Still New - Disappointed

[Spirit of Light]

Not exactly. More, a same interest, similar views area. Like how this place has different sections for economic policies. If it doesn't, that's fine. I'll likely just start ignoring the worse of these people, for my own peace of mind and enjoyment. After all, I'm here to enjoy my time here, not deal with woke netizens and the alphabet mafia for days on end.

I have been in this forum for a good 4 years or so....never got used to the "fight" about who is right and who is wrong.....

I just want to be me...in a forum to discuss and learn from likeminded people....not everyone accept that I guess

 

[Wildswanderer]

Like what goes on in churches then the preacher gives a sermon?

Not if you have a good preacher.

 

[Father Heathen]

Not if you have a good preacher.

What's the difference?

 

[F1fan]

If that's what they are, you can't tell it by what they say.

That is probably because you can't recognize virtue and dignity in others. You seem to filter everything through far right wing extremism which distorts and ruins everything that is rational, sane, and good.

 

[Revoltingest]

Dang - you had me until #3!

Consider a new veggie bacon product in Israel
that's so good, bacon producers are objecting
in court. (Heard on NPR.)

 

[Father Heathen]

Consider a new veggie bacon product in Israel
that's so good, bacon producers are objecting
in court. (Heard on NPR.)

How could they possibly have a case? On what grounds?

 

[Revoltingest]

How could they possibly have a case? On what grounds?

I don't recall the new piece in detail.
It could be that use of the word "bacon"
is too confusing with real bacon. And
the taste is too much like the real thing.

 

[Father Heathen]

I don't recall the new piece in detail.
It could be that use of the word "bacon"
is too confusing with real bacon. And
the taste is too much like the real thing.

I still don't see how that could be seen as a legitimate case.

 

[Revoltingest]

I still don't see how that could be seen as a legitimate case.

I don't know the details or Israeli law.
Can't help you.
But praise faux bacon technology!

 

[Secret Chief]

I don't recall the new piece in detail.
It could be that use of the word "bacon"
is too confusing with real bacon. And
the taste is too much like the real thing.

The horror!

 

[Secret Chief]

I still don't see how that could be seen as a legitimate case.

The EU considered similar requests from the farming industry (particularly France). The "basis" was that customers are getting confused.
It was thrown out.

 

[Father Heathen]

I don't know the details or Israeli law.
Can't help you.
But praise faux bacon technology!

Apparently "bacon" made from eggplant is tasty.

 

[Father Heathen]

The EU considered similar requests from the farming industry (particularly France). The "basis" was that customers are getting confused.
It was thrown out.

That would require consumers to be illiterate. Besides, in U.S. groceries at least, imitation meat is usually placed in it's own area (usually near produce) rather than displayed alongside the real thing.

 

[Wildswanderer]

That is probably because you can't recognize virtue and dignity in others. You seem to filter everything through far right wing extremism which distorts and ruins everything that is rational, sane, and good.

I'm not even close to far right.

 

[Audie]

In your opinion transwomen are just men, and transmen are just women?

I'd say " less than".

There's nothing "just" about being a woman

 

[Wildswanderer]

What's the difference?

A good preacher would not be virtue signaling.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

No it's a term used to describe someone who is virtue signaling.

Oh, yeah! Like all those folks with Trump flags on their trucks. ;-)

 

[Father Heathen]

A good preacher would not be virtue signaling.

So they wouldn't be preaching at all? Or is encouraging moral, principled behavior only "virtue signaling" when it doesn't align with your own narrative?

 

[Wildswanderer]

So they wouldn't be preaching at all? Or is encouraging moral, principled behavior only "virtue signaling" when it doesn't align with your own narrative?

Encouraging moral behavior and virtue signaling are two different things.

"the sharing of one's point of view on a social or political issue, often on social media, in order to garner praise or acknowledgment of one’s righteousness from others who share that point of view, or to passively rebuke those who do not:"

preach
/prēCH/


verb
gerund or present participle: preaching

1. deliver a sermon or religious address to an assembled group of people, typically in church.
   "he preached to a large congregation"

 

[SomeRandom]

Oh I'm all for that.

What I'm not for is the incessant need by insecure people who feel the need for inclusivity to be forced and pushed into anything and everything that isn't nailed down.

People who don't care about this stuff need their space too.

Uhhh racists are hiding behind that these days.
Not accusing you of anything.
It’s just an observation.
Look at the folks crying about the Little Mermaid being black for instance.
They’re pathetic, imo