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Emily Lake replied to the thread News sucks.You're not wrong. I've been contemplating this recently, sort of rolling around in the back of my brain. One of the only real... -
Politesse replied to the thread Charlie Kirk shot in Utah.I mean, it's definitely true that the sky is not always blue. But not that I am some cruel villain who disagrees with whatever you say... -
Politesse replied to the thread Charlie Kirk shot in Utah.You know what disagrees with you? The national federal Constitution, and the state constitutions of twenty US states. If slavery in the...
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When TV arrived people were rhapsodizing about how families would sit around glued to the tube watching opera and marvelous concerts and...
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Emily Lake replied to the thread Charlie Kirk shot in Utah.For someone who so frequently exaggerates meanings, this is some serious understatement of Orwell's premise. It's not about people "not...
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Emily Lake replied to the thread Charlie Kirk shot in Utah.Again, Tswizzle didn't bring up slavery. He responded to an appeal to Orwell with a quote from Orwell. Right now, you and I are at a...
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TTSwizzle replied to the thread Charlie Kirk shot in Utah.You've done nothing but whine about how I won't answer your dumb derails. Get over yourself.
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Emily Lake replied to the thread Charlie Kirk shot in Utah.Mmm... Okay, I get what you're saying. I think calling current incarcerated work force "slavery" is a bit of a stretch, but certainly...
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pood replied to the thread News sucks.When TV arrived people were rhapsodizing about how families would sit around glued to the tube watching opera and marvelous concerts and... -
Politesse replied to the thread Charlie Kirk shot in Utah.Tomás de Torquemada was what passed, laughably, as a legal authority in his time and place, whose reforms resulted in the Spanish Crown...
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JJarhyn reacted to pood's post in the thread According to Robert Sapolsky, human free will does not exist with
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Myself, I am doing pure philosophy. All these terms are being batted about as in a badminton game — radical fatalism and fatalism (is... -
GThey aren't researchers. Why are you acting like they are? You're playing shoot the messenger. Note that shoot the messenger is...
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pood replied to the thread News sucks.Larry Moran on AI. So, yeah, if a certain someone loves this brave new world of AI and thinks all he/she has to do is a press a button...
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Politesse replied to the thread Charlie Kirk shot in Utah.I haven't missed your point, I just disagree with it. If you don't want to talk about an important issue, don't bring it up. If someone...
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Politesse replied to the thread Charlie Kirk shot in Utah.Then your knowledge is perilously wrong. Yes, chattel slavery for general commercial purposes is illegal, but not slavery as punishment...