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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're comparing a religion to not knowing how to read?

[–] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

No, I'm comparing word usage and was clarifying why the statement was inaccurate.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And in doing so, your go-to example was comparing a Religion to Illiteracy, implying Religion in and of itself is a mental defect...

Ya know who believed Religion was a mental defect? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler

I know I just broke Godwin's law, but.. Jesus

[–] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

What? This reads as nonsense to me, apologies.

I didn't comment on religion, and the illiteracy aspect was completely irrelevant to what I stated. It was purely an example.

I think you misread what I said quite severely.

[–] GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They misread what you said intentionally.

[–] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It does indeed seem like that's the case. It seems to happen extremely frequently on Lemmy.

[–] GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

Yep. The biggest source of manufactured outrage outside of Fox News Headquarters.