The map is waaaay more complicated than that!
somtwo
joined 2 years ago
Yes.
I think there is also an element of needing it to be a choice to justify condemnation. "Homosexuality is against God's plan, also he creates gay people" is a really tough sell.
Wait, wasn't that winter in Russia?
Because Americans have limited memories and he's counting on that. Source: am American.
I've often joked that Jesus didn't redeem humans in the eyes of God, he redeemed the Hebrew god in the eyes of western culture.
...the one on the left or the one on the right?
Ok, so my boring take on this: I think the word privilege is overused. In my mind there is a basic level of human decency everyone should be treated with. If you are treated above and beyond that, you have some privilege. Situations like the one mentioned in this post (to my mind) don't speak to a lack of privilege, but to the presence of oppression.
Ok, so if the Republicans took power tomorrow what do you think their policy would look like re: Gaza?
Let's be real here: the entire US government is supporting a genocide in Gaza. Trying to make it out to be a problem only on the left feels incredibly dishonest.
But for real, though