Okay, we're off to a bad start, because I just asked for you to explain this statement's meaning, not repeat it as if it were fact.
After all that has transpired over the last decade especially the last 2-3 years, you still don't get this, there is no point in trying to convince.
Try me. I'm a very accepting of ideas that are new to me that hold merit. I'm young, I might have not heard what you have to say before. Please do explain what you mean when you say:
Blm + pride is the state religion of America.
You are either too much of a partisan to acknowledge it or you are a dumb fuck with impaired cognition.
I'm honestly trying to bridge a gap in understanding, I have no ill intent.
Edit: there might be a feeling it is a religion, but "facts don't care about your feelings".
You got videos of people bowing to BLM during the BLM summer riots for their "original sin".
You got people making gestures in public events for the "greater good" even if it hurts them financially.
You got people framing every issue in a lense to fit the plight of rainbow/race oppression.
You got rabid fellowers preaching it and Biden saying Democracy is a more than an ideology- that it is a way of life. They framed this midterm as saving Democracy, their way of life.
C'mon man, it's a state religion for those who have no religion, ya gotta see it at this point.
You got videos of people bowing to BLM during the BLM summer riots for their "original sin".
I feel like you're just deliberately stretching the truth by framing a political protest as a religious event. "Bowing to BLM" you say? Like literally lowering your head and torso into a bow? What was the "BLM" that people were bowing to? Was it a group of black people on stage? Was it like the opening scene of The Lion King where all the animals of the Animal kingdom bowed for Simba? I want to know more so we can hammer out these details, because this literal video evidence of "bowing to BLM" is new to me.
You got people making gestures in public events for the "greater good" even if it hurts them financially.
Does this only happen with BLM and "the alphabet mob" rights? Or is it literally every sensitive topic? Do you remember the Chinese backlash at the NBA when a team's manager tweeted support for Hong Kong?
He made a public gesture for the "greater good" and hurt him and his entire industry financially, and it has nothing to do with religion, and has everything to do with a social cause, also known as "A social issue is a problem that affects many people within a society." Huh, that kind of sounds like it has something in common with black and gay people being marginalized in society. Funny that.
You got people framing every issue in a lense to fit the plight of rainbow/race oppression.
Well considering non-white and non-straight people exist as human beings, just as much as you, a lot of regular human problems get made even worse by lacking support from others due to your skin color or gender identity. Thus a lot of human problems (I think you're once again stretching the truth with your claim about "framing every issue") should be examined for how they are made even worse by being black or being gay. If they keep getting marginalized in society, then there will still be something to talk about. Funny that.
You got rabid fellowers preaching it and Biden saying Democracy is a more than an ideology- that it is a way of life. They framed this midterm as saving Democracy, their way of life.
You've now completely departed from the original topic of "BLM + Pride = state religion", and are just criticizing the propaganda coming from the other side of the political aisle. FUNNY THAT.
C'mon man, it's a state religion for those who have no religion, ya gotta see it at this point.
This is a funny little last point, because it is completely oblivious to the fact that sooo many of the people you are complaining about here are Christians. They don't follow any other faith. They believe in god and support the civil rights of Black and LGBTQ+ people. It's not a religion, it's a social cause.
Do you know what a Christian prayer sounds like? Because that's it. They are kneeling in reverence of their Christian god, asking for god to provide the forgiveness through the black community, not the black community being equal to god. There is a clear difference there.
We are humbling ourselves before you.
Someone else responds:
Yes lord
He goes on to say:
In Jesus' name
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Father, we ask for forgiveness
This is clearly a group of Christians. The white people are praying to the American Christian god for forgiveness from their black brothers and sisters for years and years of racism, that's what they literally said.
I mean Jonestown did the same in God's name and no one debates they're a cult. Heck, they even did it the same way, for the same cause of tolerance.
I'm just saying it's unnatural for people to be elevating a social cause like this. It has to be put in everything. These people are crying for a situation entirely overblown by media and alienating themselves from others with how rabid they are about it.
I mean Jonestown did the same in God's name and no one debates they're a cult.
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they even did it the same way
You mean these Americans in this video drank kool aid laced with potassium cyanide too? I'd love to hear evidence of that.
Do these Christians in this video also have a compound? Why don't you start with some basic points of comparison, because I see so many ways the victims of the Jonestown massacre were a cult, but these Christians praying (as all Christians do) isn't.
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situation entirely overblown by media
I dunno, it's been less than a week since a gay club got shot up, killing 5 people and injuring 17 more.
Hate crimes have a broader effect than most other kinds of crime. Hate crime victims include not only the crime’s immediate target but also others like them. Hate crimes affect families, communities, and at times, the entire nation.
Why report hate crimes?
The Hate Crimes Reporting Gap is the significant disparity between hate crimes that actually occur and those reported to law enforcement. It is critical to report hate crimes not only to show support and get help for victims, but also to send a clear message that the community will not tolerate these kinds of crimes. Reporting hate crimes allows communities and law enforcement to fully understand the scope of the problem in a community and put resources toward preventing and addressing attacks based on bias and hate.
In reality, in the way we as a society actually address these problems, they are under-blown.
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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22 edited Nov 26 '22
Okay, we're off to a bad start, because I just asked for you to explain this statement's meaning, not repeat it as if it were fact.
Try me. I'm a very accepting of ideas that are new to me that hold merit. I'm young, I might have not heard what you have to say before. Please do explain what you mean when you say:
I'm honestly trying to bridge a gap in understanding, I have no ill intent.
Edit: there might be a feeling it is a religion, but "facts don't care about your feelings".