Doing What’s Right, Because it’s Right

 

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Whenever I see someone in trouble, my first thought is why that person doesn’t hire a lawyer? Of course, there are many reasons, mostly that they may not be able afford to bring representation on-line. Any of us may be accused, defamed for something perceived, even a straight out lie. We should be able to bring forward against those that may have defamed us, only to restore our name and reputation. It costs money to do that, and ther are those that may not be able to afford  representation to actually bring a case against those who should be called to account.

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Ignore the Naysayers

 

 

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Something I discovered a while back is that as an atheist, I’m very much supported by others that I’ve either met online or in person. No one that I’ve come to be familiar with seems to have a problem that I’m a conservative, or even thinks that being a conservative, I cannot possibly be an atheist.  That’s been my experience overall. Sure, there are always naysayers but those people probably wouldn’t accept me no matter what.

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Labels Mean Nothing

 

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I don’t recall exactly when I became an atheist. It isn’t like there was some sort of sudden revelation or anything, and when I did come to that conclusion, there was nothing special about it for me. I never referred to myself as an atheist, at least not initially. If anything, when asked, I would just refer to myself as a non-believer, or sometimes, as someone who was skeptical concerning the existence of gods. I think it wasn’t until I was online, not that many years ago, that I finally called myself an atheist.

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Calling Out Call-Out Culture

 

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We’ve all been in a situation, one time or another, when someone we socialize with, or a colleague at work, will state something that is obviously false. Of course our immediate instinct is to correct the misinformation because it’s too easy, in this day and time, for that information to go viral on some platform and it becomes a Herculean feat to disabuse others of something they’ve come to believe is true, based on little to no evidence. Recently, we’ve all been witness to a smear campaign, by major media outlets and others, towards a group of Catholic high school boys that went out of control so quickly, that even when evidence was presented to show what was believed dod not happen, there are still people that believe the initial libelous statements – from trusted sources.

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Jumping to (Incorrect) Conclusions

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Some days go by and when i’m online with social media, I tend to just shake my head. I try to be skeptical when I see something that just doesn’t make sense to me immediately, and wait for further information before I come to any conclusion about the accuracy of what I’ve seen or heard. Not so. much for some others.

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