James Riley

I hope so. I've seen some social media memes that I thought were good in that regard. There are some folks out there looking at making a good thing ou...

Born and raised. And I know us rural folk are the first to run to Uncle Sugar's tit, and we rely on anti-biotics like crazy (for us, not just livestoc...

I don't know why you would prohibit government from forcing the vaccine on you, but you would not prohibit individuals from forcing the virus on you. ...

I agree. Hate is the difference between dehumanization and devaluation. The professional has a hard time looking objectively at the job that needs to ...

Better yet, don't create the monster that you don't want to fight. I'm not just talking about covid and vax. I'm talking about the way the right treat...

:100: "Both sides" is the media's veiled "whataboutism." They don't do it when the should (Iraq) and do it when they shouldn't (Trump).

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Morality needs no justification, but you can justify it without religion. However, you can't justify religion without morality. Religion is dope to he...

Thank you bison bull. As you lay there on that blonde hillside, taking in hot sun on black hide, chewing cud, ruminating, swatting flies; you remind m...

So you'd learn some humility and be in the company of your kind. Every swinging dick and tit at the CDC and all their affiliates. Oh, and my doctor!

Nope, I didn't. I hired experts. You couldn't carry the corn in their shit. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fifunny.co%2Fpicture%2Fno...

Because they did their own research. :rofl:

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Or we could just reduce our population down to carrying capacity. But yeah, government action is better than expecting environmentalists to reduce con...

It's like whack a mole. :rofl:

:100: :up: I got it April 1st but I had waited until those more vulnerable and the health care workers had had a fair shot. I didn't want to take up a...

I wasn't selling anything to Salle. Sally was trying to sell me on the idea that 5 + 5 + 10.

I'm not exempt. I told you that you are free to value me. As is anyone else. I'm not selling anything to me. It's a shame that you consider failure to...

I've never thought about it and I wouldn't hazard a guess. You are free to do so, though, if you wish. But I'm sure you would find me invaluable. LOL!...

Okey Dokey. I guess Hitler and Mother Terresa are of equal value. One thing is for sure, you need to keep your day job and not try for the life insura...

While they may be separate matters, they can inform each other. Someone who is selling meth does indeed have a different valuation than the meth itsel...

Do you find all people invaluable?

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The me in me says we all do it, whether we admit it or know it or not. But then, that's me. Perhaps there are some real Boy Scouts out there, some rea...

Relative to little Sally who nailed it, yes. It makes sense because I'm not going to hold little Johnny to the same standard of value as I would for a...

I believe that sincere intellectual curiosity would have one move beyond what "their guy" said, and "research" what the "other guy" said about what "t...

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I may have edited on my P.S. subsequent to your response. In any event, I do devalue people who own ideas that I likewise devalue. I believe in person...

Actually, it does. Every time people get up before the podium and devalue the position of the opposition, people take that under advisement for the vo...

On point with devaluation. I'm not devaluing until they tell me to: https://www.facebook.com/TheIronSnowflake/photos/a.156018051569910/122923515091485...

This about sums it up: https://www.facebook.com/TheIronSnowflake/photos/a.156018051569910/1229385930899778/?__cft__=AZX0qYdsLHlTE7oY1jfkxEDWY8jQLTn8tm...

Don't worry, cancel culture, consequences, ostracization, passports, mandates, sickness and death will be effective. They'll cry like little puppies a...

For me it's about more than that. I will confess to being a child in this regard. I remember all too well listening to all their shit when they were i...

There is your extreme again, assuming devaluation is the assessment of no value. Just because I think your widget isn't worth what you are asking for ...

Suppose you don't place a low value on a human and then end up a prospect? That could be to your detriment.

I don't even know what that meant in the context of our discussion.

Go ahead and judge. It's human. Value, it's human.

You might be right. All I know is, some times it is good to not tolerate something.

Anything can be taken to an extreme. That doesn't make it undesirable. You like a hard stone upon which to whet your edge. That's a good thing. But if...

Notice how, in this very thread, the defeated are trying to now take the high road? Conveniently forgetting how they call vaxers "sheep" and tools of ...

I do know of an example and I lead with it: Trumpettes/Republicans. However, you have entirely missed my distinction between devaluation and dehumaniz...

Indeed. In fact, like a little child, I feel like saying "But they started it!" LOL! On the other hand, it is funny to watch the right start playing t...

That and trickle down is good. Before Dennis Miller turned, he once opined something to the effect: Trickle down? If that's not fair notice that you a...

I don't think what Xtric said influenced my interpretation of your position. I was pretty much dealing with your statements alone. If anything, there ...

That's okay. It's there if you want it. Or not. It is. Much more benign than dehumanization.

Variants and passthroughs that arise due to the recalcitrance of the unvaccinated. Indeed, the variants that have arisen thus far are due to failures ...

Dehumanization is what it says it is: De-humanizing. Personally, I hate the term, because is implies that that which is not human is somehow less, or ...

:up: I think I read somewhere that it also takes a while after exposure to register on the test. If I get it from you and then take the test shortly t...

I sat with it. I went back up and re-read what I said (summarizing my understanding of what you said), and then re-read your taking issue with that, f...

Was it the "kumbha ya" that you took issue with, or the idea that a tool taken off the bench would make the work better? If the former, then no, you d...