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30 - she/her

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

Why do ostensibly neutral media arbiters find it “distressing” the US is running out of ways of bombing people in an unprovoked war of aggression? This is undoubtedly a good thing as it could force a ceasefire. Why does our media default to Concerned Imperial Middle Manager?

[Danielle @robobun7]

@Plethonnn @Dread_Botlord Assent on the basis of trust in revelation rather than on the basis of independently verifiable information. How can the competing claims of religions be evaluated by a third party without relying on trust in the veracity of any particular revelation?

[Danielle @robobun7]

@Plethonnn @Dread_Botlord Sure, but that is faith. Faith is incapable of distinguishing between two competing claims of prophecy. If a person lacks faith, then what compels them to reject Zoroaster's prophecies for Abraham's or vice-versa?

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

Of course the biased Western media tries to make this sound bad, but it's actually awesome:

The Communist Party of China runs mass service centers that are open to the public and offer free internet, cheap food, work desks, training and classes, plus sometimes child care & gyms.

[Danielle @robobun7]

@Plethonnn @Dread_Botlord So then how, if not through faith, can we not only believe that any man-made texts are accurate representations of the will of the "most incomprehensible being", but base our morality and social mores on said texts?

[Danielle @robobun7]

@Plethonnn @Dread_Botlord Is there any material thing we can "exhaust our understanding" towards? If a lack of complete and total understanding of a thing makes it "incomprehensible", then everything is incomprehensible.

[Danielle @robobun7]

@Plethonnn @Dread_Botlord So then are you using "know" and "comprehend" to mean two different things here? Is this a "faith versus reason" thing, what's going on here?

[Danielle @robobun7]

@Plethonnn @Dread_Botlord So then if God and God's essence are to be treated as equivalent, then can we not treat "God's essence is incomprehensible" as being equivalent to "God is incomprehensible"? And if we can't, then what about God is both comprehensible and not facile?

[Danielle @robobun7]

@Plethonnn @Dread_Botlord What is the difference between "God's essence is incomprehensible" and "God is incomprehensible"? Is a facile knowledge of God sufficient to make claims regarding God's will?

[Danielle @robobun7]

@most_dc @Liseran23 @c0njectur3 @PunishedFredda Children need to be taught early not just how to identify and communicate what is done to them but additionally to say "no" to unwanted physical interactions, even ostensibly innocuous ones.

[Danielle @robobun7]

@most_dc @Liseran23 @c0njectur3 @PunishedFredda Parents who are taught to view CSA as originating outside the family turn a blind eye not just to other family members committing abuse but also to their own abuse, rationalizing it away for any number of reasons.

[✦ Cori ✦ @DeliaCore]

the problem with chris is that he reinforced the cultural imagination of most CSA being a stranger from the internet instead of the exponentially more common parent of the child or close family member or close friend of the parent, thus reentrenching the rape-reich of the family

[Danielle @robobun7]

@most_dc @Liseran23 @c0njectur3 @PunishedFredda When the outside world is made hostile and inaccessible, children are forced to silently endure domestic abuse when it occurs. When children have no means of escape from domestic abusers and no means of communication to reveal domestic abuse, domestic abuse is worsened.

[Danielle @robobun7]

@most_dc @Liseran23 @c0njectur3 @PunishedFredda The issue is that overemphasizing "stranger danger" only increases the risk of domestic CSA by encouraging parents to isolate children from the outside world instead of empowering minors via education and human rights initiatives.

[Danielle @robobun7]

@Plethonnn @Dread_Botlord Gold specifically states that he believes "God" cannot be understood in response to the claim "there is no God". So the question of "understanding God" and its answer in the negative is clearly a core part of his argument.

[Danielle @robobun7]

@thecomeback76 @CantEverDie Don't you get it? If you die in the primary, you die in real life!

[Danielle @robobun7]

@DatDudeJones3 @Swag_K1RBY Presumably a freeway blocking the destination. Without a crosswalk or a footbridge, the only way to (legally and safely) cross is by car or by walking around the freeway.

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

The far-right US puppet leader in Peru, Keiko Fujimori (the daughter of a fascist dictator), has only been in power for 3 days, but she has already:
-used a state of emergency to deploy the military locally
-ordered the arrest of social movement leaders
https://t.co/dl7zJWzwm2

[Danielle @robobun7]

@adamjohnsonCHI It's ironic too, I do believe if Kamala lied and pretended she wouldn't just be four more years of Biden's policies, she probably would have won. Whether honesty or party loyalty, it cost her the election.