"1. Is it so incomprehensible to you that some of the gods give POLITICAL instructions to their followers? That some people have relationships with gods that require that they engage in politics? How can you blithely assume that you are one of the 'us' that puts your Gods first, but that the many polytheists that write at Gods and Radicals aren't engaged in gods-inspired work
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"If there was a warning about the possibility of fascism or something else negative in any field or practice would it then condemn that field and all it's practitioners by association."(?) yes, it happens all the time and is happening now. It reinforces suspicions on the whole field or group. when folks see a moslem or other dark skinned person of eastern origin, they think "possible terrorist" when folks see a person of latino origin they think "possible illegal alien" when folks see a roman catholic priest they think "possible pedophile" when folks see a cop they think 'possible killer" so yeah, when you make a list of groups susceptible to negative things or more aptly things you've decided are negative and publish it, even with disclaimers, in an atmosphere of fear, then yeah folks will condemn the whole group/field. For folks who tout themselves as social justice advocates they sure use a lot of stereotypes and generalizations. The same things they are quick to decry in others. And now they've laid the ground work for more
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yes, it happens all the time and is happening now.
It reinforces suspicions on the whole field or group.
when folks see a moslem or other dark skinned person of eastern origin, they think "possible terrorist"
when folks see a person of latino origin they think "possible illegal alien"
when folks see a roman catholic priest they think "possible pedophile"
when folks see a cop they think 'possible killer"
so yeah, when you make a list of groups susceptible to negative things or more aptly things you've decided are negative and publish it, even with disclaimers, in an atmosphere of fear, then yeah folks will condemn the whole group/field.
For folks who tout themselves as social justice advocates they sure use a lot of stereotypes and generalizations. The same things they are quick to decry in others.
And now they've laid the ground work for more
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