• buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Remember back when we could all agree that people who murder other people were likely mentally unwell and didn’t immediately look to see who they voted for. Pepperidge Farm Remembers.

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      1 day ago

      It’s because the right is desperate to throw off the well earned shade that they cause the vast majority of gun-related violence. It’s almost as if conservatives, who are obsessed on only have their world view validated through the the news, get violent when the world doesn’t agree with them.

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      21 hours ago

      One of my favorite quotes I’ve seen brought up “you don’t have to be evil/crazy to kill someone. You just have to believe you’re right.” - Yoko Taro

      Not that it’s an excuse for anything. This also smells of religion. And people kill in the name of religion all the time.

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          12 hours ago

          I don’t believe it is. I think that’s rather reductive considering how much it’s impacted human culture over history.

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            7 hours ago

            I should have clarified.

            Fanatical religious belief is virtually indistinguishable from mental illness to my eyes.