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Re:PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet
on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:31PM (#18743771)
Precisely what mode of thought was he satirizing?
"Satire" has a meaning - A Modest Proposal wasn't Swift going "haha what if we ate babies"
Re:PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet
on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:14PM (#18743691)
OK, but the concept is historically nonsensical - antisemitism was a large part of early and medieval Christianity - and the term itself didn't come into use until the 40s.
> If you are not familiar with it see the section on religion morality and education
Am having a hard time seeing how the idea that morality can't be maintained without religion connects to "free speech, free association [and] due process".
Re:PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet
on Saturday December 22, 2018 @07:36PM (#18743526)
What, precisely, are "judeo-Christian values"?