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Brought to mind a line I read somewhere years ago: "if you think your religion is worth killing for, please start with yourself".
by squarefoot 4y ago
Brought to mind a line I read somewhere years ago: "if you think your religion is worth killing for, please start with yourself".
- mjklin 4y ago“It is putting a very high price on one’s opinions to have someone burn at the stake on their account.” - Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)
- hammyhavoc 4y agoWith suicide bombers in mind, this seems an iffy quote.
- smegsicle 4y ago"i am euphoric- not from some phony religion, but by my own intelligence"
- nxmnxm99 4y agoThis thread in a nutshell
- ogogmad 4y agohttps://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-online-culture https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-o... "Woke" is suspiciously similar to another word that marked the end of its respective culture - "euphoric" as applied to New Atheists. Both words describe basically good things to be - woke people are aware, euphoric people are happy. Both were originally (supposedly) used in a non-ironic way, by true believers, to praise their respective movements. Both sounded so over the top that people started using them to make fun of believers. Both became so iconic that even now, five years later, if someone gets too annoying about atheism, you can just roll your eyes and say "Euphoric!" and it will be universally understood as a devastating retort that means you win the argument.