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#zealotry — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #zealotry, aggregated by home.social.
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
The disturbing factor in the success of totalitarianism is rather the true selflessness of its adherents: it may be understandable that a Nazi or Bolshevik will not be shaken in his conviction by crimes against people who do not belong to the movement or are even hostile to it; but the amazing fact is that neither is he likely to waver when the monster begins to devour its own children, and not even if he becomes a victim of persecution himself, if he is framed and condemned, if he is purged from the party and sent to a forced-labor or concentration camp. On the contrary, to the wonder of the whole civilized world, he may even be willing to help in his own prosecution and frame his own death sentence if only his status as a member of the movement is not touched.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 10 “A Classless Society,” sec. 1 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/42025/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #belonging #fanatic #fanaticism #identity #loyalty #movement #partisan #selfdestruction #selfpreservation #selflessness #totalitarianism #tribalism #zealotry
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We must come to the Principles of Jesus. But, when will all Men and all Nations do as they would be done by? Forgive all Injuries and love their Enemies as themselves? I leave those profound Phylosophers whose Sagacity perceives the Perfectibility of Humane Nature, and those illuminated Theologians who expect the Apocalyptic Reign, to enjoy their transporting hopes; provided always that they will not engage us in Crusades and French Revolutions, nor burn us for doubting.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/83698/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #progress #forgiveness #extremism #fanaticism #goldenrule #hope #humannature #humanity #ideal #Jesus #loveyourenemy #loveyourneighbor #zealotry
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A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
When I find myself hotly defending something, when I am, in fact, zealous, it is time for me to step back and examine whatever it is that has me so hot under the collar. Do I think it’s going to threaten my comfortable rut? Make me change and grow? — and growing always causes growing pains. Am I afraid to ask questions?
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DCMore about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/828…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #change #discomfort #growth #questioning #rut #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfquestioning #statusquo #threat #zeal #zealotry
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The Washington Post Is Hitler's toilet paper.
America dies in Bezos Darkness..
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A quotation from Salman Rushdie
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
The Satanic Verses, Part 2 “Mahound” (1988)More about this quote: wist.info/rushdie-salman/82033…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #salmanrushdie #satanicverses #blame #excuse #God #holywar #humanity #justification #religion #selfrighteousness #zealotry
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Fans of #CharlieKirk are quick to assume that his murderer is from an opposing political party than his.
It's equally likely that the perpetrator is a #Republican who wants the party to turn away from #racism and #religious #zealotry. Unfortunately, their expectation that violence would help in that regard is wrong. It only made Kirk a martyr. -
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
According to the theologians, God, the Father of us all, wrote a letter to his children. The children have always differed somewhat as to the meaning of this letter. In consequence of these honest differences, these brothers began to cut out each other’s hearts.
In every land, where this letter from God has been read, the children to whom and for whom it was written have been filled with hatred and malice. They have imprisoned and murdered each other, and the wives and children of each other. In the name of God every possible crime has been committed, every conceivable outrage has been perpetrated. Brave men, tender and loving women, beautiful girls, and prattling babes have been exterminated in the name of Jesus Christ.Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1874-05-03), “Heretics and Heresies,” Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, ChicagoSourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ingersoll #Bible #Christianity #God #heresy #holywar #killing #religion #religiousintolerance #religiouspersecution #zealotry
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We are told by some of the Jewish Rabbins, that the first Murder was occasioned by a religious Controversy; and if we had the whole History of Zeal from the Days of Cain to our own Times, we should see it filled with so many Scenes of Slaughter and Bloodshed, as would make a wise Man very careful how he suffers himself to be actuated by such a Principle, when it only regards Matters of Opinion and Speculation.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-10-02), The Spectator, No. 185Sourcing, notes: wist.info/addison-joseph/53201…
