Media/Journalism Cringe Megathread - Hot off the Presses

[ATP]

She is still alive ? well,than maybe she did so only to be famous for few minutes again? totally forgotten people in Poland are saing leftist shit for the same reason.
But,of course,drugs could catch to her,too.

 

[Morphic Tide]

I'm of the opinion that Botox is harmful to one's mental facilities.

Oddly enough, despite being an obscenely powerful neurotoxin, Botulism actually doesn't directly affect consciousness despite being an infection of the producing bacteria that can kill you by paralyzing your lungs. It's "just" such a ludicrously powerful paralytic that it screws up your facial muscle function so hard you cannot get or keep stress-induced wrinkles at a dosage of nanograms.

Botulism has an onset of as low as twelve hours from a dirty needle because of how absurd botulinum toxin is. It's actually an inhibitor protein!

 

[Husky_Khan]

We didn't mean to leave out the Black and Latino Republicans that got elected but we were totally going to include them sooner or later.

USA Today snubs Winsome Sears, Jason Miyares from report on 'candidates of color' who won historic elections

USA Today raised eyebrows for a report highlighting the "candidates of color" who made history in various election races on Tuesday but initially left out two of the night's biggest winners.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Duke Nukem]

Mark triggers the commies so much.

 

[Bacle]

Mark triggers the commies so much.

While I like this guy's message, making it about Christians 'ruling' this nation is a bad move, and one of the replies had a very important point in the image they posted:


The answer/cure to socialist bullshit never has been, and never will be, going theocratic; liberty is the cure to socialism, not religion.

 

[Zachowon]

I think the point is Soclaists and commies are athiest

 

[Bacle]

I think the point is Soclaists and commies are athiest

For a pure Marxist, yes, atheism is required.

However there are a decent number of 'Christian' socialist parties in Europe, and socialism's message does not always conflict with more...communal/universal wellbeing focused Christian groups.

However liberty does not exist under the Marxist framework, and few 'socialist' systems value liberty much, so liberty is a better antithesis to Marxism and socialist stuff than appeals to Christianity or Christian dogma.

 

[LordsFire]

The answer/cure to socialist bullshit never has been, and never will be, going theocratic; liberty is the cure to socialism, not religion.

Do you have any evidence that he's advocating going theocratic, or just rejecting secularists trying to push Christians out of the public square?

 

[Bacle]

Do you have any evidence that he's advocating going theocratic, or just rejecting secularists trying to push Christians out of the public square?

Did you not listen to the clip?

He was taking about Christians 'ruling' this nation at one point.

Smells like a desire for a theocracy, or at least badly worded hyperbole, and does not help things much.

And this isn't just about 'secularists' it's about the other faiths and religions that inhabit this country as well and may not be keen on Christians wanting to 'rule' them.

Religion in America is not just Christianity, and anytime people on the Right go about trying how America is a 'Christian' nation or needs to be 'ruled' by Christians sparks fears of theocrats hiding in the wings.

 

[Wargamer08]

Did you not listen to the clip?

He was taking about Christians 'ruling' this nation at one point.

Smells like a desire for a theocracy, or at least badly worded hyperbole, and does not help things much.

And this isn't just about 'secularists' it's about the other faiths and religions that inhabit this country as well and may not be keen on Christians wanting to 'rule' them.

Religion in America is not just Christianity, and anytime people on the Right go about trying how America is a 'Christian' nation or needs to be 'ruled' by Christians sparks fears of theocrats hiding in the wings.

Considering that Christian theocracy hasn't existed for over a thousand years and was hardly peak oppression when it did and communist countries do exist and are the most oppressive countries around I always find the cries of fear over some country 'being ruled by Christians' massively overstated.

Something needs to fill the slot of spiritual fulfillment on the level of the state, it doesn't have to be Christianity, but some of the other options are Islam and Communistic Atheism. There is no opting out.

 

[Bacle]

Considering that Christian theocracy hasn't existed for over a thousand years and was hardly peak oppression when it did and communist countries do exist and are the most oppressive countries around I always find the cries of fear over some country 'being ruled by Christians' massively overstated.

Something needs to fill the slot of spiritual fulfillment on the level of the state, it doesn't have to be Christianity, but some of the other options are Islam and Communistic Atheism. There is no opting out.

Or Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Shintoism, etc...

Sometimes I think Christians forget non-Abrahamic faiths exist as cultural/social forces in nations around the world, and that there are alternatives to Christianity that are not atheism.

Edit: Not to say a theocracy of any of those would be better, but Christians need to check thier ego around thier religion and realize they are not the only kid on the block with legitimacy when it comes to moral systems, historical record keeping, or building communities.

As well, there are ways to build communities and nations without a religion being involved; I'd say a great example is Singapore, even if they are authoritarian asshats, and Taiwan, where nationalism overrode any religious impulses in nation and community building.

 

[Wargamer08]

Or Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Shintoism, etc...

