#Enlightenment

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/Yesterday we found out @ginacarano was fired from Star Wars over Social Media postsLots of people talk about cancel culture, but so far no one has given a serious account

wydna.kb

KBULTRA0

The motifs of the steppe warrior, the harem, oriental hedonism, derives from much earlier than Robert E Howard, going back at least to the 1786 Gothic novel Vathek by William

Nathan Oseroff-Spicer

nathanoseroff

Am I reading Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay's recent book, Cynical Theories? Yes.Is it bad? Of course.Am I wasting my time? Naturally. If I understand this correctly, Pluckrose and Lindsay

Dr Naomi Wolf

naomirwolf

1/ I’d been tested and they’d been quarantined but it was joyous to spend New Year’s Eve with the independent thinkers at @AIER. Jenin Younis, commentator and criminal defense attorney,

Malcolm Fle✘

Malcolm_fleX48

Conservativism as we know it today is a movement based on a desire to return to Liberalism.True liberalismConservatism seeks to conserve the authority of govt and move back to the

Mike Duncan

mikeduncan

I know in the 21st context "too ambitious" is a misogynistic tell, but as I scribble about 18th century politicians it is amusing to see one of their most common,

Don

DonHargrove2

The "my rights" argument does not work on 3 levels. 1. Metaphysically. Only in deism (Enlightenment thinking) can one posit that God gave man rights in an autonomous manner--as if

Post-Culture Review

PostCultRev

I wish people would get over this idea that people who fall into cults or conspiracies are “dumb” or “ignorant” somehow. It’s literally a dangerous thought, a way to other

DeMarcus

semperdiced

1. “Partisan” is a term used to weaponize forced compromise with GOP. Take climate change, for example. It’s “partisan” to trust science and support climate friendly legislation and regulation. Greedy

Sadie Farrell 🏴 ↙️↙️↙️

Marusya_1312

Thing about "radlib" becoming a memey term these days is that historically radical liberalism has actually been a thinghttps://twitter.com/corymassimino/status/1296694575604674560 It influenced everything from the Cult of the Sup

Marsilio Firenze

marsiliofirenze

With Mars & Venus recently at 0 Virgo, and Sun about to, here's a thread on Regulus. If you don't know about royal stars precessing tropical zodiac by sign, you

shàwn

suguruviole

The world of Jujutsu Kaisen is deeply tied to Buddhism and has lots of symbolism and references to other religions, and i’ve been meaning to talk about this for a

Kung Flu Fighter ❌

beastynewall

So it would appear that lockdown 2.0 is on it's way, I have a few thoughts and not all about just the dreaded Covid.But first a couple of questions:1/ if

Richard Caldwell

rcaldw

“They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so

Rocky jamwal

jamwal_rocky

Many people says that this birth is only for enjoyment, luxury & pleasure but sorry to say that you are here only for upliftment, enlightenment, exhausting your actions of past.Whatever

Khadijah *a centered voice*

UpFromTheCracks

Kurt Mundorff wrote one of the best essays ever on #ChildWelfare Children as Chattel: Invoking the Thirteenth Amendment to Reform Child Welfare following his time as an ACS caseworker, his

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