I don't know if you're familiar with why we have special forums to discuss certain topics, but as a long-time DU-er, I will tell you where it comes from. People who are into astrology, tarot card reading, and the like are dealing with another "sense," a sense that many people don't understand because they haven't cultivated it. A long time ago posters with such interests/abilities had to post in "whatever" forum--might be GD, might be the Lounge, or wherever else the poster thought it appropriate to post.
Consequently such posters were subjected to comments that showed ignorance of the sense and also showed a lack of understanding as to what the topic was about. They were comments like yours: they disparaged our beliefs and abilities.
I've read the transcription above and I see nothing that would insult a vet.
Furthermore, you have violated the forum's statement of purpose with the following:
"making lots of random predictions are not what I want to see when participating in vet protests.:
You might be interested to know that some of us track the predictions, and so far almost all of them have been on target. "Lots of random predictions" shows that you don't understand how the reader gets the information. It seeks to trivialize the reader.
Here's another one:
"I've heard enough at the events from right wingers who "predict" what's going to happen because 'God told them'."
You seem to equate the beliefs in this forum with right wingers, am I correct? Nothing whatsoever about astrology or card reading has anything to do with the right wing and, for that matter, "God." Are you aware that some people who work with these areas do not even believe in a deity?
Many of them (myself included) take the view of Stephen Hawking, who rejects the conventional notion of God or a creator--yet Hawking fundamentally believed that the universe and life have meaning.
I am going to ask you to self-delete your posts because they are irrelevant to the topic of the thread. They do not positively advance the discussion. If you don't want to do that, I am going to ask that the posts be deleted for violation of the statement of purpose, which is: "Positively explore issues having to do with Astrology, metaphysics & spirituality, homeopathy/alternative medicine and healing, Ascension, and other subjects having to do with holistic physical and spiritual growth & traditions."
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