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A sign of the times

Enoch07

It's all a sick freaking joke.
Premium Member
Nah, I was pointing out the similarity of the tactics employed this thread ("lighthearted" slander, harassement, and minimalization) and the fact that they are the same ones employed by rape apologists. Human nature can be ugly, and sweeping the ugly stuff under the carpet just makes the poisons spawn more.

:rolleyes:

Uh huh carry on!
 

crossfire

LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic ☿
Premium Member
Nah, I was pointing out the similarity of the tactics employed this thread ("lighthearted" slander, harassement, and minimalization) and the fact that they are the same ones employed by rape apologists. Human nature can be ugly, and sweeping the ugly stuff under the carpet just makes the poisons spawn more.
After all, the OP was about a binding spell. How's it feel to be bound up by your own slander and false accusations? ;)
 

crossfire

LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic ☿
Premium Member
What slander and false accusations?
Opening post was a total misrepresentation of the content you linked--slander. The content you linked mentioned no harm intended--rather the goal to stop harm; yet you accused them of intending harm--false accusations.
 

Enoch07

It's all a sick freaking joke.
Premium Member
Opening post was a total misrepresentation of the content you linked--slander. The content you linked mentioned no harm intended--rather the goal to stop harm; yet you accused them of intending harm--false accusations.

The opening content mentioned hex. From the article.

"Neo-pagans used blogs and social media to circulate popular rituals for hexing Brock Turner (who served less than three months in jail after he was convicted of sexual assualt), the supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh (accused of sexual assault, which he denies), and Donald Trump himself. The Trump curse was enacted by thousands of people, including the singer Lana Del Rey. “I’m a witch and I’m hunting you,”

noun
noun: hex; plural noun: hexes
  1. 1.
    a magic spell; a curse.
    "a death hex"
    • a witch.

noun: curse
  1. 1.
    a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something.
No slander or misrepresentation on my part. Perhaps the news organizations are guilty of these for reporting it as so. But all I am doing is taking the story given and talking about it. ;)

A false accusation is accusing someone of being a rape apologist with no evidence.
 

crossfire

LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic ☿
Premium Member
The opening content mentioned hex. From the article.

"Neo-pagans used blogs and social media to circulate popular rituals for hexing Brock Turner (who served less than three months in jail after he was convicted of sexual assualt), the supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh (accused of sexual assault, which he denies), and Donald Trump himself. The Trump curse was enacted by thousands of people, including the singer Lana Del Rey. “I’m a witch and I’m hunting you,”

noun
noun: hex; plural noun: hexes
  1. 1.
    a magic spell; a curse.
    "a death hex"
    • a witch.

noun: curse
  1. 1.
    a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something.
No slander or misrepresentation on my part. Perhaps the news organizations are guilty of these for reporting it as so. But all I am doing is taking the story given and talking about it. ;)

A false accusation is accusing someone of being a rape apologist with no evidence.
Actually it is a misrepresentation of the content you posted.

Monsters, men and magic: why feminists turned to witchcraft to oppose Trump

Apparently its been going on since 2017.

Each month, thousands of witches cast a spell against Donald Trump

Here at RF we respect everyone's beliefs. So there will be no "no such thing as magic" talk. That being said should we begin literal witch hunts and arrest them for assault? Technically it falls under the definition.

Assault

In law

an act, criminal or tortious, that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done.

Hexes, jinx, and curses intend to cause harm after all.










*P.S.* Truly is a sign of the mad times we live in.
I'm assuming you actually read the content you linked. Was I giving you too much credit in this assumption?

The first link is about the history of witchcraft and politics.

The second link is about what is currently going on.
Each month, thousands of witches cast a spell against Donald Trump

On a typical Wednesday, by the light of the waning moon, Kate Doucette joined several thousand strangers on the internet in casting a spell to “bind” Donald Trump.

Doucette — which is her married name, not her legal name — is one of the “resistance witches,” an at least 13,000-strong umbrella group of internet neo-pagans, Wiccans, solo practitioners who self-identify as “hedge witches,” longtime magical practitioners in various traditions, and committed activists. They’ve come together each month since Trump’s inauguration with one goal: to perform a spell — equal parts quasi-religious ritual and activist performance — to “bind” the president, forming a collective known as the #MagicResistance.

The spell, a variant on a traditional “binding” spell found in many contemporary neo-pagan and other occult practices, involves channeling energy to limit Trump’s power, “so that he may fail utterly/that he may do no harm.” (Practitioners have the option to add, “You’re fired.”)​

Obviously, the spell is not meant to cause harm, but to stop (bind) harm.. :)
There's is even a link to the actual binding spell being used:
Use This Spell to Bind Trump and His Cronies
 

Enoch07

It's all a sick freaking joke.
Premium Member
I'm assuming you actually read the content you linked. Was I giving you too much credit in this assumption?

You're giving yourself too much credit.

The first link is about the history of witchcraft and politics.

The first link is what is currently going on.

Monsters, men and magic: why feminists turned to witchcraft to oppose Trump

August 7th 2019 is the date of the article.

The second link is about what is currently going on.
Each month, thousands of witches cast a spell against Donald Trump

The second link is which you cited above is from October 30th 2017.

Actually it is a misrepresentation of the content you posted.

So you see you are the one actually misrepresenting facts here. Do you think nobody would check the timestamps on the articles?
 

crossfire

LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic ☿
Premium Member
You're giving yourself too much credit.



The first link is what is currently going on.

Monsters, men and magic: why feminists turned to witchcraft to oppose Trump

August 7th 2019 is the date of the article.



The second link is which you cited above is from October 30th 2017.



So you see you are the one actually misrepresenting facts here. Do you think nobody would check the timestamps on the articles?
The first link only has generalities, while the second link has specifics.
 
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