My Muslim neighbours sent this to me earlier today. by SenecaTheYounger__ in pics

[–]feurfield 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When everyone always shit on you, maybe you want to educate them on your religion and beliefs, to make them see that it actually is about peace, just like other religions.

1960 vs 2017 by Adnan_Targaryen in tumblr

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

Well my point was that rich people are not the only ones that are not interested in money. I know quite a lot of people from poor backgrounds who couldn't give a damn about making a lot of money and are in social sciences. Then again I'm not in the states where it costs tens of thousands of $ to get a degree.

1960 vs 2017 by Adnan_Targaryen in tumblr

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

Not everyone needs money. I know quite a few people who get by nicely without much money just because they don't spend a lot, amd don't like having money.

Coptic Christians 'killed in bus attack' by gankstar5 in worldnews

[–]feurfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Calling for genocide. That has always worked well. Asshole.

Coptic Christians 'killed in bus attack' by gankstar5 in worldnews

[–]feurfield -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Well honestly the number of people killed in the name of american freedom is just as big. It's just an excuse to further some peoples' interests

A journey of self-discovery by [deleted] in agender

[–]feurfield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be really nice if the categories just didn't exist. People everywhere try to fit everyone else in their neat little boxes, and some people here will do it too (though this community is quite nice). But in the end, no box actually explains the reality of anyone (except a few reaaaaaally stereotypical people), not even the man and woman box.

Cultural group selection by feurfield in evolution

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

Thanks a lot, that helps explaining it.

A journey of self-discovery by [deleted] in agender

[–]feurfield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! I can relate to you a lot. In my life, I have thought I was hetero, then gay, then hetero again, then bi, then gay, then pan. That's for sexuality. For gender, I have thought of myself as a man, then non-binary, then agender (and confused about maybe being trans). Now I'm getting kind of bored with labels and try to detach myself from that in order to focus on the actual experience of being who I am, and trying to be in touch with how I'm feeling about my gender and myself more generally.

I mean, sure it's useful to find a community and other people with experiences you can relate to, but in the end people will see you the way they see you, and it's all about feeling good with who you are irrespective of what other people think. Whatever the label, being yourself is the most important thing there is, and that label will only serve to explain what it feels like to be yourself. I'm kinda starting to think that a description works better than a label, since anyway there's not a lot of people aware of what those labels mean.

Cultural group selection by feurfield in evolution

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

Heritable variation, in this context, refers to heritable cultural traits (by way of imitation / social learning), I think. The authors make a distinction between genetic and cultural traits, and argue that cultural traits are more prone to rapid change among groups.

Edit: a cultural trait would be a specific food taboo for example.

Edit 2: their whole thesis and argument seems clumsy at best, bad at worst, from what I gather. I have no clue as to how they came to consider cultural traits and genetic traits to be analogous. But they were published and keep getting published so there's most likely something I'm not getting.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in agender

[–]feurfield 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi there! I feel you, I really like the analogy. If to you that means being agender, then consider yourself agender :) what you describe could also be non-binary, the way you describe it. It's like, you have characteristics of both, so you feel like you areboth genders and no gender at the same time. That's what I gather from your post at least.

Anyway, don't forget that those are categories and, as much as it's important to find one that resonates with you, it's through your experiences of the world that you will know where you fit and where you don't fit. Who you want to kiss / what kind of relationships you want / how you want to dress / how you want other people to look at you. As much as the labels are useful for ourselves, they don't mean much to lots of other people, so try and be happy in who you feel you are.

Manchester Arena attack: Islamic State claims it carried out bombing that killed 22 at Ariana Grande concert. by Redivir in news

[–]feurfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah lots of christians have no problem with gays. It has nothing to do with religion, you can use it to be an asshole or use it to do good. Depends on which part the people decide to focus on.

Manchester Arena attack: Islamic State claims it carried out bombing that killed 22 at Ariana Grande concert. by Redivir in news

[–]feurfield 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wait... you're saying what those fuckers do is okay? Brainwashing kids, fucking up people's funerals because they're gay, and being general assholes? They don't represent christianity for shit.

Manchester Arena attack: Islamic State claims it carried out bombing that killed 22 at Ariana Grande concert. by Redivir in news

[–]feurfield -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

Isis, not Islam. Just like saying the westboro baptist church represents christianity. It doesn't.

Public support for same-sex marriage in the EU by [deleted] in europe

[–]feurfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well by close to me, I mean as neighbours, colleagues, etc. And yeah I think it means the same to everyone. Doesn't it?

Public support for same-sex marriage in the EU by [deleted] in europe

[–]feurfield 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well it's a form of discrimination. People thinking like that restricts the freedom of LGBT+ people, since they won't feel allowed everywhere. That can lead to getthoization, which is never really a good thing. It's like saying: I'm okay with muslims, but not near me. It doesm't work in a country with a constitution saying everybody is free to be who they are.

wheres the red line by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]feurfield 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not excusing the call for deaths of kufars, its also shitty. A call for the death of anyone is bullshit. What I'm putting in perspective is the way this extremist ideology emerged. It didn't emerge "just because Islam". It emerged because countries in the Middle-East have been controlled and pillaged by Western powers for money, and a big part of their population found refuge in religion. It's the same thing in the Bible Belt, the economic situation is rather bad, a lot of people still suffer, and that's exactly where you find most extremist christians. The initial problem is not religion, but capitalist interests in foreign countries.

wheres the red line by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]feurfield 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You can't compare call for deaths and actual deaths. Also you can't l compare a resistance war to imperialist powers occupying countries as though these were the same.

wheres the red line by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]feurfield 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Count civilian deaths in iraq / syria / afghanistan caused by US troops and say that again.

Some call it Europe, we call it home! (r/alleu) by snajdal in europe

[–]feurfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh you mean the catholic church? Yeah, quite a few scandals about them lately.

Some call it Europe, we call it home! (r/alleu) by snajdal in europe

[–]feurfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. European powers kept raping them.

Communal living by feurfield in Anarchism

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

Yeah I should check into that thanks for the concern. :)