• automaton@lemmy.world
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    It was not the last supper but a representation of the greek god Bacchus, since of course the Olympics have a greek origin. I find it funny that christians got so triggered.

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      A lot of Christians don’t realize how heavily influenced their religion is is by other more pagan and polytheistic religions.

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        Seriously, just look up images for “Isis and child Horus”, for instance.

        Without context he only way to tell if it’s Christian or ancient Egyptian is the hat, if present.

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    NBC didn’t even broadcast this part of the ceremonies, people who are upset about this are looking to get upset.

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      The real news story here is that NBC is apparently censoring the Olympics.

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        The link literally goes to nbc news, and contains a video of that exact performance. How exactly are they censoring the Olympics? Edit: was this not broadcast on live tv, just online? I didn’t watch live.

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    The entire opening ceremony was riddled with elements that were exaggerated specifically to give the middle finger to people who can’t help but force their personal religious beliefs on others. And seeing how riled up they’ve been getting over it, I must say it worked.

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      The sad part is, that this just gives them more ammo. Having said that though, they look for ammo constantly, even without olympics they would find something else.

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      An event that’s supposed to bring people together, instead purposely creates division. I’m agnostic af, but I can clearly see this is bad taste.

      If you like creating division, then by all means celebrate it I guess…

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          Drag !== LGBT.

          LGBT is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, three sexual orientations, and Transgender- a modifier of gender expression.

          Drag is a performance.

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        They included everyone who has been excluded from the beginning and made a statement that they will not pander to those who want them excluded anymore. Those who were angry at this are those who wanted to keep these people excluded. I’d say it’s a pace in a good direction to bring people together. There is only a group of people who will need to learn they can’t force their way on others anymore.

        For crying out loud had these people had their way again we wouldn’t even have had that badass metal music show in front of the Bastille Conciergerie, where Marie Antoinette was trialed and sentenced to death.

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          badass metal music show in front of the Bastille.

          Didn’t realize that was in front of the Bastille, you can’t get more anti authoritarian than that.

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            My bad, the building it took place at was La Conciergeie, which is the location where Marie Antoinette was trialed and sentenced to death. The Bastille no longer exists.

            But I mean, the anti-authoritarian vibe immediately peaked at the beginning with a beheaded Marie-Antoinette singing about hanging the aristocrats.

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            you can’t get more anti authoritarian than that

            You could drown Macron in the Seine, to start with. (I mean, he’d probably suffocate rather than drown, but still.)

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        if you have to conform to what a single group wants while ignoring the actual countries who created the games and those who host them, that’s not”bringing people together” it’s just giving in to narrow views and acting as if only one group has legitimacy and the right to decide on anything. there is no “bringing together” of different people and things in that.

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    This is really killing me. The Last Supper is a fucking painting. It ain’t in the book. There’s no part of the Bible where it says and Jesus sat down at a stupidly long table and all of his asshole Apostle sat down on the same side and posed weirdly. Why is the painting suddenly holy? Since when do conservatives like art? I’ve never met a conservative who didn’t want to burn most paintings.

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      Judas: so lets get this last supper going.

      Jesus: the what supper?

      Judas: good supper, nice supper, normal supper!

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      You’d be surprised how much of the belief was added as expansion packs by the early church.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea

      The painting is just another notable addition to the cinematic universe.

      We don’t talk about the rival fanfic, or the original book fans. It’s not as good as ours. And our main character in the sky is totally different.

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      I’ve never met a conservative who didn’t want to burn most paintings.

      How does ignorant, fabricated hate get so many upvotes here?

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    Imagine you’re the master race, confident and strong and then some people wear different clothes than you expected on TV and your whole world is just shattered lol.

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    I’m a Christian for 13 years, I see this all the time Nowadays and it actually fortifies my beliefs even more, because our bible and particularly our Jesus, said would happen in the last days before he returns. If only you all had faith you could appreciate the magnitude of what’s to come, heaven isn’t a place in the sky, it’s another world ruled by aliens thar have been around long enough to create us and this entire universe.

    Hilarious comment from an article I read. Meanwhile,I thought Da Vinci was excommunicated.

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    It was supposed to be the Last Supper?

    I totally didn’t get that.

    Also, I was hoping for a real drag show when I saw them, but instead I got a sort of “gender bent catwalk” thing. Boo.

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      It was supposed to be a representation of a bacchanal or dionisya. There are dozens of paintings of those celebrations that look sorta like the last supper, if you squint very hard and turn off your brain.

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    NBC’s coverage only detracted from the ceremony. They cut most of the fashion show. And the hosts did nothing to explain or put the various acts in cultural context.

    For those who don’t like the queer fashion show, no one is forcing you to watch it. It’s a cultural expression of the host country. It’s like going to Gramany and hating the beer or the Netherlands and hating the tulips.

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    I’m also pissed at the Olympics this year, mostly because I got stuck one hour on the road, but maybe I just don’t want to admit how dumb I was to not avoid Paris on my trip to the west… nah it’s them! not me!

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    It wasn’t even the last supper, it was referencing Greek stuff from what I have heard

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    Rankled is a kind of default status of most conservatives, and the way I most prefer them to be.

    I like them to be discomfited too.

    And stilted. Stilted is nice.