#quote #quotes #quotation #bloodshed #holywar #ideology #intolerance #murder #religion #religiousintolerance #religiouspersecution #slaughter #violence #zeal #zealotry
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Sorry? Of course he was sorry. People were always sorry. Sorry they had done what they had done, sorry they were doing what they were doing, sorry they were going to do what they were going to do; but they still did whatever it was. The sorrow never stopped them; it just made them feel better. And so the sorrow never stopped. Fate, I’m sick of it all. […]
Sorrow be damned, and all your plans. Fuck the faithful, fuck the committed, the dedicated, the true believers; fuck all the sure and certain people prepared to maim and kill whoever got in their way; fuck every cause that ended in murder and a child screaming.Iain Banks (1954-2013) Scottish author
Against a Dark Background, ch. 24 “Fall into the Sea” (1993)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/banks-iaian/27287/
#quote #quotes #quotation #cause #collateraldamage #fanaticism #obsession #regret #sacrifice #sorrow #truebeliever #zealotry
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There is no cruelty so inexorable and unrelenting, as that which proceeds from a bigoted and presumptuous supposition of doing service to God. Under the influence of such hallucination, all common modes of reasoning are perverted, and all general principles are destroyed.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 222 (1820)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…
#quote #quotes #quotation #cruelty #divineinspiration #fanaticism #religion #religiouspersecution #holywar #self-delusion #self-righteousness #zealotry
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Recovering #sociologist here.
If you’re wondering what’s at root of #enshitification, government and public service are becoming to the private sector what the #church became to secular government in recent history.
Except—the private sector becomes ever less accountable as the process carries on while government is blamed for everything.
Neither side is perfect. Healthy conflict and stress are good.
But we are veering away from that, into #fascism and #zealotry
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I condemn all book burnings because I have never met a book burner who didn't really wish they were burning people.
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Iran’s Morality Police Returns To Streets With Vengeance
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202307160171
The ‘morality’ police in Iran have returned to the streets of Tehran and other cities ahead of the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.
#womensrights #humanrights #theocracy #tyranny #zealotry #regime #abuse #murder #socialmurder #structuralviolence #control #state #profit #power #delegitimizingreligion
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An extract from The Plague by Camus
#metaphorical #allegory #literature #Fascism #fervour #zealotry
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Growing up in the deep south among #religious #zealots, I never could have predicted that #techbro messianic #zealotry would, in my short lifetime, come to rival the lunacy I'd witnessed in the church
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IMPORTANT TO THOSE ATTENDING MY EVENTS
This is a friendly reminder that the POINT of my events is for people TO FORGET THEIR PROBLEMS & PAIN for an hour or two. It allows them to relax & recharge.
That said, those in the thick of fundraising PLEASE set aside promotions, recruitment and pasting of articles/factoids while you are in attendance. Your restraint will be appreciated.
Spoken as someone who survived cancer AND watched my mother suffer via Face Time for 3 weeks w/COVID before she died (and a fundraising mega cease their empathic gestures as soon as she stopped breathing), I recognize that there is a need for places like mine where friends, families & caregivers can have a little downtime before forging on ahead once their viewer closes - and NOT get pummeled over the head.
There are many ways to help people and this is MY way.
Thank you for your respect.
- Holocluck Henly
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The Thinking #Atheist
65 minutes | Feb 14, 2023
https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-thinking-atheist/episode/my-family-called-me-a-baby-killer-and-other-listener-calls-211923324
"My Family Called Me a Baby Killer" (and other listener calls)
In this week's show, it's #rationality and humanity versus #zealotry and #bigotry...with plenty of listener calls. -
A quotation from Swift, Jonathan:
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Violent zeal for truth has a hundred to one odds to be either petulancy, ambition, or pride.
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https://wist.info/swift-jonathan/58439/#quote #quotes #quotation #ambition #anger #ego #extremism #opinion #pride #truth #violence #zeal #zealotry
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I think you really hit on it, that rallying against #Hellenism, as violently as they want. But injecting themselves as religious arbiters and dispensing their version of #justice was a good demonstration of the problem with #zealotry even for an ostensibly good cause.
