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According to me. My apologies, but when I was referring to the “communitarian” I was referring to an advocate of the modern philosophical movement. I ...

That’s the thing, though. The Good is not diffusive. Until the communitarian comes to terms with the fact of our separateness, of our individuation, t...

There are two aspects to philosophy: those who philosophize and those who talk about or otherwise repeat those who philosophize. AI falls into the lat...

It’s so glaringly untrue that one can only wonder why one is really saying it. The phrase serves as a piece of doublespeak, not necessarily a statemen...

Another potential terrorist foiled by authorities in Washington. One might assume his politics (and his mental capacity) by noting the potential targe...

Whatever the choice would be, should it violate rights, it would be an immoral choice. It only proves that one has to remove other options for utilita...

I think Japan is going the robot route to handle elderly care. Apparently they’ve been working towards a technological solution for decades. According...

The labor shortage means a decrease in tax revenue for the state, which in turn means less state “services” for those who were promised retirement, he...

That’s right, it’s Comey’s word versus McCabe’s, and it’s frightening that this stupid dynamic was once present at the highest levels of law enforceme...

Andrew McCabe testified to the inspector general that Comey authorized leaks. Comey in 2020 testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee heari...

Fair enough, I’ll take your word for it. But there is another way to frame it, and it doesn’t involve attributing to scratches on paper and articulate...

I’m with you. The sheer amount of causal theories is mind-boggling. But I’ve come to prefer a version of the so-called Transference theory of causatio...

The statute of limitations to indict disgraced FBI director James Comey for lying to congress expire next Tuesday. Knowing the two-tiered justice syst...

Just curious, but how many products have you bought in ratio to how many advertisements you’ve seen? Using the power of your speech, perhaps you can c...

Not at all. I disapprove. I’m just trying to argue that speaking speech that can be construed as hate speech is riskier than hearing it.

More often than not, hate speech incites violence on the one who speaks it. It’s why police defend the KKK and the American Nazi party to hold their r...

There you have it. That’s a principle. I guess it’s a good thing Kimmel, the multimillionaire who celebrated other people being fired or censored, is ...

Here’s a chance to prove your case. Let’s see you injure me with words.

You can damage someone’s ear if you yell too loudly. That’s about the only way to injure someone with speech. As you know these sorts of censorial cla...

I abhor all censorship and I oppose ABC’s decision. I also respect their right to do whatever they want to Kimmel. He’s an employee. His waning popula...

Uh oh, “attacking their critics”. Scary stuff. I don’t abhor speaking. In fact I want to know exactly what those in power are thinking and what they b...

Let’s get this out of the way first—do you believe those in power should decide what you can and cannot say?

No, I’m pointing out that this is the world that people like Kimmel built. You want censorship you get censorship. https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/sta...

Right, but when the EU commission directly threatens Elon Musk with fines it’s just “Reminding someone of their legal obligations to moderate their pl...

Network stations owned by companies like Nexstar and Sinclair Group also have an obligation to abide by FCC rules. Their licenses forbid them from spr...

When an EU commissioner did the same to Elon Musk, threatening him with penalty under the digital services act, is this the same sort of thing? He was...

Subtext. Yet there were no conversations between either of the parties you mention. I guess this subtext just floats in the air, moving people around....

Oh, that’s right, Trump talking is government pressure in some circles. Forgive me.

Democracy is at threat when a television show gets cancelled, but when a guy holding a microphone gets publicly assassinated we should refuse to show ...

Nexstar media group said they made the decision to stop showing Kimmel unilaterally, without discussion with the government. They had the betterment o...

I remember. Also, so-called “election denial” was verboten. Anti-Trump pressure campaigns even got the president removed from the largest social media...

Hate speech is a censorship term of art like blasphemy, heresy, or sedition, and functions much the same. It’s a kind of sacrilege speech a ruling cla...

Pam Bondi, many republicans, and the conservative wing of MAGA have moved to censorship in order to defend Kirk’s honor, which is something Kirk himse...

https://apnews.com/article/fani-willis-appeal-georgia-supreme-court-trump-7be50feee272612484490b53592e7e08 The hopes and dreams of the anti-Trump brig...

I think you had to delete what you wrote because you could be arrested for it. I couldn’t imagine.

Many Americans see what is happening to the UK and it only reaffirms the reasons we should never give up our guns.

Other’s have noticed that the quote of Kirk speaking about the 2nd amendment has spread like a disease among his enemies, like most propaganda does. E...

I wonder if they’ll ban 3D printers in Scotland since a kid was recently jailed there for plotting a mass shooting at his/her school. https://www.bbc....

An idea is indeed a misinterpretation of the body, just as the gods were a misinterpretation of the cosmos and thunderclouds. This is to be expected o...

My apologies for the confusion. I only read a couple posts on the last page. I wasn’t aware there was a longer conversation there. I do disagree becau...

I’m not sure what your conversation was about, because I didn’t read it. It doesn’t even appear that you’re involved at all. Do you want me to quote e...

I explain in the following paragraphs. I cited the words I was responding to in preceding paragraphs.

And there we have it. Note here the charge of “spreading hate”, and the making of a threadbare connection between the act of holding and espousing one...

Good read, thanks for writing Just a couple questions. What is the “original anthropology” that supported these practices? Do you believe pre-modern p...

Everyone keeps mentioning this statement here and elsewhere, without citation. It’s an odd phenomenon because clearly it is not something that you all...

reports are circulating that the weapon and bullets used to assassinate Charlie Kirk were labelled or engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideo...

You need another’s vote to decide what food to order? No wonder. It’s a stupid analogy because in that case you’re not operating under the illusion th...

The only oppressed victim in this case was Charlie Kirk. Do you believe his family deserves revenge? Perhaps. I’m with you on voting, though. If one v...

I never lived there. I only surfed with them. I would prefer that that they weren’t burnt out of their homes. I’m not sure what any of this has to do ...

My collective? I’m just one guy. But yes, I would would leave rather than resort to violence.