and that from a bunch of guys who need to reinforce their beliefs with a constant stream of biased news reports and videos...
We're not trying to "reinforce our beliefs," we're trying to wake you up.
Exactly. It is not a "belief" to conclude that "it's clearly wrong to fine a mother for her toddler urinating in her own house" -- it's just a statement of painfully obvious fact.
It
is, however, a
belief (an irrational, supernatural, religious belief) to think that it's
good to do such a horrible thing, so long as one is wearing a costume, or one is obeying pieces of paper.
And the fact that fornit is classifying the denunciation of such a horrible act as "reinforcement of beliefs" is only evidence that his
irrational belief in the magical papers and costumes got
questioned by the denunciation. As usual, religious believers will lie by accusing atheists of having "beliefs" (insofar as calling something a "belief" is a propaganda tactic to disqualify and discredit correct conclusions). Nothing more than just another instance of the pot calling the wedding dress black.
The only person whose beliefs got fornitcated here is fornit.
A small precision, though: I'm not trying to wake fornit up. A person who has been informed of obvious reality and ethics, but persists on
denying it and
dissociating from reality, cannot be called "ignorant" anymore -- he's just
evil.
