ArgumentativeMonotheist

@ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess we have different definitions of “cramming down someone’s throat”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I really don’t feel like I’m cramming anything down anyone’s throat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, so, are you gonna block me now or do you just want to continue getting whatever anger you have out of your system, safely against someone that’s not part of the in-group? 🤔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The people I “judge” (and I’m actually critical of ideas and values, and those can change and I’m all for that) don’t even care about morality or being a “good person” in general, as evidenced by my many convos here with some particular specimens, lol. Come on, man, if the glove doesn’t fit no one’s forcing you to wear it so what’s going on?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know how the short-sighted, amoral, hedonistic and overall godless Westerners feel, I speak here because of it more than in spite of it. But if they cannot handle even some mention of the Creator here and there, the block option is always available. For the rest, who tolerate it because maybe they find something worthwhile there despite feeling annoyed, I’m more than willing to engage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re triggered by something that’s as common as saying “hello” in my circles. I would recommend you block me so you don’t have to suffer more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ve spent more words than me talking about it here… And monotheism is the framework through which I understand existence, it’s at the core of my moral beliefs and otherwise and not just decoration, so it makes sense it would come up a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, I am a person and it happens to me. But regardless, all I said was “I’m too monotheistic and… for .ml”, which is true, and it was a single phrase in a long-ass post so I don’t think I was being too whiney or idk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know they have their reasons, especially if they’re American because most big Trinitarian denominations would give Jesus an aneurysm, but that’s not me nor most people in the world who claim to be religious. And it is necessary, because Trinitarians think Jesus, a man, is also the Creator, and there’s also the Holy Spirit somewhere and that makes up their pantheon. And I just mentioned it because it’s true, because just by saying things like “oh thank God” people start getting uppity at times, nvm pointing things out while quoting the Qur’an or the Bible. It’s like you’ve forgotten where we are. You can tell me “just take the negativity and unnecessary hostility, it is what it is”, you can’t tell me it isn’t a thing…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, because Lemmy in general and .ml like/have a good opinion of religious folk…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, fair and good definition but I really don’t think whatever .ml-vibed post or narrative that gains any traction, to the point of it being an integral part of the community’s ideology, upholds those tankie values. And, therefore, the reputation is unearned. And they may exist but I don’t interact much with those people because I’m a lil banned so I guess I don’t see all of their content, idk.

  And, circling back to OP’s case, I think the downvotes are a reaction to the narrative that “.ml is tankie” when they’re just anti-Western (like most of the world but that’s a different convo, they’re just anti-Western in Western online spaces), discarding the whole comment instead of “taking a side” because that would just give more weight to the narrative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have one already but it’s not a person, ofc. And I don’t know who they is/are, but what I do know is that the claim that people who are anti-Western imperialism and reject Western narratives are just misguided/the enemy is the same as before and whatever name they give it, the narratives stay the same. It’s a ghost they fight, I haven’t seen anyone say or allude to supporting oppressive, imperialist, “commie/socialist” policies. Basically, I haven’t seen actual tankies, if the term means anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe, I don’t know, I don’t speak for .ml. Cool username btw. ✌️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps, but I really don’t think that’s the take over there, I think they think you’re fighting strawmen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s because what you meant is accurately understood as a false dichotomy coming from decades of Western propaganda and completely useless to whatever discussion you were having. Remember: tankie is the new commie, and you’re (most likely) just the new generation of imperialist Westerners because the show has to go on, they just changed the words a little while keeping the same narrative dynamics.

  And I’m too monotheistic and grounded in reality regarding current idpol Western nonsense for .ml, they downvote and ban me often so it’s not like I’m part of the in-group, I’m just a bit more aware than you, ig.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re all amoral, hedonistic, self-centered, sociopathic freaks. But then again, why wouldn’t they be?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost certainly because of your upbringing, violet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innovation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bretty cool and stylish. 😎

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innovation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a WATCH!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would that make it okay, morally and for the healthy development of a kid’s psyche and ideology? 🤔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re uhh interesting, and that makes you memorable! But yeah, crazy story. 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought you were maybe just shitposting when you posted about it some time ago… 🥲

  And yes, yes it is. Lots of prostitutes and Johns in this world, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Westerners feel that way when the propaganda/ideology is threatened. They also often have issues not thinking in all or nothing terms, so they need these dichotomies.

  Seeing from the heavily upvoted comments removed by the mods, this ain’t changing anytime soon, lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who?¿⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah the man was a prophet of peace, I’m not putting it on him. 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Personalized Political Spectrum⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Does left and right just mean prosocial Vs antisocial? What do these directions used as political labels even mean? Are they useful labels?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who?¿⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Completely eyeballed it but I included every Western imperialist project that was done with Bible in hand and chanting variations of “Deus Vult”, so that’s large chunks of Asia, most of Africa, all of Latin America, and every Western incursion on West Asia from the Crusades to Iran today. And let’s not forget the pagan persecution in the West itself by the Romans. That’s a shit ton of people through the ages, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who?¿⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus, by far. The people who have been murdered in his name is probably close to or over a good billion, right?

  He’s not really a “foundational figure of Christianity” though, his image was just co-opted by the Roman empire which then created the religion also co-opting the actual “Jewish revival” Jesus was at the core of (bringing the fundamentals of monotheism back into mind and expanding the teachings to everyone, not just a small select community).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Like seriously, go get some experience first and come back to me kid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Too religious/“old-fashioned” for some .ml communities, too autistically principled and anti-Western for Reddit and similar e-spaces. 😭

  I feel pretty comfy on Lemmy all in all though, I can’t lie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything is military/war oriented. Remember the “war on drugs”? They can’t comprehend the world except from a perspective of opposition and control. 🤷🥲

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sober"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL, but I think I’m too old to put into practice, haha.