ZeroCool@feddit.ch to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoGroup seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusettsabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down14cross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkGroup seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusettsabcnews.go.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.ca
minus-squareRotatingPartslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThere is no proof that witches even exist, yet people were killed for being witches. Kind of like people are killed for believing in the “wrong” god. People really need to be thought how to think!
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoIt’s not “kind of like…” it’s exactly the same. Witch trials were state-sponsored Christian extremists murdering innocent people.
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoMore like state-sponsored lynching of women for the crime of saying no. Witch hunters had some wacky views on what women should be like.
There is no proof that witches even exist, yet people were killed for being witches. Kind of like people are killed for believing in the “wrong” god. People really need to be thought how to think!
It’s not “kind of like…” it’s exactly the same. Witch trials were state-sponsored Christian extremists murdering innocent people.
More like state-sponsored lynching of women for the crime of saying no. Witch hunters had some wacky views on what women should be like.