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Robert,

OK, I did I say USAID is the only market or did I say it was buying their surplus? Their main buyer was China. That market dried up. Can you figure out why?

You were making out like it was a disaster for farmers if USAID was abolished.

And while it is true that Trump’s tariffs, which I’ve never supported, have messed up global…[Read more]

Robert,

It is is an endless source of poetic justice to have the red states suffer the most by their own christian nationalist agenda. They are glad to self-inflict misery as long as the believe they own the libs. However, they never have a problem accepting subsidies and bailouts. They voted to end USAID, who purchased U.S.-grown surplus crops,…

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Unseen,

What do you think my position is/was?

I’m sure it’s a moving goal post, since you’re not holding yourself to the standard you held with Charlie Kirk’s position.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen,

Zero gun violence is not the goal. Reducing the amount of gun violence is the goal. If one instituted an efficient and convenient public transportation system taking half the cars off the road, road deaths would go down somewhat proportionally.

Funny, you did not allow such nuance with the…

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Robert,

Joe Goebbels and company had themselves some useful martyrs back in 1930s Germany. Maybe we will repurpose 9/11 as MAGA martyr day.

Since Antisemites, Antizionists, and Holocaust Revisionists were praising Charlie Kirk’s murder, I doubt that Joe Goebbels and company would have considered Kirk a martyr. See Armin Navabi’s video from my…[Read more]

Unseen,

Zero gun violence is not the goal. Reducing the amount of gun violence is the goal. If one instituted an efficient and convenient public transportation system taking half the cars off the road, road deaths would go down somewhat proportionally.

Funny, you did not allow such nuance with the pro-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms position earlier.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
So did New York’s stringent weapons laws stop Salman Rushdie from getting stabbed by Shia’ lunatic Hadi Matar?

Zero gun violence is not the goal. Reducing the amount of gun violence is the goal. If one instituted an efficient and convenient public transportation system taking half the cars off the road, road deaths wou…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

Here, Armin Navabi of Atheist Republic highlights the deranged people who are celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder.

All the worst from the Woke Left and the Woke Right, Islamists, Anti-Zionists, Antisemites, and people on BlueSky compiling a list of others to go after. Like I said, the collateral damage always goes beyond the…[Read more]

Unseen,

A free marketplace of ideas is inherently good. By, contrast, societies with stricter control over guns experience a lower rate of murder and assault because guns facilitate such violence, leaving people free to express their ideas.

While controlling media might also reduce violence it would do so at the expense of removing true…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen,

I’m not sure where you’re going with that. Stop hinting and be explicit, please.

Wouldn’t you have to say communications technology should be at least as restricted as guns, if danger to lives is your concern.

A free marketplace of ideas is inherently good. By, contrast, societies with stricter control over guns…[Read more]

Unseen,

I guess being antifascist has become a vile, nasty, evil thing.

No. Using the Antifascist label while doing Fascist deeds like murdering people for their viewpoints is the vile, evil, nasty thing.

So, would shitposting and trolling also be restricted from communication technology in your ideal utopia?

Jake,

Wall Street Journal headline:

Early Bulletin Said Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology; Some Sources Urge Caution

The caution they need to urge is for people in the area of Utah Valley University to stay safe as long as the assassin is loose.

jakelafort wrote:
Wall Street Journal headline: Early Bulletin Said Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology; Some Sources Urge Caution

I guess being antifascist has become a vile, nasty, evil thing.

Unseen,

I’m not sure where you’re going with that. Stop hinting and be explicit, please.

Wouldn’t you have to say communications technology should be at least as restricted as guns, if danger to lives is your concern?

Unseen,

So saying stupid shit is grounds for political murder? Let that sink in.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen, Ideas in The Holy Bible, Al-Quran, The Communist Manifesto, and Mein Kampf put out by media technology beginning with the printing press have killed millions more than guns alone. Should such media technology be restricted to an elite few?

I’m not sure where you’re going with that. Stop hinting and be explicit, please.