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One of the greatest stupidities of anti-Trumpism is to attribute to Trump's words some ill effect, like the undermining of the justice system, or the ...
April 08, 2024 at 15:43
The questionable decision is the gag order, the violation of a human right, which I’ve already mentioned is using prior restraint, and the refusal to ...
April 07, 2024 at 14:21
He was censored for social media posts that point out the judge has a vested interest in Trump’s conviction, in Trump’s election loss, insofar as it p...
April 06, 2024 at 21:10
Why can’t Trump defend himself outside of trial? The judge used prior restraint to censor the defendant in order to shield his daughter from being exp...
April 06, 2024 at 17:38
The corrupt deserve to be threatened, and it is this corruption that almost certainly leads to the threats. Besides, prior restraint is forbidden in t...
April 06, 2024 at 17:19
Earlier this week internet sleuths, doing the job of the media class, discovered that the daughter of the judge in the Stormy Daniels sham trial was a...
April 06, 2024 at 16:50
I like your objection. It’s a nice thrust at the inverted spectrum argument, but it would be easier to say the argument itself is conceptually inconce...
April 05, 2024 at 07:13
Government is a kind of technology, except it’s an immoral one. It’s premised on monopoly, plunder, and coercion. Not only that but it’s entirely inef...
April 04, 2024 at 14:39
The study of natural and physical phenomena was once the domain of philosophy, but so was the study of politics and ethics. Over time the one diverged...
April 04, 2024 at 02:21
Tech has evolved at an astronomical pace while the species itself hasn't. Given this disparity it is quite possible we could destroy ourselves with it...
April 03, 2024 at 23:46
It might be comforting to distill the terms into some little formula, this word equals that word, but in my mind it’s better to find out what these te...
April 03, 2024 at 23:44
I don't think a strict religious adherence could be considered "spiritual", at least insofar as that word means anything. The conscience is often late...
April 03, 2024 at 16:08
It’s a good start to a good argument. My only quibble is the brain/body dualism. It’s common to situate consciousness in the brain, but because we’re ...
March 28, 2024 at 16:19
The Republican state in particular has had a profound effect on political divisions. The introduction of a representative government, a constitution, ...
March 28, 2024 at 14:17
Personally I wouldn’t imagine such a being. The best way to go about such monitoring is to utilize the senses of others, and maybe some invasive techn...
March 27, 2024 at 16:12
“Mind” is the limited and naive theory of one’s own body from the perspective of someone who is unable to observe what is actually occurring. The hypo...
March 27, 2024 at 14:47
Perhaps I misunderstood. If we can agree that human beings are perceivers then I have no objection and I apologize for making that assumption. Never m...
March 26, 2024 at 21:25
Trump’s Net Worth Hits $6.5 Billion, Making Him One of World’s 500 Richest People https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-25/donald-trump-6-4-...
March 26, 2024 at 04:27
Note that none of the nouns used in this sentence refer to any person, place, or thing, so it isn’t clear what you are speaking about, if anything. Gi...
March 26, 2024 at 04:22
The question of "what perceives" absolutely relates to the discussion because If we don’t know who or what perceives we cannot say whether perception ...
March 26, 2024 at 03:04
I’m a perceiver. You’re a perceiver. Are we not? Light is of the world. Light is distal. We perceive light. Isn’t that so? Do perceivers have eyes? Hu...
March 25, 2024 at 21:43
What is your "end receiver"? Or is it just another noun without a referent?
March 25, 2024 at 21:12
In my opinion we just need to recognize our lot in life, stop thinking in their terms, like we did with the crown and the church, and everything will ...
March 25, 2024 at 21:01
Not me. I think the use of the term "experience" is the limited and ignorant explanation of a being who cannot even observe his own ears, let alone th...
March 25, 2024 at 20:58
In my mind their vote only justifies such an imbalance, and each time they do so they give away their power, delegate those responsibilities, signing ...
March 25, 2024 at 20:39
Very true. It’s a vicious cycle many cannot escape from. It’s why most people will absolve themselves of the responsibility of rearing their own child...
March 25, 2024 at 20:18
No doubt utilitarianism is superficially convincing and comforting, but when it justifies immoral and unjust behavior I want no part of it
March 25, 2024 at 19:23
But you absolve parents from the responsibility of rearing their own children, institutionalizing them, leading to the very conditions you fear. Not t...
March 25, 2024 at 18:59
I would simply change the nomenclature from education to something like training or instruction as it better characterizes the institution and its pro...
March 25, 2024 at 18:46
The goal of state education is to embed the prevailing ideology, statism, which includes instruction on how to operate and survive in the midsts of th...
March 25, 2024 at 17:47
It looks like the corrupt Tish “Peekaboo” James and Bitch Tits Judge Androgen won’t be stealing anyone’s private property today. Trump still has to pa...
March 25, 2024 at 16:08
Psychological stress in the form of cognitive dissonance.
March 25, 2024 at 00:12
The only reason the system distinguishes employer from employee is for tax purposes. But really the relationship is a partnership between types of wor...
March 23, 2024 at 07:39
I don’t know how anyone could expect that. Really, only an idiot would think that when he says Jim Jordan is fighting in the house, for example, that ...
March 21, 2024 at 02:26
What actual solutions do you have in mind? Didn’t Finland start building a big fence just recently? Why would they do that, I wonder? Why just 200km o...
March 20, 2024 at 21:33
Dupes actually believed Trump meant political violence, and fell for a very simple fallacy as proffered by those who would exploit their gullibility. ...
March 20, 2024 at 16:12
I don’t get it either. The worst it could do is put in doubt the metaphysics of those who think in crowds.
March 20, 2024 at 15:42
Biden ended the Trump’s national emergency and the border wall construction on his first day in office. Now he’s dealing with a crisis at the border. ...
March 20, 2024 at 15:34
It’s only trivially-true until it hurts us politically, then it’s trivially-false.
March 20, 2024 at 14:29
Then the implications are clear when other politicians, like Biden, use the exact same words. It was so much of a hoax that Biden resumed doing just t...
March 20, 2024 at 14:24
That’s too bad, I did. And though you can refuse it and pretend I didn’t, I’ll still be there granting you the right and defending it. Start small. Gi...
March 20, 2024 at 00:06
That is odd. Philosophers have been expounding and conferring rights long before any politician, bureaucrat, or jurist has codified them. Hell, some c...
March 19, 2024 at 21:00
A new hoax has arisen. This time our credulity implores us to believe Trump threatened the country with a bloodbath should he lose the election. Out o...
March 19, 2024 at 14:51
No, there isn’t a need. The varying interpretations and meanings applied to core concepts furthers creativity, exploration, and growth, whereas consen...
March 19, 2024 at 14:46
Society dictates rights? I’ve only seen men dictate rights. By “society” I assume you mean men in power. But it isn’t true, in any case, that only som...
March 19, 2024 at 13:45
That’s right. For instance, I know human beings need to express themselves, so I confer upon on you the right to free speech. In doing so I do not cen...
March 19, 2024 at 05:58
All rights come from men. Natural rights come from man’s reason in consideration of nature.
March 19, 2024 at 05:49
Yes, rights come from men, believe it or not. Yes, men can enforce rights. Are you not of the species? The idea that rights can only come from men of ...
March 19, 2024 at 05:44
It’s quite simple. You consider human nature and the natural world and derive a set of rights therefrom, for example, rights that would allow one to s...
March 19, 2024 at 05:08
How does someone become aware of a perceptual experience if his senses point outward, and he is not seeing, tasting, smelling, or hearing inside his b...
March 18, 2024 at 23:09