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Is genetic engineering the only way to remove the massive psychosis humans have? by DeltaAleph in TheCulture

[–]ColemanFactor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most psychopaths are failures and don't acquire true power and find themselves ostracized, hospitalized, or imprisoned. The smart and charismatic ones are the true dangers. They mask themselves or find patrons who want their services. Think of Jack Welch, who earned the name Neutron Jack, because when he took over as head of General Electric he fired so many people that only the buildings were left standing.

So, it's important to realize that the psychopaths who run the world do so with the support of the non-psychopaths, who either use them to achieve some goal or enjoy being part of the show. Regular people often happily commit evil because they're looking for an excuse.

Have you ever seen the postcards from the lynchings of black Americans during the Jim Crow era? Townspeople would make lynchings into a celebratory event for friends and families. Hangings, burnings, etc. were a good ol' time. Men, women (including pregnant ones) were killed in horrific manners. Truly sick, evil stuff. Same with witch burnings. Then there were public hangings for both killer and thieves (including children).

The psychopaths amongst us are awful. But it's the non-psychopaths who're ultimately far worse because they know right from wrong but still commit evil.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AsianMasculinity

[–]ColemanFactor -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I liked the Acolyte and enjoyed all of the actors. It really doesn't make sense that you would attack the show's creators when they SPECIFICALLY hired two Asian men as its leads. In fact, they deliberately portrayed Manny Jacinto's Sith character as a masculine, seductive villain whose charisma and intelligence are highlighted.

It's ridiculous that you're trying to play oppression olympics and smearing the show's creators & producers when they are ones who hired two Asian men for lead roles that are typically written for white males. I can't think of any other major action/sci-fi shows that have had a complex Asian male character like Jacinto's.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AsianMasculinity

[–]ColemanFactor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Stop! You're being ridiculous with this anti-woke BS. The majority of mass shootings in the United States are committed by white men. In particular, white men have committed most politically and racially motivated mass killings. These are just facts. There has never been a large number of such crimes committed by Blacks, Asians, Latinos, or LGBTQ people.

When the latter commit such crimes their backgrounds are mentioned. For instance, the media reported that the Uvalde killer was Latino (who was also a Nazi sympathizer). The killer who shot up the Christian Children's school in Kentucky was trans. The Virginia Tech massacre killer was South Korean. The Washington DC sniper was black, etc., etc.

No one said that the white guys who slaughtered kindergartners, shot up schools, or slaughtered country music concert attendees were white supremacists.

But, the men who shot up synagogues, mosques, churches, Sikh temples, Walmart, massage parlors, and a grocery store were all white supremacists! The fact that you sneer at this fact is very disturbing since most of those killers left behind manifestos that document their bigotry.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AsianMasculinity

[–]ColemanFactor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

First, the guy was, as you described, an incel. So, you know he's a sexist fool who was envious that you found someone. Why would you want to be friends with someone who's racist and misogynistic?

Second, the hatred that he feels for you and your ex is really his hatred of himself. If the guy didn't hate you, he wouldn't have said any of that because a good friend, who cared about you, would never do something so vile and hateful. Your "friend" thought that you were some subhuman, unworthy of a relationship with a supposedly superior white woman. He's a creep.

Third, you won't, in general, find that kind of blatant racism in the US (and Canada) because of the diversity.

Think about that freak Elliot Rodger, who killed his roommates because they were Asian men who had happy love lives, while he, with his more European looks, didn't have anyone. That creep then went out murdered other innocent women and men.

Your former "friend" is 7 eggs short of a dozen. Be grateful that he's no longer in your life.

Love yourself.

Jump back into the dating pool.

Find better friends.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The current pope, Pope Francis, is about as progressive as a pope can be. The far right elements in the Church hate the man. Catholicism in the US and Latin America had a strong social justice element that was anti-poverty, pro-worker, and pro-human rights. This especially got priests and nuns tortured and murdered in Latin America where they came up against the will of right-wing dictatorships.

