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America seems like a very bad society to me, purely because of its religiosity. Even those professing atheism or skepticism will often see the world through a very religious lens. It’s metaphysics, dichotomies, the notion of good versus evil, solipsism, narcissism and outrage, all marketed for your viewing pleasure.
The writer of the blog seems absolutely nutty. I wish people had dignity rather than displaying their extreme emotional states in that way. It sets up a defensive emotional screen, so that the real personality, if there is one, doesn’t come through.
Americans also need to grow up and come to terms with the fact that not everyone thinks as they do. Many of them simply won’t accept that others don’t automatically see the world in the ways they do. For instance, just today, I received a message from a spambot telling me that I’m not the perfect princess that I — as an allegedly American woman — believe myself to be. A few days before, Americans on another site were demanding I accept that Disney princesses are not cultural artifacts, but products of our genetic urges. I was told I wanted to be one, and I would see that in myself if I read Richard Dawkins.
And, finally today, I see that a crazy, religious lunatic, who also happens to be insane and mad to boot, is behaving in an overwrought manner about some Russian kid, whom she calls “a princess”.
It’s barbaric!
America seems like a very bad society to me, purely because of its religiosity. Even those professing atheism or skepticism will often see the world through a very religious lens. It’s metaphysics, dichotomies, the notion of good versus evil, solipsism, narcissism and outrage, all marketed for your viewing pleasure.
The writer of the blog seems absolutely nutty. I wish people had dignity rather than displaying their extreme emotional states in that way. It sets up a defensive emotional screen, so that the real personality, if there is one, doesn’t come through.
Americans also need to grow up and come to terms with the fact that not everyone thinks as they do. Many of them simply won’t accept that others don’t automatically see the world in the ways they do. For instance, just today, I received a message from a spambot telling me that I’m not the perfect princess that I — as an allegedly American woman — believe myself to be. A few days before, Americans on another site were demanding I accept that Disney princesses are not cultural artifacts, but products of our genetic urges. I was told I wanted to be one, and I would see that in myself if I read Richard Dawkins.
And, finally today, I see that a crazy, religious lunatic, who also happens to be insane and mad to boot, is behaving in an overwrought manner about some Russian kid, whom she calls “a princess”.
It’s barbaric!
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