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MayReasonRule

(4,100 posts)
25. Delusion fuels hatred
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 05:24 PM
Dec 2022

Reason dispels delusion for those that will embrace it.

Those that are full of hatred are most often full of delusion.

Once someone has rejected doubt they have embraced delusion by definition.

This is why we see violent fundamentalist zealots of all types emerging from not only 'god' based religions, but also politics, business, and society writ large.

Delusion allows one to make up the evidence, to just merely know something is true without any facts and evidence unless it's manufactured in support of the false premise.

I am a child of the 60's myself.

I and mine all escaped from what we refer to as a 'biblical blood cult'.

I was suicidal for thirty years before I finally made my escape, leading my family to theirs in the ensuing years.

May reason rule where delusion dwells.

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Anyone still on Twitter, please abandon ship. Sky Jewels Dec 2022 #1
Yup Johonny Dec 2022 #19
Believe it or not, Lunabell Dec 2022 #2
Conversely, Mastodon is quite the opposite. Very inclusive and representative. oioioi Dec 2022 #3
Really? Surely not after EarlG had said that wasn't cool here. Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #4
It's kind of disheartening and I try to inform. Lunabell Dec 2022 #5
This is truth. herding cats Dec 2022 #6
Morning Y'all!! MayReasonRule Dec 2022 #7
Please, see my reply below herding cats Dec 2022 #12
No. Age is not a direct correlate on this any more than anything else on DU. hlthe2b Dec 2022 #8
Right on! MayReasonRule Dec 2022 #9
I am 57 I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #24
Delusion fuels hatred MayReasonRule Dec 2022 #25
My apologies. herding cats Dec 2022 #10
Thanks for clarifying... hlthe2b Dec 2022 #11
Thank you for understanding. herding cats Dec 2022 #13
Not quite the same, but with time there comes a sort of muscle memory Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #15
I really like your example. herding cats Dec 2022 #20
Right on y'all! MayReasonRule Dec 2022 #21
Oh boy here we go... BannonsLiver Dec 2022 #14
It would be nice if we didn't have to. Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #16
I have mine on my Zoom screen for work. nt iemanja Dec 2022 #17
Mine is also in my email signature, as well. Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #18
Thanks for posting this dsc Dec 2022 #22
People who don't have to come out all of time rarely understand the emotional impact. Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #23
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