James Riley

Yes. And to think, those who are just now at the end of their rope with lock downs and whatnot, well, they'd still have plenty of rope left had their ...

I did not read the article, but I saw a headline suggesting that maybe Trump gave courage to those guys instead of the other way around, or even as co...

:100: I know what Trump could have done with a PSA, a white mask of any caliber, and a cigarette. But no, just be Trump.

I'm gonna stop right here and say something I have no good reason to say, other than my gut: You seem like a very well-read, intelligent person with e...

I also believe it would have disappeared without the vaccine if everyone would have done what they were told. I know damn well how offensive that phra...

I see socialization of costs by those who hate socialism. I really don't have a problem with people getting what they have coming to them. I just wish...

I don't know Heidegger, but perhaps y Gasset read him very well and just disagreed with, and improved upon him. Wouldn't your progressive building upo...

:up: Your post brings to mind one of my favorite quotes: "In itself life is insipid, because it is a simple "being there." So, for man, existing becom...

I read my wife's FB periodically and see a metric shit ton of videos showing things I have seen in the wild; things that fly in the face of all I was ...

In reading this thread I'm beginning to see a distinction between an era and a people. The OP had me thinking merely of an era (post-modern); but subs...

Murdering commie! . . . :wink:

Yes. There is, I think, a world of difference between gratitude and pride. If our forebears set the table then it should be: "Thank you for setting ta...

:up: Blumenbach makes me think of the concept of "pride," mainly in his distinction between those "of capacity" in any race, and the average joe in th...

:100: :up: It is anti-capitalism.

Yeah, too strong. Nevertheless, I remember from my poly sci days that some of the "natives" who got restless were not just the indig subjects in the c...

I might have read too much into your OP (I hate when people do that, so if I did, please correct me), but I got the impression that you think the dupl...

Loving it. I want to dumb this conversation down and saying something about a po-mo mo-fo but I'll save that for a later time when I can work "flicker...

I chose yes/before. This is my first exposure to the subject and I was favorably impressed with your description of the issue; so much so that I fell ...

Let me contextualize and then re-state the question: On the other side we have their opposition and their minions celebrating rugged individualism, ri...

No, I'm asking which is worse? Those who fall for the ruse, or those who actually believe in and support the capitalist, bureaucratic, patriarchal, au...

I'm not going to take issue with that because I think there is truth to it. However, I have a question: When it comes to the proletariat, which is wor...

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If one were to take an honest old Winchester and refinish it, that by god, is sacrilege! Go fuck your dog (if he'll/she'll let you) but remember, a Wi...

I think that may be the case simply because you are unduly impressed by Hegel, et al, and what might have spilled out over the years hence; alt.right,...

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Thank you! While I pretend to be a misanthrope, I confess it's nice to be appreciated, especially by someone who's intellect and philosophy I look up ...

It's all good. I am curious about the parade of horribles though, so if you want to hook me up with some bullets, I'd check it out.

I can only speak for myself, but I did it for others, not myself. Specifically my wife and son. While I want to live, I'm not married to life. I'm mar...

I don't think they are the same. I think the former realize risk but think of others. The latter realize risk but think of themselves. Chickens come h...

I've thrown my lot in with those who say we can reach herd immunity with X% of the people vaccinated. That leaves an available Y% that don't have to g...

I get that, but when I opened all five links and started reading them, I was not put off by any facts that may or may not have been found within them ...

Sounds good. When I read "So, if a mind can have moral value despite its conscious states having moral disvalue, then the mind's moral value is not gr...

One need not be a true genius to leapfrog over his era's level of cultural and scientific understanding. One need only be honest with himself. Any cha...

I think some people who are in certain conscious states have no moral value. You know, like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Adolf Hitler, Donald Trump.

Also, in the case of the Michigan State House and other places, it doesn't hurt if everyone is packing M-Forgeries and other kit. The left could take ...

It doesn't change the way I look at people because it is true and I already look at people that way. Usually they are disappointing their own moral st...

"Republicans are supporting Cubans who are fighting communism for a living wage, health care, and basic human rights while at the same time telling Am...

Had liberals or black people attacked the capital, they would have been martyred by crew-served, belt-fed automatic weapons fire. Conservatives would ...

Some have been found. They are usually indigenous people, some of whom did not write but were written down; others penned their thoughts from prison. ...

Correct. The founding fathers, dyed-in-the-wool flaming liberals every one (if not radical) built this nation and wrote all it's organic documents. On...

I think you are right. I also think I just saw another one on the thread about "Is Racisms a Natural Response." Bury someone in a lengthy, unrelated q...

How about some bullet points with citations instead of citations to tomes? When I engage people I prefer it when they think on their own two feet. Edi...

To the extent the greatest modern philosophers held racist views they were, as I implied, just establishment conservatives justifying the maintenance ...

How much of that was just establishment conservatives justifying the maintenance of the status quo? But the way it is worded, it almost comes across a...

I guess I live a sheltered life. I certainly have not seen the "politicians and their health officials [] shut down entire industries, control the fre...

You said: "When politicians and their health officials can shut down entire industries, control the free flow of information, and rule by decree, it n...

Is that even in the hopper? Just asking. If it's not, then I think some folks might be getting all spun up by Tucker Carlson and other founts of truth...

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The funniest dog damn meme I ever dun seen: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vsz0HU6L2yg/XB-uMUfENBI/AAAAAAAAicI/n0oEEy1v6Cc0cWifbQAKvH_Ou8Z7etg7ACLcBGAs/s1...

Yeah, I'm not always clear when I agree with someone. I get carried off in anticipatory argument, sarcasm and whatnot. :blush: