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> there was a crusade against Christian prayer Bullshit. There was a backlash against forced Christian prayer, as there should be. > teachers here-and-they’re

by feoren 4y ago

> there was a crusade against Christian prayer Bullshit. There was a backlash against forced Christian prayer, as there should be. > teachers here-and-they’re wanting to assert their belief system in the classroom Bullshit. Making a wide variety of books available to interested students is literally the opposite of asserting a specific belief system. > activist parents Bullshit. This is very clearly neo-fascist alt-right book-burners trying to bring about white Christian nationalism. Very clearly: they're not even trying to hide this fact. Any argument that does not acknowledge this is a bald-faced attempt to instate white Christian nationalism is not in good faith. > the question becomes should we keep schools neutral or not? Bullshit. This is a clear attempt to set the standard for "neutral" as "white Christian nationalist" and anything other than that as non-neutral. > my intellectually curious atheist self Green username, bad-faith argument filled with bullshit. Why do I get this feeling this statement is similar to "as a gay black man ..."

spoils19 4y ago
> Bullshit. There was a backlash against forced Christian prayer, as there should be. Need I remind you that the US is one nation _under God_? > Bullshit. Making a wide variety of books available to interested students is literally the opposite of asserting a specific belief system. It'll be quite "convenient" if certain books had more space on the shelves than others. > Green username, bad-faith argument filled with bullshit. Why do I get this feeling this statement is similar to "as a gay black man ..." Please make sure you're following the HackerNews commenting guidelines. :>
- feoren 4y ago
  > Need I remind you that the US is one nation _under God_? I refused to recite that fascist bullshit in school, and "under God" was added by Dwight Eisenhower in 1954. I disagree that the US is "under God". What's your point? You're going to come to my house and wreck the place if I don't kneel for your God? What are you even talking about? > It'll be quite "convenient" if certain books had more space on the shelves than others. What are you talking about? Say what you mean. Otherwise it'll be quite "convenient" if your grandmother turns out to be a bicycle. > Please make sure you're following the HackerNews commenting guidelines. :> "Assume good faith" stops when strong evidence presented that the argument is in bad faith. I stated what that evidence was.

by feoren 4y ago

spoils19 4y ago

> Bullshit. There was a backlash against forced Christian prayer, as there should be. Need I remind you that the US is one nation _under God_? > Bullshit. Making a wide variety of books available to interested students is literally the opposite of asserting a specific belief system. It'll be quite "convenient" if certain books had more space on the shelves than others. > Green username, bad-faith argument filled with bullshit. Why do I get this feeling this statement is similar to "as a gay black man ..." Please make sure you're following the HackerNews commenting guidelines. :>

feoren 4y ago
> Need I remind you that the US is one nation _under God_? I refused to recite that fascist bullshit in school, and "under God" was added by Dwight Eisenhower in 1954. I disagree that the US is "under God". What's your point? You're going to come to my house and wreck the place if I don't kneel for your God? What are you even talking about? > It'll be quite "convenient" if certain books had more space on the shelves than others. What are you talking about? Say what you mean. Otherwise it'll be quite "convenient" if your grandmother turns out to be a bicycle. > Please make sure you're following the HackerNews commenting guidelines. :> "Assume good faith" stops when strong evidence presented that the argument is in bad faith. I stated what that evidence was.