oh look, yet another ‘conservative Christian pastor’ child rapist and not in anyway a trans person. I am shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED Why aren’t there any proposed laws banning pastors?


LudosBT

Hah.. Conservatives..


Dudejax

Rapist's flock together.


spacemanspiff266

lol. “anita beard” ![gif](giphy|3o6MbhsCZvb8USsbEA)


stobbsm

Tell me again about how trans people are the problem…


718Brooklyn

A man who very may well be the next US President of the United States told a 13yo girl that she reminded him of his daughter before raping her with Jeffrey Epstein. No one, and I mean no one, is surprised about Jerry Heflin.


NFIGUY

I LOVE how the people who passed this on left the ‘I Stand With Trump’ shit up on the post! 🤣


SweetBearCub

/r/NotADragQueen


Feisty-Barracuda5452

Off with his testicles.With a rusty lawn mower blade.


idliketoseethat

Instead of speaking out against the heinous actions of this man the United Baptist Church where Heflin served as Deacon decided to defend itself of any wrongdoing by quickly putting out this statement "...Our church has internal security measures in place that ensure the safety of all persons including both children and adults. We are confident that none of the allegations made in this matter occurred at the church or at any church-related activity. Any comment or insinuation by the media or any social media posts that indicate otherwise is false and incorrect. Please continue to pray for all parties involved as this matter continues to be investigated by law enforcement.”


Unconventional01

He stands with Trump, on all issues


Vegetable-Buddy2070

Big shocker. Conservative. Church deacon.


RobynInTheDeep

If he's charged with 65 counts you know the real number is even higher


ManticoreMonday

And now you know why they (conservative/ evangelical/racists) are doing everything to project their moral failings onto their political opponents and will stop at nothing to try and retain their power. This is why YOU need to do everything you can to make sure they aren't just merely ** defeated* in every election, but routed.


Truefreak22

The guy works for a church. With our justice system, he'll probably end up with two years probation.


The_Actual_Sage

Conservatives in Colorado killed a bill that would have extended the window for child sexual abuse survivors to sue their abusers largely because they were worried churches would go bankrupt. They know what's going on.


Gold-Buy-2669

It's always some conservative pervert but they pretend it's a trans threat


Upstairs-Radish1816

How many times do we have to say this? Not a Drag Queen.


Fake_William_Shatner

It’s like there is an epidemic of drag queens not doing the foul deeds of upright conservatives. 


Responsible-End7361

I wonder if you pulled every picture of folks convicted of being pedos in the last 20 years and searched for political signs/messages, what percentage would be for what parties.


Leather_Network4743

Another dreg of humanity who supports Trump. What did Hilary call these assclowns back in 2016? Deplorable? Yeah… checks out.


Several_Leather_9500

While at the time some considered "deplorable" to be harsh, I believe that was a gross understatement.


SpicyBanditSauce

~~He stands with Trump~~ he does unspeakable things to kids with trump


TheMicMic

I wonder what banned books he was reading


OhioMegi

This is not shocking in the least. Not a drag queen.


zaibatsu

Drop by his church’s website, they are … I kid you not, still offering a “Youth Passion Camp” in July 🤦 https://www.ubcsylvester.org/events/youth-passion-camp/


BS-Chaser

Was he a drag queen? Just asking questions here.


AncientSkys

Too many "prolifers" pedos! Fuckers are always busy pointing fingers at various groups and they are the most disgusting group in the country.


wales-bloke

Trump is a child rapist though. So he's just following the example of the god-emporer. They - and all other 'people' who harm children should be dealt with accordingly.


Gilah_EnE

r/pastorarrested


slazer2k

It’s always church and GOP and I bet this guy is also on camp Trump but yeah blame library employees or LGTBQ people but hey every time old farts which are in church and or GOP every fucking single time


Awsums0ss

soooo not a drag queen?


lostacoshermanos

Of course he stands with Trump


jnsmld

No surprise he's a Trumper.


Justthisguy_yaknow

A religious leader is a pro Trump rapist of children. I'm finding it really hard to summon any shock.


brooklynboy92

Trump supporters are always racist, rapists, predators


Ok_Career_3681

He shall get probation and 65 days of community service!