This is so many degrees removed from anything that affects anyone's life in a material way. It's just pointless.
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Replying to @jessesingal
lots of race-related issues can seem that way from a position of privilege. Eg: The history of suppression by the British.
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Replying to @sschinke @jessesingal
ie, they're "just" preventing religious/spiritual practice, what *material* harm is that? Many harms aren't material.
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Replying to @sschinke
??? But we all acknowledge that people have a right to practice their spiritual beliefs?
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Replying to @jessesingal
so if I go around and crib a few physical aspects of Christianity, and call that Christianity, there's no effect?
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Replying to @sschinke
well it depends if you have liberal or conservative moral leanings. traditionally conservatives are the ones who adopt that stance
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Replying to @jessesingal
if you arrive in a new place and want to find a church, but all you can find is biscuit and wine clubs called churches?
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Replying to @sschinke
so your argument is that yoga studios are displacing traditional places of worship for people of Indian descent?
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Replying to @jessesingal
ask someone of Indian descent what is involved in finding traditional practice in the West & listen to their answer, maybe
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Replying to @sschinke
Anyway, when I strongly believe something is harmful, I can usually explain in a sentence or two why, but I feel like you
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haven't gotten there yet? And even if you had, I don't get how you yourself wouldn't feel guilty about the bagels thing.
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Replying to @jessesingal @sschinke
That is: To treat a bagel just as a piece of food to scarf down in the morning rather than to sit and reflect on what it means.
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Replying to @jessesingal
shrug, I'm not claiming I can explain the harm, just pointing out more minor aspects that seem to be elided here.
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