s@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat do you think is the best course of action to address cult movements, either as a whole or on an individual level?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think is the best course of action to address cult movements, either as a whole or on an individual level?s@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squares@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours ago Yeah, the situation got resolved when harm came in. You gotta commit an actual crime to be punished right? I was meaning more so addressing the beliefs in absurdities before they result in committing atrocities, to paraphrase Voltaire.
minus-squares@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI can’t do a thought police, but that is categorically what cults do. It’s not thought policing to advise people to be wary of thought policing or to promote scientific literacy and empathy.
I was meaning more so addressing the beliefs in absurdities before they result in committing atrocities, to paraphrase Voltaire.
Yeah you can’t do a thought police
I can’t do a thought police, but that is categorically what cults do. It’s not thought policing to advise people to be wary of thought policing or to promote scientific literacy and empathy.