• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Secular does not mean what most of these assholes think it means, by the way. Way too many act like it’s a synonym for “atheist”.

    Just because a person or an org has not chosen to wear their chosen lifestyle on their sleeve does not make it the equivalent atheist.

    Most of life is “secular”, FFS.

    What the conservatives do the English language is as infuriating as so many other things they do. Often it starts with their perversion of terms and phrases.

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      What the conservatives do the English language is as infuriating as so many other things they do. Often it starts with their perversion of terms and phrases.

      well put.

      Carlin said: By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

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      They know what it means, they are leaving room for violent christian political groups. They have already declared violent Islamic organizations as evil so by saying “secular” they literally mean any group that does not declare themselves as christian.