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Try being 5'11 in middle school. Fun!
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How a well educated kid from a prominent wealthy family became a sadistic idealistic agent of evil is a lesson for all of us.
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It's just a group of bureaucrats at a conference meeting, but what they are discussing so matter of factly is the mass extermination of human beings.
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The movie is fictional, but was based on what was known at the time. Douglas Sirk (Detlef Sierck) met Heydrich before the start of the war and John Carradine's performance is based on the real Reinhard Heydrich. Heydrich was a womanizer who was a young officer in the Navy after WWI who was forced to resign after an affair with a waitress while engaged to an admiral's daughter. https://en.wiki
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Here's a scene from "Hitler's Madman" (1943) about the razing of Lidice in WW2 where Reinhard Heydrich inspects female students who are about to be sent to the Eastern Front to serve German soldiers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JRyfo8T8Yc&t=1800s
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First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. — Martin Niemöller
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They need enemies, if they don't have any, they make them up. Sadly, expect to see more of this in the future.
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Domestic livestock animals such as sheep, goats, chickens, cattle, etc. did not originate in Europe or the Americas, but in India and Asia. Just think of the hapless Mormon archeologists desperately searching, desperately searching for pre-Colombian domestic livestock animals that never originated in the Americas... ################## Roman egg found in Aylesbury still has contents aft
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jI3BYCAGfs
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Do you think cannibals in Idaho are a "real" threat? Why do they *need* fear? If they don't have something to fear, they create something to fear. If you were someone who reasoned rather than reacting, you'd wonder why too. ############### https://brucegerencser.net/2023/04/the-evangelical-war-on-books-movies-and-american-culture/ The Evangelical War on Books,
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There are Black religious fundies who believe in the same eschatology and prosperity gospel theology as their White counterparts. I don't know if any of this explains the oxymoron of Mormonism in Africa, but it's interesting. ######################## https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/12/black-zionists-israel/ "In January 2019, I made a trip to Accra, Ghana, for
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https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/64299/the-high-priest-of-asatru-on-the-push-to-revive-icelands-foremost-pagan-religion The high priest of Ásatrú on the push to revive Iceland’s foremost pagan religion Despite attempts by white supremacists to co-opt it, the Ásatrú Fellowship is based on openness and respect for the environment, argues Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. The t
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"Tell the believers and the non-believers. Tell them we've taken the spring. They can have it back when they pray for it." -- Mr. Wednesday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK0QCW5aSOs
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Rubicon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It seems that the members are more into > following a prophet than critical thinking or > following long standing doctrine. That's why it's a cult...
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Remember when I said if they have nothing to fear, they create something to fear?
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To learn what is evil, an hour is too long.
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Agreed. I have better things to do with my time, but the batty Bible thumpers won't leave everyone else alone.
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################ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/04/sometimes-i-long-for-the-life-of-a-tradwife-then-i-remember-its-a-reactionary-fantasy I’ve been dipping pruriently into a kerfuffle that kicked off in the ruddy-cheeked and sourdough-scented world of the tradwife lifestyle influencer recently. Its brightest star, Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm, has just prepared f
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Both Mormons and big "E" Evangelicals (not true evangelical Christians like Jimmy Carter) need fear. If they have nothing to fear, they create something to fear and hate. Without fear, the house of cards will collapse. Remember Prop. 8? During my lifetime, from the 1980s until now, there's been a steady stream of new "threats" -- Satanists, Heavy Metal music that
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All those battles in "The Book Of Mormon" and nothing survives...because it was never there. Perhaps one day Mormon archaeologists will find Joseph Smith's imaginary cave filled to the brim with gold, silver, and swords...and a pair of socks. ############ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/legion-british-museum-roman-empire-b2489620.html A lone red sock sits
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=umS3XM3xAPk
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Think about all the time, energy, and effort involved with hatred, exclusion, and demonization. All that effort could be used for more constructive things. Instead of basing your life on fear and exclusion, you could instead try inclusion. Hate, as we all know, is a powerful addiction. It's a habit not easy to break. But you could stop for one day. Just one day without hate. Find somethin
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