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one truth, two lies
you're absolutely right, i'll try to be more genuinely sorry and even more correct in the future
you suck at finding out what the truth is
the truth always seems to find me though
also it's like clockwork, check the modlog of fervent anti-communists, find a bigot!
"DO NOT HATE PEOPLE" is bigotry HISTORY is an even more evil type of bigotry EXPLAINING THE TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH is bigotry
im not an anticommunist, but Stalin was a genocidal dictator
calling other people genocidal is an interesting accusation from a worshiper of the king of rome
the 'roman catholic' church even invented a theological doctrine to legitimate hierarchy and imperial power, exactly what anticommunists always accuse communists of doing
правда глаза колет
the roman empire literally persecuted christianity for decades but ok
correct, and then they became it
survived roman persecution to become the thing that burned 'heretics' for opposing the king of rome
i wouldn't even call it the same religion either, more like an inversion of it
BINGO
yes, the 'church' that was burning heretics opposed to fealty to the king of rome then produced a schism that also burned heretics
Bruh it's the catholics who raped the kids, and you really think catholics didn't burn protestants? They were a lot more keen on it so just stfu already.
Generalization fallacy here and an Ad Hominem there.
and PROOF for your statements please.
and Catholicism advocates the love of ALL humans, bbqing them is not love.
honestly I'm not even sure what you're trying to say here because who did you think killed those protestant martyrs of the church of england?
Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Mary I (1553–1558)
Yeah the protestant and the catholic.
all the monarchs are apart of the Church of England which is not catholic
You might wanna read up on that history there.. Henry VIII created the church of england, yes. Mary very much was a catholic my friend.
In case you want to read a really good story set in exactly that time with exactly this situation at heart is Column Of Fire by Ken Follet, a novel in a series about a fictional English town throughout different times.
Because social media is where nuance goes to die - and that applies to both MLs and us.
A lot of them overcorrect from falling for capitalist propaganda into falling for USSR propaganda
For example, about North Korea. Claims about it are probably exaggerated to some degree, but I sincerely doubt it's secretly the success story at least one ML I had the displeasure of talking to seems to believe it to be.
The truth is nuanced. Nuance is hard. Blaming everything on the West is easy.
On the other hand, MLs themselves are also more nuanced than we often give them credit.
Unfortunately, like nuance, communication is also hard. Especially in hot-headed situations like this.
when there is nuance on social media, each side tries to paint the nuanced view as being really the oppositions view and seek to discredit or acknowledge the complexity of the issue as being 'propaganda' of the other side.
Unfortunately, yes. Best we can do is build a middle space and gently but firmly insist upon nuance.
that's how you get called a lib
Yeah, probably. Wouldn't be the first time, or the last.
Doesn't matter.
Because they somehow didn't outgrow the cringe iamverysmart and iamverydifferent phase of young adulthood. Probably because they are well off and never had a struggle in their life which makes them such a bore.
i notice peopel who have had to work and pay for their own costs in life... don't tend to be so extreme.
but every nutbag leftist or rightoid is always funded by mommy and daddy's money and thinks the idea of working a normal job is below them.
List of people without a "normal job"
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Nikola Tesla
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Isaac Newton
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Thomas Edison
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Socrates
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Diogenes
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Van Gogh
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90% of "important" historical figures. Researchers, Artists, Inventors, Philosophers
DID YOU KNOW: Backbreaking labor distracts your slaves from rebellion!
iamverydifferent isnt that cringe tbh, and iamverysmart kinda is, because theres no one in the world that knows everything
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