While we're at it
Strong Female characters ≠ Well written
Dark tones ≠ depth
Suffering ≠ complex, it's useless if it does not amount to a character's growth or change
Symbolism ≠ Good, it only works if it provides clarity to an already existing theme
Germany killed 80% of the Herero people and 50% of the Nama people in Namibia, stole and kept their land and shipped their skulls to Europe for research. You won't hear of this holocaust because it was an extermination of Africans
In 2nd Samuel , God “punished” David by having his son Absalom rape David’s wives publicly at a rooftop.
First issue here is an all loving , wise and just God using rape of all things as punishment.
The second issue is That I put “punished” in Quotes because David was the offender but it’s his wives that were raped and humiliated in public like they had anything to do with David’s crimes.
When believers say “God is good” or “god is just” it’s almost as if they’ve never opened a single page in their own bible... because the god in the Bible… Sir Yahweh… was clearly made in the image of its barbaric authors.
Wdym boring planet, elephants, narwhals, whales, komodo dragons, the absolute insanity that is metamorphosis, brain-stealing mushrooms, sea horses, regular horses, giraffes, volcanos, the deep sea, axoltls, theyre all real!
Palestinians are nearly wiped out, Gaza lies in ruins, an American President spent decades raping children and, when exposed, chose to ignite a war that shook the world,
Trans people are being erased in the world’s largest democracy, yet people are silent and want Harry Potter.
lol they added a community note that fails to engage with the topic at discussion here. The TRANSATLANTIC slave trade in specific, relating to blacks, has to this point always been the greatest Sin of humankind.