Lisa

The rationale switched from Theological irrationality to Pseudoscientific irrationality.

Yes, that is a good point and a good distinction. I agree that Classical liberalism did not generate antisemitism. It was probably a 1,000 years too late for that. Classical liberalism attacked the fusion of church and state and religious privilege or legal…[Read more]

Jake:

I would disagree with Auerbach’s statement that Classical Liberalism led to Antisemitism in France or anywhere else.

Rather, pre-existing Antisemitism shape-shifted to adapt to the new cultural milieu. The platform switched from the Church to mass media and Academia. The rationale switched from Theological irrationality to…[Read more]

Enco,

De rigueur has many spellings and most of em aint propuh including my de rigor stopper.

Don’t give ALL enlightenment figs too much credit for being divorced from their contemporary biases. Diderot for instance was a Jew hater. Voltaire not much more enlightened in that manner.

Keep in mind that it is ultra important that criticism of…[Read more]

Jake:

Ackshually, it’s de rigueur, as Count De Monet would correctly say, though being from the Pre-Enlightenment, De Monet would agree with that sentiment on Jews:

Simon there is one major exception to the vulnerability and feeling unsafe as a result of a political statement. Jews. It is not only tolerated it is deriguer to make Jews feel unsafe and unwanted.

54 percent of Americans are dead nuts certain of God. Yeah there is hope for us.

Yikes, here I am, late to the party!

Thanks, Reg!!

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
My take (yours may differ) on the cause of the fracture was replacing (or displacing) the concept of universal individual rights in favor of group-identity moral ranking. A lot of modern progressiveness has moved away from treating everyone as equal individuals and toward treating people primarily as members of…

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Reg:

Crunchy Moms are only asking questions.

I think I found the methodology that RFK Jr. and the Crunchies use:

They post The Healing Web poster on the wall, then throw noodly appendages of The Flying Spaghetti Monster against the poster to see what sticks.

The Healing Web

The Healing Web

Is time a…

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Have a great week!!

The best democracy money can buy?

How about best University Qatar can buy?

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-884966

After WW2 the ideals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sounded good. But ““Lest we forget” implies history contains lessons that we should learn from and  remember past catastrophes to avoid repeating them. But with human nature this always becomes “History is bunk” and the past becomes obsolete noise and only the present matters.…[Read more]

Reg, you articulated the dynamic accurately. No issue with anything you’re written. I confess i was unaware or perhaps forgot about Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The UN stated out with noble ideals but it has lost a lot of respect. It was never a moral body, just a diplomatic one that existed to keep states talking to each other. We will never get moral clarity out of a system where Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, Russia, and liberal democracies all get equal seats at the table. At best we get a consensus of…[Read more]

Yeah Enco,

UN is a bad joke. I was just listening to an Iranian woman and her jeremiad regarding lefties, and how the cause of human right have been abandoned to an ideology. One amusingly disgusting woe regarding how the UN Council on Women’s Rights was headed by Islamic Republic of Iran! Also how badly fucked over they were by OBammy and Bidun.…[Read more]

Jake:

One of millions of awful recollections.

And nowhere could there be more antisemitic “words, incitement, propaganda, jokes, accusations, and indifference” than today’s United Nations.

Good thing the memories of the survivors live outside of that monster on the East River.

Enco,

One story from one survivor quoting JP.

A Holocaust survivor gave a speech in Hebrew at the United Nations General Assembly session to commemorate the Holocaust Remembrance Day for the first time in history on Tuesday.

Born in Poland, Weinstein talked about her life before the Second World War, her parents and siblings, her grandmother,…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

Because there are fewer people alive to remember it and would be repeaters out to take advantage of that lack of memory.

World pauses to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day
By VANESSA GERA
Updated 1:54 PM EST, January 27,…[Read more]

Jake:

Older i get the more sour i become. If we simply examine the predominant contemporary ideologies of the far left and far right you are either ignorant or a moron if you fall in either camp.

In USA if Trump makes you feel confident in his leadership and capability you are a moron. It ought take only a minute or two when he is at his nadir…

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Jake:

Those labels might be applicable to Trump but it does not negate the essential feature if my guess is correct.

It should not be a badge of honor to be an atheist. Nor is it some feat of ratiocination to be an atheist.

This is true. Atheism is only lacking in one specific irrationality. Others irrationalities need ditching as well…[Read more]

@Jake  I can’t disagree with any of your comment regarding intelligence, and I particularly like the capitalised Actual Intelligence. Really good food for thought.