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Never said that was the case, Agustino. There are certainly decent right-wing views, but they aren't well espoused by Peterson, Shapiro and other hack...
February 20, 2018 at 15:02
What is arrogant about anti-natalism?
February 20, 2018 at 00:57
Please, call me Maw. Mr. Maw is my father. Agustino's comment pertained to hierarchy tout court. "Patriarchy" wasn't a qualifier, so I'll ignore it in...
February 20, 2018 at 00:56
No, I mean his comments about 'mild pedophile'. I guess you never learned about sarcasm punctuation.
February 20, 2018 at 00:07
Except I didn't put them in the same category. I put them on a spectrum, ranging from Peterson and Shapiro on one end, to InfoWars on the other. You c...
February 20, 2018 at 00:00
I am saying you are an exemplar of manipulation via hyper-partisan tactics, including the objective of the NRA (albeit, non-American). The rise of hyp...
February 19, 2018 at 20:12
Ah cool we got new emoticons :fire: :fire: :100: :party: :clap: :cheer: :heart:
February 19, 2018 at 19:50
Feel free to continue discussing what it is I "truly believe" :up:
February 19, 2018 at 19:49
As I've told you before, the notion that the contemporary American "Left" is reducible to identity politics is false. It is as inane as reducing the c...
February 19, 2018 at 19:41
Damn Agustino, when did you transform into a stereotype of contemporary Right-Wing agitprop? If there was a bingo game formed out of such nonsensical ...
February 19, 2018 at 19:20
No, Hitchens certainly demonstrated Islamophobia, but it didn't have as strong an impact into the decline of New Atheism, as Harris' Islamophobia did,...
February 19, 2018 at 18:53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_2UqssvaSc Favorite album from last year
February 19, 2018 at 18:39
New Atheism lost its vitality years ago, after Hitchens died, Harris started spouting Islamophobic garbage, and Dawkin's defending pedophilia. Atheism...
February 19, 2018 at 18:16
Trump has repeatedly shown a reluctance to condemn white supremacists of various stripes. However, he is quick to criticize the classmates of those re...
February 19, 2018 at 17:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCjk_NPsIqU&feature=youtu.be
February 19, 2018 at 15:52
Ironically, these few statements are loaded with fallacies. Irrespective of whether some users have claimed that removing guns will remove violent psy...
February 19, 2018 at 03:05
This is easily applicable to Trump's continued fulmination about "No Collusion!"
February 18, 2018 at 18:18
"Few crimes are more harshly forbidden in the Old Testament than sacrifice to the god Moloch (for which see Leviticus 18.21, 20.1-5). The sacrifice re...
February 17, 2018 at 22:58
An increase of guns is correlated with an increase in gun violence. This is a fact across countries and even across states. It would stand to reason, ...
February 17, 2018 at 22:24
Agustino, when you quickly dance around your statements, you'll inevitably trip. You previously claimed that, "Peterson actually agrees that hierarchi...
February 17, 2018 at 15:07
Both. It was my username from an older forum I had joined back in '06. Um, ok Agustino, whatever you say. Peterson goes on a short rant on Lobster-Hum...
February 17, 2018 at 14:39
Also if I see one more publication about Steven Pinker's new mass-market book I'm going to break my laptop.
February 17, 2018 at 05:43
Nassim Taleb has a new book coming out, but I'm debating whether or not I should buy it. From Fooled By Random onward (excluding his aphorism work) hi...
February 17, 2018 at 03:50
What does "activism in antinatalism" look like in practice? Do you just not get laid?
February 17, 2018 at 02:47
To pair Diderot's political and philosophical thought with Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu demonstrates a superficial understanding of them. Dider...
February 17, 2018 at 00:59
Ah yes, "Tell The Truth". Such profound and original advice! A real modern day Buddha. If you are over the age of 14 and require someone to tell you t...
February 16, 2018 at 20:56
I spent an hour or two reading/skimming Peterson's 12 Rules of Life, and I can't fathom how anyone could possibly find it useful. It's mainly filled w...
February 16, 2018 at 19:59
Can you not understand the insanity of this statement? "Solving" the problem after it occurs only enables it to occur endlessly. Which it has. The 2nd...
February 16, 2018 at 17:49
If drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes doesn't "correlate to the age of responsibility" (i.e. 18), in what Kafka-esque world do we live in where o...
February 16, 2018 at 15:37
This doesn't obviate the issue.
February 16, 2018 at 05:49
But this is peripheral, and ignores the fundamental issue: should private civilians have access to guns, and if so, what restrictions/regulations shou...
February 15, 2018 at 19:46
Has there been any interesting trends/developments in philosophy within the last few years? Speculative realism (while not a movement per say), produc...
February 15, 2018 at 02:12
Fuck guns, fuck the NRA, fuck politicians who take money from the NRA, fuck morons who worship the 2nd Amendment, fuck thoughts and prayers, fuck.
February 15, 2018 at 00:50
Representative Democracy
February 13, 2018 at 22:45
As has been pointed out, the Ontological argument is a sophistic display of thaumaturgical witchery, whereby mere words and definitions are able to co...
February 13, 2018 at 17:15
You aren't seriously suggesting that left sociologists and political scientists have ignored poverty or consider it a "micro-culture" or an exclusivel...
February 09, 2018 at 02:15
Yes, being a Black American can provide unique experiences that help better qualify someone to discuss and debate political issues related to Black/mi...
February 08, 2018 at 17:12
No Agustino, what would be worrying is if America voted for a white male president regardless of qualifications and competency. Use Hilary Clinton as ...
February 08, 2018 at 16:36
Are you incapable of seeing the asymmetry of power, both historical and modern, of women and blacks between white males in America? For fuck's sake, A...
February 08, 2018 at 14:54
No Augustino, purposely using obfuscatory language such as "aborted newborns" is chicanery, and you use it a a crux to evade my point entirely when I ...
February 08, 2018 at 14:42
Perhaps, but Sanders (arguably more social democrat than socialist, despite the self-epithet) nevertheless lost the Democratic candidacy to the decide...
February 08, 2018 at 05:06
It's amazing how, in 2018, people think Marxism is viable threat to American society. I vividly remember in 2010 how in vogue reading Marx was. Who wo...
February 08, 2018 at 03:20
Since when do newborn babies lack the right to life? And is that really all you have to say? Circular and laughably naive, no wonder you readily subsc...
February 07, 2018 at 23:04
Identity politics have been part of American politics for decades. It is not a recent phenomenon. The identity movements have contributed to civil rig...
February 07, 2018 at 19:03
Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the 2007 Financial Recession, is also expecting bitcoin to drop to $5K shortly.
February 07, 2018 at 03:48
What the fuck!? Two years ago??
February 07, 2018 at 03:36
A lot of MF DOOM
January 30, 2018 at 19:18
Saying a being existed "before time" is saying that there is a time external to time, which is incoherent. It is like asking what's North of the North...
January 29, 2018 at 23:12
The biggest skepticism and contention I have with UBI is that it's frequently used by libertarian-types to substitute and replace services the governm...
January 29, 2018 at 22:36
Yes, Agustino, I mentioned Peterson (he was brought up before I mentioned him, however), and now I am ending the conversation lest we further digress ...
January 29, 2018 at 22:26