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@Aella_Girl
Years ago, I watched zeitgeist. They presented a very compelling argument for 9/11 being an inside job - why did the safeguards fail? What about building 7? Etc. I was like, damn. This is extremely convincing. But the second section was about the bible, and the bible is probably-
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@Aella_Girl
the thing I knew the most about. They argued it was unoriginal/conspiracy created, and they used bible verses out of context, deliberate misinterpretations, cherry picking, mistranslated versions of verses I knew the Greek behind. After that, I couldn't believe in-
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@Aella_Girl
Their 9/11 argument. If they were gonna be so uncharitable with something I knew about, I couldn't trust them with other things. This is how I feel with a lot of popular narratives around oppression, privilege, trauma, etc. I find the narrative flawed for a subset I know a lot-
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@Aella_Girl
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@alextsebastian
I had this with Sapiens; I was about halfway through when he made some arguments about capitalism that seemed very elementary, and after that I just couldn't finish it.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@silver_junkie
Not inherently! I'm still open to 9/11 being an inside job, for example - but that example demonstrated that being skeptical of even things that sound like good arguments can still be really important.
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Buttons McBoomboom
@Sandwich_Smith
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@Aella_Girl
Many people fudge the facts that interrupt their narratives. And those sympathetic to their plight are therefore turned away. So, when I hear that "wokeism" will destroy the fabric of society, I'm immediately turned off, since that sentiment doesn't take nuance into account.