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  • chatokun@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldMeddling
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    4 months ago

    Explain to me what you think the MSM is. The screenshot in this very post shows the New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and a 4th presumably main stream media organization demonstrating Isreal’s meddling.

    Do you not believe those to be MSM? If not, define it right here, and not the way that idiot Owen Shroyer kept messing up in his deposition.










  • chatokun@lemmy.worldtocats@lemmy.worldMy weekends
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    11 months ago

    People who have this take often feel similar about medicine, vaccines, etc. Natural remedies, essential oils, or just good old God is punishing you if you get sick. (A lot of them are hypocrites too, as they’ll drop some of this stuff to save their own lives).



  • Burning books like this requires enough targeted hatred and a need to offend the targets. It also is usually more effective if your target is a minority (not specifically racial, just a much weaker target), as that bolsters your position of power and lessens the likelihood of retaliation.

    Atheists sometimes have that much hatred, but at least where I am Christianity isn’t small enough to be a minority, so the fear of backlash might be holding back some of the hatred type atheists.

    Another reason may depend on why someone became an atheists. Many of us don’t hate religious people directly, we just have issues with what organized religion gets away with. People like me came to this conclusion by comparing scientific evidence to blind faith. By nature, faith will be more emotional and reactionary, whereas if you come to a position after learning and changing yourself, you’re more open to understanding why it’s not really a good idea to hate like that.

    Though I’d call myself agnostic vs an atheist.



  • While I agree with the sentiment, making a plan to make changes is a very important first step. I’m still a car driver who wants better public transportation, while also acknowledging its very unlikely for my area (45 mins outside Atlanta, GA). However, if we aim for it specifically, it’s always a good step, even if it’s not going to be instant or 5 years.

    One of the biggest issues ro change are people saying “that won’t happen” and just not changing the status quo. We don’t need to perfectly do it in a short time, but we do need to start making steps right away, even if they take longer than we want.