- swifty:
- the people saying this shit, BY THE BY, are the same fucking r/atheism stains who make image macros about how taking the bible literally makes christians look like lunatics
- me:
- RIGHT i eman
- swifty:
- so for the record, that's the bible you SHOULD take literally to discredit it, and the ron paul newsletter you SHOULD NOT
- me:
- i also pointed this out on a facebook thread this morning but like
- me:
- there's some serious intersectionality here
- me:
- w/r/t like
- me:
- most ron paul fans are like
- me:
- mid-20s white hetero cis males
- me:
- moderate to high intelligence
- me:
- middle to upper middle class
- me:
- like
- me:
- just
- me:
- with no health problems
- me:
- lke
- me:
- you know what i mean?
- me:
- like
- me:
- there is just a dearth of experience w/r/t suffering
- me:
- among most of these people
- swifty:
- yes, the sort of people who are so privileged, they have the ability to read about what political candidates offer and treat it as a laundry list of things they will be able to thereafter receive
- me:
- RIGHT
- me:
- YES
- me:
- RIGHT
- me:
- oh my god
- me:
- well said
- swifty:
- and believe that this can all be accomplished via the internet
- me:
- right
- me:
- and i'm not saying that being mid-20s and white straight cis male is BAD
- me:
- i'm just saying like
- swifty:
- if you are that, you absolutely need to think about people other than yourself
- me:
- mid-20s white straight cis males have a, um, a history of not shutting up when they need to
- me:
- right
- me:
- and you need to LISTEN when they tell you that something is wrong
- me:
- and if you are of moderate to high intellect you need to be able to absorb that information
- me:
- idk
- me:
- it's just so fucking messed up
- me:
- like
- swifty:
- B-b-but I'm so smart!!! Why should I listen to you, a Dumb Brown TitHaver
- me:
- life is not debate team, dudes from nice public schools
- me:
- just because we disagree does not mean we are debating
- me:
- you know?
- swifty:
- ugh
- me:
- that is not always appropriate
