kriadydragon | (Reply)

Pot shots directed at religious (non-political) beliefs in political discussions have been doing that to me lately. (Which has nothing to do with whether I support a particular candidate politically or not.) The end result is I end up offended by remarks and astounded that they were made with a such clear lack of any real knowledge on the subject, and offended that non-political beliefs are still even part of the discussion of domestic politics in the US in 21st century. But the problem is that to have an actual intelligent debate on the topic, people have to have a clue, and that refers back to my previous astound at the amazing ignorance that remains in the general public on the topic and the intense bigotry from people who would be equally (or more) offended were similar pot shots taken any other Western religion. And that all leads to an internal debate with myself on how little society has advanced, despite the general consensus otherwise, and then I get overly-thoughtful about the human race and start spending less time online in an effort to avoid it in general.