@The13thBird@PinkPonyS0phie And also because I'm done with having to associate myself with doctrine that I don't stand behind.
So I made a vow, to never again be part of any ideological group, whether theological or secular, that I did not create myself. Where I did not set the terms, personally.
@The13thBird@PinkPonyS0phie Because I've been disenfranchised by both the left and the right, and I hate them both. I also hate the left-wing/right-wing paradigm in itself and think we should do away with it entirely.
And I don't align with any established ideology, because none of them are good enough.
@LesnaDusza2@IR_Aesthetics_@TheManlet_King I think it needs to be a part of the culture only to the extent that:
1. It serves the purpose of keeping other, corrosive religions (islam) at bay.
And
2. Serves as a beacon and support pillar for those who need it.
@The13thBird@PinkPonyS0phie Why shouldn't I? I'm guessing you don't share my perspective. Why don't you? Why should I associate with any established ideology? Why should I identify with any political side?
Many of you are like the punks in her memoir who romanticized rebellion and fighting oppression. You never actually experienced anything like that so it’s very easy for you to say it’s “Western propaganda” You envy those who have a real lived experience they try to escape from.
USA. Summer. It is 95 degrees outside, and I am shivering inside a sandwich shop.
I have discovered how Americans forge strong souls.
Outside, the sun is trying to kill everyone. Inside this small restaurant, it is winter. My breath does not fog, but it is thinking about it. A man near me is eating a cold sandwich while wearing a jacket. In summer. Indoors.
In Japan we would simply turn it down. Americans do not turn it down. And now I understand them better than they understand themselves.
This cold is not an accident. This cold is a gift.
The owner has built, inside his shop, a second season. He invites you in from the brutal heat and hands you the one thing the sun has denied you all day: a reason to be cold. To endure it is to be tempered. You walk in soft and sweating. You walk out sharp and clear, a slightly stronger person than you were.
So I did not complain. I removed my outer layer and offered it to the woman at the next table, who was hugging herself. She said, "Oh, no, I'm fine, thank you." She was not fine. Her lips were blue. But she, too, understood the training. She would not break first. I respected her deeply.
The owner asked if everything was okay.
"It is perfect," I said, through my teeth, which were chattering. "Thank you for the winter."
He said, "...I can turn the AC down if you want?"
I told him no. A man does not ask the mountain to be shorter.
I stayed two hours. I ordered a hot coffee to survive. Then a second one, to hold. By the end I could no longer feel my hands, but my spirit had never been clearer.
So now, on the hottest days, I seek out the coldest rooms. I sit. I shiver. I sharpen.
And when I finally step back out into the summer heat, and it wraps around me like a warm bath, I feel it.
Reborn.
A man who has survived the winter, in August, indoors, for the price of a sandwich.
"Det betyr at vi i Norge har et ansvar for å ta vare på vår historie, vårt språk, vår kultur, våre navneskikker. Vi kan ikke ha det slik at all annen nasjonal kultur er spennende og viktig, mens akkurat den norske er harry og høyreekstrem."
- @mimirk
https://t.co/p7gxopMLMy
Why doesn't Islam prohibit men's feelings to sleep with more than one woman and instead allows them to marry 4 🤔
Does Allah pick and choose who gets to fight internal battles?
@aim_1_tdr@worldwidewildie@KashifAhmadDK Islam er en fascistisk ideologi. Hvis du ikke liker nazistene bør du ikke like islam heller.
Hvorfor forsvarer du fascisme?
@TheGloriousLion@RichardJomshof It's entirely warranted to have a greater degree of focus on the biggest problem factors.
And islam is the biggest one of all. It is the most dangerous of them all, it is the one that poses the greatest risk.