Patrick DeWind

Guy from that place who does that thing with those people.

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@brjohnvianneyop @iamAtheistGirl The rich donate to the poor for the tax break. Charity without selflessness.

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@brjohnvianneyop @iamAtheistGirl Selflessness is a virtue, certainly, but it isn't in itself goodness. Justice, kindness, charity, and sacrifice are also virtues but none goodness either, but all can be part of a route to it.

Which are required can differ vastly depending on a person's circumstances.

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@brjohnvianneyop @iamAtheistGirl Selflessness and submission to a god aren't the same as goodness.

Goodness is being good to others.

God isn't good to sinners in an unforgiving eternal hell, so I can't say he's good.

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@brjohnvianneyop @iamAtheistGirl Torture is no expression of love.

Permanent perdition, and thus complete lack of forgiveness is not love.

The idea of hell puts paid to the all-loving god.

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@brjohnvianneyop @iamAtheistGirl So they are loved in the same way abused wives and children are: violently and with conditions attached.

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@SatanIsYourPal Excellent. I am easy to find.

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It was well researched and funny at all the right places to keep things from getting too dark (and let's face it, women's history gets pretty damn dark). I thought her choice of subjects was good, some I knew quite well and some I had never heard of before.

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Finished Life Lessons from Historical Women by @EleanorMorton (of Craig the tour guide fame).

History book by one of my favorite comedians? Yes please!

The book was a nice romp through the lives and accomplishments of several historical women.

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@incharmuese Working my way through Camus is the big carrot for French.

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Finished The Other Wind by Ursula K. le Guin.

This didn't exist the first many times I read Earthsea, and now coming back to it I must say that this wrapped up the series in ways I couldn't have imagined. Truly masterful, but that's no surprise.

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Honestly, I don't know, but they've demonstrated their irrelevance and incompetence at this point. The election was theirs to lose, and they lost it. They have been failing at every critical juncture.

They lost Roe v Wade for fuck's sake.

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I think as an organization the Democratic Party needs to do some soul searching as to how they can fuck up this badly.

Twice.

Could it be candidates that didn't win the popular vote in the primaries, or an utter unwillingness to attempt to win people over to their side?

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@RossNewman13 @EleanorMorton If you drink enough, you can be.

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@incharmuese We can't help but hope sometimes.

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@iamAtheistGirl Hi. Rough day, but it is nice to see you still here.

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@jdcaughel It happened once, it can happen again.

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@VaxxersAnti Assignation attempts? Well, I guess stressful times are good reason to call the ol' mistress.

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@iamAtheistGirl Any that report blue.