praxis

I was going to post that the act of condemning ‘otherness’ is meaningful because it helps to define us, in a form larger than our individual selves, a...

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I appreciated Bernie's plain talk last night in the debates, whereas Liz came off a bit like she was selling a preowned vehicle that's only been used ...

Poor choice of words on my part.

Notably unconcerned with the environment. Do you know something I don’t?

I just finished Philosophy and Real Politics by Raymond Geuss. It didn’t end with a kiss, but it was satisfyingly realistic.

A defining characteristic of religion is its dependence on authority. Only a religious authority can attribute qualities to the ineffable. :halo:

The existence of anything is disputable, or can not be taken for granted.

It doesn’t matter that causes & events are not distinct physical things like an apple pie, you can still dispute their existence. You can dispute the ...

I said that you speak as though God is a given. If I said that an apple pie is sweet I’m speaking as though an apple pie exists, or has existed. If I ...

So you were talking about the economy? Weird.

You mention God as though it’s a given, and even attribute consciousness, yet claim not to be a ‘theist’.

???

I don’t get what you’re saying. What has Trump delivered that Democrats (I assume) haven’t been able to for decades? A good economy? For one thing, we...

?? Around 500 miles of fence was built before Trump entered the picture.

The alternative is that he fumbled it, due to incompetence, bad council, or whatever. He fumbled that as well. Had to bypass congress by declaring an ...

All his rallies? They love it. It’s unfathomable to me also but a particular American democratic loves his orations.

It called politicizing an issue. Educate yourself and google it or something. I can see now that I gave you too much credit for understanding liberal ...

You’re an idealist, in other words.

@"3017amen" Tick tock

As you are probably aware (and unaffected by due to your conditioning) illegal immigration across the Southern border has been steadily declining for ...

I’m not inclined to bother with these questions because you haven’t shown how it would lead anywhere. Just a wild guess but so far your reasoning appe...

@"3017amen" Tick tock tick tock

You’re deliberately avoiding the overriding point, and thereby inadvertently indicating it’s validity, which is that Trump followers such as yourself ...

This is exactly what I’m talking about. No mention of efficacy in the link you provide because, for a follower like yourself, that’s not the important...

Alright, how does a theist explain the feeling of the color red?

White picket fences primarily function to demark property lines. They can also be decorative. If someone wants to cross them they can easily do that. ...

I have some disagreements with your reiterations. They're irrelevant, however, lacking a larger point. Am I correct in a assuming it has something to ...

Assuming these questions are meant to somehow support theism, you should probably share that reasoning first.

In what sense are they your own? Like all of us your knowledge, views and opinions, ideology, morality, values, and even emotions are dependent on oth...

Does it clarify? Doesn’t this disqualify option 3.

Your problem, and mine as well, is that our experience is so dualistic. Idealism doesn’t necessarily sound a lot like theism to me though. The materia...

I’d like to hear how theism could be a trivial part of a person’s philosophy.

If you’re not sure how your views on immigration may diverge from the rest of Trumps followers, or his authority, then maybe they don’t. I could bring...

How do they diverge? assuming that you are game.

On too many occasions over the last several weeks I’ve found myself waiting to hear out an argument from you that never materializes. Anyway, if you’r...

Have you asked? What are the questions?

Full truth: you have a health sense of humor.

You’re doing halfway well in this topic.

Alright, then let me put it a different way, why weren’t you non-confrontational? And who said anything about appeasement? I’m not saying it’s easy to...

You're the one who started this. If your intention for doing so had to do with the "problem pointed out by the OP," I fail to see it. Despite my respo...

In the situation we're discussing the choice is between the two. As far as I know, there's no option to not hold the child. I am honestly not frighten...

These are serious issues and I shouldn't fool around as I have.

If they're both valid then you can explain how the former is not preferable. That 15% fail a test with dubious credibility is concerning but not "frig...

Of course, as do half-lies.

Lovely. The aspect that I'm trying to introduce you to is that the children are innocent. The children are undeserving, are they not? Conservative sen...

I fully realized that while choosing how to approach your question. I chose the approach that I felt like taking. I have confidence in your rationalit...

3) You don't know.

How does this differ from the Trump administration policy? I can see how kids would arrive with adults, but I don't see how it would have been any mor...

Let’s assume that I’m a complete asshole and in fact welcome the excuse to rid myself of the sniveling rug rats. Is it just about my morality? It’s fu...