Fail Quotes

[MrBogosity]

So, he doesn't even know that until about the 12th Century, the Muslim world was the seat of all scientific learning. People--including Christians and Doubters (their word for atheists)--came to Baghdad to exchange knowledge and learn from each other.

This is why most of the visible stars have Arab names (like Aldebaran and Betelgeuse), why we use Arabic numerals, and why so many of our scientific and mathematical words have Arab roots (algebra, algorithm, etc.).

[Travis Retriever]

So what Akatam0t0ma says is bs?

Even the equivalent of atheists came there for knowledge? Dang!

[Lord T Hawkeye]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4G-_Ch9YpE

Aw!  That's cute!  He thinks copying me will make him as awesome as I am.  ^^

[Travis Retriever]

And speaking of him,

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I haven't watched this, but I get the impression it will reek of cherry picking, strawmen, and other forms of butthurt.

[MrBogosity]

Just look at the comments, is all you need to do. They're filled with every dogmatist I've ever pwned.

Like, going after me saying that Texaco and Gulf didn't exist in 1890...Geez, like in 500 characters you can be specific enough to say "the businessmen that went on to found Texaco and Gulf." One cheap, lame excuse after another--and no response to the substance, which was all of the protectionism that was going on at the time.

[Travis Retriever]

No surprise there...

Another fail quote video:
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This guy is an idiot anyways...
Is he not aware of the 20,000+ gun control laws already on the books in the USA?

Be sure and check out OtherJacobSpinney's video response to him; that's how I found Onision's video.

[Travis Retriever]

In red will be the fails, in blue the not-fails.

cx0r: "Maybe if this sinner baby would take part in Christ's ministry instead of wading in his own piss and feces then God would have more mercy on him. The fact is, babys aren't immune to God's wrath, ever heard of SIDS? That is the punishment for unrepentant infants, and you'd be wise to bring your baby into the light of Christ before God becomes impatient with his impetuous hedonism."

TheThinkingAtheist: "@cx0r You're shittin' me."

cx0r: "@TheThinkingAtheist Am I? A baby is the very embodiment of sin manifested in a form so conveniently tailored for acceptance by a fallen people that its existence is nothing short of empirical proof that Satan rules this world. Sloth, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Envy all wrapped up in a little package that we pretend is immune to God's judgment. God does not see our age, he sees our hearts, and that baby's heart is full of self serving indulgence. At the very least, a baptism is in order."

TheThinkingAtheist: "@cx0r I can only hope you have no children of your own."

The source: the top four user comments on this video

[Travis Retriever]

http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments=1&v=cFMhMnNZ2YA
Scroll down near the bottom for some fail-gold from Houshalter.

[Gumba Masta]

See, that's why we can't have nice things here.

[Lord T Hawkeye]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX7OqeouQaU&feature=sub

Oh where do I even start...

Added my own video reply since I felt it prudent.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bboqH5u6bo

[Gumba Masta]

Well, he does have a point.
After all we all know that two wrongs make a right.

[Travis Retriever]

NoMoreSunsets: "# 12: Pretending that only libertarians use logic when in fact, just about every single school of thought premises their beliefs on it.

# 13: Acting like economics can only be understood a priori but then turning around and using empirical evidence when it helps their arguments.

# 14: Reduce human action to a strict form of behaviorism where people are nothing more than rodents in a cage who press a lever for a treat.

# 15: Pretend that utility is the same things as happiness."

billburns2:  "@NoMoreSunsets

#16: Thinking that just by telling everyone you use logical deduction somehow absolves you from actually having to use it.

#17: Thinking that Libertarians invented outrage over government waste and mismanagement. Nobody else thinks they are bad or works to stop them or even knows they exist."

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[Travis Retriever]

"It has become fashionable to say that the republican and democrat party are equally statist, but
that is not true. The deficits Bush ran pale in comparison to Obama's deficits, and the republican
party, in terms of total spending, is not as statist as the democrat party, and it's visually obvious.
And this makes sense theoretically: the GOP is the party of big business. And so they want big
government to help the rent-seeking corporations, and in the past it was them vs. the
libertarians. The GOP views the state as a means to an end: the enrichment of corporations. The
democrats view the state as the enabler of positive change in itself." -Fringeelements, "For an Emergent Governance", page 159.

Time sensitive cherry picking bullshit.
At their time, the Bush deficits were the biggest.
At their time, the Reagan deficits were the biggest.
At their time, the Obama deficits are now the biggest.

Wait 4 - 8 years.
Regardless of who gets elected, that president will have the biggest deficit of his time, setting new records, like damn near ever other president we've had.

Also:  http://mises.org/daily/895 ("Republicans and Big Government" by James Ostrowski)

And let's not even get started on Lincoln.

[Travis Retriever]

"And so the prime opponent today of the movement are the socialists. Now if you believe there are
no socialists, lets take a look at the 10 planks of the communist manifesto:
1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose.
The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1868), and various zoning, school & property
taxes. Also the Bureau of Land Management.

2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
The 16th amendment, The Social Security Act of 1936" -Fringeelements, "For an Emergent Governance", page 159. (Emphasis added by me)

Hoo boy, more of this "Red Amendment crap"
This is the third or fourth time I've seen people bring up the 14th amendment as socialist.
Ever single time, they never provide any evidence for the claim, they merely assert it.

As for the Social Security Act of 1936, correct me if I'm wrong, but was that also a flat tax when it started?
Also, last time I checked, it takes money from those who are still working and young, and gives it to the state, and to some old people --the wealthiest demo-graph by age.
Those things may have been different then for the SS Act of 1936, but then why did he use the word today like that?

[MrBogosity]

It still is flat (albeit at 15+%), and regressive to boot since you stop paying it once you make over something like $80k/year.