I think you hit on an important point. People, especially conservatives imo, are super willing to not question something if they want to believe it. The confirmation bias is so strong it trumps morality most of the time. I think confirmation bias has gotten worse specifically because of the Internet. Algorithms feeding you constant validation has led to self righteousness levels that are off the chart.
Having said all this, I am baffled that anyone can see something like this and not even question it. I think it is remotely possible the cop feared he could be hit for a brief moment, but that doesn’t justify murdering a person obviously. I think he fired at least a couple seconds after that moment.
But here we are. The Shitter thread I saw where the close-up video was posted was absolutely loaded with morons commenting with certainty that the murderer did the right thing. The absolute strongest position anyone should have in favor of the fascist should be “I think it was justified”. But no, they’re 100% certain after 5 seconds of viewing the post. Society is sick, and the disease is mostly conservative politics.
I agree with you mostly, but I think it’s closer that religion is the main underlying problem. Every single Republican and conservative Nazi out there will profess Jesus as their Lord and savior. Or some other bullshit prophet. They willfully lie to themselves. Whatever is broken inside of them, to believe with zero proof, have Faith, trust in magical sky daddy… Childish fantasies. This is what fractures societies everywhere. That and Capitalism of course.
I would agree, but I don’t see how Christianity itself is to blame exactly, since if they followed the teachings of Jesus in any way, they’d be overcome with empathy for a murder victim. Bastardized interpretations of religions are the excuse to be shitty, not the cause to be shitty, imo. When it is an excuse, you get to pick and choose which thing is supposedly a Christian value that excuses your behavior. In this case they’d have trouble even doing that though. It would have to be something like “well this woman is a part of the RADICAL left and all they want is for Christians and anything decent to be destroyed!”
Notice how none of that remotely reflects anything Jesus said. If Jesus were alive today, they would 100% kill him for being a RADICAL leftist
I think you hit on an important point. People, especially conservatives imo, are super willing to not question something if they want to believe it. The confirmation bias is so strong it trumps morality most of the time. I think confirmation bias has gotten worse specifically because of the Internet. Algorithms feeding you constant validation has led to self righteousness levels that are off the chart.
Having said all this, I am baffled that anyone can see something like this and not even question it. I think it is remotely possible the cop feared he could be hit for a brief moment, but that doesn’t justify murdering a person obviously. I think he fired at least a couple seconds after that moment.
But here we are. The Shitter thread I saw where the close-up video was posted was absolutely loaded with morons commenting with certainty that the murderer did the right thing. The absolute strongest position anyone should have in favor of the fascist should be “I think it was justified”. But no, they’re 100% certain after 5 seconds of viewing the post. Society is sick, and the disease is mostly conservative politics.
I agree with you mostly, but I think it’s closer that religion is the main underlying problem. Every single Republican and conservative Nazi out there will profess Jesus as their Lord and savior. Or some other bullshit prophet. They willfully lie to themselves. Whatever is broken inside of them, to believe with zero proof, have Faith, trust in magical sky daddy… Childish fantasies. This is what fractures societies everywhere. That and Capitalism of course.
I would agree, but I don’t see how Christianity itself is to blame exactly, since if they followed the teachings of Jesus in any way, they’d be overcome with empathy for a murder victim. Bastardized interpretations of religions are the excuse to be shitty, not the cause to be shitty, imo. When it is an excuse, you get to pick and choose which thing is supposedly a Christian value that excuses your behavior. In this case they’d have trouble even doing that though. It would have to be something like “well this woman is a part of the RADICAL left and all they want is for Christians and anything decent to be destroyed!”
Notice how none of that remotely reflects anything Jesus said. If Jesus were alive today, they would 100% kill him for being a RADICAL leftist
I just saw that pro-human extinction post that got deleted. Are you okay?
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