• LaBellaLotta [any]@hexbear.net
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        3 months ago

        It’s wild how often the right uses this argument when their incredible gullibility leaves them looking moronic. Like, no, it doesn’t mean anything about society. It means you specifically are dumb and naive and vastly overestimating your own intelligence.

    • miz [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      yea I’m double posting this in the thread, but look at how well this lines up:

      • Being told that the Bad Thing they were purportedly upset about wasn’t real only made them more upset. Proof that the 23rd largest corporation in America was not in league with the Devil made them defensive and very, very angry.

      from https://redsails.org/false-witnesses/

      • christian [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        3 months ago

        Thanks for sharing, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started reading but this is a great essay.

        there’s no such thing as ghosts or vampires or Satanic detergent executives

        These are such wise words.

      • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        I think they’re mostly right but their uncritical embrace of the seven deadly sins of a concept is pretty weird. Also the idea that one has to be good “for good reasons that are entirely selfless” is kind of weird too. It’s normal and good for people to have pride in not being a bad person, actually. The bad part is when you base that pride on falsehood (and pride is not the same thing as feeling superior to other people)

        Of course it should also be based in actually caring about other living things but that’s like, idk kinda of assumed I thought