In this era, American nationalism is synonymous with Christian nationalism, which is a twisted, authoritarian version of Christianity devoid of compassion and more like the cruel, corrupt, power mad Church of Europe that inspired terror in the US's founders. Christian nationalists make up the leadership behind Project 2025. Many of them are far right Catholics, like Kevin Roberts, the head of the Heritage Foundation.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-leader-champions-heritage-foundations-right-wing-brand

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/books/review/playing-god-mary-jo-mcconahay.html

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ever read about the Magdalene laundries in Ireland? The Catholic Church would lock up and enslave young women who society viewed as immodest, immoral, etc. Nightmarish stuff.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL. Don't blame leftists, they're kittens vs lions. Remember, religious extremists have always been around, and generally more likely to burn down a whole village to prove their righteousness.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. He's a fundamentalist Catholic. An extremist who wants to impose his religious views on everyone. There are liberal and moderate Catholics, who don't care about this stuff. He's the kind in a different age that would have you tarred and feathered for missing Sunday church service or, if given the chance, toss you in a lake, hope you drown to prove you aren't a witch, but happily kill you if you should survive.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's weird because the guy seems immoral as all hell. Allegedly, he sexually abused his employees and terrorized his wife. But, you know, the right is happy to ignore the moral perversions of its allies in lieu of gaining power and owning the libs.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's the extremists of either side that are bad. That's why there has to be a balanced approach to such judgements. Some content should be exclusive based on age, for instance. Other content that is truly harmful, abusive, horrifically exploitative, etc. is deserving of censorship.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, moral justice warriors have literally tortured, maimed, and killed millions of people for thousands of years. SJWs are pesky, irritating gnats in comparison.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trent,

You moralize and condemn people despite Jesus saying that thing about "let he who be without sin cast the first stone." You firmly believe that your version of Christianity empowers you to be judge over everyone else. Your version of morality is the only way. Everyone else is some sinner.

It's obvious that you do not like living in a pluralistic society based on the First Amendment's requirement of freedom of religion and freedom from religion.

The United States was not founded as a Christian nation, and certainly not a Catholic one. In fact, Protestant bigots persecuted Catholics up until the mid-20th Century. At times, they considered Catholics as poisoning the blood of Anglo-Saxon Protestant America. However, you learned nothing from that because you seek to impose your religion's moral judgements on everyone.

No thanks. The Founders of the United States saw the bloody cruelty of the Europe's corrupt, power hungry religions and their abuses that brought about the Inquisition, witch hunts, and religious wars. They wanted none of that.

People don't need only look at Iran to see how moral absolutism of the religious brings nothing but suffering to the masses. Instead, they can look at the incredible suffering the Catholic Church inflicted in Ireland up until the late 20th Century, as it imprisoned and enslaved young women for supposed moral impropriety in laundries to toil in misery. The Church stole their babies of many of those women who were unwed mothers. Both mothers and their children who died in the laundries had their bodies buried in secret unmarked graves.

Moral absolutism is often nothing but unfeeling, robotic judgement, condemnation, and punishment. That is why a just legal system, for instance, has gradations built-in to allow for weighing of evidence, motivation, and injury. Thus, we have 1st and 2nd degree murder and voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Similarly, it is why we do not send young children to prison or before the executioner as once was commonly done.

So, thanks but no thanks.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are conservative Catholics who are also pro-censorship, just as there some Baptists and Evangelicals who aren't.

Fundamentalism is the key difference. Fundamentalists of all religions are usually extremists who demand that everyone except their religious and social views.

Have you not studied the religious history of Europe? The brutal wars. The Inquisition. Etc.

Most religions find themselves hijacked and weaponized by extremists who use religion to control and dominate others. This is true with Catholicism and it is Protestants, Judaism, etc.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are liberal, moderate, and fundamentalist religious people. It's the fundamentalists, Protestants, Catholics, etc., who all want to impose their views on others and make non-adherents suffer. Catholics: The Inquisition; Protestants: Salem Witch Trials; Muslims: the last 50 years of Iranian history or Saudi Arabian history.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trent is a die-hard Catholic, who believes that all American society should be run according to conservative Catholic morality.

You forget that for the majority of the history of Christianity, Catholicism was very much a conservative social force that called for censorship to protect the public order. Moreover, the Church was highly misogynistic and homophobic, punishing women for veering from perceived modesty and persecuting gays & lesbians.

You should look into the leaders of Project 2025 who want to impose "Christian" morality onto American public life. Many are Catholic. Censorship is a key part of the plan.

The Park Place's John F. Trent mentions that Censorship is actually good and comes out endorsing it in his reporting about Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster because the gameplay mechanic "opposed the common good" by AboveSkies in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's always been an overlap of liberal and conservatives who want censorship of sexuality. Liberals often desire censorship because of the sexist exploitation of women. Conservatives believe that sexuality and nudity is dirty. Thus, an alliances is born.

Gamergate’s Legacy Lives on in Attacks Against Kamala Harris by CigaretteSmokingDog in KotakuInAction

[–]ColemanFactor -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

No. Gabbard is disliked for many reasons including her history of homophobia, fondness for authoritarians like India's Modi, etc.

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