TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agoRichard Dawkins comes out as "culturally Christian"hexbear.netimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1193arrow-down1imageRichard Dawkins comes out as "culturally Christian"hexbear.netTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-text
He saw something vaguely Muslim inside HIS imperial core and his monocle popped off so now he’s on team (White) Jesus. Shitter Link
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMindlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoAh you’re going into the extremely specific definition route, fair enough.
minus-squareAngel [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoI think, in the context of arguing a point along the lines of “This person is actually Y, not X!”, it makes a fair amount of sense to nitpick about definitions, especially if your claim lies in assuming that Y and X are mutually exclusive.
minus-squareJohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoyou’re the one who brought up the guy’s book where he literally talks about this. there’s a seven-(for some reason) point scale and everything.
Ah you’re going into the extremely specific definition route, fair enough.
I think, in the context of arguing a point along the lines of “This person is actually Y, not X!”, it makes a fair amount of sense to nitpick about definitions, especially if your claim lies in assuming that Y and X are mutually exclusive.
you’re the one who brought up the guy’s book where he literally talks about this. there’s a seven-(for some reason) point scale and everything.