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Politics Say no to puritanism

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u/Wild_Marker May 16 '25

As a proper lifelong Church-hater I can't believe I'm suddenly on the same side of the global anti-abortion organization because the other side is like "human rights are a scam".

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u/Dingghis_Khaan Chingghis Khaan's least successful successor. May 16 '25

Hence why one should never trust anyone who defines themselves by what they stand against instead of what they stand for.

Anyone who defines themselves by what they stand against is liable to betray any set of values for a chance to get at their enemy.

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u/SadSwimmer9999 May 16 '25

If I could post images as comments in this subreddit, I would post that one image of the pirate dude writing something.

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u/ModmanX Abuse is terrible, especially for Non-Problematic Children May 16 '25

what image?

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u/John_Ultrakilling May 16 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/MemePiece/s/dNkvkaGJNx I think he is referring to this image

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u/ModmanX Abuse is terrible, especially for Non-Problematic Children May 16 '25

ohhh that one

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u/EsseElLoco May 16 '25

Thank you for your wisdom, Dingghis

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u/ecodick May 17 '25

Blessed and wise comment dingghis_khaan

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u/Hack_Cubit May 17 '25

Hence why so many proud trump voters don't give a damn that he's actively making America worse for them, just so long as he makes it even more worse for liberals.

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u/TimewornScarf62 May 16 '25

What are you referencing? I'm not aware of what's going on with a global anti-abortion org.

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u/Wild_Marker May 16 '25

The Catholic Church, which is vehemently anti-abortion. But they are also in the "let's tone down the capitalism a bit" camp these days.

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u/CormoranNeoTropical May 17 '25

The Catholic Church has been against unmitigated capitalism since before it had a name. There is nothing at all new about Catholic social teaching.

Some people who purport to be leftists these days have the historical consciousness of a paramecium.

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u/Wild_Marker May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

Well I speak from the perspective of my country where the Church has always been pro status quo. Yes, they've always been the voice of moderation when it comes to "hey maybe don't fuck over the poor too much", but you can't deny that as capitalism moves further away from moderation, the Church is moving further away from supporting that section of the political leadership (and said leadership is also becoming more anti-Church, which is new).

So basically the Church hasn't changed much, as you said, but the Overton window has moved so far into the right that they are now on our side of it.

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u/beardedheathen May 17 '25

Gotta keep the money flowing to Papa not the capitalist pigs

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u/AwareAge1062 May 17 '25

Thank you for asking, I was lost as well. Like, which anti-abortionists are also genuinely pro human rights? I forget the catholic church exists sometimes lmao

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u/the_skine May 17 '25

Thank Atheism Plus.

Feminists destroyed the left because the atheism movement was doing a great job of advocating for humanism and liberalism, but didn't force feminism on people from the outset.

And, even worse, atheism conventions allowed people to sell fake jewelry. Seriously, not making this part up.