BREAKING NEWS

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Re: BREAKING NEWS

Post by StCapps » Fri Apr 19, 2019 9:12 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:
Fri Apr 19, 2019 1:07 pm
Let the Eco Bolsheviks run amok.

Who cares?

Let it burn.

The liberal order they are inveighing against is the liberals.

Not my problem.
Yeah, they undermine their own stated cause and are attacking the liberal order, win-win.
*yip*

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Re: BREAKING NEWS

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:17 am

SJWs are a natural consequence of corporatism.

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Re: BREAKING NEWS

Post by StCapps » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:20 am

*yip*

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Re: BREAKING NEWS

Post by GloryofGreece » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:58 pm

Slavoj Zizek vs Jordan Peterson debate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78BFFq_8XvM
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Re: BREAKING NEWS

Post by Otern » Sun Apr 21, 2019 12:00 am

GloryofGreece wrote:
Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:58 pm
Slavoj Zizek vs Jordan Peterson debate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78BFFq_8XvM
Five minutes in, and that audience already make me lose hope. They're treating it like it's a sports event, my team versus your team, by their hooting and cheering.

Is this where we're at now? No longer listening to arguments, understanding one another, but rather seeing everything as an ideological battle?

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Post by Martin Hash » Sun Apr 21, 2019 1:20 am

How can there be compromise? One side, liberty or Marxism, must win completely. Talking, debate, begging, ain’t gonna do it.

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Re: BREAKING NEWS

Post by Otern » Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:15 am

Martin Hash wrote:
Sun Apr 21, 2019 1:20 am
How can there be compromise? One side, liberty or Marxism, must win completely. Talking, debate, begging, ain’t gonna do it.

“Violence is the ultimate arbiter.” - me
Still. "Know your enemy" and all that.

No matter what side one is on, I'd expect them to actually listen to arguments, and understand them, rather than cheering like it's a football match.

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Re: BREAKING NEWS

Post by Martin Hash » Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:21 am

I can’t be convinced. No one ever changes their mind. It’s over. This debating thing is just spectacle; so what if they treat it so?
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Re: BREAKING NEWS

Post by Otern » Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:40 am

Martin Hash wrote:
Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:21 am
I can’t be convinced. No one ever changes their mind. It’s over. This debating thing is just spectacle; so what if they treat it so?
It's not about being convinced. It's about understanding what the other guy means. Even if he's wrong, there's no harm in gaining an understanding of why he's wrong.

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Post by PartyOf5 » Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:57 am

Otern wrote:
Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:15 am
No matter what side one is on, I'd expect them to actually listen to arguments, and understand them, rather than cheering like it's a football match.
You expect too much. A great percentage of US voters are so dug in that it really is a us vs. them mentality.

I've mostly given up trying to have honest debates with those with a different ideology. There are still good debates to be had within a certain scope, but trying to have meaningful, civil discussions about say, Trump between people who support and oppose him are pretty much nothing more than shouting matches.