Stop praying, and start doing something useful. Fairy tales aren't going to save us.
this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2025
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If only he were in a position to do something.
Guess we just better pray
Keep your fucking prayers out of it.
Do something.
I completely agree prayer is utterly meaningless at best and actually harmful at worst. When somebody prays for an outcome they are getting the benefits of doing something without affecting any change, it's like asking your imaginary older brother to take care of the bullies at school. "Who wee that job is done, I did my part by asking big bro for help"
That said, I think we ought to tone down the anti-prayer rhetoric because it can push some people who are actually waking up to the issues caused by recent political events away. While centrism in general is a bad political play for politicians, less derisive language among us common people could be good. Let some of the mindless religious fanatics do their praying that trump won't hurt them, but when he does we should at least try to be sympathetic and let them change their mind.
We often get caught up in the schadenfreude of the self inflicted political wounds and forget these are people who will suffer needlessly.
Ageee to disagree.
I won’t ally with people who belive in magic.
They cannot be trusted.
I think that's fair, superstition is directly opposed to evidence based reasoning. Not every superstitious person is a lost cause though. Most belief comes from indoctrination, and with time and critical thinking a lot of people can and do escape.
I think it's similar to racism, people who do racist things can sometimes change when introduced to people of color, or to the subject of their bigotry. In the same way the victims of racism aren't morally obligated to "fix" nor trust the people who perform racist acts, victims of the superstitious are not obliged to trust them.
The optimist in me hopes we can just help these people heal from their mental issues, but the realist realizes that in many cases it's hopeless.
Religion is complicit in this mess we’re in.
It is time for humanity to grow up.
It will be hard.
I hope I survive it.
You do realize even most people who report that they aren't religious on polls also believe in magic, right? Pew Research Polls found that 69% of people who listed their religion as "no religion" believe in God and 13% of them specifically believe in the Christian God. So if 28% of people in America list their religion as "none" and only 29%* of those people actually don't believe in God, you're left with only 8.7% of the population. Regardless of your personal beliefs, the numbers are really, really bad if you're completely unwilling to work with anyone who is religious or spiritual. 8.7% of the population is a nuisance, not a movement.
*2% didn't answer the question
100%
anything that creates emotional space enough for people to gather, contemplate and talk is a good thing. we need people willing to see and say that "none of this is ok".
if they end up marching in the streets, great! but I will be happy with them simply taking to their prayer group and repeating that "none of this is ok".
edit: humanity, apathy, stupidity and hate are powerful things, but when apathy falls away I believe humanity can bend the majority toward our better proclivities, even through the stupidity and hate.
Clyburn is a right wing Democrat and the main reason why Biden "won" the 2020 primary, leading to another Trump presidency.
Clyburn can go fuck himself with a rusty rail spike.
Why do you hate rusty rail spikes so much?
They know why..
Right wing or just conservative? Is he more liberal than any republicans?
My enemy’s enemy is my friend.
What makes you think they're your enemy's enemy and it's not the other way around? It's looking more like they've taken a page from pro wrestling where one group acts like the heel while the other is the face, but behind closed doors, they're all great friends. The proof is in the pudding not in their empty statements to the contrary.
Why else would the Dems throw the election and let this blatant conman get elected again?
Not when your enemy's enemy is also the friend of another enemy of yours.
When the goal was stopping Hitler, Stalin was a friend of the West. Sure that friendship ended when Hitler did, but adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Don’t let ideological infighting prevent us from fighting MAGAts.
That's not an apt analogy, since the coronation of Status Quo Joe and his appointment of Garland were big parts of why Trump was allowed back.
If not for Clyburn and SC, there's no way the rest of the party leadership would have coalesced behind Biden, one of the 3 WORST of a ridiculously crowded field of candidates.
Might have been Bernie. Might have been Warren. Hell, even fucking KLOBUCHAR would have been better than the arrogant habitual liar with pre-dementia Clyburn and company foisted on a constantly gaslighted populace.
Retire and let someone angrier take over, fool
Pray in one hand and shit in the other; tell me which hand fills up the fastest.