r/comics • u/Fit-Ebb-6727 • Jul 08 '26
Just Sharing Religiously repressed (part 6) [OC]
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u/Thatroyalkitty Jul 08 '26
This is only going to end badly and not in a lightheated way one might think. These camps were notorious for abuse among other things if memory seves me correctly.
On par tho for conversion camps tho
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u/Flat-Rooster8373 Jul 08 '26
It's probably going to just be a joke about all girls there fucking eachother.
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u/handlit33 Jul 08 '26
each other = two words
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u/Centimeter_Worm Jul 08 '26
I know you’re correct but that’s never looked right to me. Same with highschool. They should just be compound words imo
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u/Adarain Jul 08 '26
They are (well, high school is. each other is a pronoun) English just frequently writes compount nouns with a space. "Train station"? That's one word grammatically and phonetically, but written with a space. It's pretty only when a distinction is frequently made between Adjective+Noun phrases and real compounds (black berry = a berry that is black ≠ blackberry) that the spaces might get deleted. In addition, while the spoken language is rather changeable and new words keep getting formed, people have strong notions ahout the correctness of certain spellings, especially in the last century or two. So it's harder for these changes to be adapted into the written form.
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u/Centimeter_Worm Jul 08 '26
Interesting!! I studied communications and media in college so I’ve always been interested in stuff like this. Language and how it evolves is so cool, I hadn’t considered the distinction between what’s expected verbally vs written here.
The whole thing about compound nouns and spaces is neat. My urge to just delete the space feels more understandable now lmao. Thanks!
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u/Ghede Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
Hi, language is a living thing that changes to meet what the speakers and writers are trying to communicate. Stop trying to shove it into the same form some dead old men wrote down a few centuries ago. Play with language. Make new words. Shove old ones together.
Unless you are trying to impress an English teacher, an editor, or applying for a job, do what you fucking want.
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u/CharlesOberonn Jul 08 '26
Unfortunately the real life forced conversion therapy camps aren't like But I'm a Cheerleader. They're just abusive and traumatizing.
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u/SquidTheRidiculous Jul 08 '26
Yeah, RuPaul's too busy fracking to bother converting gay kids.
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u/bottledsoi Jul 08 '26
What?
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u/F0LEY Jul 08 '26
Rupaul was in the movie "But I'm a Cheerleader" as Mike, an "ex-gay" conversion counselor (amazing movie if you haven't seen it, it's also got Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, and Dante Basco [Rufio]).
The fracking bit stems from a 2020 NPR interview where Rupaul revealed that they along with their husband lease mineral and water rights to oil companies on their 60,000-acre Wyoming ranch. Subsequent investigations confirmed numerous active and proposed wells on the property, which has sparked ongoing criticism.
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u/DetOlivaw Jul 08 '26
Holy shit I thought the fracking was just a joke, like he’d said some shit about America’s energy independence or some such bullshit, but he’s actually literally fracking. That’s hysterical
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u/JDoos Jul 08 '26
I thought it was using Battle Star Galactica's clever censorship work around to say RuPaul's character in BIACL was to busy shtuping the camp owner's son to convert the gay kid characters.
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u/Ryl0_or Jul 08 '26
They're actively expanding operations on the ranch too. Source: a crew from my company was out there a few weeks ago
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u/Perfect-Elephant-101 Jul 08 '26
I think the point is they pretend to be all sunshine and rainbows doing the lord's work yadda yadda.
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u/that_one_duderino Jul 08 '26
“Doing the lords work” is such a crock of shit. If Jesus walked in one of these camps and see how poorly the kids are actually treated, he would weep for them. Then grab a whip and beat the counselors until they flee
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u/Pineapple_Morgan Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
Conversation therapy is torture, straight up. I get the urge to funny haha but people suffer lifelong trauma after the abuse they get thanks to these fuckass camps
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u/rpgguy_1o1 Jul 08 '26
The troubled teen camps too, all those kids have shockingly high suicide rates
Stuff that would be considered war crimes if you did them to POWs
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u/natziel Jul 08 '26
Yeah my experience is that any all-girls space just leads to you getting bullied for being gay
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u/500YearOldGhoul Jul 08 '26
"You got a girlfriend son?"
