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This is my post. It's obviously primarily about racism and brutality. But again, you seem to be here just to complain about property loss. Got anythin...
May 31, 2020 at 17:28
Pointing out that some bad things have been done by the protesters is fine as far as it goes. But I presume if police were torturing members of your c...
May 31, 2020 at 17:24
That sums it up for me and why most of the objections to what's happening are ill-founded. In a situation where there is no justice, there can be no l...
May 31, 2020 at 17:17
:up: Just downloaded Violence: Humans in Dark Times by Lennard and Brad Evans.
May 31, 2020 at 16:54
Ah, no, I can imagine the level of intrigue necessary for imagining it's not true in the US today though. It simply means institutional racism, such a...
May 31, 2020 at 16:48
You can focus on the 'systemic' part if you like. There is no other country in the developed world, for example, where a minority are routinely brutal...
May 31, 2020 at 16:32
What would really get results is hitting big corporate donors, so they might buy some better politicians. In what way is another question. Anyway, yes...
May 31, 2020 at 16:04
It was not only murder in the second degree, Floyd was tortured to death in what must be considered a hate crime. The third-degree murder charge is a ...
May 30, 2020 at 19:46
Yes. Can't stop thinking about that. I've settled on a hamster.
May 29, 2020 at 23:46
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By the way, if anyone has any other off-topic comments or complaints, please make a separate thread or PM us.
May 29, 2020 at 22:41
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You're allowed to insult politicians and other public figures, obviously. So, no, it doesn't violate any forum guidelines. That should be clear from r...
May 29, 2020 at 22:34
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Banned @"Syamsu" for his insisting on posting about creationism. Pseudoscience is not welcome here. So, if you are of that persuasion, please keep it ...
May 29, 2020 at 20:15
Well, peacefully appealing to the moral sentiments of the ruling aristocracy who have made America a systematically racist shithole clearly isn't goin...
May 29, 2020 at 20:07
:clap: :flower:
May 29, 2020 at 18:55
We must be racist against stupid people. Now shut up and get on with the Trump brown-nosing.
May 29, 2020 at 17:59
If you were any more full of shit, we could give you an enema and stick you in a matchbox. Damn right you needed to apologize. Don't try to pull that ...
May 29, 2020 at 17:55
It's a fact that minorities have been affected more by COVID. And being affected by COVID has nothing to do with others' expectations of you. It's not...
May 29, 2020 at 17:19
You don't really need agent provacateurs when the racist-in-chief is threatening to shoot protesters.
May 29, 2020 at 14:27
:lol:
May 29, 2020 at 13:45
It's been admitted the arrest was wrong you silly people. "Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has apologized for the "totally unacceptable" arrest of a CNN journ...
May 29, 2020 at 13:41
They identified themselves. ... Watch now as the liberty freaks embrace authoritarianism and abuse of first amendment rights while even the governor h...
May 29, 2020 at 13:32
... And another Trump turd gets flushed away.
May 28, 2020 at 14:26
Libertarian: I believe in free speech and will always defend it. Non-libertarian: Addendum: Bullshit. Libertarian: Shut him down!!!
May 28, 2020 at 07:05
Libertarian: I believe in free speech and will always defend it. Non-libertarian: Bullshit. Libertarian: Shut him down!!!
May 28, 2020 at 07:02
In the post in question, you appealed to the authority of this organization in support of the idea that the lockdown causes more harm than good. There...
May 26, 2020 at 16:11
Fixed it. :up:
May 25, 2020 at 20:48
:clap:
May 23, 2020 at 19:43
Good points. Thanks.
May 23, 2020 at 13:40
I think I've more or less dealt with this, justified suspicion is not enough to refute the claim, but it is enough to dismiss the appeal to authority ...
May 21, 2020 at 21:13
On the positive side, some interesting conversation here. On the negative side, Hanny is probably ecstatic we've spent so much time on his brain fart....
May 21, 2020 at 20:18
It wasn't just one bad call, the dudes are a nutty right-wing cult pontificating on a political issue that largely breaks down on right vs left-wing l...
May 21, 2020 at 20:01
Yeah, thanks, probably the main take away here is just that accusations of an ad hom fallacy (or even, conversely, an argument from authority fallacy)...
May 21, 2020 at 19:38
Well, I guess I could live with senile creepy Yoda as long as he is given constant access to a teleprompter and stays away from my sister. Anyhow, Tru...
May 21, 2020 at 19:23
Many of us on both sides of the argument, including me, @"benkei", @"fdrake", @"Isaac" and more have been using data and evidence since the beginning....
May 21, 2020 at 19:18
On the positive side, we're only arguing over who/what constitutes a legitimate authority here and have got past the "You questioned the legitimacy of...
May 21, 2020 at 19:05
Or.. creepy Yoda... ? /uploads/files/8o/agxjeygys83ht9dw.jpg
May 21, 2020 at 19:00
So, Trump is Darth Vadar and Biden is what? A senile Yoda??
May 21, 2020 at 18:58
Must be a black and white cat.
May 21, 2020 at 18:54
Without a legitimate appeal to authority or any reliable data or stats that meaningfully compare the damage that an immediate release of the lockdown ...
May 21, 2020 at 18:52
I've asked my doctor and he denies all knowledge of inventing Drapetomania, whatever the fuck that is. Of course, he might be one of the lizard people...
May 21, 2020 at 18:37
We can continue to argue about the reliability of the source but it doesn't make what I said an ad hom either way because I'm not claiming the argumen...
May 21, 2020 at 17:00
Anyway, this is off topic, if you want to argue about sources, do it here: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/8368/ad-hom-vs-appeal-to-authorit...
May 21, 2020 at 16:38
Who says? Source? By your own logic, questioning Wikipedia's reliability is an ad hom. So, how do you escape the contradiction you've trapped yourself...
May 21, 2020 at 16:36
Yep.
May 21, 2020 at 13:56
Yes, get well soon both of you.
May 21, 2020 at 13:32
Yeah fuck it, I'll put this in an OP and stick it in resources.
May 21, 2020 at 13:04
Another simple way of putting this is that you were attempting an argument from authority, which can't work unless the authority is reliable. "An argu...
May 21, 2020 at 12:58
When you present a claim as credible based on an authority, you implicitly make the claim that the authority is credible. If the authority is found no...
May 21, 2020 at 12:44
I'm pretty sure @"Hanover" knows quoting an organization who are known to spread psuedoscience to advance their political objectives disqualifies them...
May 21, 2020 at 11:40
Lol! It's a matter of credibility not logical argumentation. Any doctor who advises that HIV doesn't cause AIDS should not be considered a reliable fo...
May 21, 2020 at 11:37