slothrop@lemmy.ca to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agoyou're doing ReSeArCh rong!!lemmy.caimagemessage-square146linkfedilinkarrow-up11.73Karrow-down112
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minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoHere’s the rub… those practical moderates FUEL the fanatics (donations and tithing), and they also provide the fundamentalists with a smoke screen of respectability. They’re a huge part of the problem. The fundies depend on the moderates.
minus-squareDigit@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoI’d say the conflation’s the bigger part of the problem.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoThere’s always a conflation. Fundamentalists are impossible without moderate support.
Here’s the rub… those practical moderates FUEL the fanatics (donations and tithing), and they also provide the fundamentalists with a smoke screen of respectability.
They’re a huge part of the problem. The fundies depend on the moderates.
I’d say the conflation’s the bigger part of the problem.
There’s always a conflation. Fundamentalists are impossible without moderate support.