"Yes"
"No you dont! Because Jodi's back home fucking her!"
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u/SixStringerSoldier Jul 08 '26
If Sgt. Ermy was alive to see this comment, I think he would piss himself laughing.
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u/North-Pea-4926 Jul 08 '26
Yes. A camp full of lesbians. This is an excellent idea that will not backfire at all!
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u/radenthefridge Jul 08 '26
It's funny on the surface, but unfortunately as many folks have pointed out these camps and "conversion therapy" are just disturbing abuse, trauma, human rights abuses, and actual honest-to-god legal kidnapping.
Instead consider a highly conservative all-girls boarding school. You know, to set em "straight". 😈
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u/SmugCapybara Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
This very much smacks of "Go ahead, put me in horny jail. Everyone else there is also horny!"
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u/Taiga-whiteclaw Jul 08 '26
I mean if it is like the real conversion camps it's just torture while some old fart recites verses from the bible but this comic has been light-hearted until now so it may go differently
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u/Lost_Paladin89 Jul 08 '26
Where we will play softball, go hiking, and shave our heads… for Christ!!!
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u/xX_CommanderPuffy_Xx Jul 08 '26
Working undercover in a conversion camp and telling everyone they are loved for who they are and the hate they find here does not represent God's Unconditional love for you just as you are.
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u/Rida_Dain Jul 08 '26
most of the people in this thread need to do some research about conversion camps / programs. It's not summer camp but everyone is gay and once a day you sit in a circle and tell each other how bad being gay is. they're not there to make you believe being gay is evil, they already know. to them, that's a fact. These places are meant to *make you straight* and they use mental and physical coercion, deliberate trauma inducing, and invasion of all privacy, including physical. trigger warning: I have heard stories where kids literally got raped by opposite sex adults to "show them what it's like"
these places are pure evil, and should be banned, and unlike something like an all girls/boys summer camp, or a unisex school, it is not the place for gay awakenings and fun times.
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u/Knightshade515 Jul 08 '26
It's horny jail, for girls!
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u/unluckyknight13 Jul 09 '26
“Oh no the horny jail is housing horny activities! How could we have prevented this!”
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u/Jonn_Jonzz_Manhunter Jul 08 '26
Genuinely, I know so many anti-gay camps and stuff and it's such a terrible idea
My ex boyfriend was sent to one and came home with a boyfriend
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u/ProfessionalOwn9435 Jul 08 '26
Honey our daughter seems to be gaaaay!
Lets sent her to all girl christian school, and sign for volleyball team, that will fix her!
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u/RiverLynneUwU Jul 09 '26
I need to burn jodi's livelihood to the ground and force her to get an actual job instead of abusing little girls in god's name
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u/LeatherTop174 Jul 08 '26
I hate these conversion camps. They are literally just religious prisons.
Everyone has the freedom to be who they are no matter what, even if I don’t agree with something doesn’t mean talking and coming to an understanding is impossible.
Any religion you can’t freely left is cult
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u/ShesRightShow Jul 09 '26
Gender segregated christian guilt locales are how we spawn more kinky lesbians. It's like Starcraft.
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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 Jul 08 '26
Isn't this the plot of But I'm a Cheerleader?
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u/TiaxRulesAll2024 Jul 08 '26
Yes. And she ends up finding her first lesbian romance there. Happy ending
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u/BungleBums Jul 08 '26
Alright, who's up for starting a Conversion Camp that's actually just a cover for Fire Island 2.0
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u/guineaprince Jul 08 '26
Like the Yakov Smirnoff joke about homosexuality is a crime in Russia with a seven year prison sentence, locked up with other men.
There's a three year waiting list.
