tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post8000725359443950103..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: David Marshall's case against TrumpVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-91325104355782416822016-03-08T06:05:32.670-07:002016-03-08T06:05:32.670-07:00... which is to say, if the first person to bring ...... which is to say, if the first person to bring up Hitler is a leftist simply making a smear, then the law doesn't apply.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-89795649329324641952016-03-08T06:04:23.300-07:002016-03-08T06:04:23.300-07:00I think that rule applies only if the person is ma...I think that rule applies only if the person is making a logically/factually valid point.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-46435514195124391382016-03-08T04:59:08.007-07:002016-03-08T04:59:08.007-07:00Isn't there an law which says that the first p...Isn't there an law which says that the first person to bring up Hitler in an internet debate loses?planks lengthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176715815596833639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-60597606584475878222016-03-07T21:58:59.010-07:002016-03-07T21:58:59.010-07:00"My casting him in the image of a Nazi i8s no..."My casting him in the image of a Nazi i8s not that far o9ff the mark."<br /><br />Good Grief. What is the average number of comments it takes to compare someone to Hitler?<br /><br />Maybe there is an article citing several studies to give us an exact number.David Duffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222419875209542723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-53532038185603549662016-03-06T00:49:19.357-07:002016-03-06T00:49:19.357-07:00^ Commies *always* assert that pointless shit, and...^ Commies *always* assert that pointless shit, and useful idiot always lap it upIlíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-2517835171051353522016-03-06T00:23:59.356-07:002016-03-06T00:23:59.356-07:00Here is an article about several studies in politi...<a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism" rel="nofollow"><b>Here is an article</b></a> about several studies in political science showing that trump has tapped into a vain of authoritarianism; the average Trumpie is of a psychological character to submit to dictatorship under the right conditions. They see the Strong man for protection, and will submit at any cost. My casting him in the image of a Nazi i8s not that far o9ff the mark. I wasn't trying to say he's an actual Nazi but that his supporters have a sort of brown shirt mentality.<br />Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-83429937620741027542016-03-04T21:23:04.112-07:002016-03-04T21:23:04.112-07:00Living in California with a conservative temperame...Living in California with a conservative temperament, I'm partial toward Midwestern pragmatic Republicans--Scott Walker, John Kasich.<br /><br />I sometimes like to listen to our President when something important is happening to our Country. Bush and Obama aren't half bad at that address. I would prefer if the person who speaks to us about something important is not Hillary Clinton.David Duffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222419875209542723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-10397694003078854232016-03-04T17:58:34.236-07:002016-03-04T17:58:34.236-07:00Being a Christian is not about being afraid of for...Being a Christian is not about being afraid of foreigners, it's not about making money or being rich or succeeding in business. It's not about hunting or shooting guns or wearing down jackets or condemning people who are different than you. I am seriously if I led someone to the Lord, what am I asking them to do: To become rabid right wing nut cases?<br /><br /><br /><br />Do you have a concept of "knowing god" in way that does not involve political ideology: Do you believe that salvation depends upon being a <br />Republican?<br /><br />You guys nbeed to read Keirkegaard.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-88891650371960929882016-03-04T17:31:24.922-07:002016-03-04T17:31:24.922-07:00shining colored lights on the white house is a big...shining colored lights on the white house is a big catastrophe but allowing children born into poverty to die because they can[t get neo natal care is Christian? murdering 80,000 innocent Salvadorians in a decade is Christian righyt.l life ends at birth.<br /><br />btw I'm still waiting for you to answer the 50 verses I put up saying backing my statement about God being on the side of the poor.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-6225045960533520722016-03-04T17:26:57.816-07:002016-03-04T17:26:57.816-07:00Since the Democrats are the party of, non-exhausti...Since the Democrats are the party of, non-exhaustively:<br />1) murdering babies;<br /><br /><b>you are a liar, this a political rant. you didn't prove anythi8ng, <br /><br />the republican party kills babies. 2 million people died as result Reagan's social cuts. that was findings two independent studies,<br /><br />children born in poverty are five times more likely to die I the first year study from Kent state. capitalism by the numbers.<br /><br />life ends at birth for the brain washed evangelicals.</b><br /><br /><br />2) disarming law-abiding citizens;<br /><br /><br /><b>ah yes the evangelical worship of guns, some trust in chariots but we trust in Smith and Wesson. making someone wait to buy a gun while we determine if they are lunatics that's disarming everyone?.