Re: Pure drivel! "Universal traditions of faith and patriotism" SHOULD BE "despised and trampled down"! Archived Message
Posted by focus on July 10, 2022, 4:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Pure drivel! "Universal traditions of faith and patriotism" SHOULD BE "despised and trampled down"! "
Der: - I usually avoid places where people think it's okay to impose their beliefs on others. This being a case in point. Normally, if somebody just posts a link to The Saker I don't go there. I'd have missed this Z nonsense if Keith had confined himself to doing that. Unfortunately, he posted all the text. There's some very interesting writing goes on at the saker site. I don't feel imposed upon at all when I read there. Firstly, I'm choosing to go there with an awareness to some degree of some of the prevailing currents and slants of thinking. Secondly in overview what they provide far outweighs any negatives imho, rather like mercouris, Craig Murray, Duran, Pepe Escobar and so on. Der: damaging themselves" or others. Manifested in its most heinous form with circumcision or female genital mutilation. I'm just not down with the white-mans-burden schtick and whether or not I might agree with Amazonian tribal markings rites of passage tattooing in the Congo, or any of a whole host of - to me- questionable practices in original societies, I don't feel it is in my purview as an outsider to the various relevant cultures to superimpose my world view on them. I'm just not that 18th century. Obviously I wouldn't support transplanting of such to the society in which I live. Or even grabbing vulnerable children and dragging them to church and filling their heads with superstitious nonsense and threats of burning in the flames of hell. Afaiac that plank in their eye well, that's not my business. The belief systems, indoctrinated assumptions and power relations imbibed in my own society moreso. Der: Outrageous. People putting their religious beliefs ahead of their children's well-being. Child abuse, basically. I appreciate the hyperbole but think the example you give reflects poorly on the victims and phenomena of actual real hardcore child abuse.
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