Truths and inspirations for 18 October 2023
First up, a huge win in Poland -- in the country's highest-turnout election in over a century, voters ousted the hard-line Catholic, pro-forced-birth PiS party in favor of a center-left coalition much more favorable to abortion rights, gay rights, and freedom of the press.
(For the previous post, click here. For the link round-up, click here.)
Made by Pliny.
Some of them actually believed this.
Almost all democracies support Israel!
A true hero.
This tells you all you need to know about why they're so uncomfortable about Sound of Freedom.
The enemy is at war against the world.
This is the voice of the enemy (from 2013). My Arabic is good enough to confirm that the subtitles are accurate.
More here on this one.
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All good stuff, especially the Hitchens memes!
Good - and upsetting - stuff.
Thanks! Hitchens is always gold. Yes, some are upsetting -- but it's an upsetting world.
Maher (and his staff) has an amazing ability to find ways to laugh at the seemingly unmockable.
So many good memes here. It’s surprising that so many people cling to fantasy. I don’t even find the fantasies that most religions espouse to be particularly attractive. If one wants to play make-believe, there are far more pleasing universes that one can conjure. But, I guess religions survive partially due to the fear-of-hell factor.
Most religious delusions are much more scary than appealing, if considered in their full implications. But, yes, their main purpose is controlling people, not reassuring them.
Incredible stuff here. Why are atheists the only people making any sense these days?
It's a bizarre world. At least there are more and more atheists all the time, as the religionists show their true colors.
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