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I never realized there was a term to describe the low-effort phrases that people often use to get other people to shut up.

A thought-terminating cliché (also known as a semantic stop-sign, a thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a form of loaded language—often passing as folk wisdom—intended to end an argument and quell cognitive dissonance with a cliché rather than a point.[1][2] Some such clichés are not inherently terminating, and only becomes so when used to intentionally dismiss, dissent, or justify fallacies.[3]

The term was popularized by Robert Jay Lifton in his 1961 book Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, who referred to the use of the cliché, along with "loading the language", as "the language of non-thought".[4]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago (10 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (7 children)

☝️🤓 no, He ascended into Heaven after resurrecting, so He didn't die.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Community note: this claim lacks empirical evidence 🤓

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My source is the bible!

Note: I am explaining the lore, not sharing what I believe to be fact!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Community note: source is highly contested, rife with disagreement on interpretation, and generally agreed to be unfalsifiable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are there many denominations that disagree that Jesus ascended into Heaven after resurrection?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

Do Muslims count as a denomination? And if not, why not?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm always confused about that one. Isn't there a time limit on how long after dying you can cast resurrect? Also, did he cast it on himself? Is that even allowed? I'm not really an expert on D&D.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Oh, you're confused because you think Jesus is a PC. NPCs don't have to follow the same rules.

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