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@"Ciceronianus" @"Hanover" @"Maw" Curious how you look at the Paul Weiss deal and the broader subject of the EEOC letters that have been sent. See for...

I've realised that an exception for the learning centre makes sense as well, to allow people to share online resources. I will update the guidelines a...

Exactly. The point is, most his posts can be dismissed as contradictory nonsense. "He likes the shock" until people complain about it. That's like com...

Fixed it for you, which makes the statement uninteresting without any idea how to identify one from the next. Stop sharing your opinions. It's uninter...

@"ssu" can you please stop discussing with an idiot? I've counted 15 performative contradictions in his last two posts. There isn't even an argument t...

Denial isn't an argument and the second sentence is a dumb strawman again. That you have zero grasp of what actual "leftist" thinkers have written abo...

Or people will stop eating avocados. It's a foodstuff easily replaced by other foodstuffs unless you insist on reading guacamole. Eg, demand substitut...

That's entirely correct based on the quoted text on why the Guardian is "left" . Your straw men are irrelevant especially if you think they don't pert...

funny how left-leaning coincides with favouring human rights, the rule of law and possibly not wanting foreign spies in government positions. If that'...

Ah... The sweet performative contradiction of someone decrying statism and then to cheer on the orange buffoon ruling by decree.

That's only true for full length videos. We still don't care you have an original thought about Trump's latest social truth rant. It will be deleted. ...

Not any longer indeed.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the poor Tesla owners and Musk. Funny how every nutjob killing kids at a school shooting or if they go postal is a l...

I don't want this to turn into a major burden for moderators; so personally I'm going to be really "dumb" with this rule and not spend more than activ...

Coming from you, I'm now confident it's a great move.

The main concern is quality. Embedding YouTube without original content will get it deleted. "hey, check out David Harvey explaining das Kapital" will...

If it's "just news", then it's not philosophy and it goes into the Shoutbox or the News thread. If there's a philosophical point to be made, then it c...

For anthropological, or possibly psychological, reasons I'm interested in your reasoning steps from "no social media" to being "part of Trump's projec...

Imagine rich douchebags living forever.

No.

It certainly covers YouTube shorts. For other videos it will be context dependent. I will delete any video embedded where you say "oh lookie, this guy...

Yes, the concept is indeed fuzzy. We therefore encourage posters not to explore borderline cases. Edit: scrolling through your post history it doesn't...

Apart from the obvious?

Please note the updated rules of use on the website with respect to social media (no effect in this thread!): https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussio...

MAGA defense for leaking secrets amount to "it ain't a crime if you don't get caught!" or in this case "it ain't a crime if nothing bad happened!". Si...

Or for once you can stop giving a shit what he thinks or says.

Being pro-Israel automatically disqualifies anyone from having any opinion on anything whatsoever.

I couldn't care less about the USA's dumpster fire version of politics. Dumb shits defending the current administration can take their tribal idiocy a...

My personal favourite part is all these "small government" idiots partying everytime Trump guts something in a vindictive retaliation at his perceived...

Attempted or succesful assassinations of the President of the USA is nothing new or interesting. Why do you think there's a secret service? It's estim...

Your inability to tell the difference between vandalism by angry people and the storming of a parliamentary hearing buttressed by right wing activists...

poisoning the well argument. Nice. Why are you projecting US partisanship on a European? It doesn't make sense. Feel free to search my posts about sca...

Only the most determinedly brain-dead would mistake a few Tesla bonfires for domestic terrorism. The U.S. legal definition of domestic terrorism, as p...

Vandalism equated to terrorism? God, what a bunch of losers. They're so insecure they see enemies and danger everywhere.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/rasha-alawieh-deportation-026038

What is problematic about this exchange is that the argument "but the other guy did it too" is a fallacy and you don't appear to see it immediately fo...

I've been in popcorn mode with respect to US domestic policies since Trump was re-elected.

Love the jealous rant.

In your opinion. We haven't nearly reached rock bottom there mostly because of course we don't have the logistics to project military power. But the i...

It's free as far as Putin is concerned. Ukrainians and Russians dying aren't his problem. If you want to talk about ego, maybe you should be analysing...

What versions are there? How much did Iraq keep of Kuweit? How much did Germany keep after losing WWII? Or for that matter, how much did the Allies ke...

Possibly but it was still Zelensky and his team that executed it and incorporated whatever advice they got.

Russian negotiations tactics: demand something ridiculous, don't move an inch and wait for a western democracy to give something. Yay for free stuff. ...

I'll accept that as true since consumer protections in the US are higher in this area due to the absence of a general duty of care for brokers and ban...

Nonsense.

The market corrects and then continues. They will abide, it's actual prices of milk and gasoline and bread that will get people up in arms.

What disinformation bubble are you in that you would describe that sabotage as such? First, we still don't know who did it so pretending you know it w...

I refuse! No more benefits for foreigners!

Yes, happily defending democracy in writing (outside of this little community).

It's not a technicality. It's the existing framework along which these things are assessed. That Europe so far has decided not to act reflected a lack...