@mastodonindians Of course, the savarna elites would find giving proportionate share to India's majority, who belong to the lower strata of Hindu caste system, as majoritarian and unconstitutional. When you uplift the downtrodden majority against the oppressing minority, it is called JUSTICE and not majoritarianism.
I'm looking to talk with UK-based climate activists, or people who engage in climate awareness/action individually, who feel they experience eco-grief and eco-anxiety.
I'm also keen to speak to folk who identify with a faith or #religion, alongside their environmental identity, to explore how multiple identities impact or shape those feelings.
Well, #Twitter has a new CEO, and since it's a woman and the company is failing, everyone is bringing up the #glasscliff theory as a forward excuse.
Sadly, there's nothing, a woman can do to prevent falling victim to this patriarchic trap, like, let's say, turning down the job offer. So not wishing Twitter the best of luck henceforth is now a case of gender discrimination. Thank you #feminism. 🤦♂️
Texas Plan to Put Chaplains in Public Schools is Latest Move to Inject Christianity
Also up for consideration: Requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms and dedicated time for prayer, Bible reading.
"Hundreds of respondents mentioned what they perceived to be the political drift of their churches (or, in a few cases, temples or mosques) as the reason for their disaffiliation or move away. Some who were part of more progressive congregations specifically mentioned the association of the word “Christian” with conservative political views as the root of their alienation." #religion#Christianity#politicshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/christian-religion-brand-nones.html
I am humbly (yet unapologetically) religious. I am also secular & spiritual! Not ordained, not a scholar, but a devoted student of christian scripture and theology.
My threefold goal here is to share my thoughts, socialize with people, and hopefully make a few internet friends.
1/ Understanding the complexity of religion allows us to see potentials for allyship and community building we would otherwise miss. 80% of the world's population is religious, so for global movements to take shape and succeed requires us to account for that fact
2/ Instead of seeing religion as always reactionary, we can acknowledge that religion operates across the political spectrum. Historically, religion played a role in the Haitan slave revolution, the US civil rights movement and South American liberation theology
3/ Today, religion is far from uniformly reactionary — in the US for instance, the rise of Christian nationalism is being opposed by religious people and organisations who support LGBT rights and workers' struggle, through groups like the Institute for Christian Socialism
5/ The traumas and mental struggles caused by our present crises not only create individual misery, but also dampen participation in collective political movements. Spiritual practice however is very beneficial to mental health, and can help to break that loop
Non-religious-studies-trained people saying stupid shit about #religion is one of my least favorite things about social media. Everyone thinks they are qualified to weigh in on this topic, and the Dunning-Kruger is extremely strong.
It’s nauseating to hear gun worshiping fetishists blather their “Thoughts & Prayers” bullsh!t, followed by crazy-a$$ed rationalizations.Worse when 2nd amendment touted including and especially guns designed not for hunting game, or even home defense for killing other human beings in the greatest number as fast as possible than to human lives.
“We would want to see government following biblical law when it comes to moral issues. It would be more like the United States in the 17 and 18th hundreds. […] Gays could still get married — they would just have to marry someone of the other biological sex.”
Yes, this quote is real. This is what is going on in Idaho right now:
For anyone interested in the soul of the #usa —yesterday, today & tomorrow —these difficult words by Walt Whitman (in 1870!) are well worth considering: