(January 30, 2018 at 12:57 pm)Divinity Wrote:(January 30, 2018 at 12:41 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: So if you happened to be raised and nutured in a conservative environment, you feel like you wouldn't be a conservative? Why, because you have superior genetics?
Oh please, I was raised in a conservative environment, by a father who felt that women shouldn't have the right to vote or work and who thought that the rich were the rightful rulers of the world. So, I know I wouldn't be a conservative. Because I'm not.
Conservatives lack empathy for others. They have sociopathic tendencies. See: Wanting to ship Dreamers to a country they've never lived in. Cutting welfare while raising military spending. Allowing doctors to discriminate against LGBT patients. Allowing states to discriminate against LGBT couples. Not wanting a healthcare plan that makes sure everyone is covered, instead wanting tax breaks for billionaires. They'll pretend to have empathy for fetuses, but they don't even have that (as seen by the fact that they don't want to do anything for the Fetus, let alone the child who they pretty much say can go fuck themselves). "Not our job to feed those kids!" they'll say, as if this makes more sense than anything in the world.
(January 30, 2018 at 12:45 pm)Shell B Wrote: Let's be realistic. There are definitely men who could, but does that mean that your whole purpose on a sexual level is to be dominated? The idea is patently absurd.
There are men that could physically overpower me--but good luck to them when I pull a Lorena Bobbit on them.
(January 30, 2018 at 12:40 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Yikes.
Dehumanization of entire groups of people has been used throughout history as justification to do heinous things to them. From slavery to genocide. I wouldn't play around with that.
I said "less human" not "Less than human".
I know what you said. Saying any particular group of people are "less human" IS dehumanization of that group, and is pretty heinous.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh