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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · Dec 2

Here for a week just reacting to stuff so it's time for an intro post.

Retired and fine with it. Studied and taught psychology at several German universities. Never lost interest in my fellow human beings. I‘m into books, movies, silly stuff, food. I enjoy viewpoints that differ from my own.

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

This is not normal. This is dementia.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

The colours! Amazing.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

It will take the US years to recover from that brain drain.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

I do admire her courage and integrity, I imagine she gets a lot of pressure.

It takes guts to uphold the law in these times.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

Here is some history:
www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histor...

Witchcraft: Eight Myths and Misconceptions

Witchcraft is an area of history that most people feel familiar with. The problem is that most of what we think we know is wrong. Professor Diane Purkiss debunks eight of the most common myths about w...

www.english-heritage.org.uk

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 14h

And his statements is wrong on 2 accounts.

Not only is he engaging in starting more wars (also see his ridiculous renaming of the Departmewnt of Defense), the well-rehashed MAGA propaganda that he was the first president with no wars ever manages to omit Jimmy Carter.

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 14h

Also - he isn't really good with numbers. Usually he makes them up on the spot.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

I gathered as much. But you seem to think that Christianity is somehow morally superior to other religions.

I think you mix Christianity and Western culture here - they are not the same (and Western Culture is not superior, either, but that is another story).

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

I have my information from Amnesty International.

That is an organization I trust, because they do not favor any government, left or right, when they point out Human Rights Violations. They are not partisan.

Same with Doctors without Borders, also an organization I trust and respect.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

Another 'Derangement Syndrome' invented to silence critics?
It angers me from a professional viewpoint if people find it permissible to use such pseudo-clinical terms to devaluate others.

It is apparent that we do not trust the same politicians. Nor the same news accounts.

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

That is a very useful mental attitude. Always look for ways to falsify your convictions. That is what an 'open mind' truly is.

If you hold something as 'true' that cannot be put to this test, it is a belief.

It may be linked to truth or not. It feels true to the person, no doubt.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

I do not deny that there might be something else.

Yet science does much more than just measuring the physical world, it gives us a tool set to question our convictions.

For each and every conviction we hold science has us asking what we would have to perceive/to measure to discard this conviction.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

Morality (for want tof a better word):

Crime rate per 100.000 people: 6,81 (USA) 0,23 (Japan, both data from 2021)

Homicides per 100.000 people: 5,9 (USA); 0,229 (Japan)

So the USA as a nation is richer, but the other indices have Japan in the lead.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

USA (Christianity) vs. Japan (Shintoism)

Economy:
GDP/capita: 82.769 $ (USA); 49.885 $ (Japan)

Life Quality
Live expectancy: 78,4 (USA); 84,0 (Japan)
Food insecurity: 13,5% (USA); 3,4% (Japan)

Number of people living on the streets or in shelters:
771.480 (USA); 2.820 (Japan)

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

A better and more meaningful test would be to put a Christian and a Non-Christian society with otherwise comparable levels of technical advancement next to each other.

Agreed?

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

I see the problem here - it is what scientists would call a confounding of variables.

Christian western civilizations are on one side whereas multiple religions as well as multiple degrees of technical progress are combined on the other.

Differences could be due to technical progress.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 1d

I meant this instance:

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say

In the alleged scheme, Tom Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money.

www.reuters.com

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 2d

Tom Homan is the one with the 50.000 $ bribe, isn't he?

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 2d

I find it hard to legitimize.

But I am no Christian (I admit I get a bit snarky here - it is late - time to call it a day for me).

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 2d

You were talking about Democrats.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 2d

I followed the EU tariff negotiations.

It seemed the US government sabotaged their own negotiators on occasion and blew up deals that were already finalized.

The (conservative!) EU negotiators stated they had never encountered such a mess.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 2d

People come into the US illegally because they hope to make a living there. If they weren't employed (because the employers faced hefty fines) the incentive to cross the border would diminish.

That doesn't hold for asylum seekers, of course, they run for their lives.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 2d

But checking them would be the valid test of your statement that only European news agencies are condemning Trump's policies because they lean left.

If conservative outlets also do it, it cannot be due to a leftist bias, can it?

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 2d

You did not prove anything false, if I remember correctly, you just declared them biased.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 2d

I did not see any charts (I find it hard to keep track of this discussion, we covered several topics). Please just name a few metrics that you deem important.

And I'll try to give you evidence to the contrary.

(By the way, what would ypou consider 'a Christian country')