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Here's 2 mins of conservative tears that show how much political opponents can be feared and hated. Dems do the same thing. How can this hate be resolved? Or is this hate and fear something that's a healthy and drives political change? Can love solve everything or is hate a practical tool in our politics?

Lol, great answer.

Haha both I suppose! Just general advice on how to love your political opponents for everybody.

His Bible stuff is sad

Oh geez

No discussion on the patriarchy is complete without this lecture by Dr Rahman (from a channel shared on Leo's blog) in my humble opinion Basically patriarchy started with the domestication of animals, and was encouraged by the women. Human groups started out as egalitarian, but the domestication of animals brought in a large new form of wealth. Because the men were in charge of the animals, it was in the women's interest to commit themselves to a patriarch to secure resources for offspring. Both men and women chose patriarchy as a means of survival for their offspring. The video also explains that the reason a woman needs to commit to one man but not necessarily vice versa is because men can't be sure they are the father otherwise; while women are always sure who their kids are. Men didn't want to support kids that aren't theirs.

Got a link? Interesting

I hope we are finally at the "destroys itself" phase! Not sure on what grounds Republicans can criticize others again. They will try I am sure.

No one is arguing over absolute truth. People are arguing over relative truths. Others argue over lower vs higher truths.

El-Sayed has so many other redeeming characteristics (Captain of football team, is a doctor, a great speaker, presentable, altruistic, etc) that I think many people are willing to look past the name. He is also such a charasmatic speaker that he is able to change the perception of what a Muslim can shown up in the world.

Ya true, I agree with your profound and high-level thought. I wonder, can we start to love our political opponents, in our own minds, solely to increase the love in the world and to decrease the hate in ourselves? Even though they seem very misguided, unconscious, unintelligent, greedy, and selfish?

And another cool one

Cool video

I have an even better idea. Why don't we get sane people to run the world? Besides, I think Trump raised the prices even more due to the illegal war in Iran.

Why does this ☝️ seem so impossible to communicate to most people?

How did I misconstruct what you said? I think you just didn't like what I said and so you called it a misconstruction.

@Nemra what if I don't want to conform to this forum? And don't gaslight me with this "in this forum BS", you aren't an authority

Thanks. I agree too.

Yes, of course. I'm conforming to a language and grammar rules (to the best of my abilities). Also, I'm conforming to an acceptable style of English to gain acceptance from everyone on this forum. For example, I'm not using Elizabethan English or highly academic language. Nor am I using very vulgar slang. Its all conformity. Yes but speaking your name in your native tongue is also conformity: it's conforming to your native culture. Your native culture gave you the name in the first place and you conformed to it — the practice of naming people. (Ps I mean no offense or disrespect, we are just philosophizing). As long as there are groups of people conformity is unavoidable.

Everything about language is conformist. Speaking your name in your native tongue is also conformist.

Controversial take: Remembrance Day is pure conformity. What exactly are we commemorating? That our European ancestors, enriched by global exploitation and fueled by boredom, started World War I? There was no legitimate moral justification for the conflict—only an arms race and an assassination. In reality, World War I was simply the catalyst for World War II, setting off a chain reaction of global conflict that persisted all the way until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.

The irony is that chasing enlightenment can make you lose your mental health. Its so typical of humans to keep wanting more; once people have mental health, they then want enlightenment.

We all died in covid, and this is hell

You see therapy negatively? Or as an insult?

"In the pursuit of knowledge, every day something is added. In the practice of the Tao, every day something is dropped" -Lao Tsu I prefer Taoism myself because of these quotes.