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Stoicism, as a philosophy, is indeed personally valuable and an interesting way to view the world. But no, I have little respect for this eulogy of a vice-admi

Stoicism, as a philosophy, is indeed personally valuable and an interesting way to view the world. But no, I have little respect for this eulogy of a vice-admiral in the army. I expect that he is another faker, like John McCain, whose father was a full admiral. Were either of these characters even PoWs? I doubt it. These people are not to be respected. They are our governors. They tell stories and lies. To manipulate us into thinking we deserve to be governed by them. And they like to portray themselves as heroes to be worshipped. All lies. If we use some skepticism - which, I know we all profess to do - we don't know that any of this is true! Its not true because it says so in some online source. All I can see is another soft-sell, soft-spin of some character, that in a more moral dimension, would likely have been sent to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.

pbourke 6y ago
> Were either of these characters even PoWs? I doubt it. What’s your basis for doubting that McCain was a POW?
- feralimal 6y ago
  I've explained one reason, in a comment above, fyi.
qqj 6y ago
Skepticism is thinking they exaggerated some facts and perhaps over emphasized the importance of Stoicism and his mental fortitude to paint a prettier picture. What you're describing is unfounded paranoia. The elites are out to get us? McCain is a hoax?
- feralimal 6y ago
  No. Skepticism is refusing to believe in something until it has been shown to be true. What commonly passes as skepticism is a very tame effort. To say accept 50% of the claims, rather than 100%. You should accept 0% of claims that you have not verified. This is also known as the scientific method. (But don't look to science to be upholding it...) The elites govern us. They have always governed us. One of the methodologies is that is to sell us on stories from the cradle that allow them to operate in reality, while we are living in unsubstantiated stories. When we take no action to verify, when we trust our experts, politicians, anyone apart from ourselves, when we accept the authority of another over our own experience, we are badly lost. Do you recollect when it was going to be 2 weeks to flatten the curve? Do you think the curve will be flattened? Do we need to 'mask harder'? Get vaccinated? Why didn't we have cold vaccines previously? Do we need to isolate healthy people, is that how it works? The contradictions in the current narrative are impossible to resolve if you are a thinking person with authority over your own thinking. McCain is clearly from the governance clique. His father was an admiral. He then does a dog and pony show in the intimidating country of 'Vietnam', and comes back into governance and plays his role. He is an actor. We get indications of this, eg the broken leg that changes legs! Here's the explanation: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5113233/John-McCain-solves-riddle-moveable-leg-brace.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5113233/John-McCain... He says: "Finally on Thursday, McCain himself took to Twitter to put the conspiracy theories to rest. 'My left leg was doing extra work to compensate for the boot, so I'm giving it a break,' the senator tweeted. 'I still hate wearing this boot, but it won't slow us down from frying 7 turkeys today!'" That explanation explains nothing. NOTHING. But the headline says it "solves the riddle of his moveable leg". Maybe you read it wrong? Perhaps you had better doubt yourself, and trust the experts! And then you have to read a load more soft spin and fluff about how wonderful man, what a wonderful family, etc, etc, and nothing about him being a criminal that should have spent most of his time in jail for being an enemy of humanity - being part of the governance system. The reality unfortunately is that no one is checking anything, and that people's brains are turned off. Especially well educated brains. They have fully accepted the stories, and are better at filling in the blanks, rather than letting the evidence do the talking. All the best.
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  - qqj 6y ago
    I (very seriously) suggest consulting a mental health professional. Please take this with the kind intention it was meant. I had a good friend a while back that also was quite intelligent and got off on conspiracy theories, had severe trust issues, and used his intellect to drive himself up a wall.
imwillofficial 6y ago
A vice admiral in the Army? That rank doesn’t exist. What other poorly informed thoughts did you just shit all over us?
- feralimal 6y ago
  That's from the article!
  - feralimal 6y ago
    Ah I see, I said army not navy. Whatevs.
    - julianmarq 6y ago
      Love the irony. I suppose also that you are above being the target of the (misconception of) skepticism you are trying to promote, even when you yourself recognize you're writing falsehoods, with a dismissal as if they weren't important. That, by the way, is a question, I'm honestly curious if you actually think yourself above your own judgment.
      - feralimal 6y ago
        I'm not in the military, I've no interest in it. I mis-spoke and said army instead of navy and you think I'm writing falsehoods. When I realised my mistake, I came back to correct it! That's ethics! I eat my dogfood. Yes, I also expressed a bit of distaste at the way you had missed the main point of what I was saying. You want to nitpick and call me a liar. So, judge yourself. You want to critique an error of mine, but will swallow whatever BS some random online publication puts out. Whatevs.

