“Edward Clark, 23, fatally shot himself on Roosevelt Island near Washington within hours of the Oct. 27 Pittsburgh shooting at Tree of Life synagogue, the court filings for Jeffrey Clark said.”

That’s who we’re up against here: people that actively want to hold on to romantic notions rather than harsh realities.

Yeah. But they know that. The ultra-wealthy know that if you want national growth, throw in with the base. If you want personal wealth, build tax cuts.

I had argued with a Trump supporter about this at a bar once. I even had them admitting that the new economic policies are hurting them, and that the ACHA was a good thing.

Well the idea is to transition OUT of capitalism at some point, before catastrophe strikes. Of course, that won’t just happen by itself.

But you see, that’s exactly how technology is supposed to work. We create and invest in technology to reduce the amount of labor actually required to create a product. And that’s exactly what’s wrong with our current economic system.

In one post on Gab before the shooting, Clark described himself as the “Meth-Smoking, Pipe bomb making, mailman-murding . . . Che Guevara of the altright,” according to court docs.

That’s why tax cuts should go to people who would spend it in a way to really grow the economy. You know, normal mortals who would:

Welp. They raided the Treasury. They got over once again.

Do you guys not realize it’s Tomato?

Clearly, you’ve encountered many of the asshole atheists that take their atheism and resentment at organized religion and internalize it, and create an identity around it that comes out looking a lot like religion. And from that perspective, it makes a lot of sense to want to categorize that collective dogmatism as…

That’s rich considering that conservatives spent three decades condemning liberals for being “moral relativists” post-1968, so it was only natural that liberalism would develop its own form of “moral absolutism”—and now conservatives have suddenly become such big fans of free speech and relativism. Or, just maybe,…

Well put. One response to the ‘nothing at the end’ argument could be summed up as:

Many atheists who believe religious people are inherently bad/untrustworthy/moronic are former religious people who witnessed hypocrisy, corruption, and hatred within their own religion and chose to leave it. That experience is what has affected their entire life; they weren’t handed a book that says, “On Sundays, we…

First, I’m curious to know how you came to the conclusion that “a lot of people” came to atheism essentially out of laziness. Perhaps it’s true that some people just don’t care about the nature of reality. But take for example the number of atheist activists one might come across on the Internet (which one could argue…

I think you’re confusing nihilism with atheism. Atheists don’t believe that there is “nothing at the end then nothing really matters so who gives a fuck”

“...who refuse to hear opposing opinions and who react with disdain/anger/outrage/panic to anyone who’s not a member of your cult.”

Atheism is a lack of belief.  Not a belief system.  Fairly big difference there.

The Jewish community seems to have been doing pretty well for thousands of years without any serious focus on an afterlife. Their focus is on good deeds, community and legacy. Ask them for some tips.

Actually it requires finding meaning in the now, it requires valuing what we are and what we have now, not absolving ourselves of responsibility for the moment in the hopes that sky-daddy will give us a lollipop at the end.