It became a thing over the last week not to say “Christ is King”, unless you really meant it, but not in a way that others knew you really meant it. Or something. The flap perplexed me, likely because I didn’t follow the debate closely, since I had to catch up on my beauty sleep (and boy did it work).
Agree completely. I support such a law. Make them live up to their own rules, especially since it is now apparently illegal to downplay or minimize historical events that didn’t happen- the Most Secure Election in History of 2020 and the J6 Insurrection: The Worst Attack onAmerica Since 9/11.
Oh, I have become very, very curious about the Holocaust, thanks to these measures.
The excellent X account @martyrmade made the observation that Jewish paranoia/behavior and anti-semitism is a real "chicken or the egg" phenomenon. Indeed. The ADL creates more anti-Jewish sentiment than a 1937 Hitler Youth rally in Bremen.
(Does anyone know which David Irving book is the best to read to learn his findings about the Holocaust?)
I feel like this would be a great litmus test for anyone trying to be a politician should society collapse. Force those in office to abide by their community's most basic standard, or actually toss them in jail.
Not to worry! Christian beliefs are SOON to be legally protected....but we've gotta wait until Jewish beliefs and Jewish people are totally, completely, 100% ensconced in safe spaces. Florida and Texas are leading the way--South Dakota and other neocon-controlled states close behind. So, stop whining and revel in the beautiful safe spaces erected for the Chosen Ones (oh, and don't worry, Ben Shapiro and Ron DeSantis are sure to follow-up--when they get back from their latest pilgrimage to the Wailing Wall):
"Few ideas have been mocked more viciously over the last decade than the notion of "safe spaces." Whenever various minority groups—marginalized groups as we now call them—have justified the need for censorship and other speech codes on college campuses, that phrase was invariably invoked: unless vulnerable college students—who are adults—are protected from ideas that upset them or make them feel threatened, then they won't feel safe. Not just conservative pundits but also self-styled free speech champions have created a virtual cottage industry—a very lucrative one at that—of mocking the idea that college students—in particular, certain called minority groups—need safe spaces.
"Yesterday, Texas's Republican Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order that applies to all universities in his state. What did he say was the purpose of this executive order? To create "safe spaces"- not for all students on Texas campuses, but only for one minority group in particular: Texas Jewish students. This is merely the latest in a long line of legal measures and other forms of special privileges created largely by red states and Republican Governors in the name of fighting racism, bigotry and other forms of prejudice by protecting members of a minority group from certain views. If it sounds like the exact left-liberal culture war mindset that conservatives generally mock rather than embrace, you would be exactly correct, with the only difference being which groups are protected by each side using this mentality.
"All of this points to the lurking contradictions that have long plagued conservative politics because of their claimed principles and the willingness of many of them to abandon them in the name of protecting Israel – that have finally emerged in plain daylight since October 7. We will examine this Executive Order issued by Governor Abbott yesterday as well as the reaction to it."
However when Muslims become a majority in Europe they will criminalize questioning that Prophet Muhammad flew from Mecca to Jerusalem on a winged horse. And Progressives will agree.
As an agnostic I fully support this. As you point out, we are already subjected to criminal sanction for questioning another historical event that is now the basis of a pseudo-religion. We treat skeptics of that event as heretics who must be hunted down and incarcerated lest their ideas offend a certain group.
If we are going to have laws of this sort, they should first and foremost protect the religion that was the foundation of western culture (along with the traditions of Greece and Rome). Would I find such a law onerous? Of course, but the existing situation with "events that cannot be questioned" is both onerous and corrosive to western culture.
Ironically the evidence for both events consists of witness testimony, but one of them is afflicted with staggering inconsistencies.
I just want to comment that I don't believe in prisons or jails. There should only be executions and duels.
Any action or any speech that does not merit execution, should not be called a crime, and instead be considered either normal or finable. And the justification for the fine should be quite precise.
For example, for the set of actions or words that hurt "moral sentiment" let's establish a unit of hurt based on the objective pain of one ingrown toenail or InGTN, a small unit.
If someone insults me calling me a "virus denier" I will demand a monetary compensation for only 3 InGTN because such insult barely hurts me. A greater insult would be to call me an "intellectual property Communist." My hurt-o-meter reads 300,000 ingrown toenails: I demand reparations! At least 25,000 USD! (I'm using 12 InGTN to 1 dollar.)
Trolls don't get to collect reparations from fines because they are provocateurs and they have no moral sentiments.
It is possible that there are so many fines flying in all directions between everyone, that each individual owes exactly the same that is owed to him. If and when that happens, we probably would have found Utopia, Xanadu and Atlantis.
Vaccines work and there is only one guaranteed to prevent this unfortunate and rapidly spreading disease:
Government shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Agree completely. I support such a law. Make them live up to their own rules, especially since it is now apparently illegal to downplay or minimize historical events that didn’t happen- the Most Secure Election in History of 2020 and the J6 Insurrection: The Worst Attack onAmerica Since 9/11.
You, sir, are the resurrection of Jonathan Swift.
I see what you did there. Well played.
