Atheists & Agnostics
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(9,356 posts)TRIGGER WARNING: when I use the term "batshit crazy," I am not making a qualified medical diagnosis IAW the DSM-whatever.
But we all know what this obsessive language nit-picking really is - just another attempt to derail any criticism.
It reminds me of those people who attack famous atheists by flinging words like "white, educated, privileged," etc.
Has anyone else noticed that the very people flinging those words usually share the exact same qualities as the people they criticize? I sure have. Check your own frigging privilege.
Reminds me of something I read about the Russian revolution. The Bolshevik newspaper ran a helpful article on "How To Recognize A Reactionary" - comfortable bourgeois upbringing, college educated, etc.
A non-Bolshevik paper (before they were all closed) made the obvious wisecrack in print: according to the Bolsheviks' own rules from that article, the first person they should put in front of a firing squad was one Mr. Lenin.