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In that same period, Bartkus’ rhetoric on alternative social media sites was dark. “I would not acknowledge reproduction as a human right, but instead as a form of rape,” IndictEvolution wrote on Lemmy.World in July 2023. “I am also not bothered by infanticide as long as it is done humanely...”

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 12 points 2 days ago

Is other people’s choice to have kids or not really the hill you want to die on??

Look at politics since USA founding. Nathaniel Hawthorne warned us. Buddha, Jesus, Rumi, others taught unity, with self and others and vexed the greedy politicians and religious power structures that propped them up, telling us wealth is to be shared, and other teachings that ended up stripped from religiopolotical structures because they threaten those power structures.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 days ago

Look at politics since USA founding.

look at the way the natives were treated, the overall general thing that you could say about the north american natives is that they respected each others existence and life. And for the most part believed in respect for nature. The Conquistadors were monsters and brought monstrous behavior that we still deal with today. Trump is just following in Jackson's steps trying to displace more people with native blood. Just the new displacement is happening to those with blood from the south

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Not to quibble but it's not just "were treated". If you want to be killed by a cop, it helps to be First Nations.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

I had a couple encounters with a guy. Very sweet but clearly had a drinking problem. He was First Nations. He was locally famous for carving wood totems for people. He was the most harmless drunk indian... he always had a smile for me

One day he was walking and carving.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_John_T._Williams

Rest in Peace John 💔

🟡 ⚫ ⚪ 🔴

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 2 days ago

They're human. The best and worst behaviors of human beings are human behaviors, and we can mitigate or exacerbate that. Society needs to look in the mirror and decide whether we want to be the better or worst collective selves. Our politicians reflect back to us our collective choice. It took a long time to get here. If we don't like where we are, we'd better collectively get busy working on ourselves and setting better examples. Then we may put a healthier reflection of ourselves in leadership positions.

[-] rah@feddit.uk -3 points 1 day ago

Buddha ... taught unity, with ... others

Umm.. I don't think the Buddha taught that?

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The Buddha teaches even more universal oneness than merely unity with other humans. Some who meditate are able to achieve ego death.

[-] rah@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

ego death

I think perhaps ego death isn't what you think it might be. It isn't relevant to living with others, it's an experience where there are no others and no self which could relate to each other:

'Leary et al.: "The first period (Chikhai Bardo) is that of complete transcendence − beyond words, beyond spacetime, beyond self. There are no visions, no sense of self, no thoughts. There are only pure awareness and ecstatic freedom from all game (and biological) involvements."' -- quoted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death

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