</b><br /><br /><br />3) protecting violent criminals from justice;<br /><br /><b>O yes that commie inspired bill of rights. you want to put a gun in the hand any lunatic but God forbid we should have basic civil rights</b><br /><br /><br />4) destroying all organic social counters to the Leviathan State;<br /><br /><b>that was an argument in Mine Komph. It was really blood and soil see Marcuse's essay in Negations. what does that mean? is that code for you identify with the confederacy?</b><br /><br /><br />5) undermining paternal authority;<br /><br /><b>where?</b><br /><br /><br /><br />6) promoting short-sighted female revolt against paternal authority;<br /><br /><b>hahahahahahaha!!!! O God ahahahaha you are really hahahahahahaahahaj<br /><br />are you looking for a quiver full? you want to tell your wife what to do!</b><br /><br /><br /><br />7) knee-capping our allies while propping up our foes;<br /><br /><b>drivel. you want to charge in like a cowboy and bomb everything that moves right/</b><br /><br /><br /><br />8) ultimately, destroying not only our polity but our very civilization;<br /><br /><br /><b>ahahahahahah you don't know shit about civilization. you would find every advancement since the middle ages Godless liberal destruction of civilization.</b><br /><br /><br />to vote for *any* Democrat is to vote for all of that and more.<br /><br /><b>Horse shit and drivel irrational brain washed stupidity. little fascist. you say I'm making a politcalramt you only that because I'm not defending little antiquated agenda. </b><br /><br /><br />Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-3440379482089086652016-03-04T13:13:57.538-07:002016-03-04T13:13:57.538-07:00I found it appalling and divisive.
An unseemly d...I found it appalling and divisive. <br /><br />An unseemly display of "Nyah, nyah, nyah!"planks lengthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176715815596833639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-48726571766357399842016-03-04T12:31:17.662-07:002016-03-04T12:31:17.662-07:00Yes, that's a good example. But, it's onl...Yes, that's a good example. But, it's only one example of a continuous stream of "immaturity".Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-12206322804630771912016-03-04T12:23:35.277-07:002016-03-04T12:23:35.277-07:00Actually, I found the White House Rainbow demonstr...Actually, I found the White House Rainbow demonstration after Obergfell to be certainly lacking in maturity. I probably should have blogged about it when it happened. Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-58207227961061825212016-03-04T09:11:37.350-07:002016-03-04T09:11:37.350-07:00PL: "Another solution (and one I like better)...<b>PL:</b> "<i>Another solution (and one I like better) would be to do away with primaries altogether, and go back to the old "smoke filled rooms". They arguably gave us much better results than our contemporary system.</i>"<br /><br />I think that this is true. In any event, it would be more honest -- just consider the Democrats and their "Super Delegate" system.<br /><br />Like *all* the "democracy" initiatives ultimately rooted in the Progressive Era, the party primaries are a sham, and always were, and always were intended to be shams; it's just that we were not supposed to notice the sham.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-49340113009886264742016-03-04T09:02:13.088-07:002016-03-04T09:02:13.088-07:00Most of the Republican dropouts were quite adult. ...Most of the Republican dropouts were quite adult. I think that tells us more about our nominating process than it does about the remaining candidates. <br /><br />If only there were some way of shortening the campaign season. Maybe have all 50 primaries on the same day? But I can immediately see one downside to that solution. The candidate with the biggest going-in war chest would almost inevitably win (since you'd have to blanket the entire country with TV ads, instead of two or three relatively small markets, and one-on-one personal campaigning would vanish).<br /><br />Another solution (and one I like better) would be to do away with primaries altogether, and go back to the old "smoke filled rooms". They arguably gave us much better results than our contemporary system.planks lengthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176715815596833639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-50450421884446129802016-03-04T09:01:59.640-07:002016-03-04T09:01:59.640-07:00VR: "I have one question. Can any of the Repu...<b>VR:</b> "<i>I have one question. Can any of the Republican candidates behave like adults other than Kasich?</i>"<br /><br />I have another question. Why have I never noticed you calling out the childish petulance, much less the dictatorial anti-Constitutionalism, of one BHO?Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-16875984589316107202016-03-04T08:57:34.485-07:002016-03-04T08:57:34.485-07:00PL, there is no such thing as "voting for the...PL, there is no such thing as "voting for the man, not the party". When you "vote for the man", you are *always* voting for the party.<br /><br />Since the Democrats are the party of, non-exhaustively:<br />1) murdering babies;<br />2) disarming law-abiding citizens;<br />3) protecting violent criminals from justice;<br />4) destroying all organic social counters to the Leviathan State;<br />5) undermining paternal authority;<br />6) promoting short-sighted female revolt against paternal authority;<br />7) knee-capping our allies while propping up our foes;<br />8) ultimately, destroying not only our polity but our very civilization;<br />to vote for *any* Democrat is to vote for all of that and more.<br /><br />Now, of course, a lot of Republican politician are also on board with all that. But, the Republican "base" is not (which is why the term 'RINO' exists) for that, whereas the Democratic "base" is.