Because even primitive people weren't that autistic and had more nuanced views of the world than we realize. Like the pagan belief that the sun in the sky AND the carved idol were both bodies of Ra. That doesn't mean they literally though a block of wood or metal was going to produce light and heat. Or that not looking just like the sun made it any less of an image of the god.
Ancient Hebrew purity laws were all about shibboleths. Being different from everyone physically as well as theologically was a marker of their commitment to God rather than a foreign deity, because it didn't let them blend in and didn't let outsiders easily enter society without committing fully.
It's also the opposite of the expansionist bullshit later adopted by Christians and Muslims which is why I still retain a reflexive loathing of both of those religions, even if I rationally know it's not fair or good. Call me a jerk, but I think it's better to kill outsiders to keep them out of your fruity little club than kill outsiders to force them to join it.
—And that's why inbreeding has been such a problem for orthodox Jews.
And many Amish enclaves, and the Islamic world, and the nobility, and some native tribes, and...
There's actually an documentary on YouTube about Pakistanis marrying their cousins. The star of the show is this blind teenager who wants to drive, but he's incapable of learning why he can't drive.
Dawgstar is making a darn good attempt at dethroning Tanka for Biggest Faggot On The RPGnet Mod Team. Wow.
Unions are an unqualified good, like vaccinations or mail in ballots.
So if I want to have a Nazi rally, all I have to do is call it a labor union and it's automatically okay?
Ah ah, naughty. Not police unions.
And that’s the only public sector Union that these people hate, because it is inherently hard to turn into a socialist money laundering scheme. The exception proves the rule in this case.
