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Oct 8 2014 05:16am
Quote (ChronFather420 @ Oct 8 2014 12:33am)
Walmartians are allowed just as much say as you and I?
Terrible, terrible notion.


People should have to pass a test in order to vote.


Maybe we could have some sort of high standard basic education available to all citizens before the voting age of 18?

Quote (Gastly @ Oct 8 2014 06:15am)
José Ortega y Gasset
you might want to check out Martin Heidegger as well, tho he's kind of notorious for his unintelligible and hard-to-follow style of writing and lecturing


I can only read people talking about Heidegger. I don't think I'm going to get a chance to study him formally as I have one philosophy credit remaining and it is either going to political philosophy, bioethics, or another normative ethics, depending on schedule and availability :)

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Oct 8 2014 08:46am
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He opens up the video btw, with saying that liberals don't support liberal ideals.  I agree.  Many people in America do not support freedom of speech.  A lot of people think when you go home your employer should still have control over what you say.


Lol, and we can just say whatever we want with no consequence? Our society doesn't condone that.
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Oct 8 2014 08:47am
So much derp itt....

You make me sad.
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Oct 8 2014 09:14am
Quote (Scaly @ Oct 8 2014 09:47am)
So much derp itt....

You make me sad.


Nah, you're just butthurt.

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The left "having" Viv is like the right "having" HST.
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Oct 8 2014 09:21am
Quote (Santara @ 8 Oct 2014 15:14)
Nah, you're just butthurt.


Considering I'm not on the left or the right that's a dumb comment. Comparing me to HST is outright ridiculous. You're just butthurt after being slammed in your out of body experience thread.
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Oct 8 2014 09:41am
Quote (Scaly @ Oct 8 2014 10:21am)
Considering I'm not on the left or the right that's a dumb comment. Comparing me to HST is outright ridiculous. You're just butthurt after being slammed in your out of body experience thread.


Being British, you're left of most everything, and you're often a disgrace, much like HST is. You haven't slammed anything.
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Oct 8 2014 10:00am
Quote (ChrisKz @ Oct 8 2014 09:46am)
Lol, and we can just say whatever we want with no consequence? Our society doesn't condone that.


Then you don't believe in free speech. Speech with consequence isn't free. If you disagree with someone, then you're free to give your opinion. That is a free exchange of ideas.
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Oct 8 2014 10:07am
Democracy is flawed in the sense that the populace tends to support democracy less and less over time.

You see this in American Liberalism, Roman Imperialism, Athenian Democracy, etc.

/e other than that it is a great system.

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Oct 8 2014 10:17am
Quote (nineinchnailz @ Oct 8 2014 12:00pm)
Then you don't believe in free speech.  Speech with consequence isn't free.  If you disagree with someone, then you're free to give your opinion.  That is a free exchange of ideas.


Speech with government-induced consequence isn't free.

If I own a news station and a newscaster has a podcast where he organizes a racist cult, I have a right to fire him. I'm exercising the right of my free speech to say "You're fired!"
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Oct 8 2014 10:23am
Quote (Santara @ 8 Oct 2014 15:41)
Being British, you're left of most everything, and you're often a disgrace, much like HST is. You haven't slammed anything.


Slammed the shit out of your gullible ass. I'd be surprised if you could still walk after how hard everyone with a brain fucked you in that thread. Honestly the most ridiculous pseudo scientific bullshit since the invention of astrology and you get taken in by a snappy title. You're a fucking joke.
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