I wish they could be rehabilitated to eliminate their sense of shame, their superstition, their desire for external redemption, take responsibility for their own choices, and and join the “brotherhood of man.”
How is it that in a country where separation of church and state is Constitutionally mandatory, that we can’t find other public places to cast our votes?
People used to joke that the Soviet Union was “a third world country with rockets.” Now it looks like Iran is the first medieval theocracy to earn a similar distinction.
Morality is indeed a social construct, but it is one that is strongly grounded in human nature. It does vary from culture to culture, but there are still a broad range of human universals.
Are you a penny hoarder or a penny tosser? Do you leave them in the tray at 7-11? Or do you round down and take other people’s pennies to make up the difference?
We need to check the biases of our language when we say “battered women’s shelters.” We need to name the batterers! These shelters are refuges from violent men.
The conceit of Fatica and other religious hucksters is that life is often brutal and hurtful, so he can rationalize being just as brutal in defense of the downtrodden.