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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…10mos10MO

Atheism isn’t meant to be a rationalization of what is, it’s a derationalization of what you view to be rational. Philosophy itself is built upon those principl…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…10mos10MO

God literally committed genocide several times according to religious scripture. That was the Canaanite invasion by the Hebrews, the Great Flood, and many more,…

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  @9CJ6CB6Low quality comment from Virginia commented…10mos10MO

The kingdom of Judea was one of many who existed there, and if we must pull this ancient history “blood and soil” nonsense, their own scripture states they’d ki…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia disagreed…10mos10MO

When everything is a “who started it first” situation, nothing has a justification, or everything does. This happened because the Israelis were demolishing the…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia disagreed…1yr1Y

The anti-Zionist movement is not driven just by young white leftists and Muslims, but just as often by Jews, by the spectators and viewers of these atrocities w…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia disagreed…10mos10MO

I’m gonna ignore the Bush bit here, but I’m not trying to prove Hamas right, I’m explaining why it happened, why Hamas did that, and what made them mad enough t…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia disagreed…1yr1Y

Keynes himself was a socialist, his economic views are not nearly as conservative as one may think, he merely advocated for heavier efficiency of these services…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1yr1Y

Fascism is about the merger of corporate and state power into monopolized industries that were supposedly to be controlled by government (in their extremely sho…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

I cited effect as one of many factors, though I find it to be one of the biggest pieces. Morality came from our evolved senses and thoughts over the course of o…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

If you don’t like it yourself, it is mutually beneficial for all to agree not to inflict pain on one another, both because the risk for yourself of feeling pain…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

Because that feels bad for oneself, and since I don’t want that on myself, I don’t want to inflict that upon others either, as most don’t. Generally, giving it…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

It’s a factor because pain is generally a negative emotion, it makes the situation worse when someone feels pain rather than when they don’t. If I got shot in t…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1yr1Y

The conviction rate is higher because they’ve been in poorer conditions, thanks largely to discrimination in the past. Most of the ghettos and broken down citie…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

The capacity to feel pain, yes, it’s a factor, alongside being capable of thought, being fully born, and the necessity or wants of the parent.

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

Because they have been capable of feeling before, making it more than plausible to say that they have fulfilled the requirements to have implied rights to life…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1yr1Y

Couldn’t agree more, discrimination is bad, but echoes of racism still reverberate throughout our system, ESPECIALLY the justice and educational system, which i…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

Because they’re different circumstances, therefore different actions should be taken. The man on his deathbed was previously capable of thought and feeling, and…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

For starters, morals are based upon one’s own beliefs and logical thought processes behind it. I am setting up my own morals by adding requirements, the same wa…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

Just as I have said before, the condition of being born was a requirement for that mora logic. You must be born to have the same rights as anyone else, as I’ve…

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1yr1Y

For starters, when I say the government was coerced and abolished slavery for self-preservation, rioting of slaves was one of many factors, and I’m not saying t…

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