rosymind

You're right, but we have to be careful. We can't rely on what society deems acceptable as the total and reasonable truth. That's how Nazism rises in the first place.

Idk if you saw that post about Ignaz Semmelweis, who proposed that docs should wash their hands (and was so mocked that he ended up having a break-down and died after a beating in the asylum). Society at the time couldn't accept his radical new idea. There are so many times in history (Galileo spending his last years under house arrest because heliocentrism was considered heresy) where people were persecuted for having ideas that went against society

I have a mixed bag of beliefs that are frankly half-baked, which is why I'm happy to have these kinds of debates

But what I'm getting at is that I dislike repressing people and ideas just because the status quo says you should repress them- even if that means undesirable idiologies creep in. We need to examine them closely, in an open minded way that isn't immediately crushing because we can miss opportunities for growth

I'm liberal. I believe in autonomy, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, etc. I am against genocide, racism, sexism, and all that

However- we have to let them speak and argue against them. We need to be pushing back against things like book removals, and pushing for funding of schools. It's exhausting, and considerably more difficult, but I think it's a better way to go

Imagine if, at these marches, you and I had a big screen which displayed the horrors of concentration camps. The images of fingernail marks embedded in the metal of the gas chambers. Images of the disease. Excerpts from the wretched experiments.

Maybe it's naive, but I believe we would sway enough of those people marching that to weaken their cause.

Just yelling at them to shut up, or arresting them when half of them don't even think it was real isn't gonna work. It'll just strengthen the cause and send them underground

I would argue that one path to having mental illness is neglect. It could also be that he was exposed to drugs (or chemicals) in utero (which can also effect brain development).

There's a book I can recommend, but it's a bit controversial.

Fair point

All right, fair. Maybe Taco Bell wasn't the best test. I'll keep that in mind for the next time

For me the line needs to be crossed. As soon as that happens, action can be taken. But guilty-by-association isn't enough (and that's how I see marching)

If someone makes a legit threat (or commits a crime) against another person, then something should be done to address that (what that something is needs to be proportional and preferably reform-based)

Like what's happening to Trump and the Jan 6th crowd. The peeps involved are being handed sentences. Evidence against the baddies need to be properly collected so that they can be brought to justice in a civilized way.

You need a visual on them for that to happen. Let them march, identify them, and keep track of their behaviour. They're fine... until they step out of line. And if they do, you know who they are, how many, etc.

I can understand why people misunderstand me and my meaning. I look at things with empathy, a love of freedom, a deep desire for open discussions, autonomy, and belief in taking action against others only when it's truly justifiable (such as cases of physical threat, or impending threat)

It was a year or two ago, I can't recall. But probably something like Target

Maybe Nolan wanted to watch them do the thing? But...Probably to show how uncomfortable both Oppenheimer and his wife were in those moments, by making the audience uncomfortable as well.

I'm pretty liberal about nudity and I'm not puritanical in my views at all, but I'm also not a fan of raunchy scenes in movies. Watching something like that alone or with my husband? Fine. Watching something like that with blood relatives or friends? Yeah. Not fine

Husband and I are playing it right now. At one point in Solstheim there were Wearbears EVERYWHERE. It was hilarious. Another time we couldn't get a quest to progress because an npc was supposed to be dead and wasn't. So we killed her right in front of them, and immediatly got an update to the quest log. Also hilarious.

The bugs (generally) make it funnier, as long as you aren't taking things too seriously (and mods help immensely)

Oh, I agree. She had a gun and thus a responsibility to keep it out of her kids hands. I read a bit more about it, and apparently she discharged the weapon a short while prior because she believed that her boyfriend was cheating on her. Yikes!

Doesn't change that we can't recognize that this likely stems from many societal problems

I think the world would be better, if we accept BOTH personal responsibility, and the responsibility that we have to others living in the society we all share. It probably won't happen any time soon, but I can try to spread the idea

True, but simply stating that doesn't change my opinion

I'm with you on this. I worry that too mamy people cheer on the pain of the "other" without realizing that in doing so they become the worst of what they hate

People make bad decisions, but then some of them grow. To tell them that they deserve their pain, just because they didn't understand what it was they were doing, is pretty fucked up