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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 17 hours ago
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
H. L. Mencken.
The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they don’t mind admitting…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 19 hours ago
In that noble experiment the following topic of link would be front and center.
One of the first arguments i made when i debated existence of gods with other kids was the argument that their beliefs were formed as a result of their environment. The accident of the locus of your birth does not determine reality except that it does for you. You…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 21 hours ago
It’s a coddling fest at these schools. The feelings and comfort of the student are the utmost priority.
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jakelafort replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 6 hours ago
Robert,
I am torn between argument from popularity and argument from authority as the greater logical fallacy. Without appeals to authority figures or the adamant mofos on their side most are lost.
If one can only regurgitate how does that distinguish them from a monkey? Ok they are better at math than the monkey. I think…
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_Robert_ replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 7 hours ago
Well educated? Like Columbia, Harvard, Princeton? Well it seems education is no defense against stupidity. We have at least a third of Americans who are so enthralled with Trump that he can do no wrong. The most egregious shit and they are licking his boots. Trump and JC were right there instructing the founders of USA. And the…
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jakelafort replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 9 hours ago
Well educated?
Like Columbia, Harvard, Princeton?
Well it seems education is no defense against stupidity. We have at least a third of Americans who are so enthralled with Trump that he can do no wrong. The most egregious shit and they are licking his boots. Trump and JC were right there instructing the founders of USA.
And the other side…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 10 hours ago
A real democracy requires well educated citizens capable of rational thought. Good night, Irene.
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jakelafort replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 13 hours ago
And as that river overflows its banks…I guess it is the Colorado River, the lefties are missing the grand canyon and fixating on a pothole.
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jakelafort replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 13 hours ago
Democracy is always gonna be compromised by money. We get the best democracy money can buy. Unless and until legislators are independent and not venal the other stuff is icing on the anti democracy dessert.
But it is distressing that money from abroad, Qatar specifically, can buy off our institutions of higher learning, suck face with tongue…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 16 hours ago
@ Reg and Strega
I don’t think a country can claim to be democratic unless it adopts a one person one vote system, allows all (adults anyway) to vote, and holds fair election unblemished by significant political interference.
The United States fails on all counts.
And now, with Trump all but coronating himself Emperor, we may never even have…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 16 hours ago
The U.S. Constitution, at around 7,000 words, is remarkably short compared to modern constitutions (e.g., India’s is over 146,000 words). Yet, despite its brevity, it has endured for over two centuries. The key question is: Is it still robust enough for the complexities of the 21st century?
Why it’s still Functional:
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 16 hours ago
Strictly speaking, the USA is not a “true” democracy in the purest sense, but rather a constitutional federal republic with democratic principles. It incorporates elements of both democracy (majority rule through elections) and republicanism (a system of laws and institutions that limit pure majority rule).
Why the USA is Not a “True” (Pure)…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 17 hours ago
If we are talking democratic elections, then no, the USA does not have them, due to the existence of the electoral college system.
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Unseen replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 17 hours ago
@ Reg
You use the term “fully democratic.” How many “democracies” are “fully democratic”? Would you regard the United States to be fully democratic?
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jakelafort replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 20 hours ago
Not sure there is any way to underestimate how easily led humans are. Just get the river flowing and there is no intellectual capacity to find the bank.
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jakelafort replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 3 days, 12 hours ago
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jakelafort replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 3 days, 12 hours ago
I have listened to perhaps a dozen of Oren’s vids. He is logical. Concise. Invites critiques. Takes some of the questions from his haters. Responds effectively to Lefty’s who are knocking him. Israeli government should hire Oren and others to combat the pathological Jew hate masquerading as opposition to zionism and concern for Palestinians. Jew…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 3 days, 12 hours ago
Me: how many Muslim countries are there and how many have democratic elections?
Chatgpt;
There are 57 countries in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which includes nations with Muslim-majority populations or significant Muslim influence. However, if we consider countries where Islam is the dominant religion, the number is around…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 3 days, 12 hours ago
I am trying to pick out factual errors in the video by Oren but have yet to do so. …
Why do Muslim refugees look for sanctuary in Christian countries, rather than other Muslim countries……..
…….The Arab Spring, also known in Israel as the Muslim Winter is a great example of how bad the situation in Muslim society is……
…and by Gay Rights, I mea…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic
Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 3 days, 14 hours ago
When ‘Just Asking Questions’ about Science turns into 300,000 Dead.
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