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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A “slur”? No. But I was referring to the overly strict, hair-splitting kind of religious extremism that adheres to the letter of the law, not the spirit/intent.

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  • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So yes, you did. Quakers (used to be) quite progressive.

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    • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Okay…? Democrats used to support slavery.

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      • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They flipped their beliefs with Republicans. That’s a unlikely occurrence.

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• ulterno@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t get either of those contexts.

  When I read “Quakers”, I just recalled Quake III Arena and thought, “that doesn’t fit”.

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  • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Quakers were some anti authority religious minority (Christian) in Scotland/England. They were notorious for their lack of respect. E.g. used “thy” instead of the formal you. (English changed since then and the informal thy fell out of use)

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    • Patch@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Quakers were

      Are. They’re still around. Still a relatively big minority Christian group in the UK.

      Still everyone’s favourite Christian denomination. Cool bunch.

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