I’m not convinced. The context, the joking and laughter about her comments, suggests to me he was largely kidding around and playing it up for those h...
That’s fair. Trump could definitely be lying. But given that she wasn’t fired for over a year later until after allegations from Ukrainian prosecutors...
Me: You: Merriam-Webster: lie noun (2) \ ?l? \ Definition of lie (Entry 4 of 6) 1a : an assertion of something known or believed by the speaker or wri...
The idea that Trump should remember every conversation and every name with everyone he meets is a little silly. Maybe you can remember every name and ...
I agree with Clinton on this one. His personal sex life should not have been aired in public. Privacy is important, even for the most public of figure...
That’s a blatant mischaracterization of what I said. But I wouldn’t accuse you of lying for doing so. Sure, you could be lying, acting in bad faith an...
The term “lies” implies an intention to deceive. But given that knowledge of those intentions are completely absent from our knowledge, the use of the...
The Senate trial begins for the day. The defense has 22 hours remaining to make their case. https://youtu.be/6zHPfxOR0-E Kenneth Starr of Clinton impe...
No, not really. Again I don’t look to politicians for truth. In fact I think it would be idiotic and naive to do so. What I want is leadership and res...
I prefer the little falsities and misleading statements to the Big Lie of public relations politics. I like to know what my leaders are thinking, whet...
I don’t trust politicians as a matter of principle. As long as what Trump says is interesting and hilarious I’m fine with it. So no I do not trust Tru...
I do, yes. I don’t trust the GOP and do not understand why the McConnell does not want witnesses. A long senate trial effectively removes Warren, Klob...
I love when you guys pat each other on the back. Very cute. No props for Relativist? He’s the only one making coherent arguments. If you need someone ...
No wagers from me. What I would question is the editorializing and lack of direct quotes of the manuscript itself. It takes faith to trust in a 3rd-ha...
Let’s say you and I team up to affect democracy and the rule of law. Since we have de facto control over both, how would you and I go about doing that...
Voting is one thing, but to “simply elect someone” is quite another. You can’t “simply elect” your neighbor for instance. I’m only saying the private ...
The word “process” is a noun, but it is series of actions. These actions are reified into a noun. For instance the word “jog” can be used as a noun. “...
That’s clearly not true because it is not easy for any one private citizen to get someone elected or to get elected himself. Only the state has the po...
I’m mostly speaking about the positions and structures and not necessarily the various people who occupy them. Anyone who occupies those positions are...
I think he might mean that “life” and “consciousness” should not be nouns because they aren’t persons, places and things. I don’t think it is beyond r...
In English we differentiate between those who hold official power conferred by the state—judges, bureaucrats, police etc.—and those who don’t by using...
One becomes a public official when he is in a position of official authority conferred by a state. A private citizen has no such power. I’m saying the...
Good explanation. It is a horrible idea. One can be technically wealthy but effectively poor and your farmer example is a good one. I feel the same wa...
I’m just writing simplistically. My point is that if the State or King never made these advantages available in the first place, others would be unabl...
We tend to blame the those at the upper echelons of the private sphere for having the means to acquire power through purchasing advantage. I think thi...
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