Reply #22: True, perfectionists fuck up everything, but that doesn't justify denying faults [View All]

[PurityOfEssence]

Humanity is in an endless, headlong flight from reality, and it's typified by the abject fear of uncertainty that sustains religion.

It's a tough one to choke down, this blatant political pandering to bigots in the name of race and religion, but it'd be a damnsight easier to stomach if more of his supporters actually admitted that it REALLY HAPPENED, happened the way it did and for the reasons it did. Yes, I'm aware that people HATE nuance and qualifications to their positions, but to deny this is way beyond dangerous and unseemly.

Sure, I'll march righteously to the polls and proudly vote for the less-shitty alternative if he's the nominee, but that doesn't mean I endorse this particular deplorable episode, and I'd like to hear a little more agreement on the subject from the lemmings. If we're "about" anything, we should be about this: pluralism and coexistence. Sucking up to powerful religious blocs isn't a glorious aspect of human activity, it's the cause of much of human suffering as it was here.