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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: March 24, 2023, 03:29:09 PM »

this shit doesn't move the needle for me at all. i couldn't give less of a fuck about trump paying daniels and then technically not recording it properly or whatever. who cares.

the motherfucker is literally on tape begging governors to fix the 2020 general. and then separately inciting a mob to try to overthrow the federal government and install himself as a fucking dictator. how about we try him for actual crimes that matter at all.

No one wanted to get Capone for tax evasion, but let’s do what we can. The Georgia Grand Jury is still ongoing, so fingers crossed. This idiot should not be running for president again.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: March 24, 2023, 12:40:42 PM »

...he's a shill and it's easier to shill to the GOP base.

All democrats are shills, of course.

It's possible that there is a conspiracy there, but it brings your first hand witness count from 1 to 0.

The payments to Stormy Daniels are not in dispute.  They happened whether there was an affair or not.  The NY investigation (imagine having to specify which criminal investigation is being referred to lol) is in to whether or not the payment violated campaign finance law.

Of course, you know this and are trolling.

Democrats do not get indicted for paying off women to keep silent.

A' la Trump's good buddy, Clinton...

Of course, you know this and are trolling.

Yeah, Bill Clinton is also a shilling shitbag and probably on the same level of sex offender, maybe worse. They both were buddies with Epstein after all. Unfortunately progressive values weren’t far enough along when Lewinsky came forward for him to be properly held to account.

Regardless, it’s irrelevant to Trump’s legal woes. He did pay her money in a possibly illegal manner.

Sure. I'm just responding to honk's bizarre suggestion that Daniels is more credible than Trump on this matter. I suspect she only is because honk personally dislikes Trump.

It’s not that bizarre. Trump’s a really unlikeable dude, even if it’s irrelevant.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: March 24, 2023, 02:29:42 AM »

There are several investigations he is under.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: March 24, 2023, 12:08:57 AM »

I'd argue that Daniels is far more credible than a notorious liar than Trump.

Who's more credible? Daniels, who repeatedly said she didn't sleep with Trump, or Daniels, who repeatedly said she did sleep with Trump?

After all, she is very credible. So credible, in fact, that maybe both statements are true. Yes, that has to be it.

Regardless, it’s irrelevant to Trump’s legal woes. He did pay her money in a possibly illegal manner.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: March 23, 2023, 08:28:18 PM »

It took awhile for Lackey to realize Trump is a liar, but hey, we got there.

Although, it may be the case that Trump's announcement caused plans to indict him to change, or that Trump was simply mistaken.

Trump is a lifelong democrat.

Lifelong pals of the Clintons.

Dogs and ponies.

He was a democrat and isn't anymore.  Trump's affiliation is not idealogical though, he's a shill and it's easier to shill to the GOP base.

It's possible that there is a conspiracy there, but it brings your first hand witness count from 1 to 0.

The payments to Stormy Daniels are not in dispute.  They happened whether there was an affair or not.  The NY investigation (imagine having to specify which criminal investigation is being referred to lol) is in to whether or not the payment violated campaign finance law.

Of course, you know this and are trolling.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: March 23, 2023, 05:54:17 PM »

It took awhile for Lackey to realize Trump is a liar, but hey, we got there.

Although, it may be the case that Trump's announcement caused plans to indict him to change, or that Trump was simply mistaken.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: March 18, 2023, 03:35:18 PM »

Oh hey, Trump is going to be charged with election related crimes on Tuesday.

EDIT: Apparently this indictment will be related to Stormy Daniels hush money payments.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: March 06, 2023, 07:33:01 PM »

They can’t keep getting away with this!  The woke mob has gone TOO FAR!

https://comicbook.com/irl/news/goosebumps-author-r-l-stine-rewriting-series-for-sensitivity-ahead-of-reprinting/

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: February 24, 2023, 06:15:13 PM »

Since it is directly related to the OP title, kindly post your absurd example here ITT.

Please note, everyone will most certainly view the example you present as absurd, without question.

Sure.

“You’re too normal.” Don’t get it? That’s because context matters.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: February 24, 2023, 05:17:54 PM »

To show you exactly how ridiculous all of this is, I was actually sanctioned and banned here for using the word abnormal, because some people want to think abnormal is personally insulting.

Oh interesting, you actually don’t understand context.

I exactly understand context. Next, you'll claim it is possible for context to allow the word normal to be deemed as insulting.

Of course it can.  That is precisely how context works.  Reach out in a DM if you want to avoid this embarrassing conversation.  I am happy to educate you.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: February 24, 2023, 01:00:07 PM »

To show you exactly how ridiculous all of this is, I was actually sanctioned and banned here for using the word abnormal, because some people want to think abnormal is personally insulting.

Oh interesting, you actually don’t understand context.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: February 23, 2023, 09:19:18 PM »

Apology, my ass.