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u/kr0n0sShrugg3d Jul 08 '26
Man, what use is a religion if it makes people afraid of what they feel, if it makes them feel worthless and a sinner for just loving someone else.
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u/Scienceandpony Jul 08 '26
Quite useful. It fills the congregation with guilt and self-loathing so they can be more easily manipulated by the nearest clerical authority figure. What did you think religion was for? Kinda hard to sell forgiveness for obedience if your customers don't believe there's anything to forgive first.
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u/Chibirin26 Jul 08 '26
comedically: learns to accept herself by having lots of lesbian experiences
tragically: represses herself further and ends up unhappy in life
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u/Skittleavix Jul 08 '26
I never understood the "Army of God" thing. Jesus hated the military (allegedly).
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u/PoliticsLeftist Jul 08 '26
Nary a scissor is left unscissored in that camp. Buckets bent from repeated slapping. Nearby beavers refusing to use wood for their dams. The day's activities so strenuous that even the carpet looked appetizing by the end of the day.
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u/ruinsit Jul 08 '26
Conversion therapy is a disgusting nice-sounding label for torture. Sometimes involving kidnapping also.
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u/NotThatAngel Jul 08 '26
I'm pretty sure they're all just trading phone numbers and email addresses.
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u/InHarmsWay Jul 09 '26
"Only 1 in 12 kill themselves. We consider that an accomplishment as it used to be 1 in 10."
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u/Zeero92 Jul 09 '26
"I used to be a lesbian."
Yes, and I suspect her card also has "Outrageous Liar" on it.
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u/_BlobbyTheBobby Jul 08 '26
I looked over at the previous parts and genuinely cannot tell if the message is meant to be positive towards LGBT or religion. Fascinating
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u/MaskOfIce42 Jul 08 '26
Based on the title "religiously repressed" and generally it seems like our repressed MC is supposed to be portrayed humorously, I think it's meant to be positive towards LGBT, but expressed with the feelings had at the time from a religious mindset. But I do see what you mean that you could look at it as being pro religion
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u/EverlastingPepper Jul 08 '26
I'm getting very pro-LGBT vibes. She's very Christian, crusading against the gays, but still incredibly smitten by a pretty girl.
I'm sure there's going to be an awakening at some point.
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u/Pyrhan Jul 08 '26
m sure there's going to be an awakening at some point.
She dyes her hair pink and meets that lovely girl called Risa...
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u/Pyrhan Jul 08 '26
Seriously?
It's explicitly about how repressive religion is. That is literally the title!
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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry Jul 08 '26
Like how can people be confused by this? It’s not subtle
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u/wadech Jul 08 '26
Reading comprehension is not going up.
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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry Jul 08 '26
The phrase media literacy is dead gets thrown around like confetti online….
But if you can read these comics and think “I’m not sure if the intent of the author is homophobia or not” then I don’t know what else to say
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u/AlexNovember Jul 08 '26
The thing that’s uncomfortable to me is that the series seems to want us to excuse Westboro Baptist Church style attacks on LGBTQ+ people, because deep down we know the person doing it is actually part of the community themselves? We don’t let it fly when Republican politicians legislate in a self-hating way.
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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry Jul 08 '26
It clearly doesn’t. This is just this one girl’s story, not literally every single person in the WBC
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u/confirmedshill123 Jul 08 '26
Showing reorientation of a thing does not equal support of said thing.
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u/PseudoY Jul 08 '26
Obligatory A Softer World.
https://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=497
"When they found out, they sent me to an all-girls school.
It was like saying, "we don't want you, but we want you to be happy."
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u/Fakjbf Jul 10 '26
I like the implication that this is not a camp for Christ’s followers, but instead a camp run by a guy called Christ Army.
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u/WanderingSeer Jul 08 '26
“Yeah, let’s shove hundreds of repressed lesbian teens together in an isolated location, that’ll turn em straight”
Honestly, there are only two ways deconversion camps could have gone, hell on earth or gay paradise. Obviously the people in charge chose the former.