GENIUS FORUMS

The left represents too great a decline to the Last Man - it has become utterly feminine rather than working for the working class person. They represent and support completely the weak non-disciplined 'anything goes' views of women. All the media I used to read, when I was sympathetic to the left, ...

I'm a fan. I've described him as my new intellectual hero. Great to listen to, when in the mood. I have not listened to the Maps for Meaning lectures - but I have most of the Personality ones. Maps for Meaning will be next. I think Peterson will have a massive impact on society over time. To me he i...

[During the campaign Clinton gave her support for open borders, and I think the idea of open borders is completely ridiculous, dangerous, and destructive] That’s the sort of deceiving fake news crap Trump and presumably Breibart would have spruiked for political reasons. “Trump is referring to a lea...

[Buddhism is calm, methodical, uneventful, intellectual] I think we are getting to the nitty-gritty of why I’m still disappointed with the attitude of non-anti Trump persons here, and appalled more generally at the lack of contextual wisdom that exists in voters these days. An additional essential a...

Left wingers gave you the dole you survive on. Best you move to the US and get a job as a janitor where you can be directly involved in cleaning out the lefties in uni's. Not sure what your wage will be though. Minimum wage of course but how anyone would know what Trump's minimum wage policy might e...

"Russell is Black" He said half black - but in a black family setting. I'm not sure what the other half is. I only mention this as I've always been curious as to whether it was the understated white part of Obama that was really the factor in him being very politically capable - did it ena...

[I figured you'd say that, but you shouldn't be the least bit surprised to find out that Kushner wants Bannon out of the inner circle]

More likely to be the democracy busting Jews, the Koch Brothers, considering their play with the Obamacare replacement.

Dan Rowden asked: Just out of more than passing curiosity, Diebert, why are you here? Discussing things with Diebert reminds me of ordering Chinese food, as per Dude Wheres My Car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkdyU_eUm1U (His desire to argue, his resilience, is actually a good thing, as the for...

[Anyway, it's not a very interesting topic, also because I've no dog in the race: I don't care where someone is born for his right to become elected in a democracy.]

We agree on something then.

Nahh.. bummer, I forgot the Russians. Scratch that.

[Pam wrote: There is no 'may' about it. By definition, a belief is not absolute. Knowing this, one has right view. Belief in 'my truth' is wrong view. There is only THE truth. No wiggle room allowed]

And then what happens?

Doesn’t one ever get to take the straight jacket off.

(cont) As far as I can tell there are three ways of dealing with the Muslim problem. 1. Military means ie what is occurring now. 2. Wait it out and hope that materialism, western technology will make them desire to conform and become far less fundamentalist. 3. Use philosophical propaganda to change...

[jimhaz is on record saying that he has no problem with Muslim countries being bombed and kept poor. Yet you are showing support to him because he shares your negative opinion of an old friend and colleague! I'm pretty sure that ticks a box in the psychopathy checklist.] Darn, you’ve made me go int...

29 Signs of a Psychopath (the word seems to have only been mentioned once in this thread, by David) I can match Trump to every one of the signs below. 1. A huge ego and narcissistic behaviour 2. They are easily bored 3. A trail of broken and hurting people fill their past 4. Reluctance or refusal to...

[Kevin wrote: That sentence I wrote describes the creation of hell on earth. It is what happened in communist Russia, where people were afraid to speak their minds even in the privacy of their own homes because of the fear of the consequences. I see us heading down that same path if we don't do som...

I wonder if this quote from Kierkegaard, the context of which has been said all along by David and Dan in relation to Kevin, applies. Maybe the hatred of Gamergate has made Kevin’s enlightenment die. “When a fisherman has caught a fish in his net and wishes to keep it alive, what must he do? He must...

[He may decide to give up and play golf instead] I’m getting the impression he is not enjoying his power at all. He is having trouble bluffing his way through political realities, and seems older, tired and down in the dumps. At some point I hope it kills him, but too early yet – his disapproval rat...

I like the thread in relation to potential new visitors – it is about the quality of the information from all sides. The Worldy Matters is a bit too hidden away for newbies. The thread is having an impact on me, though it may be at the end, so unsticking it is OK from my perspective, though personal...

Moving this thread seems a really girly thing to do for me. It is chock full of interesting philosophical issues.

I really don't give a flying fart about the earnestness some have to enlightenment. I see it as an egotistical pride thing. Just another form of fundamentalism.

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If you have not read this, I'd highly recommend it.

http://members.optushome.com.au/davidqu ... ntents.htm

A lot of David Quinn's links don't seem to work now, but the above is fine.

This is also good value

http://geniusrealms.com/blogosphere/?page_id=14

Kevin wrote I don't believe that Trump is in any way a remedy for the SJWs, but I do believe he is a hindrance to them, and that his presidency gives time for the anti-SJWs to rally and organize themselves, and for the wind to naturally go out of the sails of the SJWs The wind wont go out of the SJW...

Obviously. If reporters are paid to lie then they wouldn't be real journalists, would they? That's what I said.] Well Ok, what about the lies in the Breibart article that Trump based his “Obama wiretapped me” propaganda tweets on? Years ago, Breibart was more or less just an average news site. I th...

[If I were him I would probably ban most of the reporters from the mainstream media from his press conferences, and only provide entry for people based on their merit as real journalists who report the facts] That would exclude all the reporters/fantasizers/paid to lie folk in all the sites Kevin pr...

They do, in fact, raise a couple of interesting questions, one of which is who actually leaked them because it looks possible that Trump may have done so himself Amazing how quickly the White House was able to confirm and release it themselves. Lawrence O'Donnell & Rachel Maddow : Donald Trump'...

If philosophers would have political views, and all the ethics and morality connected to how one sees the economy, political correctness, the rights of citizens, war, the ability of politicians to be direct and truthful and so on, can they somehow be derived from a basic, rational principle? And my...

get to the bottom of the question if philosophers should have a political opinion at all They are still human aren’t they. What should they do – go dancing naked in the forest all day? You seem willing to excuse Kevin for getting indirectly involved in politics, but not David. Its not really politi...