Some cats, even cats that know and trust you react much better if you pet them with a hand they dont see approach. Sometimes I distract a cat with one hand and start stroking with another. I think laying on your back is a very vulnerable position for a cat, most cats I had did it but only one stayed in that position while I was approaching.

What does that have to do with whether tank being a weapon causes a word to be more oppressive or not?

I engaged with what you said, I said I dont think it’s right to base whether something is a slur based on the root meaning of the word. I think that’s incorrect and a little ridiculous.

Because I think you were wrong? In fact I find your original argument kind of ridiculous.

I said slurs can be based on colour and you’re saying that I pretend that communist were not persecuted, do you see why I’m confused?

Are you sure this was meant to be a reply to me?

The N-word is related to colour, I dont get it why that matters whether something is a slur or not.

Can you disprove all mediums? What if someone has an experience with them that they can’t explain but felt powerful and they made a personal choice to believe that they did talk to a dead relative.

it is not irrational, to observe (or experience) something and not being able to explain it.

I agree, and that’s where I would stop, I can’t explain it, I don’t know what this is.

I think in general it matters what we believe to be true or not, you might think that in a certain situation believing a false thing can result the same (or better) way than not believing but beliefs are not restricted to certain situations and will inform our decisions elsewhere, maybe with more dire consequences. A quick example would be mediums who pray and scam grieving people out of time and money.

Isn’t it irrational to believe in things that cannot be proven or disproven?