Too much to expect.  Ah well.

Back to your original post:

Indeed!

Tom was talking specifically about the revisions to Dahl's work.

Nothing you posted justifies the removal of the words mother and father in the work of Dahl.

In other words, Tom is rigt, whether you like or not.

My point still stands.  Obviously we haven't read through all of the new versions, however unless there is a specific need to identify the gender of the parent, it is irrelevant.  This issue gets trumped by the larger issue of whether or not editing the author's work to appeal to modern sensibilities was appropriate, which I am not convinced it was, but in specific reference to the words Tom was SUPER CONCERNED about, it's not particularly difficult to justify the change.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: February 23, 2023, 06:14:21 PM »

For only the second time, at least in all the days I have been posting here, it seems you and Rama were right.

Now tell me how an author revising his work equates to someone else revising the work post-mortem.

In addition, whatever revision Rogers did to his work changed nothing of the message. Girls are mommies, boys are daddies.

Pretty exclusive if you ask me.

Back to NAMBLA  and GLAAD for more lessons on effective delivery of propaganda.

Apology accepted.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: February 22, 2023, 08:52:43 PM »

Apparently, your sense of what is radical ideology and unjustifiable is different than some other folks. It seems that Fred Rogers was one of those 'other folks'.

Again with the Fred Rogers...

Maybe you really ought to look up what Fred Rogers thought about the gender of a mother and the gender of a father.

You know he changed his messages about gender roles and parents as times changed so that he would be more inclusive?  You too, can do this.  I know it.

100 percent wrong...

Incorrect. He changed the lyrics to “Everybody’s Fancy” in order to be more inclusive. People change, it’s ok. You don’t need to be scared.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: February 22, 2023, 08:46:24 PM »

Apparently, your sense of what is radical ideology and unjustifiable is different than some other folks. It seems that Fred Rogers was one of those 'other folks'.

Again with the Fred Rogers...

Maybe you really ought to look up what Fred Rogers thought about the gender of a mother and the gender of a father.

You know he changed his messages about gender roles and parents as times changed so that he would be more inclusive?  You too, can do this.  I know it.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: February 22, 2023, 08:43:57 PM »

I am still waiting for an explanation for why the words mother and father should be censored.

It’s really easy to justify not using the words Mother and Father in some contexts. When it is irrelevant which gender the parent is, including same sex couples is a better choice. Nothing is lost and something is gained.

Instead of waiting, perhaps next time you could just review what people have posted.  Saves everyone time.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Absurd censorship

« on: February 21, 2023, 01:12:39 PM »

Sometimes Tom just happens to be right.

This isn’t that time. It’s really easy to justify not using the words Mother and Father in some contexts. When it is irrelevant which gender the parent is, including same sex couples is a better choice. Nothing is lost and something is gained.

In regards to the editing of Dahl’s books I’m not the biggest fan. It appears this wasn’t a unilateral move by the publisher, it was a 4 year project by the rights holder of the works, the publisher and a company that specializes in this sort of thing. There might be more at work than the top line story and I’m open to learning about that but if there isn’t more context then this is an example of progressive values gone too far.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Died Suddenly

« on: February 12, 2023, 04:34:41 PM »

Imagine chiming in on this conversation just to be a twat.

Oh, I'm sorry, is it only acceptable when you do that?

You keep doubling down, muffin.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Died Suddenly

« on: February 12, 2023, 04:04:13 PM »

No one was forced to get the vaccine.

I mean, the level of coercion involved was kind of out there. It's all well and good to say people weren't forced, so long as they were willing to lose their jobs and sacrifice their entire livelihoods; but is that really a pragmatic argument?

For people less privileged than you or me, there was scarcely a choice. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but we shouldn't hide from the fact.

I’m well aware there is nuance there, but Action69 is incapable of it, so I don’t bother with him. He appears to be utterly incapable of thinking that people in tough positions often make hasty choices without considering there could have been better and so paints them all as literal Hitler and then creepily threatens some vague retribution which he TOTALLY won’t be involved in.

To your point, I agree, but considering the times and means available, I think the amount of coercion wasn’t unwarranted although policy makers should make sure they thoroughly evaluate the events of the past few years to try and come up with less panicky responses.

Imagine replying to the left-leaning version of thork and expecting to have an intelligent conversation.

Imagine chiming in on this conversation just to be a twat.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Died Suddenly

« on: February 12, 2023, 02:39:29 PM »

No one was forced to get the vaccine.

LOL!

Can you read?

Whoa, weird symbols you randomly put there. I wonder what they mean?  Wish I could read 🥲

So does everyone else here.

Once you achieve this, perhaps your posts will start making sense, as reading is a prerequisite to writing.

Please only post audio notes from now on so the literacy challenged can engage. Thanks.