Sometimes I think Christians forget non-Abrahamic faiths exist as cultural/social forces in nations around the world, and that there are alternatives to Christianity that are not atheism.

I’m well aware there exist other religions, they just tend to be either not interested in converts, inexorably linked with a particular culture or under active attack. Shinto is entirely intermeshed with Japanese culture, to the point I don’t really think it’s possible to have one without the other. Sikhism and Hindu are themselves tied to the Indian subcontinent and it’s culture. That leaves Buddhism, which is honestly more regionally fragmented then Christianity. To say nothing of the damage the Chinese and Islam have done to it.

It’s some flavour and mixture of Christianity, Islam or Communist Atheism for the west.

 

[Bacle]

I’m well aware there exist other religions, they just tend to be either not interested in converts, inexorably linked with a particular culture or under active attack. Shinto is entirely intermeshed with Japanese culture, to the point I don’t really think it’s possible to have one without the other. Sikhism and Hindu are themselves tied to the Indian subcontinent and it’s culture. That leaves Buddhism, which is honestly more regionally fragmented then Christianity. To say nothing of the damage the Chinese and Islam have done to it.

It’s some flavour and mixture of Christianity, Islam or Communist Atheism for the west.

Or it could be a mesh of multiple religions and faiths, with none overshadowing the other or controlling the others, existing side-by-side in a secular world.

 

[Sir 1000]

Or it could be a mesh of multiple religions and faiths, with none overshadowing the other or controlling the others, existing side-by-side in a secular world.

Pull the other finger bro, i'm an agnostic myself. But if any religion wins ''king of the hill'' in the west only a fool would want any other than Christianity. The worst they do is try and ban dungeons and dragons or try and stop abortions. Secular people can coexist with them, not so with Islam or the new age ''religion'' known as wokeness.

 

[Cherico]

Or it could be a mesh of multiple religions and faiths, with none overshadowing the other or controlling the others, existing side-by-side in a secular world.

That has been done before and been done successfully the thing is to make it work you need autonomy. You need have people be able to look at the next town over and not give a shit, you need people to not care how their neighbors live their personal lives as long as their not fucking up.

In order for that system to work you need to tell control freaks what ever their stripe to fuck off.

 

[Bacle]

Pull the other finger bro, i'm an agnostic myself. But if any religion wins ''king of the hill'' in the west only a fool would want any other than Christianity. The worst they do is try and ban dungeons and dragons or try and stop abortions. Secular people can coexist with them, not so with Islam or the new age ''religion'' known as wokeness.

You think too small and too absolutist.

There are other paths, other options, and not all of them involve either communism or religion taking control of society.

And there is also the possibility that certain...fictional sects may morph into and be recognized as legit IRL religions.

Case and point, Australia recognizing Jedi as an official religion.

Give us nerds a few years and we'll make new religions that have nothing to do with Wokism, bit without the baggage of established religions, and govs will recognize them once enough adherents decent to identify as such on religious questionnaires.

That has been done before and been done successfully the thing is to make it work you need autonomy. You need have people be able to look at the next town over and not give a shit, you need people to not care how their neighbors live their personal lives as long as their not fucking up.

In order for that system to work you need to tell control freaks what ever their stripe to fuck off.

Control freaks are really at the core of a lot of societies issues; live and let live doesn't grant them power and control over others, or the perks that come with that.

 

[Bigking321]

I'll take Christianity, thanks. I've seen where trying to kill it and replacing it with Secular nothingness is going in the west and I want no part of that moral rot.

 

[Bacle]

I'll take Christianity, thanks. I've seen where trying to kill it and replacing it with Secular nothingness is going in the west and I want no part of that moral rot.

The West existed before Christ or Moses, its roots go back to Mesopotamia, Greece and Egypt, and if those religions faded from society, the West would still be here.

 

[Wargamer08]

You think too small and too absolutist.

There are other paths, other options, and not all of them involve either communism or religion taking control of society.

And there is also the possibility that certain...fictional sects may morph into and be recognized as legit IRL religions.

Case and point, Australia recognizing Jedi as an official religion.

Give us nerds a few years and we'll make new religions that have nothing to do with Wokism, bit without the baggage of established religions, and govs will recognize them once enough adherents decent to identify as such on religious questionnaires.
Control freaks are really at the core of a lot of societies issues; live and let live doesn't grant them power and control over others, or the perks that come with that.

Joke religions are not an option. They have basically zero weight.

 

[Bigking321]

The West existed before Christ or Moses, its roots go back to Mesopotamia, Greece and Egypt, and if those religions faded from society, the West would still be here.

Now I have no idea what you're talking about or how you define the west.

I'm not sure what the west means to you but I assure you, if you attempt to divorce it from its Christian foundations and culture, as the leftist authoritarians have been trying to do for ages, the end result wouldn't be anything remotely good. Far more like nazi Germany, the soviet union, or current day china than any idea of the west as something good.