pbourke 6y ago

> Were either of these characters even PoWs? I doubt it. What’s your basis for doubting that McCain was a POW?

feralimal 6y ago
I've explained one reason, in a comment above, fyi.

qqj 6y ago

Skepticism is thinking they exaggerated some facts and perhaps over emphasized the importance of Stoicism and his mental fortitude to paint a prettier picture. What you're describing is unfounded paranoia. The elites are out to get us? McCain is a hoax?

feralimal 6y ago
No. Skepticism is refusing to believe in something until it has been shown to be true. What commonly passes as skepticism is a very tame effort. To say accept 50% of the claims, rather than 100%. You should accept 0% of claims that you have not verified. This is also known as the scientific method. (But don't look to science to be upholding it...) The elites govern us. They have always governed us. One of the methodologies is that is to sell us on stories from the cradle that allow them to operate in reality, while we are living in unsubstantiated stories. When we take no action to verify, when we trust our experts, politicians, anyone apart from ourselves, when we accept the authority of another over our own experience, we are badly lost. Do you recollect when it was going to be 2 weeks to flatten the curve? Do you think the curve will be flattened? Do we need to 'mask harder'? Get vaccinated? Why didn't we have cold vaccines previously? Do we need to isolate healthy people, is that how it works? The contradictions in the current narrative are impossible to resolve if you are a thinking person with authority over your own thinking. McCain is clearly from the governance clique. His father was an admiral. He then does a dog and pony show in the intimidating country of 'Vietnam', and comes back into governance and plays his role. He is an actor. We get indications of this, eg the broken leg that changes legs! Here's the explanation: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5113233/John-McCain-solves-riddle-moveable-leg-brace.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5113233/John-McCain... He says: "Finally on Thursday, McCain himself took to Twitter to put the conspiracy theories to rest. 'My left leg was doing extra work to compensate for the boot, so I'm giving it a break,' the senator tweeted. 'I still hate wearing this boot, but it won't slow us down from frying 7 turkeys today!'" That explanation explains nothing. NOTHING. But the headline says it "solves the riddle of his moveable leg". Maybe you read it wrong? Perhaps you had better doubt yourself, and trust the experts! And then you have to read a load more soft spin and fluff about how wonderful man, what a wonderful family, etc, etc, and nothing about him being a criminal that should have spent most of his time in jail for being an enemy of humanity - being part of the governance system. The reality unfortunately is that no one is checking anything, and that people's brains are turned off. Especially well educated brains. They have fully accepted the stories, and are better at filling in the blanks, rather than letting the evidence do the talking. All the best.
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- qqj 6y ago
  I (very seriously) suggest consulting a mental health professional. Please take this with the kind intention it was meant. I had a good friend a while back that also was quite intelligent and got off on conspiracy theories, had severe trust issues, and used his intellect to drive himself up a wall.

imwillofficial 6y ago

A vice admiral in the Army? That rank doesn’t exist. What other poorly informed thoughts did you just shit all over us?

feralimal 6y ago
That's from the article!
- feralimal 6y ago
  Ah I see, I said army not navy. Whatevs.
  - julianmarq 6y ago
    Love the irony. I suppose also that you are above being the target of the (misconception of) skepticism you are trying to promote, even when you yourself recognize you're writing falsehoods, with a dismissal as if they weren't important. That, by the way, is a question, I'm honestly curious if you actually think yourself above your own judgment.
    - feralimal 6y ago
      I'm not in the military, I've no interest in it. I mis-spoke and said army instead of navy and you think I'm writing falsehoods. When I realised my mistake, I came back to correct it! That's ethics! I eat my dogfood. Yes, I also expressed a bit of distaste at the way you had missed the main point of what I was saying. You want to nitpick and call me a liar. So, judge yourself. You want to critique an error of mine, but will swallow whatever BS some random online publication puts out. Whatevs.