Yes, unfortunately, this is unavoidable when literarily all mods are atheists or lean towards atheism. It's a problem that I've signalled for a long time, but, since there is much unwillingness in changing the team up from time to time, it's difficult to fix. I never understood why we can't have moderator elections and moderators who switch from time to time.I was told that the whole topic was questionable as philosophy because it was about the soul, and that's fucking ridiculous, you guys have the views of every average high schooler in western culture, if this were 1930s Germany, you'd all be fucking Nazis. You're just echoes for populism and fads, with no substantial knowledge of the history of philosophy. — Wosret
That would be sad, since you are one of the people who are creative enough to have interesting views and opinions that can shake things up here a little bit. There is a lot of monotony many times otherwise.So yeah, I'm all butt hurt and I'm leaving. Laterz. — Wosret
Sure, some bits of it are. But even things like Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals, etc. etc. they are still in discourse form - they aren't narratives or poems (though things like Thus Spake Zarathustra most certainly are different).Continental philosophy (not a super fan of the distinction between continental and analytical), like Emerson is fucking beautifully poetic. — Wosret
Yeah, but then pretty much all society functions that way unfortunately... The interesting thing is how such things can be countered or kept in check at least.Precisely because of populism, and fads. Everything is positivism, and post-modernism. Someone can just massive word salads that no one understands, but if the words are big enough, and it doesn't rhyme they must be a genius. They can just quote idiots, and have zero follow through that isn't rhetorical asides at not being of their level, and all they accolades are theirs. — Wosret
Aristotle would have been banned, — Wosret
You're saying I've been hiding? — Wosret
I get you're mad, but I'm pretty sure had I been around in 1930s Germany my fate would have been different than you're suggesting. But, why be literal, which is what this whole debate is over? My understanding from our very lengthy discussions, where I was certainly not hiding from you or hiding behind my lofty status, was that you felt that your writing style was being rejected because it was outside the analytical norm, specifically that it injected personalized experience into the posts without which would make your posts hollow and lacking true meaning. You also questioned the literal/metaphorical distinction, claiming, I believe, all were varying forms of symbolism.I was told that the whole topic was questionable as philosophy because it was about the soul, and that's fucking ridiculous, you guys have the views of every average high schooler in western culture, if this were 1930s Germany, you'd all be fucking Nazis. You're just echoes for populism and fads, with no substantial knowledge of the history of philosophy. — Wosret
So yeah, I'm all butt hurt and I'm leaving. Laterz. — Wosret
"I run away and hide the shame
I render you weak and lame
Numb your hands, numb your face
Insensitive to my disgrace
Poison you with every breath
worship falsity, worship death
Paranoia, distrust
Fear lust, and disgust.
Perhaps uncreated, but it can still be destroyed. — Baden
...I have seen the real you a couple of times, and not the stage persona...
I know what you're thinking and feeling inside, which renders this show, and justifications fucking lies.
Sure, I'm obnoxious, but I'm me. I'm not a fraud. — Wosret
Anyway, can't keep coming back here to bitch, gotta actually move on... — Wosret
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