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  • This has never happened in America before.

    Yes it has…

    If you think this is the first time a movement of Christians has stripped rights away thru a political movement, it makes me think you’re not aware of how long this fight has been going on.

    Like, from the first colonies, expansion into new colonies, the revolution, the civil war…

    At almost every major turning point of our country’s history, fighting off Christian extremists has been one of the few constants. They spent a couple decades working behind the scenes with both parties, but just because it was less visible for a while doesn’t mean it stopped and especially doesn’t erase our past.

    Like…

    You’re not wrong that it’s bad now, and I’m glad you realize that.

    But people need to understand history to understand how to fight today.



  • Religious people are all mentally ill.

    I wouldn’t say they are for all religions…

    But definitely the “true believers” of the Abrahamic religions, like if you read any of those texts and are 100% onboard its all real. Abraham was a schizophrenic who heard voices that told him to kill his son, had textbook visual and auditory hallucinations and obviously delusions of grandeur. It’s so fundamental it’s present in all the big branches, schizophrenic symptoms are viewed as a legitimate communication with God that are often commands that must be followed no matter what.

    So some well adjusted people see it as “just a story” but if you sit thru that indoctrination your whole life and start hearing voices, there’s a good chance you see the voices as religious instructions.








  • Lots of animals can think abstractly.

    What separates humans from animals is communication and tool use. Obviously other animals can, but none come close to humans in either category.

    Books is a huge example of both. Humans don’t have to figure out complicated concepts each on our own. The Internet is that on steroids, someone on the other side of the planet can read this post the second I hit “reply”.

    That exchange of information through tools is why we’re ordering Taco Bell thru Uber from the couch instead of still chasing animals till they pass out.

    Whether or not that’s a good thing for us and the planet tho…




  • Since nothing is going to stand in their way, how can we make sure they are held accountable for generations to come?

    All that needs done is America threatening to cut off funding.

    If Obama hadn’t have done that, this would have all happened a decade ago

    Biden openly said he’d never do that, and talked shit as VP when Obama did. Kamala said she’d be the same as Biden.

    trump, depends on if someone bribes him more.

    But if America gets a progressive president next with the courage to say “genocide is bad” and actually cut off Israel…

    That will make Israel stop electing genocidal maniacs. The only reason they can vote for people like Bibi, is knowing no matter what they have the backing of America.

    Without that, they wouldn’t constantly be attacking other countries.

    It’s like if you had a annoying little brother that picks on everyone despite being small and weak, because if shit goes down, you protect them

    Sometimes, you got to let your little bro learn what happens when no one else fights their fights for them…


  • Driving the news: Sirens sounded across Israel on Thursday night. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared a special state of emergency across the entire country.

    “Following the State of Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the state of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future,” Katz said.

    Who would have guessed Israel would surprise attack another country and then immediately play the victim…



  • I mean, people already are…

    We don’t have a better definition for consciousness then “it’s what anesthesia stops” and we don’t have a better idea about what anesthesia does than “stops consciousness”. So it’s a chicken/egg thing.

    The thing is, anesthesia works on everything, humans, animals, plants, even single celled organisms.

    Literally everything is consciousness. Tomatoes even feel pain thru our most common definitions.

    So yeah, people that claim to be vegan because of animal suffering are still causing suffering and pain to life, then ending that life.

    You’d need to be some super specific type of vegan where you only eat fruits because those specifically evolved to be eaten in a symbiotic relationship with animals.

    But like, I’m pretty sure that would just give you organic diabetes or something.

    So everyone draws their personal line wherever, but none of us really have an “ethical diet”




  • Like, why did you manufacture this intractable problem by mandating clothing and shaming nudity in the first place?

    You think humans invented clothing because of shame?

    That’s completely backwards, we invented clothing for protection, and not seeing everything all the time led to shame when someone could see us.

    Like, I’m pretty sure hermit crabs feel something similar to shame when they don’t have a shell, they need something to drive them to not only protect themselves, but to ensure they can reproduce and raise their young. That’s why humans instinctually get weird about exposed genitals and boobs, those are the most important parts of a human from an evolutionary perspective.

    I get what you’re trying to say, it’s just you’re going about it completely backwards