YappyMonotheist

First time anyone’s ever asked me that question, hehe. It would be my pleasure! 😅

I didn’t check but “dissenting opinions” can easily just be manipulative disinfo that will direct the least intellectually competent one way or another. No, takes that are close to reality are valid and useful, and attitudes that are prosocial and virtues are the only ones worth having, everything else is incomplete/trash.

Idk what you said in those online spaces, I didn’t click the links, honestly, so don’t think I’m coming for you personally. But two things are not the same just because they’re in the same category (sure, poop IS edible but it’s not the same as spaghetti bolognaise), and takes and attitudes aren’t all worth the same, and I’d rather have a “closed community” of diverse righteous folks sharing things competently truthfully than have to share it with amoral beasts and the offensively mentally challenged.

I LIVE MY DAY AS IF IT WAS THE LAST

Either that one or “Dance Monkey”. Just the musical equivalent of testicular torsion.

The “circus” part of bread and circuses.

For what it’s worth, I appreciate your contributions. 👍

TBF, free will is a thing. A friend of mine back in my army days intentionally fell down the stairs not to be deployed to “protect French interests in West Africa”. So either they’re “suckers” or they’re okay murdering innocents across the world for money.

Fuck if I know, I’m not that clever. 😭

On my end, just not supporting some businesses and a bit of charity is what I do, but more courageous (and probably less self-centered) folks like the people of Palestine Action do get some shit done from time to time.

White supremacist ideologies also offer well-defined structures and rules (just don’t look into them too much!). But yeah, miss Greta is a good example of autistic righteousness, and I love to see it.

Ofc, who would I be if I weren’t? 😁

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I’m tired of seeing this nonsensical argument too often on Lemmy so here it goes:

Ofc. I love some things about Kanye, the things that make his music just straight bops and his lyrics so fun and ridiculous at times, and I hate other things that are not related to his art. I know his weird anti-“Semitic” (Polish/Ukrainian people are not Semites but Anglo/Western cultures find any reason to hate other people, lol) rants are off-putting at the very least but I don’t know what that part of him has to do with “Flashing Lights” or “Guilt Trip”, they’re completely unrelated.

Now, when the art is a reflection/in praise of the artists’ ideology and takes, and those are morally and/or intellectually fucked, and you liked them, then that certainly says something negative about you. You can love or hate that one painting by Hitler and it would say nothing about you, but if you enjoy Mein Kampf you’re an immoral dummy, certainly.

Probably the safest bet, even if it’s annoying. Have you decided on a destination?

Goddamn. I’m sorry for your loss… Stay strong, I’m sure your mom would be proud of you handling all of this.

I mean, it’s not like they’re gonna repent if we ask nicely, lol. We’ve no choice but to fight the oppressors even if we dislike fighting.

Why not? Should it wait another century?

Idk, the far right has taken over Italy, Germany and probably France, soon. The people in these countries, whilst not as awful as Americans, are/can still be very uncaring and sociopathically self-centered on average (I’m a well-travelled frog, not just an “external hater”).

First tell the truth and then we’ll deal with the consequences. It’s a bitchy amoral move to deny the truth simply because it would affect you negatively in this world.

The fact they’d say it out loud without understanding what that would entail is what would make me think they’re probably in the spectrum. I’m not saying they would be Machiavellian (if they’re saying it casually, because some YouTuber covered it this week and the “Dark Triad traits that make you irresistible!!!”, and without any convoluted reason for how this could help them reach their objectives, they simply couldn’t be), just comically socially inept to the point that a diagnosis might come in handy.

They’re probably neurodivergent.

Idk if this is OC or not but goddamn it’s on point and extremely relevant. Sometimes people forget the only reason the West can just get lost in consumerism and hedonism is because of the stolen resources and subjugation of people around the world. 🥲

I meant it. And I’m sure you have valid reasons to support/like your own corrupt and bloodthirsty leaders and policies before these folks, lol. If being a “centrist” means you support the status quo of Western dominance, you’re just a shy “right winger”. Regardless of these somewhat nebulous labels, countless innocents have died and continue to die to feed the American empire and the Western war machine, you simply can’t be a good person and support the status quo.