CileTheSane @ CileTheSane @lemmy.ca

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Maybe if they pull a Boeing and assassinate the guy bringing their stock down commits suicide...

Your terminology was correct, I misinterpreted. Apologies.

I support trans women playing sports with cisgender women

So you think the most fair option is for this person to be playing in women's sports:

They were already there, doing the seizing.

No, it was not only placing blame on individuals. That is your interpretation of it.

Me: let's stop blaming individuals.

You're immediate reply: "But who else is to blame? Seriously..."

Hard to interpret that any other way. But okay, where in your original post do you blame anyone other than individuals?

13% is the threshold for "an enormous amount"?

Right, so the focus should be on the big 6 and how they finance the fossil fuel industry to raise awareness and encourage people to switch.

Putting the blame on the individual (you need to reduce your carbon footprint) and expecting them to research every business and product they interact with on a regular basis means

1. the research won't happen because nobody has that kind of time, and
2. if they do try to do research on their own who knows if they'll actually research their bank.

Multiple things can be true at the same time. Multiple courses of action can be reasonable.

Of course. And your original statement was only placing blame on individuals, which is the type of attitude that helps these companies get away with the all the environmental damage they cause. 80% of the cause should also be 80% of the focus.

You're just making it easier for the fascists.

Letting the fascists win the presidency and both houses in the election made things a hell of a lot easier for them.

80 Percent of Global CO2 Emissions Come From Just 57 Companies, Report Shows

Let's stop blaming individuals for this.

Another immigrant doing a job no one else wants while citizens complain she's performing well enough.

You ever see those cartoons where a samurai charges past someone, nothing happens, the person laughs, and then slowly splits in half?

The US economy is currently in the "nothing happens / laughing" phase.

They do, but he's their dictator. As long as they believe he will do the things they want they're okay with it.

"It seems like something is being left out"

"I don't know the whole story, I won't read it for myself, and I won't listen to other people about what it is."

"Why am I being downvoted?"

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Trump is also not "allowed" to ignore court orders, yet here we are.

So you're "No True Scotsman" was not in regards to "Christian" but in regards to "Religious"? I don't think OP was claiming these people aren't religious, OP was claiming that OP's beliefs and these people believes do not overlap.

Do you seriously think "Christian", "Buddhist" and "Hindu" are all the same?

but it is not possible to be a magical thinker and to not contribute to evil

Over 75% of people in the world in religious in some way or another: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_irreligion

By your logic the world is overrun by evil people.

As far as I know, There Can Only Be One Pope.

No true Scotsman

And above you is someone saying any Christian is responsible for the actions of everyone who claims to be a Christian. So what is a Christian to do?

They're not allowed to reject someone and the things they are saying because "No True Scotsman", but they are also held responsible for the things this other person does because they have not expelled them somehow, which is something they aren't allowed to do.

If you're going to say "No True Scotsman" then you can't also claim every "Scotsman" is responsible for the actions of every other "Scotsman".

Our whole government has decided Trump can do these things. Republicans follow him like a cult leader, but democrats stand by and open doors for him.

And if the same thing happens when Trump runs again in 2028 what will be the difference?