• arsCynic@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    That fiendish smirk; he knew exactly that his behavior was repugnant and wrong. He was a first-class bully on an international level. Together with his wife’s medieval-religious-zealot crazy talk it clearly shows how insidious religion is,[1] capable of turning normal humans into psychopaths. I hope their children get out like those fortunate ones who escaped from the Westboro Baptist Church.[2]

    1. Turning Point USA: Charlie Kirk’s beloved wife, Mrs. Erika Kirk addresses the Nation.
    2. Megan Phelps-Roper, TED: I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here’s why I left.

    ⚜︎ arscyni.cc > To consider antireligion instead of atheism.

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      10 hours ago

      They are paid off by Russia to do this. This isn’t per se religion, this is sophisticated modern digital warfare. That’s why he got so wealthy and is so deep in crypto - crypto is the perfect way to transfer money discretely between countries.

      Like look at Sapolsky or Chomsky or other intellectuals who actually do and say things that contribute to collective knowledge for decades - they don’t have millions of dollars. They say factual stuff, Charlie et al said lies - so how did he get money? He isn’t even the first to say those specific lies, plenty of Christian bigots have existed. So why was he so big? Russia and foreign governments literally propped him up to be a weapon against our country. He killed a lot of people.

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        7 hours ago

        As long as it’s not your country’s responsibility! Good thing you have a general purpose bogeyman.

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          Theres plenty of evidence that Russia has been paying right wing influencers to spread misinformation. Its not a fucking bogeyman, this is reality.

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            2 hours ago

            Oooohhh and pray tell, how can you know which molecule of a tornado toppled over THAT house in particular?

            It’s a bogeyman, the same way Russia hysteria has been for Americans since the 1950s. You are being manipulated, that’s true, but look closer to home.