Manmoth
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- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 4 days ago:
He didn’t say he was liberal I’m saying he was inherently classically liberal because of his views on the constitution, individual rights etc. He believed in representative democracy (e.g. a republic).
Again I implore you for your definition of fascism.
“Othering” isn’t fascist. It just is. We are the society we are because we are not the society we aren’t. This is the case with any group. If not being cool with literally everything makes you a fascist then everyone is fascist. He’s right to question why we send so much money to Israel that’s just having a brain. I guess AOC is a fascist too because she is anti-genocide.
I don’t know what youre talking about in the last part but everyone lies with statistics all the time. If you found statistics to counter that statement you’d be lying. Lying is just another term for interpreting or spinning.
“Followed the money” if he was just doing what got him paid that doesn’t make him a fascist it makes him a grifter. A fascist is an ideologue with a very specific non-liberal worldview. He was an egalatarian that wanted to settle differences through debate. That is a far cry from someone marching around in jackboots looking for a victim.
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 4 days ago:
What is the definition you are using?
- Comment on Aged like milk 4 days ago:
“You’re strawmanning me!”
Okay. Is the point of that comment that political assassinations of non-violent people should never happen?
What does Popper mean by “defend a tolerant society”? What do you think people should think when you post that now in a thread about a political murder?
Do you disavow the murder of Charlie Kirk?
Do you think it was immoral?
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 4 days ago:
You are saying the term ‘fascist’ as if it’s definitionally agreed upon and then implying that the entire right is fascist. If that’s the case then you would, definitionally, be the extremist because you think that normal people being normal is fascist. Half the country voted for Trump. Kirk believed in a constitutional republic and Presidential elections. He was also, due to being a Christian, positionally anti-LGBT but not antagonistic to them. This position is hardly something new. He welcomed them into his movement and has plenty of gay fans. He held classically right wing positions which some may find objectionable but nonetheless cling fervently to a liberal world order. Fascism is inherently anti-liberal.
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
There are also plenty (arguably way more) that are lefties that hate Trump’s guts. What’s your point?
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
I’m challenging the certainty of this entire site. My personal opinion is that he is a broken product of a nihilistic culture. I also think that he hated Charlie because he thought Charlie hated gays even though he was a big tent conservative that was inclusive for all. What people don’t understand is that Kirk WAS the moderate conservative.
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
What is the difference between center-right, right and far right in your view?
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
He was born and raised in a Christian conservative family. In a religious conservative state.
The origin story of many gay people or future political leftists.
Gay hate can only really exist in an environment without gay people, same thing for people who hate trans people.
Assertion. It’s like saying you can’t hate men unless you grow up in a society without them. People hate all kinds of people for all kinds of reason. This argument doesn’t work.
Which hate comment are you talking about?
He said Kirk was spreading hate.
I believe there’s a lot of conservatives out there who would be willing to kill someone on their same side for not being extreme enough.
What you believe has nothing to do with what is true. There is no evidence that he thought Kirk wasnt extreme enough. In fact his hate comment indicates it could be the opposite. (e.g. that he saw Kirk as a Nazi that needed to be killed)
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
that’s just a fact
Should be easy for you to prove beyond any shadow of a doubt right now then.
- Comment on Aged like milk 5 days ago:
Do those words mean you support the assassination of someone who was non-violent but expressed disagreeable viewpoints? That’s not very tolerant.
By this standard anyone who supports such a thing should also be assassinated. (Note: anyone can define anything anyway they want to justify this)
This is why the paradox of tolerance is a stupid, poorly camouflaged advocacy for political violence.
Just own up to saying you want to kill your political enemies. It’s more honest.
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
You could be characterized the same way.
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
Sure. I suggest using this website: www.google.com
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
It’s starting to look like it was.
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
So how do you know he’s right wing?
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 days ago:
His Mom said he had become more political lately. Specifically left-leaning, pro-gay and pro-trans. He left a note for his trans roommate that he was going to assassinate Kirk. He said that he “Had enough of Kirks hatred” in his discord chat and inscribed pro-trans, gay and antifascist rhetoric on the bullets.
the-independent.com/…/charlie-kirk-murder-suspect…
How is any of this right wing?
- Comment on Aged like milk 1 week ago:
The irony of this comment.
- Comment on Uhm 3 weeks ago:
You still use a calendar. It’s called the Gregorian calendar after Pope Gregory XIII. The year is 2025 because Christ was crucified 2025 years ago. You and the entire world use a Christian calendar every day. Also life begins at conception.
- Comment on Uhm 3 weeks ago:
I don’t
Liar
- Comment on Uhm 3 weeks ago:
Which calendar do you use?
- Comment on Bring out the trumpets and pour out the beer 3 weeks ago:
The ultimate protest has always been mailing in your taxes
- Comment on Spotify to raise prices in September 1 month ago:
Platform podcasters who spread misinformation
Lol just say you don’t like Joe Rogan
- Comment on Spotify to raise prices in September 1 month ago:
I got a subscription two months ago because I had an event where it was simply easier to just use Spotify. I’m going back to plexamp I guess.
- Comment on Always there 2 months ago:
I disagree. WW3 is already underway and is primarily informational. Combat is a combination of targeted strikes, drones and artillery etc Cyber warfare will also be a big factor.
Truth has been increasingly elusive and with AI we will no longer know what is true and what isnt because we can’t even believe our eyes.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 3 months ago:
I have a perfectly fine moral framework According to what?
Not everyone has the same beliefs and negative attitude toward it Not everyone thinks female circumcision is bad either.
for some it can even have a positive impact. Lol
I don’t believe in absolutist terms. Do you absolutely believe that?
While your continued failure to comprehend my initial comment is astonishing Your initial comment is indicative of somebody who hasn’t thought seriously about their worldview but feels confident about critiquing others.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 3 months ago:
You realise most of that could be flipped to say the same thing about religion too, right?
Lol okay. What is your worldview that’s so great it’s going to set me straight? Let me guess “live and let live dude…”
I’m a Christian. The Gospels are very clear about monogamy and that women are to be cherished and treated with respect. I respect women and recognize they are preyed upon constantly by our over-sexualized culture into dressing more provocatively, chasing impossible lifestyles and possibly having an onlyfans or whatever.
And religion has arguably done more harm to women than porn ever has or will, so if porn is evil, religion must be too.
Even if there was a way to quantify that claim (there’s not) and I argued from some tradition like Islam (which I don’t) you don’t even have a moral framework to argue from so your critique is meaningless. You don’t know what is harmful and what isnt. This proven by your next “points”.
With places like onlyfans surging in popularity, women (and men) are much less likely to be exploited these days.
Says who? Youth and chastity are being exploited. You don’t think showing your genitalia to the entire world at 18 will have negative effects to mental, emotional and spiritual health now or later in life? It’s nihilistic, degenerate and utterly devoid of meaning and promise. It is the basest form of entertainment, income and existence. It’s disgusting and everyone secretly knows it which is why your initial comment was a vague, limp-wristed platitude instead of direct defense of pornography. Something you still lack the conviction to say authoritatively because you know what I’m saying is true.
There’s a lot less degrading content out there
Like you would know what is degrading and what isnt.
many healthy couples who watch (and make) porn together, with no negative impact on their lives.
“Healthy”. Yeah that sounds real healthy. They are so healthy they have to resort to watching other people having sex when they should be spending time together making or raising kids. Who knows the conditions of the poor souls they are watching.
The fact that you think watching porn is healthy is an indicator that it has had a negative impact on your life.
You have no moral framework which is why this is fine to you. Porn is so disgusting and degenerate you have to be wilfully ignorant or totally blinded not to recognize it.
No one wants their daughter to grow up to be a porn star or their son to grow up to be a porn addict. That’s in and of itself should be enough evidence that it is a scourge with no generative potential for anyone.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 3 months ago:
The fact that you think that’s a burn just proves my point. If you watch porn you should seriously stop. It’s terrible for your brain chemistry, personal relationships, emotional health, vitality etc It exploits women and severely damages the way men see women. Human sexuality gets hijacked and instead of having a loving relationship people are stuck in private viewing shameful images and pleasuring themselves for years not understanding that they are literally wasting their life and potential. People get addicted to the instant release of porn which .ames personal relationships and longer-form activities less enjoyable if not miserable. It’s probably good that porn frequently distracts people from having kids because undoubtedly the child would eventually be exposed to it purposefully or not by the parent at some point. So even if I accept your premise – porn is evil.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 3 months ago:
Go back to watching porn.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 3 months ago:
Profound.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 3 months ago:
If you have a position state it directly instead of hiding behind a low effort platitude.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 3 months ago:
Irrelevant to what I said.