Fail Quotes

[R.E.H.W.R.]

[MrBogosity]

"Harriet Tubman wants to eliminate slavery. But she grew up a slave, worked as a slave, and was fed and paid by slave owners. Hypocrisy, much?"

[Travis Retriever]

As are the two who responded. They do realize that the human race would go extinct, right?

Honestly, I think that's kind of the point.  It's why I never understood how people say leftism (e.g. Social Justice & Environmentalism) is motivated by benevolence.  It's the most misanthropic, most vile philosophy you can get (not to say conservatitism isn't too far behind...really, it applies to statism in general, let's be honest here)!  It's like they're confusing being a Negative Nancy with being smart and mature.

[AnCap Dave]

Movie Bob really is a worthless sack of shit.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

Movie Bob really is a worthless sack of shit.

Wow, THese guys love to project.

[Travis Retriever]

Movie Bob really is a worthless sack of shit.

...Can someone PLEASE explain to me why SJWs and other leftists love Islam?

[Ibrahim90]

...Can someone PLEASE explain to me why SJWs and other leftists love Islam?

It's not even the right question to be asking. But to answer:

It's not that they do so (why would they? the beliefs in Islam are quite conservative): I think it's simply that they conflate having problems with the religion, with having problems with Muslims as a people. (which Geller and her people, to be fair, do regularly: no excuses for what happened though).

It happens on both sides really--and this sort of assumption is kind of retarded.

[Dallas Wildman]

Movie Bob really is a worthless sack of shit.

I haven't heard of much tension between Muslims and other Texans in general until that nonsense in Irving (which was the focus of an Idiot Extraordinaire a couple weeks back).

[Ibrahim90]

I haven't heard of much tension between Muslims and other Texans in general until that nonsense in Irving (which was the focus of an Idiot Extraordinaire a couple weeks back).

It's because it hasn't been reported (or to be accurate, not worth reporting). Mostly because, as much as I hate to admit it, most Texans are decent people, and far from what I'd call religiously bigoted (what they think about other races though...). But there's very rarely an occasional incident: mom had the misfortune of having a beer-bottle thrown at her as she was about to step into the house where we were.

[dallen68]

I know that there was a specific thread for this somewhere, but hell if I can find it. (I guess if Shane finds it, he can move it there)

Anyway, I propose that part of the "not" getting equal pay for equal work might be the QUALITY of the work. Just because Travis and I have the same job, does not mean we do said job equally well, it's even (justifiably in my unhumble opinion) possible that the one who's been at it LONGER could make less than the other, because the one who's been at it for a shorter time does a MUCH SUPERIOR job. Also, it isn't equal work, it's same job title.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

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Translation: How I can project my own insecurities onto Disney films.

[MrBogosity]

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[tnu]

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you going to cover this one on the podcast too?

[AdeptusHereticus]

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1) One of the things that made me question the leftist politics I was raised in, in conjunction with other ideas, is the realization that yes, all human interactions are fundamentally transactions. The currencies vary (It could be money as well as emotional gratification), but the principle is the same : people only invest in what they feel provide enough value to be encouraged. The idea still holds when you only do things to get peace. And if we look at history, as Shives suggest, the only thing I can think of that makes things immoral, is when someone breaks the transactions by initiating force.

2)Well, not much to say, because it's classic statist bullshit. "the taxes makes things better for everybody" nope. "The government is democratically elected" non-sequitur. It's really damning for the claim of intellectual honesty of the person when the simple fact that governments use force can't even be admitted in plain words. Even in the early days of socialism, there were people on the left of the spectrum who recognized that, and they still exists today. It's not like it's hard to find ...

3)"how dare anyone beat his breast over an oppressive government while working to advance the interests of corporations over those of the people whose labour corporations seek to exploit"

"see, libertarians got it backwards. we don't need laws to take our freedoms away. we need laws to protect our freedoms, to guard them from those who would rob us of our liberty from our own profit"

Someone has not been paying attention. (You need to hear it in context to fully understand what he is saying, but it shows his lack of efforts either way)

4)Well, I've never read Von Mises, but it's irrelevant because wether his base rational is unscientific or not, data can still be collected, and it does not favour the leftist way sooooooo ... Also, saying that libertarians base their philosophy entirely on the idea of this one guy is laughable. I've never read him, I don't care, I want logic and reason.

5)"if libertarianism is so evidently superior, how is it that not one country has chosen to govern itself in this way" Argument from popularity. From an atheist it's quite ridiculous to hear ... Well, gee, I don't know Steve, most countries waste their time switching between the left and the right, what does that tell you ? Obviously, they are both equally valid so we really should stop worrying about that.
Then he talks about libertarian societies always failing, even on the smallest scale ... Well, I would want names, but he doesn't give any away. At least he didn't mention Somalia

[R.E.H.W.R.]

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What a prick!