Charles ☭  is a Green3d ago

Proposal to replace "my brother in Christ" with "my comrade in the coming revolution".

Pros:
* Assumes the best in people
* Gender neutral
* Does not enshrine Christian hegemony
* Counterrevolutionaries, liberals, and status quo defenders can have a little minor irritation as a treat

Cons:
None

Show threadColorblind Cowboy

@celesteh Not to be contrarian, but isn’t “My brother in Christ” usually used incredulously? Like when someone has a ridiculous take that would make them unsuitable for comradeship?

Open to counterpoints from folks who speak internet better than I do.

Apr 12 at 8:27pmWeb
Show threadCharles ☭  is a Green2d ago

@colorblindcowboy

Yeah, maybe, but as someone who constantly has bad takes, I demand inclusion!

Show threadColorblind Cowboy2d ago
@celesteh 😂
Show threadbaconandcoconut2d ago
@colorblindcowboy @celesteh I have occasionally seen it used where people have an idea that is extremely mild, like so mild as to be akin, "let's move all the deck chairs over here to counter weight this 52000 ton sinking boat" and another person responds with, "my brother in Christ, 50 pound of chairs isn't going to cut it and they all slid off the deck while we were arguing about this." At least they're anti-sinking so they could still be brought over in time for the revolution/lifeboat?
Show threadCharles ☭  is a Green2d ago

@baconandcoconut @colorblindcowboy

A good revolution will not be like the old Soviet system where dead dictators became drop-in replacements for saints in a climate of mandated orthodox atheism.

But it sure as heck is not going to be hegemonically Christian. 'Haha, ironic, I'm demanding you to be Christian ❤️'. Just some cheeky Christian nationalism!!

They need to knock that off before they can get into any lifeboats.

Show threadColorblind Cowboy2d ago
@baconandcoconut @celesteh Agree. Tho I’m not helping you move any chairs, just to be clear.
Show threadbaconandcoconut1d ago
@colorblindcowboy @celesteh My fellow dinosaur in the coming comet arrival, the chairs will be incinerated first.
Show threadCharles ☭  is a Green1d ago

@baconandcoconut @colorblindcowboy

My fellow luddite in the destruction of AI

Show threadLP still can't spell Ainmhícon2d ago
@colorblindcowboy @celesteh at the same time that usage feels like it's sort reeling them in despite having wandered so far astray. you're out there in the ideological wilds, but member of ultimately the same group as us, [observation which should make you falter in your march off further into that].
Show threadColorblind Cowboy2d ago
@LionsPhil @celesteh Maybe it’s not so much replacement but a continuum?
Show threadCharles ☭  is a Green2d ago

@LionsPhil @colorblindcowboy

Any political group affiliation that insists on Christianity is at least proximate to Christian nationalism.

Like, this is easy for Christians and atheists from a Christian background to laugh off, but, in the current climate, this is more than alienating to members of minority religions.

Show threadLP still can't spell Ainmhícon2d ago

@celesteh @colorblindcowboy yep. hence the "brother in Christ" being applied as the "universal" group even if being said to someone who vehemently does not want to be counted as one, because "you're one of us anyway, like it or not" *is* Christian fundamentalism

and as such "comrade in the coming revolution" would be consistent to apply the same way even to people who would absolutely be class traitors in such a thing