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In: Privilege  — view comment
Right. So you're choosing to no longer agree to all we've agreed upon(changing your mind) because you now see where those agreements have led? If you ...
August 28, 2020 at 05:19
In: Privilege  — view comment
Cheers. I am a bit disappointed though, because we barely scratched the surface regarding the offense that some feel at the very mention of "white pri...
August 27, 2020 at 01:15
In: Privilege  — view comment
I believe that you believe that you completely understand what I'm saying. I, however, do not share the belief that you do, because there are some thi...
August 27, 2020 at 00:41
In: Privilege  — view comment
I do not necessarily think that you are lying. I do think that given the facts that - you've claimed to agree with some of my premisses, and also clai...
August 27, 2020 at 00:09
In: Privilege  — view comment
Step back a moment and pause to reflect on this... I use "white privilege" as it was taught to me by non whites. I draw correlations between "white pr...
August 26, 2020 at 22:32
In: Privilege  — view comment
There are a couple of points that need to be made here... First, it's not a 'problem with the concept' at all. It is a distinguishing feature, and a v...
August 26, 2020 at 21:38
In: Privilege  — view comment
That's disappointing too. Either you're lying now, or you lied earlier, or you're just contradicting yourself. No matter which is the actual case, it ...
August 26, 2020 at 20:33
In: Privilege  — view comment
Well, perhaps this holds perfectly good with simple physical and/or material things. It's far less applicable to that which is not. Racism is not a si...
August 26, 2020 at 20:17
In: Privilege  — view comment
Effectively ending racism requires understanding both it's motivations and it's effects/affects. White privilege is an effect/affect of racism. Effect...
August 26, 2020 at 12:39
In: Privilege  — view comment
Your having gone to college and being white is not white privilege. White privilege is the negative effects/affects of systemic racism that you do not...
August 26, 2020 at 09:47
In: Privilege  — view comment
Disappointing that your openly expressed gratitude was accompanied by such a short-lived acceptance. Typically, when we say that we accept that there ...
August 26, 2020 at 09:37
In: Privilege  — view comment
Are you an American citizen?
August 24, 2020 at 06:52
In: Privilege  — view comment
Thanks. I appreciate the kind words. There's still a long way to go. I barely touched on the offense aspect. I'm still quite uncertain whether or not ...
August 23, 2020 at 18:59
Nine months ago I was thinking about the liar and wrote the following... "This sentence is false" is incapable of being false. It is also incapable of...
August 22, 2020 at 23:43
In: Privilege  — view comment
In a nutshell... Talking about white privilege is required in order to understand the effects/affects of racism. The removal of white privilege would ...
August 22, 2020 at 22:44
In: Privilege  — view comment
It can be the case that "white privilege" is used unfairly against any and all successful white people. It is sometimes used as a slight, implying tha...
August 22, 2020 at 22:28
If you cannot see the need to do whatever can be done to remove president Trump from office, then there's not much more I can say to convince you to v...
August 22, 2020 at 22:15
Telling isn't it?
August 22, 2020 at 20:54
At least act like to understand Bernie... seeing how you claim to be a supporter. Clearly you do not grasp what he has stood for all these years. You ...
August 22, 2020 at 20:52
So why ought any of us care what you think?
August 22, 2020 at 20:51
I'm sorry, but this thread - particularly the terminological use presented in the OP - hinges upon incoherent use of some key terms. That renders this...
August 22, 2020 at 20:46
We'll see... I've replied to you in the privilege thread.
August 22, 2020 at 20:41
In: Privilege  — view comment
This is clearly an emotionally charged topic. It's best for white privilege to be clearly defined, because it seems that many people hereabouts and el...
August 22, 2020 at 20:32
I'm asking you how you can agree that systemic racism exists, but reject that white privilege does. I'm doing so by incorporating, as best I can, the ...
August 22, 2020 at 10:13
What's wrong with taking the conversation out of the complete abstract and adding some actual substance? You've already agreed that it's a real life s...
August 22, 2020 at 09:48
It makes no sense to ask these sorts of questions about white privilege. "White privilege" is all of the different benefits and/or privileges that whi...
August 22, 2020 at 08:56
That's where you go off the rails... We agree that systemic racism exists. White privilege is an inevitable consequence of systemic racism(implemented...
August 22, 2020 at 08:40
I can see how that could be problematic. There are some very important 'concepts' being discussed. However, I'm stuck on the fact that you do not seem...
August 22, 2020 at 06:46
I've been sitting back reading this thread with the hopes of better understanding what Judaka was getting at in the OP. You've found a way to tease it...
August 22, 2020 at 04:07
No argument here... I did say "usurped" the idea. He mouthes the words.
August 22, 2020 at 03:36
If history is any indication, with these two, the necessary changes will likely not be made any time soon. However, Those two are much closer to makin...
August 22, 2020 at 03:13
By changing the meaning of the terms...
August 21, 2020 at 16:49
This presupposes that all ideas already exist in their entirety prior to being discovered.
August 21, 2020 at 16:21
You believe Trump is for peace? :vomit:
August 21, 2020 at 02:54
SEP on Truth is a good starting point...
August 20, 2020 at 13:29
Not if I have it right...
August 20, 2020 at 13:25
Put your hands in the air, and step away from the bong! :wink: Hi Shawn.
August 20, 2020 at 06:17
Nah. Hammers do not have purposes. They are used for our purposes. Having a purpose could be rendered as aiming to do something or other in particualr...
August 20, 2020 at 06:06
It does not follow from the fact that we've been wrong about some things that we've been wrong about everything. It does not follow from the fact that...
August 20, 2020 at 05:46
Kamala Harris' speech at the DNC offers a glimpse of hope that some of the unraveling will be mended soon... That was a brilliantly crafted speech. Sh...
August 20, 2020 at 05:25
Awwww.... there is a nice side to Street. :wink:
August 20, 2020 at 05:00
Yes. I definitely concur. They are different words. They're not the only such set though. Bird and birds. The difference is quantity. The latter is a ...
August 20, 2020 at 04:51
Someone recently mentioned the inconvenient facts regarding the actual public policies being implemented during those times so long ago still yearned ...
August 20, 2020 at 03:22
For a start, I would not use the term "truth" in so many different ways. It's called an equivocation fallacy. It causes confusion at best, and is a su...
August 19, 2020 at 16:32
Ok. Substitution then results in the following... It is not a flaw, it is an unavoidable consequence of intelligence, that you are able to arrange tru...
August 19, 2020 at 07:36
Well I think background context matters quite a bit here. How does one know what exactly. Different bits of knowledge can be known in different ways, ...
August 19, 2020 at 07:03
In: Bannings  — view comment
Can someone quote something from Asif that had any sort of philosophical thinking going on? I think, but could be wrong, that that's part of what coun...
August 19, 2020 at 06:44
Ok. And what does the term "truth" mean here? The same as before but singular? A true statement?
August 19, 2020 at 06:41
So, I'm guessing that by "truths" you're talking about true claims, assertions, statements, or some such... Is that about right?
August 19, 2020 at 06:05
No it cannot.
August 19, 2020 at 04:02