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Quote (blahaj @ Mar 22 2024 05:42pm)
A pretty simple question, or is it? I would love to hear your opinion, PaRD


-belief in equality over equity
-disrespect for traditions, even good ones
-believes in the principles of Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
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Apr 4 2024 04:14pm
Just replace leftist with degenerate.
Boom, you're done.
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Quote (sirthom @ Apr 4 2024 03:14pm)
Just replace leftist with degenerate.
Boom, you're done.


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Apr 4 2024 09:12pm
Quote (blahaj @ 4 Apr 2024 17:01)
The angry poster and many people failed to understand the point of the topic title,I framed it like the what is a woman question because that's what would spark the most reaction.

Leftist is a buzzword that people on this forum use a lot to describe people's whose political opinion doesn't align with their own, and especially to those whose political stance they do not even remotely begin to understand. I see "the left this the left that" when it's alot more nuanced than that. ( I also think that a few of our posters are quick to call people maga supporters when they aren't, it goes both ways)


Wow would you look at that :rofl: :rofl:

You knew the answer you wanted to hear all along. You framed a question to illicit a particular response.

Thanks for confirming everything we all already knew.

Hope you got your "answer". Feel better now? :banana: :banana:

This post was edited by SwamiVivekananda on Apr 4 2024 09:12pm
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Wow would you look at that :rofl: :rofl:

You knew the answer you wanted to hear all along. You framed a question to illicit a particular response.

Thanks for confirming everything we all already knew.

Hope you got your "answer". Feel better now? :banana: :banana:


Framing a question on the definition of a (currently) nebulous term in a section called political debate is what this place is for lol
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Quote (MrSK @ 4 Apr 2024 22:16)
Framing a question on the definition of a (currently) nebulous term in a section called political debate is what this place is for lol


Is it a "nebulous" term?

or is it just a word?

a word that means different things to different people?

I'm going to make the thread, "What is a God". See what people think.
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Quote (SwamiVivekananda @ Apr 4 2024 08:21pm)
Is it a "nebulous" term?

or is it just a word?

a word that means different things to different people?

I'm going to make the thread, "What is a God". See what people think.


Currently it is a term that is used nebulously, similar to the word "Woke" that has multiple definitions depending on who you ask.

Honestly that would be a good topic for a thread if people took it seriously. You could even argue cats are technically Gods as they are avatars of higher beings in some cultures
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Quote (MrSK @ 4 Apr 2024 22:44)
Currently it is a term that is used nebulously, similar to the word "Woke" that has multiple definitions depending on who you ask.

Honestly that would be a good topic for a thread if people took it seriously. You could even argue cats are technically Gods as they are avatars of higher beings in some cultures


You are right! The term "woke" to most is an insult thrown at someone who isn't "fully there" or subscribes to things that aren't logical.

To me the term "woke" means he/she who has "awakened/attained". A term designated for a person who has forgone the "ego" and awoken to their "true self" which is "God".

To use in a sentence, "Wow bro this dude thinks he's so woke what an idiot".

To use in another sentence, "The man you knew as Jonathan has awoken, he has attained bliss and moved beyond the subtle nature of ego".

One is derogatory the other is a sign of respect.
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You are right! The term "woke" to most is an insult thrown at someone who isn't "fully there" or subscribes to things that aren't logical.

To me the term "woke" means he/she who has "awakened/attained". A term designated for a person who has forgone the "ego" and awoken to their "true self" which is "God".

To use in a sentence, "Wow bro this dude thinks he's so woke what an idiot".

To use in another sentence, "The man you knew as Jonathan has awoken, he has attained bliss and moved beyond the subtle nature of ego".

One is derogatory the other is a sign of respect.


Yep! There are many ways to use certain words which I believe OP was going for. They wanted to know what it meant to others as it isn't really defined when used in the current political climate

The ironic part is woke(atleast not in a spiritual/enlightenment sense) was initially used by the Black progressive community to preach social and political awareness and to stay vigilant of your environment. Now it's used by the opposite side of the aisle as a derogatory term
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Quote (MrSK @ 4 Apr 2024 23:21)
Yep! There are many ways to use certain words which I believe OP was going for. They wanted to know what it meant to others as it isn't really defined when used in the current political climate

The ironic part is woke(atleast not in a spiritual/enlightenment sense) was initially used by the Black progressive community to preach social and political awareness and to stay vigilant of your environment. Now it's used by the opposite side of the aisle as a derogatory term


Oh how times have changed! :P

I did not know that history behind "woke" very interesting!

That's why words themselves which are constructive and led to are more social evolution are actually divisive in nature.

In ancient Sanskrit there is no "subject" it is all basically "verbs". It's very interesting that the root human language doesn't acknowledge "separation" and that human beings started to use the terms "I" / "We" as languages spread and devolved in my opinion.

When you look at Sanskrit to English translations you quickly realize how advanced Sanskrit was for being 3000-5000 years old. It basically makes modern language look like a joke.

That's why there's the metaphor or reality of the "Fall of the tower of Babel". Which was when humans spoke in the same language and attempted to build a tower to "God". God then destroyed the tower and scattered the languages so that we could never "threaten" God again. It's no coincidence that languages around the world are now very different but had the same root. You would think we would all "speak the same language" but we don't.

That's why in Genesis it says, 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God; 3 all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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