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lindysalsagal

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23. Marching with banners is hostile, aggressive, and militaristic.

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 05:30 PM

Apr 2019

IMHO, this tribal posturing is entirely political (meaning, bolstering participation, and threatening outsiders), and serves egos and insecure haters.

Just try to imagine jesus, or any metaphysical leader, at the front of one of these mobs. Right. You can't.

This crap is bigotry attempting divinity, and failing.

The dominance of territory by competing tribes is animalistic, and has nothing to do with goodness or faith in divine beings. Racism, plain and simple.

If faith is real, it does not require the subjugation of non-believers. Individuals who require the validation of their own group are suffering from psychological inconsistencies that cannot be resolved by others.

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Glasgow re-routes Protestant order's Easter march to avoid Catholic churches [View all] trotsky Apr 2019 OP

Ecumenism? Not hardly. MineralMan Apr 2019 #1

The English transplanted the Irish and the Scots guillaumeb Apr 2019 #2

Over the years, several people have told me that colonial English "divide and conquer" struggle4progress Apr 2019 #3

And the world is still dealing with those scars. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #5

I figured somehow you'd loop China into this. trotsky Apr 2019 #4

Recognizing historical reality is not a logical error. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #6

But it is a logical fallacy. trotsky Apr 2019 #7

No, you are incorrectly using the term. eom guillaumeb Apr 2019 #8

No, you are. n/t trotsky Apr 2019 #9

Most of the immigration from Scotland was from before the Act of Union in 1707 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #10

Shhhh don't spoil the party... nt uriel1972 Apr 2019 #11

To say the English "allowed and encouraged" ignores reality. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #12

If you mean the clearences of the Highlands... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #13

No, the 1609 plantation: guillaumeb Apr 2019 #15

Did anyone else spot the glaring error? uriel1972 Apr 2019 #19

I did not spot it. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #20

James VI and I used the term, and he is important in that decision muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #22

For nearly all of the 17th century, the English were not in charge of Scotland muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #14

See #15, and what began in 1609. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #16

Can't blame the English for what happened under a Scot's King... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #17

True, but the English allowed the transplantation. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #18

A moment ago, you wrote 'to say the English "allowed and encouraged" ignores reality' muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #21

Marching with banners is hostile, aggressive, and militaristic. lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #23