Public Dissentiment

Zenaan Harkness zen at freedbms.net
Fri Jan 27 18:10:56 PST 2017


On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 06:46:05PM -0300, Juan wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:54:41 -0500
> John Newman <jnn at synfin.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> > > > 
> > > > Someone who doesn't buy into a particular conspiracy does not
> > > > (necessarily) share any traits with the religious whack jobs that
> > > > burned witches at the stake. They were driven by ignorance and
> > > > religious fervor.
> > > 
> > > 	Not really. Witch hunting, although a time honored
> > > joo-kristian tradition, isn't driven by ignorance. It's a political
> > > 	phenomenom (like religion itself). People who don't parrot
> > > the 'community's' party line are treated like criminals, or are
> > > 	considered 'sick' and need to be 'cured'.
> > > 
> > > 	Of course, the hunters don't have any rational argument,
> > > 	but that's not the same thing, at all, as being ignorant.
> > > They are not just 'ignorant'. They are 'ignorant' on purpose.
> > > 
> > 
> > Whatever, you get my point.
> 
> 
> 	No, I don't get your point. What I seem to get quite well is
> 	that you are purposedly ignoring MY point(s).

When I don't have time to read a whole thread, and want a quick summary,
just read one of Juan's posts.

:D


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