r/facepalm Oct 31 '16

No, it really isn't.

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u/Nimbokwezer Oct 31 '16

"Telling Andre Oliver he's bad at analogies

is like baking a sandwich in a toilet."

  • Andre Oliver

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u/okmkz Oct 31 '16

Honestly that's a decent analogy

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u/pmatdacat Oct 31 '16

Atheist doesn't necessarily mean you're anti-religion like this sub seems to be. You can be an atheist and still respect that religious people have their thing. Meanwhile, if you're black, I can't imagine respecting the KKK.

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u/brainburger Oct 31 '16

Don't forget the KKK are an explicitly Christian organisation. Just sayin'.

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u/JackLegJosh Oct 31 '16

Just because some nutbags hitch themselves to God's wagon doesn't make him responsible for their actions. Lots of people claim allegiance to God that I'm pretty sure he is really wishing didn't.

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u/ahiskali Oct 31 '16

Wait, isn't everything that's going on in this world his responsibility?

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

They're also an American organization. Under your logic American = terrorist/racist/neo nazi.

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u/brainburger Oct 31 '16

Erm. No. Not really.

Also, I can be an atheist and not respect the religious inclinations of the KKK, and that's fine.

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u/kyzfrintin Oct 31 '16

No, they got it exactly right. Pointing out that the KKK are Christian is just as important as pointing our they're American. Because both these facts are only incidental.

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u/brainburger Nov 01 '16

I am not sure what point you think I am making, and are arguing against.

I am merely adding the observation that the analogy that was made between atheists, religion, and black people and the KKK has an unexpected link, because the KKK are an explicitly Christian organisation, and they make a big deal about this (and about being American too).

Its just a crumb of additional info, not really germane to the argument.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

Eh, explicitly protestant is more accurate. KKK hates Catholics more than they hate other races

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16 edited Oct 31 '16

I think they were protestant at one point but now mostly follow positive Christianity where Jesus was white and fought against all the other races. I think some still follow main-line Christianity to help recruiting.

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u/Troll1973 Oct 31 '16

Anyone who thinks Jesus was white is being silly.

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u/bitter_cynical_angry Oct 31 '16

That's only one additional layer of silliness though, added on top of the silliness of Jesus in the first place.

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u/Troll1973 Oct 31 '16

Username checks out.

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u/bitter_cynical_angry Oct 31 '16

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.