• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The entire opening ceremony was riddled with elements that were exaggerated specifically to give the middle finger to people who can’t help but force their personal religious beliefs on others. And seeing how riled up they’ve been getting over it, I must say it worked.

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        3 months ago

        And we aren’t the ones beheading teachers and shooting up art studios

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        3 months ago

        That’s because other religions are minorities in the West and get too much hate and vitriol as it is.

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          3 months ago

          Isnt the olympics about unity? If you have to single out a group to make fun of, maybe you shouldnt

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            3 months ago

            Really? They fully declared the performance was unquestionably for Christians? Not everything in the world is about Jesus.

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              3 months ago

              It was literally the Last Supper. I dont know how much more christian specific you can get

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      3 months ago

      An event that’s supposed to bring people together, instead purposely creates division. I’m agnostic af, but I can clearly see this is bad taste.

      If you like creating division, then by all means celebrate it I guess…

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        They included everyone who has been excluded from the beginning and made a statement that they will not pander to those who want them excluded anymore. Those who were angry at this are those who wanted to keep these people excluded. I’d say it’s a pace in a good direction to bring people together. There is only a group of people who will need to learn they can’t force their way on others anymore.

        For crying out loud had these people had their way again we wouldn’t even have had that badass metal music show in front of the Bastille.

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          3 months ago

          It’s the agnostics who want to force our churches to go woke in Europe.

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        3 months ago

        The only people creating division are religious people who can’t switch off their offended brain for once and laugh a little.

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          3 months ago

          Same logic can be applied to people being (rightfully) outraged at blackface