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_Robert_ wrote:
A humorless, romantically void, 100 lb stick (yet somehow physically strong) woman who is kicking the hell out of 200 lb bad guys is just never gonna be popular. Hero to no one.

Well then, I give myself permission to describe my taste in physically well trained woman heroes as eclectic, while some people just replace one fad or…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
Liberals practically handed them the keys. So busy focusing on superficial suppression and political correctness that millions of people are looking for an authoritarian to come out and center it all.

Unseen wrote:
There’s a pernicious doggedness to resisting the notion that there exists more than one way of looking at things w…

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jakelafort wrote:
A few manipulators or leaders and a whole slew of followers. I assume it was the glue that insured social cohesion and inured to the benefit of the group. But it aint working as well.

It started way back before human cultural behaviors started usurping Mother Nature’s genetic evolution, in bands and tribes. Even before that, in…[Read more]

On one hand, I’ve often cringed at some of the wokeisms in movies and TV shows. Not because they bother me in essence, but because of how the right can now capitalize on woke sentiments, paint progressives as evil, and gain impressive tribal followings as a result. It’s similar to the kind of feelings I get when I see adults, like DJ McNasty,…[Read more]

I’ve been watching some TV series on Netflix that go back a half-dozen years or so, and I’m surprised by all the produced wokeness that far back.

Today I don’t know what people mean when they use that term any more. Its exact meaning tends to depend on who’s speaking it. I just cover my ears and blow raspberries, now.

Unseen wrote:
ALL of the readers will be AtheistZone members!

You’re right. I misjudged, and shouldn’t have judged at all. I hate so much to see any form of clickbait, while it’s rampant and practically customary even for people who are presenting good content… and I brought that prejudice here. I’m sorry, I won’t do that again.

Unseen wrote:
People are not as stupid and needful of your expert help to determine the meaning of the title of the post as you apparently believe.

OK, it’s not you, it’s me. I sometimes go overboard on literal interpretations, but I still dislike when the lazy or possibly misleading headline could be replaced by a more literally accurate one.…[Read more]

Unseen wrote [quoted]:
Freedom and democracy are threatened. Evil must be vanquished. Human rights must be protected.

Those reasons to go to war are sometimes reasonable. Other reasons often aren’t. Putin is clearly an evil actor, even having to lie to his own people while throwing their lives into this war that he blames others for. He did not…[Read more]

Another off-stager:

Oh no, not this topic again? Yeah, you betchya.

I really like the following interview about Putin’s historical motivation to go to war, largely because it’s not two or more guys trying to trash other media, commentators, or griping about the establishment (although sometimes it’s worthwhile), or about stirring up conspiracy theories or starting…[Read more]

RichRaelian wrote:
Hello! I’am sorry but I disagree with the title of this post.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
I’m not sure who said it, but: “The human mind is a wonderful thing. It can think anything it wants to think.”

I don’t like the title, either. IMO the “the” in it strongly implies “every”, which of course is hyperbolic and unreali…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
fuzzy logic has nothing to say about religious belief. It’s intended to handle partial truths

I knew that and also thought maybe you were joking, and Reg too. So I poked a little after wondering if the “partial truth” here was in what people say when they state what they believe. It makes total sense for me for some atheists and a…[Read more]