Dale Nelson Wrote:
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> The kind of thing I have in mind is more or less
> being done, though, here and there, and not just
> in rural enclaves. For example, take the Hasidim
> in Brooklyn. Of course, they're no strangers to
> attacks from wretched losers filled with hatred.
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> I would encourage people who want to minimize
> their involvement with wokeness and all that stuff
> to find likeminded people and perhaps to buy
> property where they can live in proximity to one
> another. They probably don't need to "hide in
> plain sight," but they don't need to go out of
> their way to publicize what they're doing either.
>
>
> If someone wereinterested in this kind of thing, I
> might say: Even if you don't have kids, look for
> states that are homeschool-friendly and that rate
> well on other indices of wellbeing, e.g. low
> crime, affordable property & cost of living, and
> so on. Think about your positive beliefs -- are
> there quite a few likeminded people in the area?
> And so on.
This is a good discussion because it forces a sort of "anything goes" approach to problem solving.
Working thru this informal grouping scenario, finding like-minded individuals/families, it certainly seems that religion as the central core is a natural focus, and I would expect such communities to be most often religion centered.
You will note that I have no problem with this. I have a problem with strong evangelistic practices (this is not much of a problem among the Hasidim, I've heard), but other than that, no real problems.
As we discuss this, the realization grows within me that I'm less interested in following a prescribed set of practices or beliefs than I am in how to independently analyze and evaluate EVERYTHING, including belief and/or logic systems.
So for me the biggest current problem is not so much the supposed facts of fluid transgender identity as it is the mindless reflexive belief that the phenomenon is as the adherents and supporters portray, and not subject to question.
If subjected to question and it holds up, then it's valid as stated; otherwise, it is something else.
So I'm repelled by reflexive response to phenomena that are untested, or incompletely tested. It's extremely sloppy thinking.
--Sawfish
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