I see secular leftism falsely being blamed for the errors of Christian western imperialism.
The vast majority of atheists I know are opposed to western imperialism. We would be fine with leaving Shia, Sunni, and all others, to determine their own futures in the middle east. We are opposed to Zionism and would cease supporting Israel. We would like to start focusing US talents on building a green world based on renewable energy and other sustainable systems, rather than maintaining client states to control the flow of oil and unsustainable global dominance which brings nothing but low wages and body bags to US masses. The US Imperium, mostly staffed by Christian Zionists, and a few key jewish and/or atheist Neocons, shaped by Zionism, does not speak for us. We are struggling to build the movements to dismantle western imperialism before it dismantles the world. Please help by promoting peaceful resistance and peace generally. As is now well known the Imperium weaponizes small scale violence against institutional resistance.
What do freer sexual, personal, or religious practices have to do with Imperialism? Absolutely nothing. Though it is true the Imperium weaponizes dissatisfaction with coerced sexualities to foster invasions. The proper response to that would be universal rights everywhere, not the re-entrenchment of old sexual or religious tyrannies in the false hope they will resist imperialism, since imperialism itself is actually built on such tyrannies, as many of my friends in the US can tell you, they are struggling against religious domination in USA constantly (this was much less true for me, because I was so lucky to be in science, where atheism was OK), many people are endlessly forced to kowtow to endless Christian ideas, icons, festivals, and restrictions...Christians are often quite the bullies about seeing everyone on their programs--or back on the highway. Meanwhile, mass media in US and elsewhere tends to portray secular dominance in US instead, which is basically non-existant and has little institutional backing so it can easily be disparaged without consequence. There never were any "militant Atheists," only people rightfully refusing to be part of coerced or institutional religious practices.
The vast majority of atheists I know are opposed to western imperialism. We would be fine with leaving Shia, Sunni, and all others, to determine their own futures in the middle east. We are opposed to Zionism and would cease supporting Israel. We would like to start focusing US talents on building a green world based on renewable energy and other sustainable systems, rather than maintaining client states to control the flow of oil and unsustainable global dominance which brings nothing but low wages and body bags to US masses. The US Imperium, mostly staffed by Christian Zionists, and a few key jewish and/or atheist Neocons, shaped by Zionism, does not speak for us. We are struggling to build the movements to dismantle western imperialism before it dismantles the world. Please help by promoting peaceful resistance and peace generally. As is now well known the Imperium weaponizes small scale violence against institutional resistance.
What do freer sexual, personal, or religious practices have to do with Imperialism? Absolutely nothing. Though it is true the Imperium weaponizes dissatisfaction with coerced sexualities to foster invasions. The proper response to that would be universal rights everywhere, not the re-entrenchment of old sexual or religious tyrannies in the false hope they will resist imperialism, since imperialism itself is actually built on such tyrannies, as many of my friends in the US can tell you, they are struggling against religious domination in USA constantly (this was much less true for me, because I was so lucky to be in science, where atheism was OK), many people are endlessly forced to kowtow to endless Christian ideas, icons, festivals, and restrictions...Christians are often quite the bullies about seeing everyone on their programs--or back on the highway. Meanwhile, mass media in US and elsewhere tends to portray secular dominance in US instead, which is basically non-existant and has little institutional backing so it can easily be disparaged without consequence. There never were any "militant Atheists," only people rightfully refusing to be part of coerced or institutional religious practices.
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