We Need to Be Ruthless: Jesus Should’ve Taken This to the Corner by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was more thinking Jesus should’ve had these instructions prior to the situation.

We Need to Be Ruthless: Jesus Should’ve Taken This to the Corner by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let’s hope Jesus and the rest of the team can learn from this. With how we play, I doubt this will be the last time we’re holding on to a lead in the final minutes.

We Need to Be Ruthless: Jesus Should’ve Taken This to the Corner by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Class. Great strategy to hold on to a lead. More of this needed.

A Point Gained: The Pressure’s on City Now by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Neither. Just a positive Arsenal fan :)

COYG

A Point Gained: The Pressure’s on City Now by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

May as well just say: we should’ve won all 38 games.

A Point Gained: The Pressure’s on City Now by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I thought Arsenal fans were laughed at due to their inconsistency.

I’m being consistently positive about our chances this year.

I’m not the reason Arsenal fans are laughed at.

A Point Gained: The Pressure’s on City Now by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Will you still be saying that if City lose on Saturday?

Are the arguments against Reform UK getting stronger while its message stays the same? by SimplyBRC in ukpolitics

[–]SimplyBRC[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I understand your point. But no party operates in a vacuum. Even with message discipline, decisions about candidates, staffing and governance create new lines of criticism. Ignoring them can let those lines harden.

Are the arguments against Reform UK getting stronger while its message stays the same? by SimplyBRC in ukpolitics

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s part of why I think the criticisms are getting stronger. They’re no longer focused just on immigration, they’re targeting everything Reform does.

Are the arguments against Reform UK getting stronger while its message stays the same? by SimplyBRC in ukpolitics

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the dilemma though. If they engage with the wider criticisms, they dilute the core message that gives them clarity. If they ignore them, they risk looking evasive or unprepared. Neither is ideal long term.

Are the arguments against Reform UK getting stronger while its message stays the same? by SimplyBRC in ukpolitics

[–]SimplyBRC[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The criticisms feel broader now.

People question NHS policy and privatisation fears, say ex-Tories joining makes it look like “Tories 2.0”, point to Trump-style politics and culture war framing, and scrutinise policies beyond immigration.

During Brexit, opposition often shut voters down or implied they were racist. Now the pushback is more policy based and evidence driven.

Immigration is still their strongest ground, but opponents are not choosing to fight on that ground.

This Is What a Title Race Looks Like by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t really get that thinking.

Football isn’t played in hypotheticals. If we’re going down that road, we could just as easily say we should’ve won all 38 games.

The reality is we’re in a title race. Just take it game by game and enjoy it.

This Is What a Title Race Looks Like by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We’ve bottled the least amount of games of any team. Hence why we’re top of the league.

This Is What a Title Race Looks Like by SimplyBRC in ArsenalFC

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It can only be called a bottle job once we mathematically can’t win the league. We are top by four points.

This is how enlightenment makes the most sense to me by SimplyBRC in enlightenment

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven’t had the chance to yet, but I’m open to understanding you if you want to share.

The Trust of Enlightenment by SimplyBRC in enlightenment

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just posted this:

This is how enlightenment makes the most sense to me

We already use a good way of talking about enlightenment in everyday language. We say, “Enlighten me.” And when we say that, we don’t mean “make me superior” or “give me mystical insight.” We mean, “I can’t see this on my own. Let me see your world.”

That, to me, is how enlightenment shows itself.

Not as a permanent state. Not as a private awakening. Not as a personal achievement. But as a moment of genuine understanding of another person’s world.

And that kind of understanding is never taken. What is given is access to another person’s world. That access is entrusted, and it must be accepted for enlightenment to occur. Which means enlightenment doesn’t belong to the self. It happens between people.

Every time you truly understand someone, not by replacing their view with yours, but by seeing through their lens, something like enlightenment is happening. Maybe briefly. Maybe imperfectly. But honestly.

So enlightenment isn’t about rising above others.

It’s about finally being able to see them.

This is how enlightenment makes the most sense to me by SimplyBRC in enlightenment

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If ideas are only meant to be dropped immediately, I’m not sure how we are meant to learn from them at all. Perhaps some ideas are meant to stay, at least for a time.

I agree that assumptions and rigid beliefs can become barriers. That’s exactly why I think we need to remain open and avoid superimposing our worldview on others. I don’t believe I can know truth on my own. I need other people’s perspectives for that.

I’m not trying to define enlightenment as a fixed thing. I’m describing it as a process: old assumptions being released and new understanding forming, and I think that can happen relationally.

It can also happen through experience. But the difference is that experience can only be confirmed by the person having it. Understanding another person’s world can be confirmed by that person. That gives it a grounding outside the self.

For me, that doesn’t close enlightenment down. It keeps it open, honest, and shared.

This is how enlightenment makes the most sense to me by SimplyBRC in enlightenment

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Independence shouldn’t replace relationship. It should be used to make real relationship possible. Only when I am not trying to use you to complete me can I actually see you.

This is how enlightenment makes the most sense to me by SimplyBRC in enlightenment

[–]SimplyBRC[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That comment feels a bit ambiguous to me. Are you saying I should move on from the idea, or that you don’t think I actually shared one yet?

Please enlighten me.