The article was written by a liberal. He, not me, is explaining what he believes is the problem with NPR. If you disagree with his viewpoint you should debate him.

Any conservative who doesn’t admit that there are ALSO conservatives that don’t “debate” with facts is clueless. They come to us from both sides. And in either case nothing is accomplished because you never get to understand the position of the other side. But in either case once the other party resorts to insults you know immediately that you are better off having a discussion with your dog.

The author of this article is not a conservative, not even a moderate, but what we used to consider a liberal. Remember those days when you could have civil conversations between conservatives and liberals. Not so today with so many on the far far left. As expected this post will be heavily downvoted. Makes you wonder why they so fear civil discussion of ideas put forth by a liberal. But a liberal that does not completely accept the narrative.

Just think of how many would not have died if they had accepted him into art school

I still think he will get injured as usual and will be cut before the end of the year

funny thing is that even when they back off their LIES, the mentally compromised continue to believe the lies that they were duped with.

I honestly don’t understand why you are being downvoted for responses that are helping to further the conversation.

Because lemmy and reddit and most all social media sites is filled with brain dead people. They see the world as black and white. Never grey. They are fed what they are to believe by the media. They then identify anyone who doesn’t think just like them as the enemy. And when I say “think” for them it means adherence to a false narrative that they embrace as a member of a religion. They know the slogans, but don’t dare confront them with facts and have a debate. Because at that point they can’t defend their position and must move onto name calling. So all of THAT is why people wanting to have a real discussion are downvoted.

And if YOU continue to have civil conversations with people who identify as conservatives they will eventually turn on you. You must totally toe the line and never divert from it.

I think your response was thoughtful. My takeaway is that some have money/work issues that delay the inevitable. Sounds plausible to me. More importantly you remind us all that what an individual’s benchmark of their financial state is not the same for all. We all tend to incorrectly view others based on our own perspective. While not being a person of privilege and having earned every penny I have, there are obviously many in far worse circumstances.

People weren’t anti vax. They personally didn’t want to take it

That’s an excellent point. Not technology, but people ask me for tips on playing golf. I tell them what I think they need to correct and how to do it. And they start arguing with me. And I’m like I don’t care if you play like shit, you ASKED ME for help.

**The concept of resurrection wasn’t even new when Christianity started **

You point was clearly made by the Bill Maher movie “Religulous”

It’s the same “story” recycled over and over with a bit of a different touch based on the culture

But there is a big difference between a human spreading a message of hope and kindness and a divine presence.

Because it’s an interesting theory. And if it’s true it certainly doesn’t make you a believer

Good point. You can lose your job and career because of your personal beliefs. Makes sense

I would really like to explore that with you. I should start off by saying I am not religious so that plays no part in my opinion. But… if I was told that the baby would be born with some type of birth defect that would ensure that they never had a chance at a normal life I would be totally in favor of ending the pregnancy. My understanding, I COULD BE WRONG, is that with today’s technology we can tell early on if the fetus has an birth defect issue. What I am totally against, AGAIN I COULD BE WRONG, are women who just keep waiting to go through the procedure even though they are in no position emotionally or financially to have a kid. So I would be very interested in what you can tell me about WHY there are late term abortions that could have been done very early on. Note - I am also totally in favor if there is a risk to the life of the mother.

Good point. The next time the government requires you to do something that you disagree with to keep your job remember… no big deal just get another job

My definition of foolishness is having diametrically opposed view on when… “my body… my choice”

Got it. So you spoke out against employers requiring it. And you are wrong about the federal government. Many federal jobs including the military required it.

Good Point. You mean like forcing people to take the vax to keep their job? Right?

I find it fascinating that many of the true believers actually believe he was born on December 25th. They have no awareness of how this date was conjured up to compete with other existing non religious celebrations.

Sorry I couldn’t find a store currently selling them