Of course it’s natural meaning it’s evolutionary, what the fuck else do people imagine?
Is it something like: I’m pretty sure it’s not natural, it’s them liberals and their chem trails.
That’s insane, people who believe anything remotely close to that are literally insane.
They’re the product of 7 decades of eroding education quality in the US, combined with a daily brainwash from fox news. Then add the American exceptionalism, the arrogance, and you have the Magas who believe this shit and are willing to die kill for it
So you are saying that because it’s environmental it is not insane? And how do you arrive at that logic?
If people behave insane, because they hold and practice beliefs that are harmful to themselves, their family and society as a whole, they are literally insane, because they are delusional.
If a cult gets the (insane) idea to all jump off a 500 meter high cliff so they all die, it is still insane if they were indoctrinated to believe they would have eternal life by doing it through generations?
Whether they believe their delusions are true because of indoctrination or a psychosis is irrelevant when the result is the same.
Fanatic Christians are LITERALLY insane.
Impact in this scenario: gay different. Gay scary. Only straight - no other. Gay wrong. Read study hard. Consider thoughts hard. Listen YouTube easy - confirm gay wrong, confirm gay scary. Make feel smart.
This is an overstatement of course, but yeah. Empathy and learning are hard, and you can pretty much count on people taking the easy path most of the time, so cons will always look for an easy out. Solutions are improved education and fact checks, rigorous reporting and broadcasting laws, and anything you can do to make things that are different less ‘scary’ to cons. As you will no doubt be thinking: none of that is what the current US govt and conservative leadership are doing, they are utterly captured by grifters who hijack their fear 24-7 to keep them in line with their causes and to keep them easily manipulated, and attack any groups doing the opposite.
Not so much, it is more a generalization, and the degree may vary, but at the core there is truth to this. These are people who refuse the facts of reality, which is why the saying that reality has a liberal bias is not just a joke. But the fact is that Republicans discard reality in favor of their delusions. While the sane adjust their views according to reality.
I respect Richard Dawkins very much, and he is right to some degree. But there comes a point where the evidence is so clear, and the delusion so out of touch with reality, that we have to consider that people also have free will¹. The problem is that people are WILLINGLY staying within their delusions, and when that becomes the case, it is no different from insanity.
¹ Regarding free will this is a question I’ve studied very carefully, and my conclusion is clear, that we have free will within the limits of our understanding of reality and our physical abilities and requirements, and this free will does NOT require a god or a soul. The idea of a soul is completely made up nonsense with absolutely zero evidence or even indication of being true. Free will is possible within the restraints of a reality guided by physical laws, and has nothing to do with the uncertainty principles of quantum mechanics.
A satanic liberal communist conspiracy to destroy the sacred christian American Way of Life, and to sap and impurify their precious bodily fluids, obviously.
It’s even making them fantasize about unnatural acts, that’s how bad it is.
They imagine exactly what you believe. They tell themselves that it is a strictly human thing, which allows them to frame it as a choice–one that they can judge as morally wrong.
Sexuality, gender expression, etc.–all are dismissible through profound ignorance.
Yes it’s fucking scary how people in a cult can be so disconnected from reality and evidence.
It doesn’t matter if the cult is religious or political, for both their cult fantasy is more important than reality!
Of course it’s natural meaning it’s evolutionary, what the fuck else do people imagine?
Is it something like: I’m pretty sure it’s not natural, it’s them liberals and their chem trails.
That’s insane, people who believe anything remotely close to that are literally insane.
They’re not insane.
They’re the product of 7 decades of eroding education quality in the US, combined with a daily brainwash from fox news. Then add the American exceptionalism, the arrogance, and you have the Magas who believe this shit and are willing to
diekill for itSo you are saying that because it’s environmental it is not insane? And how do you arrive at that logic?
If people behave insane, because they hold and practice beliefs that are harmful to themselves, their family and society as a whole, they are literally insane, because they are delusional.
If a cult gets the (insane) idea to all jump off a 500 meter high cliff so they all die, it is still insane if they were indoctrinated to believe they would have eternal life by doing it through generations?
Whether they believe their delusions are true because of indoctrination or a psychosis is irrelevant when the result is the same.
Fanatic Christians are LITERALLY insane.
Conservatives:
Impact in this scenario: gay different. Gay scary. Only straight - no other. Gay wrong. Read study hard. Consider thoughts hard. Listen YouTube easy - confirm gay wrong, confirm gay scary. Make feel smart.
This is an overstatement of course, but yeah. Empathy and learning are hard, and you can pretty much count on people taking the easy path most of the time, so cons will always look for an easy out. Solutions are improved education and fact checks, rigorous reporting and broadcasting laws, and anything you can do to make things that are different less ‘scary’ to cons. As you will no doubt be thinking: none of that is what the current US govt and conservative leadership are doing, they are utterly captured by grifters who hijack their fear 24-7 to keep them in line with their causes and to keep them easily manipulated, and attack any groups doing the opposite.
*source: https://archive.is/20240730020034/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/conservative-and-liberal-brains-might-have-some-real-differences/
Not so much, it is more a generalization, and the degree may vary, but at the core there is truth to this. These are people who refuse the facts of reality, which is why the saying that reality has a liberal bias is not just a joke. But the fact is that Republicans discard reality in favor of their delusions. While the sane adjust their views according to reality.
Religious fanaticism = insanity.
It should not be treated as normal in a civilized society.
Edit:
Sorry I misplaced the response, it was supposed to be to the u/thenoirwolfess comment.
As Richard Dawkins points out, the fanatics are also l victims, they’ve been indoctricinated all their life.
I respect Richard Dawkins very much, and he is right to some degree. But there comes a point where the evidence is so clear, and the delusion so out of touch with reality, that we have to consider that people also have free will¹. The problem is that people are WILLINGLY staying within their delusions, and when that becomes the case, it is no different from insanity.
¹ Regarding free will this is a question I’ve studied very carefully, and my conclusion is clear, that we have free will within the limits of our understanding of reality and our physical abilities and requirements, and this free will does NOT require a god or a soul. The idea of a soul is completely made up nonsense with absolutely zero evidence or even indication of being true. Free will is possible within the restraints of a reality guided by physical laws, and has nothing to do with the uncertainty principles of quantum mechanics.
Yeah but all it takes to break the veil is literally any amount of critical thinking whatsoever.
A satanic liberal communist conspiracy to destroy the sacred christian American Way of Life, and to sap and impurify their precious bodily fluids, obviously.
It’s even making them fantasize about unnatural acts, that’s how bad it is.
Closet? No, no, that’s for the guns.
They imagine exactly what you believe. They tell themselves that it is a strictly human thing, which allows them to frame it as a choice–one that they can judge as morally wrong.
Sexuality, gender expression, etc.–all are dismissible through profound ignorance.
And the idea that it is a choice can only come from bisexuals.
That should be pointed out EVERY fucking time someone makes that claim.
I think you are attempting to inject far too much reason into bigotry. I think the only people who find it internally consistent are themselves.
I’m not sure I follow.
Only for bisexuals is it a choice whether they are with a man or a woman.
Ah, I gotcha. Thanks.
Yet another example of how reality has a liberal bias.
Yes it’s fucking scary how people in a cult can be so disconnected from reality and evidence.
It doesn’t matter if the cult is religious or political, for both their cult fantasy is more important than reality!