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Anyways, @"Michael" @"3017amen" In light of the content of the Whistleblower complaint, the content of which has of course been known to the White Hou...
September 26, 2019 at 16:53
You find it hilarious to observe the separation of powers and respect foreign sovereignty? Attention readers, this is a false statement. In fact most ...
September 26, 2019 at 16:43
But how are the ethics of scientific research related to the amount of knowledge? It seems to me the ethics would be the same regardless of the level ...
September 26, 2019 at 14:56
I wouldn't make such a definitive statement. My few words were just a brief, back of the envelope kind of description. What I meant to hint at is that...
September 26, 2019 at 14:46
In: Brexit  — view comment
Arguably, allegiance to a party is less tribal than allegiance to a person. Power in tribal societies is based on personal power, whereas parties repr...
September 26, 2019 at 13:36
What would this follow from? Those dangers are heavily influenced by political and economic factors, so I think it's difficult to make an assessment s...
September 26, 2019 at 13:33
So, do you think there is a meaning of rationality outside the narrow procedural sense? Or would you use a more general term like "reason"? If we take...
September 26, 2019 at 13:12
Interesting association. I disagree with calling it "objective", but it is connected to rationality. I have said elsewhere that I think the difference...
September 26, 2019 at 11:05
Rationality is a fundamentally contested term, so it's difficult to give a clear answer. In terms of purely instrumental rationality, it's not irratio...
September 26, 2019 at 10:10
In what way are my examples inadequate, precisely? It's not, because the things that are "valued by me" include more than just my moral values. One is...
September 26, 2019 at 09:26
Thanks! You're right that there are more problems with the statement than just that the second premise is modal. I only realized the issue with the in...
September 26, 2019 at 06:40
Right, and there is a reason for that. I, like you, am ignorant of the specifics of anything other than simple predicate logic, but it's important to ...
September 26, 2019 at 06:14
There are a lot of crimes someone can be guilty of. Like murder. That's a crime that exists.
September 25, 2019 at 20:38
Are you aware that there are different systems of formal logic, and not all operations are permissible in all systems? Do you know what the term "moda...
September 25, 2019 at 20:34
Funnily enough, the insistence that one is an independent thinker is also part of the brand. But I'm not expecting you to give me a straight answer an...
September 25, 2019 at 18:36
But your definition of socially liberal is different from that of people you call "progressives". So, what's your take on Ben Shapiro or Jordan Peters...
September 25, 2019 at 18:11
It's a specific interpretation of "liberalism" that is popular among mostly young men. The leading figures are people like Ben Shapiro or Jordan Peter...
September 25, 2019 at 17:59
So, the White House released a transcript of the call, in which Trump specifically asks the president of Ukraine to do him a "favour" and restart inve...
September 25, 2019 at 15:00
The other threads received more amiable responses though, but there was no further engagement. I am no expert, but I would assume the notion that ” th...
September 25, 2019 at 14:15
In: Brexit  — view comment
Do you think his long-term strategy is a Trump-style populism, appealing to a narrow but highly mobilised and intensely partisan group of voters?
September 25, 2019 at 11:28
As an aside, I wonder what's up with the OP, posting three topics on feminism in quick succession, all with a very similar structure, and then apparen...
September 25, 2019 at 10:32
I can trivially name 10 important ruling men from history. I assume so can you. That should suggest something about the historical power structures to...
September 24, 2019 at 20:55
Are Fox News, Breitbart etc. not American media? As to your question: evidently Trump's campaign was relatively more successful than Hillary's.
September 24, 2019 at 20:51
Really? Can you name 10 without using Wikipedia? Bonus points if you omit the English queens.
September 24, 2019 at 20:33
I think it would, however, be mistaken to blame the oppression of women on the rise of christianity (or any specific religion). Women were essentially...
September 24, 2019 at 20:28
But do the different ways differ (meta-difference) between black men and women and white men and women? Intersectionality only seems to have a genuine...
September 24, 2019 at 20:18
Just who was "using" the intelligence apparatus, and to what purpose, according to you? I'd ask for evidence as well but I know I won't get any. Yes. ...
September 24, 2019 at 20:11
Is there actually any doctrinal support for the christian god having a gender?
September 24, 2019 at 18:14
You're conveniently ignoring the role of a certain person, whose name starts with T, in throwing Ameircan politics into disarray. If Trumps actions ha...
September 24, 2019 at 18:10
The question that comes to mind is how valuable it is for feminism to be intersectional? Can strutcural issues facing other minorities not be resolved...
September 24, 2019 at 16:56
Oh I do care, you just don't have any evidence, and your conjectured story is contradicted by the documented efforts of the russian state to get Trump...
September 24, 2019 at 16:53
Oh so now opposition research by the DNC was also a secret operation by the Russian intelligence services, who tried to undermine Trump while at the s...
September 24, 2019 at 15:53
Whatever are ”russian sourced active measures"? Look at you using Trump's propaganda speak. It's not the nation of origin that matters. It's about wor...
September 24, 2019 at 10:13
In: Bannings  — view comment
The question is, why are you focusing on the Islam bit and not on the "secret pedophile ring run by the Clinton's" bit?
September 24, 2019 at 06:05
Where else would our perceptions reside? Presumably, you don't intend to equate the outside world with any single set of perceptions, so we still need...
September 24, 2019 at 05:58
No. There was evidence (lots of it) that Trump's campaign was involved with russian agents. Trump and various members of his campaign where caught lyi...
September 24, 2019 at 05:00
A theme is not a hoax. Stop sneaking in falsehoods via rhetoric or offhand remarks.
September 23, 2019 at 19:44
There was no Russian collusion hoax. There was an investigation. It found that the efforts of Trump's campaign fell short of criminal collision. You'r...
September 23, 2019 at 19:22
In: Bannings  — view comment
If only we could ban the sources of such indoctrination just as easily.
September 23, 2019 at 19:10
So you agree it's a false equivalence? Obviously, because it implying otherwise fits your agenda. So your standard for an "incestous relationship" (ni...
September 23, 2019 at 19:00
There are no "our standards". There is you, employing your entire arsenal of rhetoric to defend Trump, and there is the rest of us. Your insistence th...
September 23, 2019 at 17:17
You ran out of things to spin, so now it's deflection: "hey look at these other people, maybe they are bad, too". Honestly, I am a bit disappointed yo...
September 23, 2019 at 06:12
So the "House of Islam" suppresses information, that Trump has, in order to safe Islam, but also the information doesn't matter because Muslims will n...
September 23, 2019 at 04:34
The "information" is actually freely available. There are entire books written on the subject. Also: The style of your post suggests you're suffering ...
September 22, 2019 at 22:06
The usual whataboutism. But Clinton did a thing! Now it's just "speaking" and not using US funds in military aid as leverage. The spin machine in acti...
September 22, 2019 at 20:04
You don't get that the executive is not supposed to influence criminal investigations, either domestic or abroad, especially not when high-profile pol...
September 22, 2019 at 18:15
Oh, are we already changing the narrative from "we're investigating an american for the sake of american justice" to "we're combatting corruption abro...
September 22, 2019 at 18:03
What I originally said was that it's clear what "conscious experience" refers to. If I am drunk I am still conscious, but not when I am asleep. I am a...
September 22, 2019 at 18:01
It would be, but I didn't dismiss it. Probably because Trump controls the State Department, so we can't assume the State Dept. is a neutral player her...
September 22, 2019 at 17:20
That article set off so many red flags I googled the author. Guess what type of bias he is known for? Anyways, the state dept is part of the executive...
September 22, 2019 at 16:31