re: #365 rwdflynavy

I’m saying that they’re important to them. I’m not sure why the word ‘cling’ has such a negative association here.

In times of trouble, my ancestors, bitter, clung to their religion too. Not so much the guns, but if they’d been allowed to bear arms they’d have clung to them too.

It seems to me that people taking a negative rather than a compassionate reading are assuming a contempt or disdain in the first place, rather than an actual attempt at empathy.

People who have been fucked over continually often have their religion as one of their sole sources of solace and strength. It’s really not a controversial statement. It’s not a racial statement, either, since it’s very true across a broad group of races.