• cookedonchems@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    I got downvoted because I’m a big bag of contradictions. I’m neither “this” or “that” I hold beliefs and views from all sides. So it’s easier for folks to just downvote and belittle than try to understand.

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      7 hours ago

      Oh really? Well you’ve made me think about the issues I split out into sides:

      • climate change: it’s bad / fuck it
      • trans ppl: they cool / they’re a perversion of gods design
      • God: idk whatever / The Christian God
      • guns: dangerous! Restrict! / I need guns
      • immigration: ok / not ok
      • women: human / subhuman
      • state funded healthcare: yes plz / no tnx
      • public transport: love it / hate it
      • bikes: I am literally a bike / I literally just killed a bike

      These aren’t all aligned. Probably not all of them are a left/right divide to you. They’re probably not even all 100% applicable to your lived reality - not everybody has spent much time thinking about God - but I am curious where you think you’re left and where you think you’re right, or what I’m missing from my incredibly glib yet serious list.

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        4 hours ago

        Ok first I wanna commend you for actually trying to understand. Even if pretending. It means a lot. To answer your list.

        Climate change- no opinion. It changes daily. Or I’m just too dumb to understand it.

        Trans ppl- I am a Christian so naturally I don’t agree with it. BUT, I am not like the crazed lunatic Christians that will belittle them, berate them and talk down upon them. Or tell them they are a “perversion of Gods creation” or an abomination. They’re still human. I am human also. Who am I to judge?

        God- I am a Christian. More specifically a Southern Baptist Christian. Like I said previously though, I like to think not like some of the crazed lunatic Christians out there. From an early age I was taught to love all walks of life. My church has a saying. Be it cliche or whatever. But the saying is this— “Hate the sin. Love the sinner.”

        Guns- Absolutely dangerous. I’m Pro-2A. There’s some unhinged ppl out there that just shouldn’t own firearms. Mental health evaluation and gun safety courses should be mandatory before being able to purchasing any firearm.

        Immigration- 1000% ok. But only when done through the proper and legal channels. My family immigrated to the US many years ago from Ireland so I cannot get on board with illegal immigration.

        Women- Human, obviously. None of us would be here without them.

        State funded healthcare- not educated enough on this matter to have an opinion.

        Public transport- could work in larger cities/metro areas. But what about rural areas? How well would that work? Genuinely asking.

        Bikes(?)- motor or pedal? I don’t understand this one.

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          8 minutes ago

          Not sure why I’m engaging, but what the hell…

          Climate change - yes, too dumb to understand. Actually, I think you are being willfully ignorant. “It changes daily”? Wtf?

          Trans ppl - “I am a Christ so naturally I didn’t agree” wtf? Didn’t agree with what?

          That’s as far as I could get. I think you are unwilling to challenge what you were raised to believe was right, and you operate out of an unconscious assumption that it couldn’t simply be unfounded.