For all of the chatter from the left that the right was separating people by race you'd almost fail to realize how much they are doing it by class/economic status. Neither is better.
dubstepped
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Why Are Schools Targets Of So Much Gun Violence?
by Brokeback Watchtower inwhy are so many youth flipping out and gunning down fellow students?
is there something seriously wrong with society?
does the public education/indoctrination system need some serious tweaking?
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Why Are Schools Targets Of So Much Gun Violence?
by Brokeback Watchtower inwhy are so many youth flipping out and gunning down fellow students?
is there something seriously wrong with society?
does the public education/indoctrination system need some serious tweaking?
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dubstepped
I do think it has something to do with the media. Infamous is still famous. You're an outcast kid with what feels like a nothing life, and you can instantly be a "somebody" and leave your mark, however horrific it is. You'll be on TV, the source of discussion possibly for much longer than 15 minutes. People will know your name. If nobody paid any attention to this I wonder what would happen. Of course, it's big ratings, big money, and people are just as hooked on getting every detail of this real life soap opera and wouldn't want some part of it to go away. It's something to talk about, rally around, has become a political point, etc.
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Cults and extreme belief
by Butyoucanneverleave ina&e has a new show this season called cults and extreme belief.
the second episode will air on 5/29 at 9:00 pm and jehovah's witnesses will be featured.
hopefully they do a good job exposing them for what they really are.
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dubstepped
Crap! I just realized that Playstation Vue doesn't carry A&E, even on their most premium packages. I hope someone records it and puts it up somewhere like rutube. That's how I watched the Scientology series with Leah Remini. Or maybe I need to find a friend to watch it with that night that has normal cable.
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What’s your favorite "News" website?
by Wonderment innews in general are supposed to be unbiased.
but given how commercial and political interests get their tentacles around them, finding a fully unbiased news website is not so easy.. here in america some would rather trust bbc or reuters than they do cnn or fox news.
any favorites?.
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dubstepped
Facebook. If it's on there you know it's true because now they are weeding out anything that goes against their agenda, I mean anything that's fake.
I avoid the news as much as possible. My life is much happier. If something catches my attention I'll read a Fox report and a CNN report and a BBC and then see all of the obvious biases and try to get to the facts behind the slanted versions given.
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A great new podcast to listen to! "THE BIBLE says WHAT!?"
by stuckinarut2 ini know that many of us here enjoy listening to podcasts.. here is a relatively new one i just discovered: .
"the bible says what!?
" by michael wiseman.. (find it on your podcast player of choice).
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dubstepped
Cool, I'll add it to my long list of podcasts to listen to, lol. Thanks man!
If you haven't tried it, you might find The Drunk Mormon to be interesting and entertaining. I know you're a fellow podcast fan in general.
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Witness No More - any thoughts?
by dozy infor those who don't know , there is an ex-jw "activist" in the north of england called mark who demonstrates outside kingdom halls , focusing on the child abuse issue and similar topics.
he regularly updates his visits on his youtube channel , which has gained something of a cult following .
occasionally ( albeit less frequently , as he is now well known ) he gets into the kh & shouts and disrupts the meeting.
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dubstepped
So a guy that was on my podcast crashed a KH, but it was His KH that he grew up in, and he outed his abuser from the platform. That I support. He just took his power back and let people know what happened so they can protect their own.
I'm not a fan of running into random places yelling and causing scenes for one's own edification. I saw one crash where people, specifically sisters who were abused, stood one by one and told their story briefly. I felt okay about that. I think it has to be taken on a case by case basis, not condemned outright. I think it has a place, but the message has to be on point and done right. Just yelling and making scenes alone doesn't do much. Do you have something to say, or do you want to be heard. The latter is has more impact.
My wife came across Witness No More last night somewhere online and saw his video where he effectively said nothing but asked for support. Neither of us knew his story. It sounds like he needs to relax a bit. It sounds like he's in hot water legally, and possibly deservedly, I don't know because he said nothing of substance on what we watched.
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What exactly is an Apostafest?
by Whynot ini read a few threads on apostafests but i don't really understand what they are or what happens.
are they family friendly?
is it a party or support group meet-up?.
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Wild parties where the mentally diseased get together for drugs, orgies, and Satan worship.
Either that or, like the one we went to last year, exjws gather to eat food and connect with other people that went through the same crap in a horrible cult, to meet new people and share experiences. To catch up with old friends as the years go by. Maybe light off some fireworks, play games with some kids, and relax knowing that the people there get you on a level that others can't.
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Struggling to Live a Lie
by Addison0998 init’s been very difficult, much more than i first anticipated to live a lie, (be pimo and a regular active member) i still live with my parents but i plan on moving out at the end of the year, so i really need to keep it together.
but i think people are starting to get suspicious that something is up.
i’ve stopped commenting, going on service all the time, talking at the door, and occasionally voicing something, such as a question that no one has a good answer for, that makes people think, but ahah, thinking is dangerous and wrong so that is suspicious of course.
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dubstepped
@Finklestein - Did I not acknowledge that?
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Struggling to Live a Lie
by Addison0998 init’s been very difficult, much more than i first anticipated to live a lie, (be pimo and a regular active member) i still live with my parents but i plan on moving out at the end of the year, so i really need to keep it together.
but i think people are starting to get suspicious that something is up.
i’ve stopped commenting, going on service all the time, talking at the door, and occasionally voicing something, such as a question that no one has a good answer for, that makes people think, but ahah, thinking is dangerous and wrong so that is suspicious of course.
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dubstepped
Disassociation, as a person that actually did it along with my wife, is fantastic. Yes the shunning stings, but we are free to say what we want, when we want, do what we want, and never have to look over our shoulders.
People telling you that it's "playing their game" are often (not always) people that faded that you can see complaining often about how they have to play along with family or attend a JW event. They literally play their game while telling others that disassociation is playing the JW game. It's so ridiculous, this attitude toward those of us with the balls to take a stand. You don't want to? Fine. I'll never go on threads about fading and tell you what I think. But every time disassociation is mentioned everyone piles on.
Addison, you do you. Fade if you can stomach it. If you can't, disassociation is a fantastic option but know that it's a bell you cannot unring. If you know that and make a decision in good faith to do so, know that you'll be free of them, but that also means you'll be free of them forever. For some they think that saving family, even toxic assholes, is worth selling themselves out and staying in the cult. For others that's not a good choice or healthy. Others have fairly healthy family to save. We all have different circumstances and have to pick what fits us.
Disassociation is exiting their game. Game over, when and where you want it, as your choice.
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My Personal Atheist Manifesto?
by dubstepped inso, i have a guy that is emailing me after listening to my podcast series "this jw life" about my life story before, during, and after being a jw.
this guy happens to be an elder and pioneer serving where the need is greater.
i love this guy.
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dubstepped
My wife was on Twitter yesterday and saw a person that was never baptized arguing about their stance on blood. She was convinced that millions were dying of blood transfusions and that you would inherit the personality of the donator. I think that often the most dangerous ones aren't even in the organization, they're on the outside with just enough information to be dangerous.
That or they're disfellowshipped people that are POMI and they feel such shame about what they did and where they are that they'll hold on to all kinds of crazy.