<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Here&#x27;s the thing about what&#x27;s known as zealotry*: It&#x27;s the outcome of a filtering process for assholes.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Here's the thing about what's known as zealotry*: It's the outcome of a filtering process for assholes.</p><p>If you have belief for which there's no evidence, but if it's true it requires *everybody*, not just you, to change their behavior, you have 3 choices: Give it up, find the evidence, or plow ahead &amp; demand people change per your belief regardless of whether they agree or not. </p><p>Only assholes choose the third option &amp; that's how you get these groups. </p><p><a href="https://helvede.net/tags/observation" rel="tag">#<span>observation</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/belief" rel="tag">#<span>belief</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/culture" rel="tag">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/choice" rel="tag">#<span>choice</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c7ebd1d7-8a3e-453b-af37-081fc484f4c3/here-s-the-thing-about-what-s-known-as-zealotry-it-s-the-outcome-of-a-filtering-process-for-assholes.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:15:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c7ebd1d7-8a3e-453b-af37-081fc484f4c3.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:29:19 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>