Half a second with SLX should tell you which side of that fence he stands on. It was just an interesting dialogue to me because there are plenty of Am...
I wasn't talking about NOS, I was talking about Streetlight. It's just interesting to me because Streetlight is definitely on the left, but he's certa...
I've been reading through this thread a bit and I just gotta say these post were :fire: :fire: :fire: In any case of course they're trying to shame yo...
What is your plan when it comes to nuclear proliferation? What kinds of positions would you like philosophers to push to the public? I'm interested to...
As someone who has spent a bit of time in academic philosophy, I wouldn't expect a group of philosophers to be able to give great insight into nuclear...
I think the anti-natalism is fundamentally anti-being. And by being I just mean the way or ways that humans or other non-human animals experience and ...
I'm not trying to argue with you here. We've already agreed that being inherently involves "suffering" and certainly the individual being subject to f...
Oh yeah if you're talking about the "suffering" or whatever you want to call that is inherent in being (i.e. the way that humans experience the world)...
Yeah, I feel like you're talking about a utopia/perfect society that is very far removed from our current understanding of society. What you're saying...
I think you're right on the money here, Isaac. I've always been a little suspicious of people who espouse views that they can't (or refuse to) actuall...
Maybe it's new in its current form, but the entire idea of seeing the world in black and white - oppressed vs. oppressor, good vs. evil, is quite anci...
I've been thinking about this for a bit and the funny thing about anti-natalism, is that even if we envisioned a world with absolutely no pain we stil...
I'd question this. I'm not a neuroscientist or anything, but I'd wager that there are differences between, say a 30 year olds brain and a 70 year olds...
rsgkh is not right here, does it really make sense that an organization would just give impoverished drug addicts $300 just for promising to get steri...
I think it's more just a reflection of the forum than of philosophy itself. There are some members who are very into anti-natalism, and, I think as yo...
You need to support identity politics to be a true left-winger over here in the States, so sorry to say but you'd be considered regressive in some cir...
The way I see it the libertarians and the right (conservatives) often vote along the same lines, but they are definitely not the same. Atheistic capit...
Maybe we have a different conception of what McVeigh believed and why did what he did? My understanding of McVeigh was that he was motivated by his ha...
They're gun-toting government hating liberty freak militias. At least one of them posted anti-Trump content. Would you consider Timothy McVeigh a righ...
As far as I can tell the plotters of the kidnapping were just anti-government extremists. I haven't found any evidence that they were either far right...
here's the thing: virtually everyone values justice. if we just consider racial justice or social justice or any type of group justice a sub-category ...
I think if Trump were to win decisively it would be very suspicious and we'd hear calls of Russian interference/some type of voting fraud. It's alread...
no. sure, but couldn't a racist be part of a minority as well? a minority could even be in power in a country as they were in south africa. it's not a...
Well I'm living in Massachusetts so a Trump yard sign or bumper sticker is a rare sight here. I actually bet on Trump with a friend last election and ...
It's surprising to me that the odds across betting sites are only 65-35 in favor of Biden. FiveThirtyEight has a pretty clear projection of Biden winn...
I think what's happening here is that you're regarding "racial justice" as a sub-category of justice and I'm regarding the term more in its modern soc...
I never committed myself to a position as to whether that policy would constitute racial justice. I think the concept of racial justice is a suspect o...
I think many people value truth privately, but in public the ego blow from being wrong is just too much in this heavily partisan environment. I think ...
Why can't you post something more relevant and useful, like which type of baseball bat is best at breaking a political opponent's legs? Why are we tal...
I think good reasoning and writing skills can be self taught, but if you're going to get into the weeds with academic philosophy you're probably going...
You should learn it as a hobby unless you want to study law (not advised) or go into academic philosophy (DEFINITELY not advised.) Learn a useful skil...
That's a good question. I don't have an immediate answer. If we're just going to wish leaders dead every time they do something suspect or enforce a p...
You can't be tolerant towards the intolerant, that's just your basic Karl Popper /s. Next logical step is hoping all your political opponents choke on...
Streetlight, what is it exactly that you want in terms of government-type? You're not a liberal, but you say you're not a fascist either. Do you suppo...
They've got one of those Dave Chapelle, black white supremacist scenarios going - the black Cuban is obviously blind and doesn't know he's black and t...
Sure, but I would ask myself whether those who use that type of language are actually interested in a discussion or if they're just more interested in...
Well that's too bad because if you're trying to effect change it might come in handy to show those largely (but not entirely) white suburbanites that ...
Interesting - I've never heard that explicitly said or taught, but come to think of it it does make sense to me intuitively. Yes, I'm very familiar wi...
I'll first mention that I completely agree with you when it comes to your assessment of analytic philosophy today. When I think back to the system bui...
I don't know, personally, if the entirety of analytic philosophy is useless to society - probably not, but a lot of it is. Philosophers very often vas...
The way I interpret this is that the first guy has a loser's mindset. He'd rather protect his own ego and simply follow what the instructions (i.e. le...
"Empowering divisive political rhetoric" - that's a good one. Nah, Streetlight and I are beyond rational political discourse with each other at this p...
Left-wingers call each other comrade all the time. You could even call a democratic socialist "comrade" it doesn't matter. I wouldn't call a centrist ...
I think a lot of our discussion just concerns what qualifies as "right wing." Traditionally the far right refers to Nazism or other extreme, racist, a...
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