Oh, I have become very, very curious about the Holocaust, thanks to these measures.
The excellent X account @martyrmade made the observation that Jewish paranoia/behavior and anti-semitism is a real "chicken or the egg" phenomenon. Indeed. The ADL creates more anti-Jewish sentiment than a 1937 Hitler Youth rally in Bremen.
(Does anyone know which David Irving book is the best to read to learn his findings about the Holocaust?)
I fully support this. I can't help but wonder where I've heard similar language used before, though...
I feel like this would be a great litmus test for anyone trying to be a politician should society collapse. Force those in office to abide by their community's most basic standard, or actually toss them in jail.
This just in:
Not to worry! Christian beliefs are SOON to be legally protected....but we've gotta wait until Jewish beliefs and Jewish people are totally, completely, 100% ensconced in safe spaces. Florida and Texas are leading the way--South Dakota and other neocon-controlled states close behind. So, stop whining and revel in the beautiful safe spaces erected for the Chosen Ones (oh, and don't worry, Ben Shapiro and Ron DeSantis are sure to follow-up--when they get back from their latest pilgrimage to the Wailing Wall):
"Few ideas have been mocked more viciously over the last decade than the notion of "safe spaces." Whenever various minority groups—marginalized groups as we now call them—have justified the need for censorship and other speech codes on college campuses, that phrase was invariably invoked: unless vulnerable college students—who are adults—are protected from ideas that upset them or make them feel threatened, then they won't feel safe. Not just conservative pundits but also self-styled free speech champions have created a virtual cottage industry—a very lucrative one at that—of mocking the idea that college students—in particular, certain called minority groups—need safe spaces.
"Yesterday, Texas's Republican Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order that applies to all universities in his state. What did he say was the purpose of this executive order? To create "safe spaces"- not for all students on Texas campuses, but only for one minority group in particular: Texas Jewish students. This is merely the latest in a long line of legal measures and other forms of special privileges created largely by red states and Republican Governors in the name of fighting racism, bigotry and other forms of prejudice by protecting members of a minority group from certain views. If it sounds like the exact left-liberal culture war mindset that conservatives generally mock rather than embrace, you would be exactly correct, with the only difference being which groups are protected by each side using this mentality.
"All of this points to the lurking contradictions that have long plagued conservative politics because of their claimed principles and the willingness of many of them to abandon them in the name of protecting Israel – that have finally emerged in plain daylight since October 7. We will examine this Executive Order issued by Governor Abbott yesterday as well as the reaction to it."
https://greenwald.locals.com/post/5451979/texas-gov-abbot-mandates-safe-space-exception-for-jewish-students-ben-shapiro-s-mental-gym
Cleverly written, Mr. Briggs. Still, hope writing such things doesn’t jeopardize your relationship with BSI (Broken Science Initiative).
Nah. Forget the Resurrection.
However when Muslims become a majority in Europe they will criminalize questioning that Prophet Muhammad flew from Mecca to Jerusalem on a winged horse. And Progressives will agree.
I question it. Come and get me😂
BCE and CE were, IIRC, an attempt to use the numbers without the Christian link, as:
'Before the Common Era' and 'Common Era'. Lame but well-intentioned.
As for historicity, where's the documentation aside from the gospels?
It is not my intention to espouse ridicule, etc., but questioning needs to be allowed in healthy society.
As an agnostic I fully support this. As you point out, we are already subjected to criminal sanction for questioning another historical event that is now the basis of a pseudo-religion. We treat skeptics of that event as heretics who must be hunted down and incarcerated lest their ideas offend a certain group.
If we are going to have laws of this sort, they should first and foremost protect the religion that was the foundation of western culture (along with the traditions of Greece and Rome). Would I find such a law onerous? Of course, but the existing situation with "events that cannot be questioned" is both onerous and corrosive to western culture.
Ironically the evidence for both events consists of witness testimony, but one of them is afflicted with staggering inconsistencies.
This post is just one more reason why the people who cannot spot hypocrisy need to shut down free speech and imprison all who spout such insolence.
Great post.
I just want to comment that I don't believe in prisons or jails. There should only be executions and duels.
Any action or any speech that does not merit execution, should not be called a crime, and instead be considered either normal or finable. And the justification for the fine should be quite precise.
For example, for the set of actions or words that hurt "moral sentiment" let's establish a unit of hurt based on the objective pain of one ingrown toenail or InGTN, a small unit.
If someone insults me calling me a "virus denier" I will demand a monetary compensation for only 3 InGTN because such insult barely hurts me. A greater insult would be to call me an "intellectual property Communist." My hurt-o-meter reads 300,000 ingrown toenails: I demand reparations! At least 25,000 USD! (I'm using 12 InGTN to 1 dollar.)
Trolls don't get to collect reparations from fines because they are provocateurs and they have no moral sentiments.
It is possible that there are so many fines flying in all directions between everyone, that each individual owes exactly the same that is owed to him. If and when that happens, we probably would have found Utopia, Xanadu and Atlantis.
Vaccines work and there is only one guaranteed to prevent this unfortunate and rapidly spreading disease:
Government shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Well played, sir.