“R U TRIGGERED” and all its subvariants were radioactive toxic waste and turned a valid and important psychological concept into bullying vector that for a time had nearly universal acceptance.

I still see vestiges of “le epic bacon” out there but it’s mostly confined to aging :grillman: types and some :up-yours-woke-moralists: cultists and a few contrarian carninist edgelords that want to “trigger the vegans.” Yes I know all of the above have a lot of overlap.

    • Florist [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Another thing is reducing complex geopolitical situations to just religion. Why are there conflicts in the Middle East? Is it mostly due to conflicting material interests? Nope, just because there’s different religious groups that can’t get along.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I’ve heard both of the following arguments offline, only a few weeks apart, both from strangers:

        “Did you know that if everyone was Christian, there would be no more war?”

        “Did you know that if everyone was atheist, there would be no more war?”