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Deledrius wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:56 am Any argument that includes "The Right" or "The Left" is doomed to obfuscate rather than illuminate by its very nature, as these terms are ultimately reductive. Try to avoid them if you seek greater understanding.

Deledrius wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:56 am Any argument that includes "The Right" or "The Left" is doomed to obfuscate rather than illuminate by its very nature, as these terms are ultimately reductive. Try to avoid them if you seek greater understanding.

unknownsample wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:17 pm

Deledrius wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:56 am Any argument that includes "The Right" or "The Left" is doomed to obfuscate rather than illuminate by its very nature, as these terms are ultimately reductive. Try to avoid them if you seek greater understanding.

No they're really not, Slash likes to pretend he's not right-wing, but whenever I see him on here he's nearly always echoing right-wing talking points.

Yukaphile wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:33 am Two million women and girls. Two million. And those guilty got away with it. That right there is the international symbol for, "There is no justice on this wretched Earth, you gotta take what you can get."

CMDR_Bob wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:26 pm

Yukaphile wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:33 am Two million women and girls. Two million. And those guilty got away with it. That right there is the international symbol for, "There is no justice on this wretched Earth, you gotta take what you can get."

Sorry to jump in and ruin your fear-mongering, but that's really unfair to the rest of the world. I don't care what your morality or principles are, that's incredibly shallow of you to blame one region's failure to protect part of its population on the rest of us. I think it's a shitty person that says "well, that oppressive regime failed part of its population and our reluctance to interfere so things don't get worse makes us just as bad."

On the other topic...

I don't think it's healthy to separate people into camps of "left" or "right". It's incredibly divisive, and I'd appreciate it if both sides stopped doing that. Unfortunately, that's idealism and nobody believes in giving such lofty fantasies a fair shake. I would like to see both sides make a more concentrated effort to come to an impasse, though. Being able to say "yeah, we have our bad eggs and good eggs" and go from there is a good start, methinks.

Also, kindly don't associate antifa, the KKK, or any other similarly-functioning "fringe group" with a side, please. They represent the very worst of any given generation and their actions ought not to define whichever "side" of the political scale you choose to sit on. I would more equate them (especially antifa) with whiny little shits who want attention, so they do everything in their power to get it. Once you choose to disassociate them with anything meaningful, they stop having much sway, either way.

Yukaphile wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:56 pm How does that invalidate my argument? People get away with their crimes, and in staggering numbers. The record for this was off the charts seven decades ago. New technologies have made it easier, or harder rather, to get away with it. And that's something to be proud of. But those guilty were still never tried for their crimes. That's something we should be ashamed of.