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Murdered by Words

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Responses that completely destroy the original argument in a way that leaves little to no room for reply - a targeted, well-placed response to another person, organization, or group of people.

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[–] ahornsirup@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also an explanation for things we couldn't explain. Humans hate uncertainty and randomness. A random flood is scary because it could repeat without warning, but if it happened because you pissed off the gods then you can just avoid doing that and you're safe.

[–] dracc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And who decides what pissed off the gods? Typically someone with something to gain from the changes required from the common folk.

[–] GardenGeek@europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago

Not necessarily.

If you think church in medival Europe: Yes.

However if you think shaman in an animistic tribal religion the material or hirarchical insensitive is far less clear.

Oppression can be a byproduct of religion but isn't necessarily one.