• Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    Yea. Those types don’t just exist on TV, they are everyday people in our communities for some of us. To just say they aren’t “normal” erases the lived experiences of those who live where these mentalities are still very much the norm for that locality.

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      2 days ago

      How does saying that such hostile treatment is abnormal “erase” anyone’s lived experiences?

      If you tell someone who lived only eating one meal a day during elementary school that they did not have a normal childhood, you are directly commenting ON their “lived experience”, not erasing it.

      You seem to be conflating “that’s not normal” with “that never happens”, which is not reasonable.

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          20 hours ago

          I still think it’s proportionally right to say “that’s not normal”. Maybe it’s normal in the Southern United States, but it’s definitely not normal compared with the rest of Christendom.

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              9 hours ago

              Not the fringest of beliefs. I find the whole ken ham “science is wrong” thing bizarre. But I think the “it was created old” view holds more water

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                5 hours ago

                Neither holds any water because it’s unfalsifiable. You could as logically argue it was created just now and our memories of the prior post history is part of the creation.