Huh this thread is curious, people trying to expose someone as being a bigot while inadvertently outing yourself as one.
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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger are getting married
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While that is accurate, there are enough of the other 19% here on this forum that making that kind of automatic generalization is hurtful.
Stick with your failed marriage because the second one has a higher chance of failing?
I look at it like people who assume a white dude was responsible for a mass shooting before we get the reporting, you're more than likely to be right. As a white dude I know I'm not like that, as a God fearing person you know you're not like that. Neither one of us is part of those groups.
Celebrity worship is weird anyway. Pretty sure Pratt was a normal dude who made it big on his humor, delivery and overall effective way of displaying sincerity. I'm sure he worked hard. But he isn't Star Lord. If people want real heroes we should look to the scientists, the counselors, the teachers, the single moms who work two jobs to support their kids, etc. For whatever reason, our society doesn't do that.
Damn this thread turned into some weird territory, and that 81% number getting thrown around is just misleading as that was the % of Evangelical Christians that voted for Trump, which only represents like a third of those identifying as Christian in America so it's really fucked up to just lump all Christians in there
Several people mentioned that Pratt said blue lives matter? I googled it and am
Finding nothing?
So to recap why people hate chris pratt
Bluelivesmatter: he's said there are good cops out there, and he appreciates them (also note his brother is a LEO)
He follows Candace Owen on Twitter: apparently he no longer follows her
He hunts: that's true, he does hunt
He prays: he prayed for Kevin smith and got some outrage.
Finding nothing?
So to recap why people hate chris pratt
Bluelivesmatter: he's said there are good cops out there, and he appreciates them (also note his brother is a LEO)
He follows Candace Owen on Twitter: apparently he no longer follows her
He hunts: that's true, he does hunt
He prays: he prayed for Kevin smith and got some outrage.
In the end, though, what you have are people asking others to refrain from incorrectly lumping together, labeling, and insulting their group of people. I think the right reaction to that would be to refrain. It helps make this a better community in general.
Also, it sounds like the 81% figure is just the % of "Evangelical Christians" in the US that voted for Trump, and that they're just a third of those identifying as Christian in the US:
75% of all adults in the US identify as Christian, so any suggestion that 81% of them voted for Trump is not born out by the data.
Source:https://news.gallup.com/poll/187955/percentage-christians-drifting-down-high.aspx
is this thread after the most embarassing thread of the year early nomination currently held by The Rock's thread?
You can revisit that question when people start burning their Guardians of the Galaxy blu-rays in protest.
I mentioned that when I originally spouted the number. I'm not lumping all Christians that way. Although I have to say, growing up Catholic, the idea that I'm being unfair by castigating organized Christians when I grew up in a community where Catholics hid child molestation, is infuriating. But right, it's not all Catholics there either. My point is, it ain't just evangelicals that are harmful. It ain't just Christians. It ain't just Muslims. It ain't just Buddhists. Organized religion is responsible for millions if not billions of deaths in the history of mankind. I'm sorry people feel unfairly targeted or uncomfortable.
Again that wasn't my suggestion although your conclusion isn't necessarily true unless 75% of all voting adults identify as Christian.
Most Americans identify as about as or more religious than Pratt. Like, he's a lot more "regular" than conservative. I have personally been spoiled by Chris Evans, but Pratt so far has just been sorta clumsy/goofy rather than hatemongery. Hopefully he's just learning stuff rather than James Woodsing his way through Hollywood and fame.
It's fine to go after organized religion if you want to, for all sorts of reasons, but seems derail-y and not really based on his actions thus far. He sure does follow some trash on Twitter tho.
It's fine to go after organized religion if you want to, for all sorts of reasons, but seems derail-y and not really based on his actions thus far. He sure does follow some trash on Twitter tho.
Yes; but also some progessives and progressive causes.. and then Tucker Carlson, Moriarty, random libertarian dweebs, etc.
Really can only garner so much from follows; he's definitely the sort of person to say simple pro-American patriotic messages so it's possible he just saw something along those veins from the accounts he follows and followed them.... or he followed them for some way more questionable reasons.. who knows?
Who really cares? Unless he uses his fame to spread this stuff which he really hasn't I have trouble caring.
It is incredibly statistically unlikely that 81% of voting Christians voted for Trump.
I never argued that they did. I'm just being a pedantic asshat :/.
it's disturbing that a subset of Era equates the simple act of praying with being pieces of shit. And I say this as an atheist.
I mean, I guess admitting your problem is the first step towards correcting it?
Oh, I wasn't. I was just mentioning it because people made a big deal out of it at the time.
I'd say the thread of people ranting about not wanting to be told "Bless You" after sneezing is also up there lol
People got their axe to grind, I get it, but it does start getting out of hand.
That's not really indicative of anything. I follow a ton of trash and right-wing nuts for simple entertainment purposes.
oh fuck youre right
ERA is so angry and the year has barely started :(
Past couple of months? I think you just described the last decade of the internet as a whole.
