Is the book club still meeting on Wednesdays? I'm usually busy but would love to check it out if i'm ever not.
Not just a bunch of "Trotskyist, car-hating, Hugo Chavez idolising, newt-fancying hypocrites and bendy bus fetishists."
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Elder Iptuous on June 24, 2020, 07:23:06 PM
Is it the prevailing view on the board that there is no valid arguments against the statue destructions?
It doesn't seem simple to me.
Hmm... Perhaps it would be more effective to erect statues of these historical figures showcasing their flaws. The opposition could rail against the ideas conveyed, but they would not have the righteous indignation that is lent by witnessing the destruction of historical public property.
Quote from: Cramulus on May 22, 2020, 04:51:37 PM
I always think it's valuable to understand the other tunnels out there.
I have libertarian friends, and used to argue them a lot.. but frankly I used to have a badly skewed notion of what they actually care about.
I took the time to really figure out what their position was and why they feel that way. I still disagree with them, but at least I'm not blasting them with strawman arguments anymore. And I admit, there's some stuff in that tunnel that I can't disagree with.
Same with cops -- my childhood best friend is a cop, and I always use our conversations as an opportunity to learn how that reality tunnel works. It takes conscious effort to disengage my mental judgment engine and just be receptive.
Quote from: MMIX on May 07, 2020, 09:11:42 AM
It must be nice to be perfect
Quote from: Cramulus on May 06, 2020, 01:57:35 PM
I don't want to get in line while everybody's knives are out, but I'm kinda missing what this guy said that's so upsetting
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on May 05, 2020, 10:33:54 PMQuote from: Hoopla! on May 05, 2020, 09:22:19 PM
Cool. Now I can completely ignore you with a clean conscience.
dude? if you've got a problem w/me kindly find a way to articulate it. otherwise I'm not sure how to address it. are you able to that? or do you believe I'm obligated to guess at your peruvision?Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2020, 09:34:57 PM
I am sorry that you are bothered by the term "racism" being applied to the dominant cultural group. I shall send a memo to the Blacks, Browns, LGBT, Asians, Jews, and those Zoroastrian fuckers that nobody likes, and we'll see if they can't improve their attitudes.
I am sorry that we're a pack of bastards who take an undue joy in dragging you around by the ankles just because you are above worrying about "the average man" or whether "personhole" is a good replacement for "manhole."
Mostly, though, I am sorry about the lack of sincerity in this post.
honestly, mate, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, and it seems like you're intent on injecting malicious intentions in the discussion here. is there something you'd like to discuss, other than insinuating people are racist?
Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on May 05, 2020, 10:44:01 PMQuote from: Odibex Grallspice on May 05, 2020, 10:39:32 PMClarify. You say your words were a bluff. What were you pretending, and how does that differ from the reality?
honestly the foreskin thing was a bluff and I was just throwing it out there like a cat in the wind.