<br /><br />Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-22828570511302722292016-03-04T08:48:24.733-07:002016-03-04T08:48:24.733-07:00I have one question. Can any of the Republican can...I have one question. Can any of the Republican candidates behave like adults other than Kasich?Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-73713163205961392742016-03-04T08:43:48.188-07:002016-03-04T08:43:48.188-07:00['I can't see myself ever voting for any D...['I can't see myself ever voting for any Democrat for any office at any time ever again."<br /><br />I will never vote republican, course I always vote in the Community primary,Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-69177094164280223152016-03-04T08:13:19.346-07:002016-03-04T08:13:19.346-07:00I can't see myself ever voting for any Democra...<i>I can't see myself ever voting for any Democrat for any office at any time ever again.</i><br /><br />I myself am an inveterate ticket splitter. Over the years, I've pretty much voted an equal number of times for the 2 major parties (and once for a 3rd party candidate). If I like the person (or, more often, dislike him less), I'll vote for him.<br /><br />The way things are going, this year is setting itself up to be the 2nd time I vote 3rd party.planks lengthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176715815596833639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-14253105778664751832016-03-04T07:11:34.758-07:002016-03-04T07:11:34.758-07:00you can rant but you on't know how to raveyou can rant but you on't know how to raveJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-21311115001307254672016-03-04T07:10:53.129-07:002016-03-04T07:10:53.129-07:00Since most people are *not* incapable of understan...Since most people are *not* incapable of understanding the truth of the matter of the sorts of things discussed here, <br /><br /><b></b><br /><br /><br />that leaves options 2) and 3) and the only viable categories of explanation for why people here assert things that are not true. Charity, and reason itself, compels one to hold to option 2) for as long as possible. <br /><br /><b>you are liar you are a fascost a d you are ra tkng.</b>LJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-59284905393514276652016-03-04T07:08:57.890-07:002016-03-04T07:08:57.890-07:00That's been my opinion all along, too. And tha...That's been my opinion all along, too. And that's why, even despising the man as I do, he's the only "Republican" (*) I might consider voting for. Of course, if he runs Cruz or Rubio as his VP, there is no way.<br /><br />I'll go further, PL. A Trump presidency *might* be what it takes to turn the country around with respect to the "imperial presidency" (which, oddly enough, Democrats seem to notice only when there is a Republican in the White House resisting the temptation to behave like Obama has done from Day One)<br /><br /><b>so your principles are discardable when they get in the way of the ideology, that's a political rant, what else is new?</b>Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-59054084958516909852016-03-04T07:04:27.259-07:002016-03-04T07:04:27.259-07:00"Now I understand why Ilion accuses you of ly..."<i>Now I understand why Ilion accuses you of lying. Again, those are two completely different claims. Learn honesty.</i>"<br /><br />Ilíon understands that "reasoning" illogically is almost always a <i>decision</i> (*). Anyone, except Ilíon (**) , may make a mistake at reasoning; charity, and reason itself, compels one to account it an honest mistake. However, when someone persists in illogical "reasoning", reason itself compels one to admit that it is his <i>decision</i> to do so.<br /><br />And, deliberately reasoning illogically -- intellectual dishonesty -- is lying; it is, in fact, worse than lying. For a mere liar is lying about some fact or other, but the intellectually dishonest person is lying about the very nature of truth and of reason.<br /><br /><br /><br />(*) There are three, and only three, general categories of explanation for why a man asserts what is not true --<br /><br />1) bluntly, he's too stupid to understand the truth of the matter -- that is, he incorrectly believes that he is stating the truth because he is <i>incapable</i> of understanding the pertinent facts and/or logic;<br /><br />2) bluntly, he's currently too ignorant to understand the truth of the matter -- that is, he incorrectly believes he is stating the truth because he <i>currently lacks</i> understanding the pertinent facts and/or logic;<br /><br />3) bluntly, he's dishonest in some way -- this covers a great deal of territory, from those who do understand the truth of the matter, but lie about it, to those who, <i>à la</i> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_PSJsl0LQ" rel="nofollow">George Costanza</a>, carefully keep themselves ignorant of the truth of the matter.<br /><br />Since most people are *not* incapable of understanding the truth of the matter of the sorts of things discussed here, that leaves options 2) and 3) and the only viable categories of explanation for why people here assert things that are not true. Charity, and reason itself, compels one to hold to option 2) for as long as possible. <br /><br />(**) That's a joke, of course, mocking some of the things some of the people around here like to say about meIlíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-13275894474081286962016-03-04T06:35:48.876-07:002016-03-04T06:35:48.876-07:00Bottom line -- Joe Hinman is a leftist, so he does...Bottom line -- Joe Hinman is a leftist, so he doesn't have to provide any argument, much less reason, for any wild thing he wants to assert.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com