Which has no relevance to this thread unless you know that Pratt identifies as an evangelical Christian.
I'm no fan of religion either in my personal life, but I really don't see why you being a pedantic asshat about religion in a thread about two famous people getting married is necessary.
I can only answer for myself but praying != organized religion.
Self-reflection and action unfortunately do not always follow each other.
I mean it isn't really.
I googled wives of Ron Howard, Jeff Bridges, Denzel, never heard of them. See you have to at least have a wiki page to be qualified as a known actor. But I will give you SMG/Freddie Prince Jr and Ron Swanson/Tammy 2. Meryl Streep doesn't count, her husband died early.
I'm roughly 100% she's also dating someone.
To use the current vernacular,
weird flex, but okay.
Damn dude moves quick. Divorced a year ago, been going out with this chick for 7 months. Wants a piece of the Schwarzenegger Kennedy action real bad.
Yep, that was a stat he pulled directly from his asshole.
Tom Hanks is divorced. He met his current wife, Rita Wilson, while married during a shoot for a movie called Volunteers. They had met briefly before that when Hanks was still on Bosom Buddies.
Is that a question? I really don't know what more you want from me. I agreed it wasn't necessary.
I never said 81% of Christians voted for Donald Trump.
This needs to be attached to OP for full effect thread soundtrack
I was asking if you were going to stop being a pedantic asshole.
I think so, this was both couples and their child
What a wonderful story with a happy ending
Congrats to them both.
As for the rest of what the thread turned in to: I will agree that Republicans aren't a monolith. Just like Democrats aren't. I also know that not all Conservatives are evil, and not all of them are Christians.
BUT.
There is a trend, and those trends have served as sufficient ways to determine how a person is most likely to act. Beliefs influence actions, even if they don't determine them. I know that correlation isn't causation but the preponderance of the evidence leads us to certain reasonable conclusions.
Being a willing member of a party and supporting that party in spite of the actions of those leading said party makes you complicit in their actions, because they have your support in pursuing those courses of action. It's why when Conservatives mention something about politics at work or with friends, unless they're of sound mind, you get "that look". Is it judgemental? Yeah. Are they wrong? I dunno. Cause while they aren't accusing you of being a bad person, they're wondering what you have to gain for supporting bad people (or at least people that make bad decisions).
This is why hearing Chris go full bible thumper mode causes us Atheists, Democrats, Liberals, Never Trumpers and good people on the Right, to tense up. Because it's the same rhetoric we hear from the people that actually ARE the bad people on the Right. (Walk like a duck, talk like a duck... you get it). It's the same reason us blacks shat on Chance the Rapper for saying "It's okay to be a Republican" in this climate. Yes, it IS okay to be a Republican. You just gotta be comfortable with acknowledging that even if you don't agree with some of the things your party is doing, you're still supporting them, and that makes you complicit.
IMO. To all that stuff.
The religious stuff though? I respect and support his right to use his free speech to promote his faith. I don't respect his faith. I respect his right to gush about it though if he wants. Don't mean I ain't gonna trash the religion itself though because ideas aren't sacred. None are above question.
As for the rest of what the thread turned in to: I will agree that Republicans aren't a monolith. Just like Democrats aren't. I also know that not all Conservatives are evil, and not all of them are Christians.
BUT.
There is a trend, and those trends have served as sufficient ways to determine how a person is most likely to act. Beliefs influence actions, even if they don't determine them. I know that correlation isn't causation but the preponderance of the evidence leads us to certain reasonable conclusions.
Being a willing member of a party and supporting that party in spite of the actions of those leading said party makes you complicit in their actions, because they have your support in pursuing those courses of action. It's why when Conservatives mention something about politics at work or with friends, unless they're of sound mind, you get "that look". Is it judgemental? Yeah. Are they wrong? I dunno. Cause while they aren't accusing you of being a bad person, they're wondering what you have to gain for supporting bad people (or at least people that make bad decisions).
This is why hearing Chris go full bible thumper mode causes us Atheists, Democrats, Liberals, Never Trumpers and good people on the Right, to tense up. Because it's the same rhetoric we hear from the people that actually ARE the bad people on the Right. (Walk like a duck, talk like a duck... you get it). It's the same reason us blacks shat on Chance the Rapper for saying "It's okay to be a Republican" in this climate. Yes, it IS okay to be a Republican. You just gotta be comfortable with acknowledging that even if you don't agree with some of the things your party is doing, you're still supporting them, and that makes you complicit.
IMO. To all that stuff.
The religious stuff though? I respect and support his right to use his free speech to promote his faith. I don't respect his faith. I respect his right to gush about it though if he wants. Don't mean I ain't gonna trash the religion itself though because ideas aren't sacred. None are above question.
So what's the relevance of saying "the most staunch believers in christ voted for Trump" in this thread? Pratt being religious? Oooo got 'em!
The real question is whether or not Pratt, Adam Scott, and Nick Offermann still send pictures of the epic shits they take to one another.