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daiva's avatar

To be fair, it's Jeff who set the tone 😢

ETA Just dawned on me: 'tis dazzling illustrative that incompatible religions find 'emselves on the same side of frontline, in a raging existential battle against the evil perversion spreading like a plague.

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RunningLogic's avatar

You’re right and that was a mistake on his part. Glad for the corrections here and I am sure if he sees them he’ll edit his post to make it right.

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Castelletto's avatar

I took Jeff to be pointing to the combination of two cultural systems, now reacting in tandem to oppose the new, secularist religion. I guess I missed it if he implied Armenians are largely Muslim, but that's a mistake I don't think he could ever have intended.

I think what we're seeing here is the stark, cold fact that those who have been through genocide are hardened in will as well as faith and that it is the softness resulting from comfort and wealth that has turned the largely Christian American culture into weaklings who espouse the church of nice rather than the one founded by the Savior of mankind who said at the time that He brought a sword, not peace.

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daiva's avatar

🗨 Niceness is a perverted inversion of real kindness, in that it is fundamentally self-centred. The objective of niceness is to be liked. True kindness or loving compassion means wanting what is genuinely best for others. True kindness must often necessitate saying “no.” It therefore requires a willingness to accept conflict.

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Castelletto's avatar

Very true. Niceness is also self-serving often in that it provides a screen for cowardice.

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Jen's avatar

Totally agree with this - most of those I know who play in this space of "nice" and "tolerant" are some of the most unkind and selfish people I know. They wouldn't lift a finger for another person. You won't see them in the soup kitchens any time soon.

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Politico Phil's avatar

Armenian families have been through the fire and are a hard people not to be crossed. Antifa are leftist bullies who will have their asses handed to them if they cross the Armenian immigrant.

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CMCM's avatar

I confess to greatly enjoying the video of Antifa punks getting pummeled and beat up. It's about time!

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Oh, please, yes Lord! From your keyboard to God’s ears and on to the Antifa asses!

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RunningLogic's avatar

Just reread that section and Jeff repeatedly references Muslim parents in the part where he is talking about pushback from the Armenian community, no mention of Christians at all. It certainly makes it sound like Armenians are Muslims, from the wording.

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RunningLogic's avatar

I agree with you on the whole but to me, at the very least, it did sound like he was implying the Armenians were Muslims. That should be clarified, because it sounds like a lot of other people understood the same thing.

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daiva's avatar

Looks like your words took the highway straight into Jeff's ear 😉

www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/dad-energy-monday-june-12-2023-c/comment/17219069

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