Was she a junkie criminal scumbag? — counterpunch
and you think I didn't see past the appearance of skin colour? It's insulting. — counterpunch
I would be saying the same thing If George Floyd had been a white junkie criminal scumbag. — counterpunch
a fawning FBI is purging them of anyone who may have ties to militia groups — NOS4A2
he was restrained, and he died — counterpunch
All this was inspired by the principle—which is quite true within itself—that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods.
It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.
— Mein Kampf, vol. I, ch. X (1925)
(emphasis is mine) — 180 Proof
So, what might the lessons of the 20th century be? — Bitter Crank
The Greek answer to the question was to say that each thing has a function, and "good" merely means fulfilling this function. — Garth
Biden was among its key architects, telling the Des Moines Register in January that “I’m the guy who put together Plan Colombia,” adding that it “straightened that government out for a long while.” — StreetlightX
Well, the Wikipedia article on homologous recombination describes enzymes as being recruited. So I guess this implies that each particular enzyme makes a free will choice as to whether or not to go into service. — Metaphysician Undercover
philosophy requires questioning of those things we take for granted as being obviously true. — Wayfarer
None of that has any bearing on the OP, as I agree that there's no need to invoke awareness as a factor in molecular biology. It's a broader comment on the role of naturalism in philosophy of mind. — Wayfarer
And there are plenty of conservatives too that are critical of unconstrained capitalism, pro environment and pro equity, actually. At least here. — ssu
Nobody can explain anything without it, nor would there be anything in need of explanation. — Wayfarer
It would help you to see where your ingrained methodological naturalism morphs into a worldview. After all, this is a philosophy forum. — Wayfarer
I'm saying that when people are in disadvantaged positions, there is, to say the least, no incentive to change their minds or to overcome their cognitive biases.
Do you disagree? — baker
On the other hand, the emergence of living organisms also amounts to the emergence of subjectivity, or subject-hood. — Wayfarer
Well, yes it is. It's certainly not true that everyone is in every position of power all the time. That would be nonsensical.
— Kenosha Kid
When a person is not in a position of power, does it make sense or is it economical to retain biases that aren't to one's disadvantage? — baker
I simply don't buy the idea that universities are bastions of marxism, as some say. It's usually bullshit — ssu
The data shows that of the 1000 deaths, that's 0.1% of all arrests, 32% were black and 42% were white. — counterpunch
Let me ask you a question. Who invented the Covid vaccine, and who's going to pay for the rest of the world to get it if the WHO have their way? — counterpunch
Rioters stormed Trump’s inauguration. Imagine the optics had he employed American soldiers to maintain law and order in the nation’s capitol. — NOS4A2
Washington resembles East Germany. This is what our new government thinks of its subjects. — NOS4A2
I didn't edit the video plastered all over social media, or tailor my description of events to make the suspect seem guiltless and helpless. — counterpunch
those who share a mythology (or a meme) are not searching for the factual truth — StreetlightX
Oh, but you don't. — counterpunch
Not eating animal products is the cheapest, but I take your point. — Down The Rabbit Hole
You think you know, but you don't. — counterpunch
You are not intelligent enough to understand that everyone deserves a fair trial - and that prejudging what happened, doesn't allow for a fair trial - particularly if you're a mainstream broadcaster like the BBC. — counterpunch
But the BBC is utterly in thrall to the same politically correct, lefty cultural paradigm that so demonstrably biases your thinking, and then broadcasts undue assumptions based on that politically correct bias. The BBC should know better! — counterpunch
If George Floyd had been a white criminal, who resisted arrest by four police officers, while handcuffed, making it impossible to put him in the car - so they restrained him, and he died, possibly as a consequence of that restraint - I'd be saying the same thing. — counterpunch
It's shameful that a police officer shot someone dead for trying to enter a building that they own. — counterpunch
Maybe that's all that is needed, but where are the wellsprings of that, in modern technological culture? — Wayfarer
. 'Killing' presumes to know what Floyd died of. — counterpunch
The killing of George Floyd...
Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this? — counterpunch
The _____ of George Floyd! — counterpunch
Then it's not true that "Everyone's in a position of power all the time." — baker
Clearly, this doesn't seem to be the case with his girlfriends when they were alone and accosted by men.
Unless KK actually thinks they were in a position of power when they were alone and accosted by men. — baker
More typically is that the response if someone brings up ideas of some thinker or philosopher is quite different depending on the political side. — ssu
If you want to start building a background then Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy would be my suggestion. — Pantagruel
I think he’s asking if they were in a position of power then. — Pfhorrest
Were your girlfriends (who were accosted by men when they were) alone? — Kenosha Kid
I didn't mean to exclude "centrist" out of any bias toward it (I consider myself a kind of "centrist" in the proper political spectrum, even if I'm "far left" by common standards). Rather, I meant "both" and "neither" to differentiate different possible kinds of "centrists". I think you're probably right that people who are equally "anti-woke" and "anti-MAGA" see themselves as "neither". — Pfhorrest
- "an equal balance of change and stasis" was to mean that you find the status quo about halfway acceptable, a lot of things need to change but also a lot needs to stay the same, and we should be only as quick to make those changes as possible without compromising our due caution to protect what's already good. — Pfhorrest
I think the real topic is if the leftist bias hinders open discussion. — ssu
Were your girlfriends who were accosted by men when they were alone? — baker
I go to collect chestnuts, I know where the trees are, but when I'm first there, I don't notice the chestnuts on the ground. I really have to look to begin seeing them, and then I continue seeing them. — baker
Were your girlfriends who were accosted by men when they were alone? — baker
What exactly are we talking about? Do you think I'm a right-winger? — baker
Then there's a bias there as well, one of jumping to conclusions where, if one is looking for X, one is more likely to see it, and also interpret Y and Z as X. — baker
I'm also intrigued by that, and would be interested to hear from not only them — Pfhorrest
anyone who voted one of the last two options of the first three questions ("somewhat" or "maximal" authority, hierarchy, or stasis). — Pfhorrest