No I encounter bad faith arguments, and... — counterpunch
Oh, suffer. Poor you.I'm worried about the left wing, post modernist, politically correct, anti-capitalist assault on western civilisation. — counterpunch
When Patrick Jane or Gregory House do that, it's fun to watch and they solve cases and figure out the right diagnosis.Yes, I'm perfectly well aware of the sweeping assumptions I make about people here - but those people are quite free to refute those accusations, and explain what they really believe, which is my purpose in doing so. I'm being deliberately provocative with people being insufficiently honest. — counterpunch
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
So you're not trying to convert people. You're just spitting out the same blerbs over and over, unable to wake up from it. Still, it's more fun to talk to you than your counterparts, I will say that. — frank
the Ghost of Doom lurking on the horizon. — frank
I simply don't buy the idea that universities are bastions of marxism, as some say. It's usually bullshit — ssu
So, to go back to where this tangent started from: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
Since I don't hold any position of power, it's irrelevant what biases I may hold in regard to others, as long as those biases aren't to my disadvantage. — baker
The thing I care most about is a sustainable future for humankind, and I don't believe that can be achieved - other than by capitalism. — counterpunch
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
You have an infinite supply of chips on your shoulder. — baker
Oh, suffer. Poor you.
If God is with you, who can be against you?! — baker
When Patrick Jane or Gregory House do that, it's fun to watch and they solve cases and figure out the right diagnosis. But when real people do it, it just means they're jerks. And nothing good comes out of it. — baker
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
Or so liberal common sense would have us believe.Being economically disadvantaged, for instance, is no barrier to treating your neighbour better. — Kenosha Kid
I'm not white supremacist. — counterpunch
I understand why you want to obscure it. You guys are a dying breed. Back in the day there was nothing odd about it. These days you have to choose your words carefully. is that frustrating? — frank
defend your own dishonest position. — counterpunch
What do you think my dishonest position is? — frank
And there are plenty of conservatives too that are critical of unconstrained capitalism, pro environment and pro equity, actually. At least here.It is bullshit. Marxism is basically dead outside of philosophy and economics. Never met a Marxist scientist in my life. Plenty critical of unconstrained capitalism though, as well as pro environmental action, pro equity, etc. — Kenosha Kid
You're displaying classic signs of left wing fragility! — counterpunch
Nah. Nihilist to the bones. — frank
Oh, you are? Then get your entertainment elsewhere. If you don't care about any of this all you're doing is amusing yourself at my expense, and I resent it. — counterpunch
And there are plenty of conservatives too that are critical of unconstrained capitalism, pro environment and pro equity, actually. At least here. — ssu
The defence say he wasn't killed. The defence say he overdosed. The autopsies are evidence - the value of which is yet to be determined by the jury. Saying he was killed is therefore, to assume guilt, and to broadcast an assumption of guilt may prejudice the trial. — counterpunch
He's just a supremacist, not specifically a white supremacist. Right-wingers tend to be authoritarian, supremacist: "I know and others don't know. I am honest, others are not. I see things as they really are, others do not. I am the arbiter of other people's reality."I understand why you want to obscure it. — frank
His view is identical to the traditional white supremacist doctrine: white people are doomed because of the rise of non-whites. Non-whites are supposed to be inherently dangerous to western civilization.He's just a supremacist, not specifically a white supremacist. — baker
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