s@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat do you think is the best course of action to address cult movements, either as a whole or on an individual level?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think is the best course of action to address cult movements, either as a whole or on an individual level?s@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squares@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours ago Yeah, the situation got resolved when harm came in. You gotta commit an actual crime to be punished right? I was meaning more so addressing the beliefs in absurdities before they result in committing atrocities, to paraphrase Voltaire.
minus-squares@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoI can’t do a thought police, but that is categorically what cults do. It’s not thought policing to advise people to be wary of thought policing or to promote scientific literacy and empathy.
I was meaning more so addressing the beliefs in absurdities before they result in committing atrocities, to paraphrase Voltaire.
Yeah you can’t do a thought police
I can’t do a thought police, but that is categorically what cults do. It’s not thought policing to advise people to be wary of thought policing or to promote scientific literacy and empathy.