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I love it, personally. The more they expose themselves as an anti-democratic force the better.
December 20, 2023 at 01:52
The vermin term was used in reference to communists and fascists.. I can’t think of a better term, myself. But yeah, illegal immigration is a big prob...
December 19, 2023 at 22:47
That is indeed all I'm saying. They (the politicians) are poisoning the country. Given the corrosive effects of crime, the metaphor is quite apt other...
December 19, 2023 at 22:21
That’s true. The democrats refusing to enforce the laws of the country is poisoning the blood of the country. That’s what they’ve done.
December 19, 2023 at 22:14
“ You know when they let—I think the real number is 15/16 million people into our country—when they do that, we got a lot of work to do. They're poiso...
December 19, 2023 at 22:09
That’s false. His speech makes that clear. Illegal immigration is a process, an act, not a group of people.
December 19, 2023 at 22:06
He was talking about Biden and his croneys. They are the direct cause of illegal immigration.
December 19, 2023 at 22:04
But the article said he was talking about immigrants, not illegal ones.
December 19, 2023 at 22:01
The article was about his speech in New Hampshire. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/16/trump-immigrants-new-hampshire-rally
December 19, 2023 at 21:59
Your misrepresentations are the direct reason white spremacists are emboldened and think Trump is their guy. This has been confirmed by a member here ...
December 19, 2023 at 21:58
Not for me because the “greater good” is unknown, and as such, could never be met. In the end, and at its core, the act would amount to sacrificing or...
December 19, 2023 at 21:45
Thanks for sharing. Perhaps it is controllable in the end.
December 19, 2023 at 21:00
Is your inner-voice hard on you? Does it tear you down and criticize you? Or is it more of an advocate and defender?
December 19, 2023 at 20:54
As usual, all I have to do is take a gander and look at the context you suspiciously leave out, every single time. He's speaking about more than one "...
December 19, 2023 at 20:51
That's what I was wondering as well: can the two opposing ways of thinking account for differences in ideology, philosophy, behavior? Who knows, but a...
December 19, 2023 at 20:32
I like your thinking. There is a lot there to mull over and it inspires me to look more into the topic. I'm not sure I can accept the "meaning-as-use"...
December 19, 2023 at 20:29
The "they" he was speaking of were his political opponents, for instance "Biden and the lunatic left" and "the radical left democrats". He was saying ...
December 19, 2023 at 19:50
Exactly. If you point to its location, the result is no doubt biological. And no doubt the being you’re pointing to is you. To be honest, I thought yo...
December 19, 2023 at 05:28
I understand the words because I’m capable of supplying meaning to the symbols you’ve typed out. It’s true; it’s not the fault of the word. The fault,...
December 19, 2023 at 05:20
That’s a word. What meaning has it conveyed? If it hasn’t conveyed any meaning to you, it’s because it doesn’t convey meaning.
December 18, 2023 at 22:12
For engineering and building purposes I usually use a pen and paper and a measuring tape.
December 18, 2023 at 20:16
I just think. I don’t hear any voices. Perhaps I could describe what it feels like but I have no sort of auditory or visual hallucinations.
December 18, 2023 at 20:01
You mentioned that when you think with words they're neither sounds nor letters; they're just somehow in your head. Might those not be words, then?
December 18, 2023 at 19:59
Thanks for sharing. Perhaps it’s time we gravitated away from the metaphors, for instance “hear”, and focused on the actual. When it comes to the phil...
December 18, 2023 at 19:53
Might those not be words, then? Might they be something else?
December 18, 2023 at 19:49
What meaning have I conveyed with this word? http://tiny.cc/nv8jvz
December 18, 2023 at 19:45
Yes, I assume others can read what I write. Yes, I hope to convey what I’m thinking to others. But sometimes they don’t understand the words in the sa...
December 18, 2023 at 15:25
Yes, and everyone reverts back to metaphor. Meaning is across, between, and external to minds, but as soon as I look it isn’t. Now it’s what we do wit...
December 17, 2023 at 01:12
The meaning must be acquired before we start using words or else we have nothing to associate them with. Meaning is prior to use.
December 17, 2023 at 01:01
I cannot believe words transport meaning from A to B because I have not been able to witness this occur. No one has. No one has looked at a symbol and...
December 17, 2023 at 00:49
I'm not sure what this means. Where is this meaning across, between, and external to minds? Yes, I guess that's confusing. I didn't know it had a tech...
December 17, 2023 at 00:25
No, you’re right, and we agree on most. Word-forms are meaningless until people associate them with meaning. But this, to me, means that people are me...
December 16, 2023 at 20:48
There is nothing occurring that I could call a voice.
December 16, 2023 at 19:32
Yeah, I’m sure I do. I get subtle movements, which could be described as shivers as you say. Is this what they mean by thinking in words or an inner m...
December 16, 2023 at 19:23
My problem is that if the word-forms conveyed meaning, we’d know what they meant by reading them. It is precisely because they do not convey meaning t...
December 16, 2023 at 19:18
Good thinking. Though in my mind your argument is unequivocal, you touch on some other principles of individuation which may suffice better than DNA b...
December 16, 2023 at 15:48
You can watch as the maggots bury themselves in the brains. Hannity: We almost have to go to a break. I want to go back to this one issue, though, bec...
December 15, 2023 at 20:23
People have been spitting that line a lot lately in the opinion section and among the pundits of legacy media. He's going to be a dictator. He's going...
December 15, 2023 at 17:24
James Comey’s appointee Charles McGonigal, a top player in the Russia hoax, was just convicted to 4 years for colluding with Russian oligarchs. The wh...
December 15, 2023 at 16:15
Never again!
December 14, 2023 at 23:43
Right, but voluntary organization is not antithetical to anarchism. The point is that there is no hierarchical sovereign, authority, or government gov...
December 14, 2023 at 21:31
Yes, it’s warranted in my opinion, especially given Biden’s lies about his son’s dealings, many of which occurred while Biden was present and in power...
December 14, 2023 at 20:53
The members of the United Nations in particular. Voluntary cooperation without any hierarchical government is a hallmark of anarchism.
December 14, 2023 at 20:50
That’s why an inquiry is in order, to find the answers. It should be no problem if they have nothing to hide. Hopefully with some authority the stonew...
December 14, 2023 at 20:48
It’s not that they made money, but that it is unclear what they’re selling. I can name any number of goods and services sold by the Trump organization...
December 14, 2023 at 20:29
Is there some sort of hierarchical government governing these states that I am not aware of?
December 14, 2023 at 20:26
There is quite a bit, actually. https://oversight.house.gov/landing/biden-family-investigation/ No comment on these, I suppose.
December 14, 2023 at 17:58
It’s not an impeachment. They don’t have the receipts because they are being stonewalled. Hence the inquiry. Wouldn’t want to mention that.
December 14, 2023 at 17:49
Where are the quotes from everyone else involved, for instance those outlining the evidence so far? I imagine those are all minimized while this one i...
December 14, 2023 at 17:29
He said "Donald Trump 2024", therefor he's admitting it's a political sham. He also said this: https://twitter.com/RepTroyNehls/status/173507236275460...
December 14, 2023 at 17:18