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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
Judging by Dr. King's philosophy, it would seem that covering up, censoring, and cancelling hateful people is the same as covering up a boil and letting it fester. "We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already
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If my meme history is correct, the okay symbol was created as a troll on 4chan, and the media took the bait
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Isn't it better to live life fully when we are young and healthy, than to hide inside our homes in hopes for an extremely small chance that we might have a little extra time when we are old and decrepit? Seems like this ratio would var
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
Do you think we should let group gatherings happen during flu season? If not, how much more deadly (be precise) would the flu need to be before we should ban group socialization? Trying to figure out if you're thinking in terms of a lo
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
If someone were to transmit covid to me and I ended up dying, I would not blame this person for my death, unless they had acted with malice and purposefully infected me by spitting in my drink when I wasnt looking
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It clearly doesn't though. Obesity and heart disease have been killing far more people in the US than covid and yet Mcdonalds and Coke advertisements are everywhere inbetween television entertainment. Also note obesity/heart disea
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>The science is clear, and it's been said/written/screamed/spraypainted that the #1 reason we have all of these restrictions is actually human behaviour as opposed to the virus itself. Nope, if the virus didnt exist,
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
Not sure why your reading of Mcluhan would lead you to that conclusion, he gave countless warnings about how electronic media would destroy the societal institutions founded on literacy and the printing press. "Instead of tending towar
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>Which government buildings? The police just left the east precinct Isn't the east precinct a government building? >And who were the armed protestors, what were they armed with? Raz the Warlord of CHAZ giving out assault rifles:
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
>"peaceful" does not mean the same thing as "non-violent". The protests were not necessarily peaceful -- they intended to be disruptive peaceful: 1. free from disturbance; tranquil. 2. not involving war or violence.
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Do citizens lives matter less than politicians lives?
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What about CHAZ/CHOP? -Armed protestors took over government buildings and city blocks -Promoted/condoned/excused by government officials -Lots of violence and murder
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
There's definitely some truth to that joke. Though it must be said that global lockdowns could end up doubling world poverty, according to the WHO. So by trying to mitigate the virus through global lockdowns, we may have inadvertentl
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
I agree we should reduce defense spending, but the rest of your comment is actually proving my point. People saying the system should be burned down (whether thats the left or the right saying that) only incites the system to tighten its gr
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
You have a fair point, except for the fact that it ignores the elephants in the room which have been incentivizing and profiting off of extremism for years now across the world
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
Don't you remember the last war on terrorism (that is still going on, btw)? Weren't there a bunch of politicians, government agencies, and corporations (i.e. Dick Cheney + Halliburton) who gained billions of dollars and permanentl
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
I agree theres a lot of people who want to overthrow the government, and that politicians are trying to incite them to do so, and that we me yet see a real attempt to do so. But its naive to think the most heavily armed and powerful gover
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History is replete with examples
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It is funny that a social media company seeking to escape from the big tech stranglehold would decide to host their platform using a big tech cloud provider.
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>very nearly did succeed in overthrowing the government Is there any historical precedent for such a weakly armed group of people[1] overthrowing a heavily armed government? Seems like hyperbole suggest they almost succeeded in overthrow
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Yes, the lack of preparation for a mob which had been announcing its intentions publicly for weeks in advance leads me to believe someone higher up must have issued orders to stand down, essentially letting them in.
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Logic is great as long as its not based on flawed assumptions. The capacity for love also seems like a protective immune response to mind viruses that are so commonly rooted in hatred.
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Indeed. The Catholic Church successfully moderated speech for centuries for the completely benevolent cause of saving people's souls from the eternity of hell fire which awaited them if they were to fall victim to misinformation
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
>the past dozen years or so of the information age have made it abundantly clear that simply having the truth on your side and making a rational case for it is not even remotely sufficient to counter the spread of misinformation. Hasn&#x
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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
So there's no clear photos of any people inside the capitol building raid with guns? (Besides the unclear photo of zip cuff guy) That's honestly surprising, given how heavily armed protests have typically been this year, as well
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I've seen many of my peers, friends even (which hurts to see) openly calling for mass bloodshed and rejoicing in the deaths of those who were shot or died on 1/6. Hatred and malice spreads like a viral wildfire on social media, no