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In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
-- Carl Sagan

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"Growing up around so many deeply conservative, deeply religious people, I think that's trauma, in and of itself. I think a lot of people in America are dealing with that now — because I think being deeply conservative & traditional in your values is child abuse.

"[When growing up] ...I had to...be able to sit with myself and think, you don't deserve to go to hell just for existing, no matter what anybody has told you."

— Jason Isbell

npr.org/2025/04/03/nx-s1-53458

Dan Halloran, a former NYC councilman and Théodish leader, has been arrested on two federal child pornography charges after US Customs and Border Protection officers discovered more than 1300 depictions of child sexual abuse on his phone.

wildhunt.org/2025/04/dan-hallo

The Wild Hunt · Dan Halloran, disgraced Théodish leader and NYC councilman, found with child pornographyBy Manny Moreno
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The monotheistic religions made it normal to squash people: "I think there is something really special about the Bible [...] which is precisely this idea that the revelation of truth comes through the suffering of the weak." (Matthieu Poupart)

Then the Renaissance made it easier to blame the victim: With modernity, "it is the person who takes no initiative who is seen as responsible for the emergence of sexual promiscuity." (Matthieu Poupart)

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