#inconvenient truth

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

[unhingedmarvelandclassicwhobuff]

I mean... it wouldn't be that hard to retroactively say that there were casualties as a result of the Hex. I don't want that to happen, obviously, but if someone really wanted to, one could easily say that a bunch of people starved to death since they were being suspended and unable to eat or drink (though I think there's an argument to be made that the Hex itself was sustaining them), or that some people were so mentally broken by the mind control that they committed suicide. That would definitely be too dark for the MCU, but it would be feasible.

Also, even if no one was physically harmed, how are people supposed to mentally recover from having their minds invaded and their bodies puppeted for days on end, all while feeling insurmountable pain and torment to the point where they seriously want to die? I'm sorry, but there is simply no way to be OK after that.

And that's just talking about the adults. Imagine how mentally fucked up the CHILDREN will be from this. Even if Wanda's Hex kept them sedated, that still means they were still seeing her horrific nightmares the entire time, to say nothing of the day that they were being puppeted like everyone else.

Wanda may very well have damaged Westview's citizens beyond repair. Sure, she didn't mean to do it, or even realize she was doing it, but it still happened.

Lastly, constantly trying to distract from Wanda's crimes by pointing out that the other Avengers have also done bad things is whataboutism. It doesn't change the fact that she committed an act that could easily be classified as a crime against humanity.

Believe me, I wish none of this was true. I really do. But these are the unfortunate facts. There's not much we can do about them.

[Then again, considering the MCU has totally ignored the psychological ramifications of basically everything else that has happened since the first Avengers movie, making WV the outlier would be weird, so hopefully everyone will indeed be fine like you say, as unrealistic as that would be.]

[wisdomfish]

To be a follower of the true Jesus means accepting Him as He is. But in our current society, we see many people who claim belief in the Bible yet disbelieve some of the inconvenient truths in it. They have constructed a more convenient god. And this idol of our own creation is a god who gives us what we want and allows us to make our own judgments on morality. This god cannot not truly love us because he allows us to do whatever makes us happy without limits... He allows us to redefine him according to our own liking.

John Cooper, Awake & Alive to Truth: Finding Truth in the Chaos of a Relativistic World, p. 81

[cricketcat9]

From The Council of Canadians, about Truth and Reconciliation Day:

“Most notably, the provinces of Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan have chosen not to designate the day as a public holiday, leaving it up to employers to decide whether employees have the day off.

More than 60% of Indigenous Peoples in Canada live in those five provinces alone. This means that a majority of the Indigenous population in the country will not be allowed to take the day off to commemorate and remember the children who were taken from them.

And those provinces have a lot in common. Not only do they each have fairly large Indigenous populations, but they are also all led by Conservative Premiers and are heavily invested in extractive industries that trample over Indigenous rights.“

Bolding of the text is mine. Again, half-assed action, and is anyone surprised about the response from the Conservatives? If yes, why?

[graskala]

“This ship is sinking” Street art Photo Credit : Florence Morgat

[ambreignssmemories]

An inconvenient truth 😅

[theuseofashes]

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Climate change: Al Gore gets inconvenient again - Nature

A review of the US statesman's second film probing climate change.

Imagine if the Supreme Court hadn’t put Bush in office.

[cracked]

The Inconvenient Truth About Game Of Thrones