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NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts) Sun Mar 29, 2015, 12:41 PM Mar 2015

Screw Google Goggles. These are the kinds of eyewear more of us should be wearing. ;^) [View all]

Not a new release but the message is ageless.

We're not conditioned to be mindful of what others go through and rarely give others a break when they're having a bad day.

What if we tried to be more human, in that way we're all gifted to be?

Sometimes a message with religious overtones or from religious sources has NOTHING to do with a specific religion and EVERYTHING to do with doing the right thing as a matter of habit.

Happy Sunday, DU!

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Screw Google Goggles. These are the kinds of eyewear more of us should be wearing. ;^) [View all] NYC_SKP Mar 2015 OP

Charming. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #1

"nonsense is a homophobic rightwing christian religious organization" NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #4

When one posts shit from a hate group attacking the fact that you did that seems lame. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #7

You see the hate group, I found it on Facebook. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #8

Well Skip, they put their website at the end of their fucked up video. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #10

So, then, you can't find a passage in the clip that is explicitly religious. You admit it. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #13

"get service" - that would be an explicitly religious phrase. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #18

Service is not exclusively religious. I suppose you don't know of Service Clubs: Kiwanis, Lions... NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #34

But in this case, it IS. It's an ad campaign. Like Nike's 'Just do it'. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #37

No, it's not an ad. It's a message of how to be a good human being and has a link at the end. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #38

I don't need advice on how to be a 'good human being' from homophobes. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #39

Oddly enough on their website they think it is a "sermon". Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #47

I immediately look to the authors of any content I examine. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #35

If there are wormholes and deer poop to be found Starboard Tack Mar 2015 #23

yes homophobic bullshit is such a trivial matter. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #48

Good, because I doubt that the video in the OP will cause any damage Starboard Tack Mar 2015 #58

stopped clock d_r Mar 2015 #6

Bingo! missingthebigdog Mar 2015 #52

You couldn't just enjoy the video, could you Warren? Starboard Tack Mar 2015 #24

yeah that homophobia stuff is so 2012, just get over it, right? Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #31

Sure I watched it. Starboard Tack Mar 2015 #32

Yeah, let's find common ground with the homophobic bigots and work together. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2015 #44

Do you think Kennedy was a homophobic bigot? Starboard Tack Mar 2015 #50

Most likely. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2015 #73

You brought JFK into the conversation Starboard Tack Mar 2015 #81

"bigotry toward believers" AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #86

I was talking about my bigotry toward believers Starboard Tack Mar 2015 #93

Actually, no. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #94

The point is shame works. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2015 #90

My experience is much the same. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #92

Where the hammer meets the nail. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2015 #96

Just FYI d_r Mar 2015 #61

Jeez, Warren--it's not aimed at you. Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #78

"It's aimed at intolerant fundies" - oh bullshit. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #80

It is *FROM* intolerant fundies. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #91

Had to go and make me cry, didn't you. cbayer Mar 2015 #2

It is an explicitly religious message from a hate mongering bigot-church. nt. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #3

It's the simplest of lessons, yet missed by most while the counter-attitude is encouraged. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #5

Ads like this can be powerful tools in encouraging empathy. cbayer Mar 2015 #9

The "ad like that" is promoting adherence to bigotry. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #11

That's a strong accusation. Can you say exactly what part of the video promotes bigotry? NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #14

the link to their gay hating church at the end. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #19

So, the video does NOT have explicit religious messaging or homophic whatever your complaint is. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #20

The video is an advertisement for a church. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #26

Hatred and misery and anger begets hatred and misery and anger.... NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #12

Love wins out, but it can be battered along the way. cbayer Mar 2015 #15

I just watched "Unbroken" last night. I can highly recommend it. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #16

We are currently limited to Mexican Netflix, which doesn't have Unbroken cbayer Mar 2015 #17

Hey, I'll post a link that might work, not Netflix. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #21

Got it, thanks. cbayer Mar 2015 #22

First you accused the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists of being homophobic bigots and AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #25

So I assume edhopper Mar 2015 #27

Oh, I think you need to watch the video. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #28

That would kind of go against the whole message, but if you want to make them negative cbayer Mar 2015 #29

No it wouldn't. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #49

beautiful message no matter the source guillaumeb Mar 2015 #30

Thank you. And it's not an ad, it simply provides a credit at the end. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #33

It's an ad campaign called "Get Service" AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #36

It's an awesome life lesson that should be shown in every public school every year. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #40

I would rather the school district asked Oderus Urungus to read my kid 'Goodnight Moon'. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #41

So you think public schools should force children to watch religious sermons. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #51

I might remake the video without the credits at the end, but YES, I think they should. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #54

the "truth" of their message is that empathy requires god. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #46

I watched it again guillaumeb Mar 2015 #74

I tend to expect hateful inspiration from hateful people. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #75

I am not a member of the sponsoring church guillaumeb Mar 2015 #77

It's not hard to click on and read their 'about' page. It's shared with the larger organization to AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #83

I understand guillaumeb Mar 2015 #95

Like it. gtar100 Mar 2015 #42

The "Elders" of this homophobic evangelical right wing church Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #43

Hey Skip edhopper Mar 2015 #45

Second that. cbayer Mar 2015 #53

Thanks! NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #68

Rightwing homophobic propaganda aside... Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2015 #55

Did you watch the video? What did you see that was rightwing homophobic propaganda? cbayer Mar 2015 #56

The church that made it. Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2015 #57

The video had not a hint of bigotry in it. cbayer Mar 2015 #59

I don't watch anything produced by Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2015 #60

"Take your homophobic support elsewhere, sir." cbayer Mar 2015 #62

But you're supporting a church who DOES express homophobia. Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2015 #66

I'm not supporting a church at all. cbayer Mar 2015 #70

I see we are at an impass, sir. Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2015 #71

No worries. Nice talking to you. cbayer Mar 2015 #72

If you watched the video, you should know precisely where it comes from, because it says. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #76

There's a deep, deep, bleeding vein of irony in a 'church' producing a 'tolerance and empathy' video AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #67

They can explain that. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #89

I wish I had a pair of those glasses to wear as I read some of the replies to my OP. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #63

It's ok. I know what I am and I know what you are. cbayer Mar 2015 #64

You realize that video is monetized, right? There's advertising attached to it. The chuch that AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #69

I'll bet that not one in ten thousand people who view the video bother to go to the link. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #79

Your 'bet' is meaningless to me. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #84

Well, if many more or all people went to the link then they would find the truth. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #87

"And if they are not bigots, then they will be repelled by it." AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #88

They don't care, AC. beam me up scottie Mar 2015 #82

I expect critical analysis and contemplation of the issue. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #85

The "By" line. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #65