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Your (and liberalism in general) inability to understand humor when it comes from someone you dislike is quite concerning. I recently watched a socialist YouTu

by vxNsr 4y ago

Your (and liberalism in general) inability to understand humor when it comes from someone you dislike is quite concerning. I recently watched a socialist YouTuber argue against Ayn Rand because someone might read her books and fail to understand it was fiction. And thus her books should be banned. That’s an argument against all fiction books but he made this argument with a totally straight face while speaking against the dangers of capitalism in general.

astrange 4y ago
Is “oh those Episcopalians, so Satanic” a joke? I don’t think you can have a joke with the word “Episcopalian” in it. It’s just not a funny word, I mean, it’s a lot of effort to type. The rest don’t appear to have a punchline either - well, unless he was the punchline for the Russian one. I think most Catholic humor is about guilt or their mom’s statue collections rather than calling people pedophiles, maybe he can try that. Or call them angelic instead.
komali2 4y ago
Matt Walsh recently said he wants the cops to break down the doors of drag show performers and jail them. https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/20/matt-walsh-police-need-to-break-down-the-doors-of-drag-shows/ https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/20/matt-walsh-police... You're going to argue that it's a joke? Well no wonder we don't understand this kind of humor, it's not funny. > I recently watched a socialist YouTuber argue against Ayn Rand because someone might read her books and fail to understand it was fiction. And thus her books should be banned. That’s an argument against all fiction books but he made this argument with a totally straight face while speaking against the dangers of capitalism in general. Smells like tankie to me. I've yet to hear a good leftist argument for the banning of any book. Who was this? I'd like to watch the video, because I do more than argue against the "dangers" of capitalism, and I love a good lefty infight.
- vxNsr 4y ago
  I already responded to your link in a sibling thread. But I’m curious, you’re implying you’re anti capitalist, what system do you wish to replace capitalism?
  - astrange 4y ago
    If you read the Communist Manifesto’s list of demands, the US has implemented about half of them, so I therefore claim this has already happened. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch02.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-m...
    - vxNsr 4y ago
      this reads insanely authoritarian. who gets to control all this?
      - komali2 4y ago
        This is off topic here. If you want to chat with a communist about this, you can feel free to email me, I'm happy to clarify any points to the best of my ability.
  - komali2 4y ago
    This is off topic here so I prefer we chat over email or similar about this, my email is available in my profile. I do love talking about this though and I especially love being challenged on it, so by all means. In short, a system without private property. Please email me rather than continue discussion here though! You can feel free to publish our conversation wherever at your whim.

by vxNsr 4y ago

astrange 4y ago

Is “oh those Episcopalians, so Satanic” a joke? I don’t think you can have a joke with the word “Episcopalian” in it. It’s just not a funny word, I mean, it’s a lot of effort to type. The rest don’t appear to have a punchline either - well, unless he was the punchline for the Russian one. I think most Catholic humor is about guilt or their mom’s statue collections rather than calling people pedophiles, maybe he can try that. Or call them angelic instead.

komali2 4y ago

Matt Walsh recently said he wants the cops to break down the doors of drag show performers and jail them. https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/20/matt-walsh-police-need-to-break-down-the-doors-of-drag-shows/ https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/20/matt-walsh-police... You're going to argue that it's a joke? Well no wonder we don't understand this kind of humor, it's not funny. > I recently watched a socialist YouTuber argue against Ayn Rand because someone might read her books and fail to understand it was fiction. And thus her books should be banned. That’s an argument against all fiction books but he made this argument with a totally straight face while speaking against the dangers of capitalism in general. Smells like tankie to me. I've yet to hear a good leftist argument for the banning of any book. Who was this? I'd like to watch the video, because I do more than argue against the "dangers" of capitalism, and I love a good lefty infight.

vxNsr 4y ago
I already responded to your link in a sibling thread. But I’m curious, you’re implying you’re anti capitalist, what system do you wish to replace capitalism?
- astrange 4y ago
  If you read the Communist Manifesto’s list of demands, the US has implemented about half of them, so I therefore claim this has already happened. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch02.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-m...
  - vxNsr 4y ago
    this reads insanely authoritarian. who gets to control all this?
    - komali2 4y ago
      This is off topic here. If you want to chat with a communist about this, you can feel free to email me, I'm happy to clarify any points to the best of my ability.
- komali2 4y ago
  This is off topic here so I prefer we chat over email or similar about this, my email is available in my profile. I do love talking about this though and I especially love being challenged on it, so by all means. In short, a system without private property. Please email me rather than continue discussion here though! You can feel free to publish our conversation wherever at your whim.