It's so easy to be a leftist - all you have to do is scream XYZ meme to everything your opponents say. Because that is how intellectual discussions ha...
And we had regimes which didn't. What do you mean to say, that the world is very diverse in its customs and what it deems acceptable or not? Sure it i...
This statement is pathological. Just consult a psychiatrist if you don't believe me. It's the same as the Nazi's labeling the Jews as the source of th...
No, I think your analogy simply doesn't hold. There's no comparison between conservatives, many of whom are just normal people like me and you, and th...
It's more complicated than this. People can often feel persecuted even when they aren't. This is a well-known psychological phenomenon, especially if ...
Well clearly you are not aware that if this was the case, the regime doing it wouldn't be long in power. There were several assassination attempts eve...
Well if this is the case - notice you have broken the limit and have gone into hate speech - you cannot demand or expect that any conservative behave ...
Where have I said that I discriminate against gays in that post? Nowhere. I simply said that those who wish to build communities without homosexuals s...
But surely you have to recognise that this must be prejudice... you can't possibly claim that millions of conservatives are all evil and hateful peopl...
Who says they should in all cases? Nazism was based on a racial theory which claimed that the Jewish race was INHERENTLY inferior, AND EVIL. The theor...
You believe they were intimidating minorities. That is just that, your opinion, and I understand you believe like that. I don't think all conservative...
Let's take the group that was largely discussed today: homosexuals. Am I personally against homosexuals? Yeah right, and I recommend the West to take ...
Yes, because I think the Left is wrong in attempting to universalise the values it shares. Those values aren't all universal, and people should be all...
That's rather extreme don't you think? It's the equivalent of me saying leftists are all communist. And I'm sorry, but I haven't watched the debate, s...
A strange statement to make when I personally agree with most of the current liberal values (while of course disagreeing with their universality)... I...
Ok but these people were invited, otherwise they wouldn't just show up because they felt like it. And since Universities are educational environments,...
So were these conservative speakers going to discuss the toppling of England's government, or how to undermine England's national security? Really? Ho...
So in the name of freedom of speech, they have a right to ban freedom of speech of individuals who promote different values than they believe in? You ...
Look mate... they can love freedom all they want to. But to insult people for not believing like them, to want to BAN others from speaking out their i...
No, if it was just protesting. But they want to BAN such speakers. Also they insult them. It;s not just that they disagree with them, and proceed to p...
As if the above was anything but a blatant counterfactual ... We can go on pointing fingers like this all day long, but it's not gonna solve anything....
Maybe so, I see nothing much to disagree with there, ALTHOUGH, your case isn't philosophically air-tight. I could, if I wanted to, disagree and say th...
Agreed. It doesn't follow that because I personally disagree with them, others must also disagree. But let us remember that Socrates deemed it morally...
This is problematic. A nation's self-interest may not be sustainability at all costs - in other words, a nation may have certain desires regarding the...
I can write a declaration which says the opposite. What value does this hold? The UN is in no position to guarantee those rights, and therefore cannot...
There is no such group as "humanity". If there is, please explain to me its power structures. There is no government governing "humanity", and there i...
Spot on! Maslow's "therapy" attempts to walk man on a ladder, from obtaining the "lower" needs to obtaining the "higher" needs, which he sees as progr...
Yes it can. Change comes from inside, when an overwhelming number of people agree on a certain change of rules/laws/customs. This has been explained a...
Why shouldn't there be? That's a cultural-specific assertion. And other cultures do accept it and function accordingly... I don't see your point. My w...
It's not a question of should or shouldn't. There just are consequences to breaking it, full stop. Well - as I look across cultures I don't see that c...
Yes challenging them is one thing, meaning one campaigns for changing the law regarding homosexuality. Notice one can still campaign without participa...
Yes, but what is considered to be oppression depends on one's culture, the country one lives in, and the laws there. Yes of course they can do it. But...
Okay, but you know that oppression is itself cultural. What is oppressive in one culture is merely being just in another. That is the problem. We can'...
What do Cato's words have anything to do with what's being discussed here? Second, do you think there's anything wrong with asymmetrically polygamous ...
I don't know where I have said I have a problem with the Constitution of any country... Perhaps you'd be so kind to say where I've talked about the Co...
Yes but I wouldn't agree with these views, hence why I haven't identified as Left. I don't agree, for example, that we must not go to war to destroy I...
I've read Human, All Too Human, but translated by Marion Faber. It's been awhile since though - do you have any specific part that you are referring t...
But I don't think it's used as a crutch. A crutch suggests a cripple, and it suggests a temporary aid, not a fix to one's condition. If the crook was ...
It's interesting you say this. Can you provide some sources which identify with the Left and claim that cultures must respect themselves and allow eac...
Good point. Sure, these are also important matters to discuss, I don't think anyone has argued that they shouldn't be discussed. In fact, underlying t...
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