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guillaumeb

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64. If anyone points to a society that apepars to be free of intolerance,

Sat Dec 28, 2019, 12:24 PM

Dec 2019

that society will be small, and insular.

And this trait that we call intolerance is actually a protective reaction of the tribe when it is confronted by the other.

We agree that humans, as far as we can document, seem predisposed to theism, and the contemplation of what might exist apart from humans.

And we might agree that the rich, or the 1%, need a certain level of division to generate fear in their own group. This division can be used to distract the mass of the tribe from what the rich are doing.

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Hallmark Apologizes, Backtracks After Saying It Would Pull Ads with Lesbian Kiss [View all] trotsky Dec 2019 OP

Maybe we should send them a card or something underpants Dec 2019 #1

! (n/t) PJMcK Dec 2019 #3

Thoughts and prayers Major Nikon Dec 2019 #5

Your analysis is very optimistic and I admire you for that PJMcK Dec 2019 #2

I don't think that d_r Dec 2019 #52

I think it was the power of money Major Nikon Dec 2019 #4

Oh it's definitely about the money, don't get me wrong. trotsky Dec 2019 #6

The fact that this is the Halmark channel makes the lining a little more silver Major Nikon Dec 2019 #7

For Hallmark, it was only a matter of counting. MineralMan Dec 2019 #8

So what's next from 4000 Moms? Cartoonist Dec 2019 #9

Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong among the least gay-friendly cities ranked in global survey guillaumeb Dec 2019 #10

Not quite. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #11

You can refute the article, guillaumeb Dec 2019 #12

I can do both, actually. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #13

And the truth is, China is very intolerant of theists, and LGBTQ people. eom guillaumeb Dec 2019 #14

And what does that have to do with the Hallmark Channel rejecting bigotry? trotsky Dec 2019 #18

The topic is intolerance for LGBTQ people. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #21

Oh so YOU'RE allowed to veer off into any topic you want, trotsky Dec 2019 #23

Ironic, given your own demonstrated behavior. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #25

So I deserve it? trotsky Dec 2019 #28

Do you deserve it? guillaumeb Dec 2019 #31

I don't think I do. trotsky Dec 2019 #33

I believe that you feel this way. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #34

That's fine. You can believe what you want. trotsky Dec 2019 #36

Where in the Atheist Bible does Not-God command the persecution of theists and LGBTQ people? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #19

With metaphor all things are possible Major Nikon Dec 2019 #26

#whataboutism trotsky Dec 2019 #15

If only you recognized how often you engage in it. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #16

#deflection and #projection trotsky Dec 2019 #17

Yes, you do engage in that as well. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #20

So your excuse for behaving badly is that you think others are behaving badly. trotsky Dec 2019 #22

I am employing the scientific method of observation and analysis. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #24

In other words, you judge others, and dispense "eye for an eye" justice. trotsky Dec 2019 #29

Sad that you reject the scientific method. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #32

Of course I don't. You are deflecting so you don't have to acknowledge your behavior. trotsky Dec 2019 #35

So if you are guilty, guillaumeb Dec 2019 #37

Oh look, it's a variation on "I'm not judging you, the bible is!" trotsky Dec 2019 #39

You must judge yourself. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #40

Continued deflection. trotsky Dec 2019 #41

Yes, it is. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #42

Let the record show I gave you yet another chance to get out of the muck. trotsky Dec 2019 #47

Not to mention the best defense for Whataboutism is more Whataboutism Major Nikon Dec 2019 #27

Just say that it's warranted because the person you disagree with does it. trotsky Dec 2019 #30

The Chinese have no religous basis for discrimination. It's cultural. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #43

It makes no difference to the victims. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #44

You don't seem to understand how humans work. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #45

We agree that authoritarians will behave as authoritarians. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #46

If you understand humans, why do you keep banging that 'atheist' drum about China, when it AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #48

If it is a political theocracy, guillaumeb Dec 2019 #49

Which explains why you keep banging on about China and only China. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #50

You missed the point. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #54

And yet you keep citing communist nations. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #55

So you are using the "no true Scotsman" fallacy guillaumeb Dec 2019 #56

Uh no, I specified 13 (nearly 14) other nations above the 50% mark on population atheism. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #57

You said: guillaumeb Dec 2019 #58

You know what Theistic means right? AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #59

A nice try, and I could ask the same question of you. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #60

I didn't invent my own definitions. I observed what the subject nations ARE. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #61

Allow me to ask a related question. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #62

I don't see how it's related, but I'm sure you know, that is unknown. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #63

If anyone points to a society that apepars to be free of intolerance, guillaumeb Dec 2019 #64

...agonizing over this decision as we've seen the hurt it has unintentionally caused. Mariana Dec 2019 #38

The 'hurt' was to their pocketbook estimates. Hallmark is a corporation selling things. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #51

Extremely profitable (high-margin) things I would add ... that can RATHER easily be done without ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #53