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       Posts by christinkallama@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #AUOBrnwPhUQg7ZDXjk by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-04-06T22:14:37Z
       
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       Ahead of #BandcampFriday, please take a moment to visit @bandcampunited to find out about their unionization effort, the boss&#39;s union-busting response, and how you can help. Among the ways - send an email to Ethan Diamond, Bandcamp CEO at ethan@bandcamp.com to let him know that you support artists AND workers.https://www.bandcampunited.org
       
 (DIR) Post #AV9pgeXzvHEGrIeyv2 by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-04-29T19:25:05Z
       
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       @mike805 How outgroups are defined and whether they are violently suppressed depends heavily on context - the Anabaptists in Muenster were annihilated, but other Anabaptist groups survived, and groups liked the Hutterites were welcomed in certain parts of East Central Europe. So we should be asking what allows for the inclusion and safety of non-dominant groups, not assuming that violent suppression is inevitable.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV9pgfNOqALVQii22S by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-04-29T19:35:08Z
       
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       @mike805 Allowing bigotry in public spaces (in meatspace or virtual space) means excluding members from marginalized groups from those spaces. It&#39;s like asking &quot;why can&#39;t there be a &#39;whites only&#39; beach for racist people?&quot; It fosters marginalization and racist dynamics. There&#39;s a difference between censorship (government proceedings against speech acts) and deplatforming/content moderation in publicly accessible settings.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV9pgg2sLxWTVM79ge by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-04-29T19:39:40Z
       
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       @mike805 &quot;Deplatforming&quot;, by the way, is a curious way to refer to what the Nazis and Communists did - which was instead literal censorship and the use of state power to oppress and silence marginalized groups. They did not gain this state power by &quot;deplatforming&quot; their opponents. In the Nazi case, they gained it by stoking antisemitism and fear of communism into a toxic brew that allowed Hitler to be handed power. In the case of the Russian Revolution, it was violent overthrow.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWWkQ04MYTtz3GHHrE by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-06-05T13:11:03Z
       
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       @AnnMorris @flexghost I am begging you to read just one adequately researched book in the history of religion before making this claim about what &quot;history proves&quot;.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWWkQ1cmlz1zsJOI9Q by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-06-05T22:16:17Z
       
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       @brianbeeler @AnnMorris @flexghost I will look into the book-thanks for the recommendation. I would note, however, that many religious faiths and communities do not promise everlasting life, nor have they historically. So as a generalization about religion in history, it doesn&#39;t hold water.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWWkQ2r0Cbztgh39wu by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-06-05T22:51:29Z
       
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       @brianbeeler @AnnMorris @flexghost I agree nuance is difficult, that doesn&#39;t mean it isn&#39;t important.For example, &quot;religion&quot; is an abstract concept - it can&#39;t do or want anything. Certain members of certain religious communities may want everyone to believe and embody certain core ideas - but only in very specific historical circumstances have those requirements been imposed on the population at large, rather than on members of the community.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWWkQ3jwuJwwR6l2au by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-06-05T22:55:36Z
       
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       @brianbeeler @AnnMorris @flexghost Many religious communities prohibit non-members from participating in their practices, rather than demanding that they do. Furthermore, there is often considerable disagreement within religious communities about what the priorities/application of religious principles should be - in many cases, disagreement tolerated among people who regard themselves as co-religionists.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWWkQ4bThIlf77nn1s by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-06-05T23:00:14Z
       
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       @brianbeeler @AnnMorris @flexghost Understanding &quot;religion&quot; as a set of public pronouncements by people claiming the mantle of religious authority, that then produces indoctrination among followers who can&#39;t think for themselves, is not just oversimplifying religion (*all* religions) - it is a demonstratively false idea of religion as historical practice. You&#39;ve lost so much nuance you&#39;re wrong.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWWkQ5Z27sPG5pfLrE by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-06-05T23:07:47Z
       
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       @brianbeeler @AnnMorris @flexghost Fortunately, there is a way to include the needed nuance even within the confines of microblogging - just be a bit more specific about what religious community you are talking about. E.g., &quot;contemporary white American evangelicals&quot; &quot;Second Temple-era Jewish men&quot; &quot;Hanafi jurists in late Ottoman Egypt&quot;. It contextualizes the (very real) threats that certain religious communities and ideas pose, without taking up the fundamentalist trick of demonization.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXp6xglUs5V9yHQB1M by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-07-18T15:50:18Z
       
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       @lowqualityfacts Within what time frame?
       
 (DIR) Post #AYfdNKqfWzZlaJu9B2 by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-08-11T19:25:29Z
       
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       &quot;For the wealthy, bankruptcy is the sport of kings, a way to skip out on consequences. For the poor, bankruptcy is an anchor – or a noose. This is by design: judges who preside over elite bankruptcies speak of their protagonists as heroic &quot;risk takers&quot; and tiptoe around any consequences, lest these titans be chained to a mortal&#39;s fate, costing us all the benefits of their entrepreneurial genius.&quot; another must-read from @pluralistic #PurduePharma #Bankruptcy https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/11/justice-delayed/#justice-redeemed
       
 (DIR) Post #AaSJh7o9p6HEBgPXfM by christinkallama@mastodon.social
       2023-10-04T21:32:06Z
       
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       Solidarity alert! #Bandcamp has been sold to #Songtradr, and Songtradr&#39;s CEO has not recognized the the #BandcampUnited union and is not promising to offer jobs to all current employees. A terrible look ahead of #BandcampFriday, new owners! BandcampUnited is asking people to sign in support here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/songtradr-recognize-bandcamp-united?source=direct_link&amp;