#Fanaticism

[thefugitivesaint]

Franz von Stuck (1863-1928), ‘Fanaticism’, “Allegorien und Embleme”, 1882

[yjichan]

[odinsblog]

the pro-israel islamophobes who believe israel is justified no matter what are the same as antisemitic people who believe hamas is justified no matter what are the same as the tankies who believe russia is justified no matter what are the same as republicans who believe trump is justified no matter what are the same liberals who believe biden is justified no matter what are the same as gun nuts who believe unrestricted guns are justified no matter what are the same as are the same as are the same as any other group of sycophantic zealots. everyone is wrong sometimes. wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it. no person or group is beyond critique. you have to be willing to tell your group when they have crossed the line and when they are wrong, otherwise you’re just another mindless follower; a cultist.

[agentfascinateur]

Most of the attacks were carried out in Jerusalem (148), followed by Nablus (140) and then Hebron (113). The commission added that settlers carried out 202 attacks in various parts of the occupied West Bank, but mainly in Nablus (65), Ramallah (35) and Hebron (28).

[postcard-from-the-past]

"A victim of fanaticism", painting by Mykola Pymonenko

German vintage postcard

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"The mind of one freethinker can possess a million ideas, A million fanatics can have their minds possessed by a single idea."

[moonsnightowl]

What a remarkable quote

[thethirdbear]

[mayuurx]

I showed the philosophies au to my friend and he asked if either of you plan on making fanaticism

As far as I know, there’s currently no plan for Fanaticism. The next design Im working on is Existentialism.

[philosophybitmaps]

[yjichan]

@longexposurecomic

@marsoid —Your comic is simply amazing, my hyperfix has not been used for 3 years. I reread it every time I remember it. The plot, the drawing, it's just amazing, I can't tear myself away. You can't imagine how many pictures and screenshots I have of moments from the comic. I've kissed your hands, you've been working for such a long time, and it makes my heart and soul tremble. I'm waiting for the continuation of other comics.I respect your gratitude for the created work, there are more of them. Especially these cute nicknames "Freckles", "Firefly" finish me off with sweetness.

[lyricalchrysanthemum]

(Walter White Voice) Ashe we need to Fanaticismpost .

Woe . Psychic damage upon ye (our followers) /affectionate

Dude ur situationship will doom us all. I do not think Arceus likes them.

[imkeepinit]

From a speech given by Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) in the 1960 United Artists motion picture Inherit the Wind.

[perasperaadpasta]

fair point about Gaimen but to the best of my knowledge Zimmer-Bradley's accusations are hotly contested, as the accusing child joined a fundamentalist Christian congregation and it's been impossible for the greater Pagan community of which I am part to discern "my mother abused me" from "my mother was a Satanic Jew bent on taking over the world", as all accusations came out after her death.

just thought it was relevant x have a good one

Basic corollary of believing victims is that bad people can be abused too. I don't see how Greyland's political or religious affilitations are of substance in this matter any more than Bradley's own would be. Bradley converted to christianity herself in late years.

Greyland's descriptions of her parents' abuse were steeped in religious fanaticism and homophobia but were also far from being limited to it. It is off-putting that she frames her suffering as being associated or directly consequential of homosexuality, feminism, paganism, etc, but not nearly as off-putting as the actual abuse she suffered. It seems to me her distorted views are intrinsically linked to her trauma and she hasn't since then broken from that framework (I imagine that would be extremely difficult while still inside the church).

I'm not excusing her bigotry. I'm a gay woman and I understand perfectly the dimension of the harm her views support. I'm also a victim of childhood sexual assault in a religious upbringing and I know what kind of pain she's sustained from both.

I hope she breaks free of religious indocrination someday, for the sake of those she continuously maligns and her own.

[postcard-from-the-past]

"A victim of fanaticism", painting by Mykola Pymonenko

Russian vintage postcard