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The "not guilty" plea perplexes me. What angle are they running here? Is he trying to get the worst possible sentence, shooting for martyrdom?

The part where he puts the gun down, acting like he was going to provide a fair fight then immediately goes to pick it back up when obliged reminds me of when cops demand black folks ID then immediately shoot you or at you when you comply. There is a deep-rooted fear there that they want to...

Depression is a defense mechanism gone awry. It is an illusion. We unconsciously create standards or ideals for ourselves we believe we should live up to (for our survival) then we hate ourselves for not living up to them. And of course, the standards are not fixed in reality so they change...

Dave neutralized that shit tho, he was grounded like a mf. In the end, it took the guy to trip him by the legs/feet to get him down. It was a hell of a spear but it was determination that "won" the day (for a second, anyway).

Funny how after the guy took Dave Chapelle down, he took down 2 more people before they beat him down. bglaughing2This shit is insane.

Here's the funny part, he says: "As I researched these problems for my latest book, I did wonder whether anyone claiming to speak about reparations had done any real thinking on it." But argues: "In his (Ta-Nehisi Coates) view, there was a precedent for American reparations in the money paid...

I think the framing is the issue here like you say "straight people who are unsure…" Already assumes a default, that gay people are really straight people who were converted. I believe it is this belief that must create anxiety around minority sexualities. But, I doubt that's actually how it...

If it is any consolation, it doesn't really matter what they do. People are going to be who they are, whatever they are, in the end. I'm sure you heard of men that come out as gay after decades of marriage and children. People's nature is people's nature. It is stronger than any...

I believe the original poster makes superb suggestions for the day we live in. Ultimately, I believe the police cannot be reformed into being a just institution in isolation without reforming basically the entirety of America. So to me, police reform means a steppingstone to a place we cannot...

"Act against nature" there are 2 assumptions in that phrase which are (likely) why you are not sure you would make the comparison… Homosexuality is purely just an act. Unnatural things exist. Both of those statements are personal beliefs. Depending upon what constitutes "gay activities" in...

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They try to use the logic of oneness pretty often because it resonates with people but their conclusions don't make sense relative to their own logic. And we don't want to believe the logic of oneness is true so we flat out oppose it, totally missing them shooting themselves in the foot and...

Would you agree gravity is 1 of God's laws? It's definitely not man's law so if not God's, whose? If I jump from a 30 story building, are the consequences of that God punishing me because I broke his law? Truth is, I didn't break his law because I can't. There has to be a distinguishing factor...

Fantasy. We simply are unable to disobey the creator. What should not happen, doesn't.

It seems that way doesn't it? That's because we grow up in "ego's world" which is also God's world (paradox). The ego's thought system (the source of "evil") is diametrically opposed to God's thought system (the source of Love). He did not create the ego, we made the ego (Satan). The ego, like...

Reality is perfect. Everything that is needs to be in order for us to realize the truth. Case in point: my multiple sclerosis is not something you should be sorry about, I'm not. I suffer from my thoughts about it at times. It is to be expected as I grew up thinking the way most people do. Old...

I don't know what you consider overeducated, LOL. I just got a bachelors in fine art. But it doesn't take smarts to see this will likely cause more harm than good. It's basically the CRT bill from a different angle, one that black people will agree with. They only need to pass it. They will...

Satan is our "creation". We are God's creation so it would follow then that God created Satan. Yes, "evil" is a figment of our imaginations, something we imagined along with Satan. It's not so much abstract as it is very simple. Evil is as you say, merely what we call things we don't like or...

Things only repeat because we didn't learn the lesson God was trying to teach. Traditionally, we were taught God's lessons were "don't do this" or "don't do that". That breaks down when you think about it. God created all things. Why would God create things that it would turn around and condemn...

They suffer because they believe they made a mistake. Had they never transitioned, they'd be creating their own suffering over something else that you wouldn't know/care about and might say they should just get over. The root of ALL suffering is the belief in something that is not true. It does...