Protestors Are Assholes

[Hagtard Celine Dion Mustard]

if everyone is an asshole, then asshole just means human, and can be discarded as a word. There's no point to using it.

I disagree. To admit that we're all assholes is to say that we're doing things the wrong way. To admit that we're all assholes is to recognize that we need to stop being assholes, and start being human again.

[Hagtard Celine Dion Mustard]

So you're a nihilist.

No, I'm a Discordian, an existentialist, and a radical centrist. I'm also a caricaturist; I do wedding receptions, birthday parties, and funerals.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Is your point that all beliefs have an equal value, regardless of objective truth?

No, that is not my point.

My point (and this is predominantly limited to U.S. politics but may be otherwise applicable) is that regardless of the objective truth, there is no difference to an outsider between the methods employed by the two major bodies of people who make very different claims about what the truth is. The more people are different, the more they are the same.

My point is that despite which side any given person thinks has a better grasp on the "objective truth", both sides exist and the pendulum of power swings back and forth between them. That isn't to say that the pendulum swings equally; whether or not it does is a different (but related) discussion.

If people don't see things as they are but instead cling to the way they think things ought to be, they live in ignorance. Politics becomes more polarized as both sides demonize each other for bad behaviors and defend their own for the same bad behaviors.

My appeal - despite that I know it almost certainly falls on deaf ears - is for people to stop lying to themselves and each other.

It must be difficult, being the only conscious person in the world.   

[Hagtard Celine Dion Mustard]

Is your point that all beliefs have an equal value, regardless of objective truth?

No, that is not my point.

My point (and this is predominantly limited to U.S. politics but may be otherwise applicable) is that regardless of the objective truth, there is no difference to an outsider between the methods employed by the two major bodies of people who make very different claims about what the truth is. The more people are different, the more they are the same.

My point is that despite which side any given person thinks has a better grasp on the "objective truth", both sides exist and the pendulum of power swings back and forth between them. That isn't to say that the pendulum swings equally; whether or not it does is a different (but related) discussion.

If people don't see things as they are but instead cling to the way they think things ought to be, they live in ignorance. Politics becomes more polarized as both sides demonize each other for bad behaviors and defend their own for the same bad behaviors.

My appeal - despite that I know it almost certainly falls on deaf ears - is for people to stop lying to themselves and each other.

It must be difficult, being the only conscious person in the world.   

It must be difficult being in my ignore list. Oh, wait, you aren't. Time to fix that.

[LMNO]

I can't wait until you've blocked yourself off of PD, functionally.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I can't wait until you've blocked yourself off of PD, functionally.

BLOCKED.

[Hagtard Celine Dion Mustard]

I can't wait until you've blocked yourself off of PD, functionally.

Nothing could be more Discordian.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Is your point that all beliefs have an equal value, regardless of objective truth?

No, that is not my point.

My point (and this is predominantly limited to U.S. politics but may be otherwise applicable) is that regardless of the objective truth, there is no difference to an outsider between the methods employed by the two major bodies of people who make very different claims about what the truth is. The more people are different, the more they are the same.

My point is that despite which side any given person thinks has a better grasp on the "objective truth", both sides exist and the pendulum of power swings back and forth between them. That isn't to say that the pendulum swings equally; whether or not it does is a different (but related) discussion.

If people don't see things as they are but instead cling to the way they think things ought to be, they live in ignorance. Politics becomes more polarized as both sides demonize each other for bad behaviors and defend their own for the same bad behaviors.

My appeal - despite that I know it almost certainly falls on deaf ears - is for people to stop lying to themselves and each other.

It must be difficult, being the only conscious person in the world.   

It must be difficult being in my ignore list. Oh, wait, you aren't. Time to fix that.

Let me know how that works out.   

I'm an admin, you can't block me.

[Ben Shapiro]

I can't wait until you've blocked yourself off of PD, functionally.

[Junkenstein]

Is your point that all beliefs have an equal value, regardless of objective truth?

No, that is not my point.

My point (and this is predominantly limited to U.S. politics but may be otherwise applicable) is that regardless of the objective truth, there is no difference to an outsider between the methods employed by the two major bodies of people who make very different claims about what the truth is. The more people are different, the more they are the same.

My point is that despite which side any given person thinks has a better grasp on the "objective truth", both sides exist and the pendulum of power swings back and forth between them. That isn't to say that the pendulum swings equally; whether or not it does is a different (but related) discussion.

If people don't see things as they are but instead cling to the way they think things ought to be, they live in ignorance. Politics becomes more polarized as both sides demonize each other for bad behaviors and defend their own for the same bad behaviors.

My appeal - despite that I know it almost certainly falls on deaf ears - is for people to stop lying to themselves and each other.

It must be difficult, being the only conscious person in the world.   

It must be difficult being in my ignore list. Oh, wait, you aren't. Time to fix that.

Let me know how that works out.   

I'm an admin, you can't block me.

Does that mean if you quote others, they can also see that?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Is your point that all beliefs have an equal value, regardless of objective truth?

No, that is not my point.

My point (and this is predominantly limited to U.S. politics but may be otherwise applicable) is that regardless of the objective truth, there is no difference to an outsider between the methods employed by the two major bodies of people who make very different claims about what the truth is. The more people are different, the more they are the same.

My point is that despite which side any given person thinks has a better grasp on the "objective truth", both sides exist and the pendulum of power swings back and forth between them. That isn't to say that the pendulum swings equally; whether or not it does is a different (but related) discussion.

If people don't see things as they are but instead cling to the way they think things ought to be, they live in ignorance. Politics becomes more polarized as both sides demonize each other for bad behaviors and defend their own for the same bad behaviors.

My appeal - despite that I know it almost certainly falls on deaf ears - is for people to stop lying to themselves and each other.

It must be difficult, being the only conscious person in the world.   

It must be difficult being in my ignore list. Oh, wait, you aren't. Time to fix that.

Let me know how that works out.   

I'm an admin, you can't block me.

Does that mean if you quote others, they can also see that?

Yes, actually.  I will cheerfully pass on anyone's posts.

[Junkenstein]

133 in this thread please.

I'd say more but I don't want to hog all the fun.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You're doing a poor job of being a human fucking being in general.

The monkey is strong in this one.

Aaaaaaand welcome to my ignore list. You earned it after all.

I join Vivat, weeping softly in the corner over my loss.

My life has been ripped of meaning. All my accomplishments now count for naught. I am left with a hollow ache that can never be fixed.

And you're still an asshole.

[Hagtard Celine Dion Mustard]

Here's protesting done right: https://dcdirectactionnews.wordpress.com/2016/11/19/anti-fascist-activists-storm-restaurant-hosting-neo-nazi-alt-right-npi-dinner/

Calling everyone who voted Trump a racist? Retarded. Storming an NPI dinner? Now you're cooking with gas!

[Ben Shapiro]

Here's protesting done right: https://dcdirectactionnews.wordpress.com/2016/11/19/anti-fascist-activists-storm-restaurant-hosting-neo-nazi-alt-right-npi-dinner/

Calling everyone who voted Trump a racist? Retarded. Storming an NPI dinner? Now you're cooking with gas!