(April 12, 2018 at 10:23 am)Whateverist Wrote: I wonder if there is anyone on these forums who doesn't sometimes feel stereotyped by one of their demographics or another. I imagine every theist here feels dismissed or at least not fully and fairly appreciated at least some of the time. The same is probably true for homosexuals, transexuals and asexuals. Race of course can have that effect, as can differences in physical and mental capacity. Women must feel that whenever discussions about what to do about their uterus start up again. Conservatards would probably feel this way too if they had feelings. Gun nutters probably feel terribly misunderstood.
For me, more and more, I feel age to be the thing that gets me sorted into a particular box. Funny how that works. Because with any luck all of us here will get to experience being older. But it is a oneway mirror. When you get older, you still remember the way older people felt different when you were younger. But you don't feel much different from the inside. I suspect that must be the case across the other demographics too, except we won't all inevitably transition through being female, black, homosexual or liberal just by virtue of not dying.
I think we should all simply beat the shit out of each other and murder each other.
What? (Note to self, did I think this or type it?)
I think everyone here who has spent any time reading my posts knows I MOST CERTAINLY DO take religion and global politics very seriously and sure, there are certain things I will not budge on because I don't see those things as working.
BUT, no, I don't hate every theist, even if I find religion superfluous and antiquated. I have been very consistent in repeating that MOST humans are decent, I simply disagree with theists of all religion where they think our ability to do good and be good is coming from.
And YES especially with the CURRENT leadership of the NRA, I despise their current leadership, and they do a great disservice to their members and America in general using their tactic of fear to maintain their membership. BUT even then, no I do NOT hate every single firearm owner as an individual. I may not own one myself, but I have plenty of friends who do whom are WITH ME in saying the NRA is not what it was and like me, AS OWNERS, hate what the NRA has become.
I say the same about all religions too. I can like Malala and hate Bin Laden. I can like Martin Luther King Jr and hate Jerry Falwell. I can like Penn Jillette on his position of religion but hate his libertarian economics.
I am not a fan of Country music, but love my Redneck friend from Oklahoma.
I will never apologize for blasphemy or ridicule of religious bigotry, or attacks on science or attempts at theocracy or politicians whom seek to undermine checks on power.
I think humans are far more alike than we are different. But I will not shy away from calling out bad logic.
