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My assessment is that the only reason David started this thread is so he can push his political ideology. The problem is that David's views are not philosophical truths, which could be proven absolutely using logic, but are mere subjective speculations which can be entirely false. And clearly I don'...

It's my honest assessment of the dynamic. Yes, and it was Hilary Clinton's honest assessment that Trump supporters are "deplorable and irredeemable", and that didn't go very well for her. Such assessments of large and diverse groups of people comes across as extremely condescending. David...

Dan Rowden wrote:Gamergate - nerd soap opera.

Insulting people is never going to win people over to your side. It has never worked, and never will.

I'm surprised the MSM gave a damn about any of it.

They gave a damn about it because they saw how damaging it was to themselves.

You automatically dismiss a whole group of people without even reading their work Firstly, you don't know whether I read or have read their work or not. You are merely speculating, and yet you are speaking as though you know for certain that what you say is true. And secondly, I have never said or ...

Only Buddhas are truly sane. That's the worst justification for ad hominem I've ever heard. "It's not ad hominem unless the person is a Buddha!". . . . particularly when it comes to mainstream journalists. Ad hominem is when you attack the person rather than what they are saying. I only c...

I won't be participating in this topic any further. I think I've adequately responded to David's opening post.

There's enough ad hominem attacks, smearing, and diagnosing people with mental illnesses elsewhere on the internet if I ever need it.

This is Brietbart, a 'news' service supposedly superior to the mainstream media [whatever that is]. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/16/illegal-alien-donald-trump-calls-fiance-of-women-killed-by-criminal/ You want to tell me this is more truthful 'news' than the MSM? Fuck off. Litera...

They should certainly refrain from doing that. So you are qualified to diagnose your opponents with mental illnesses, but the mainstream media aren't? Like calling people niggers or something? You are about twenty years behind the times. Serious journalism is supposed to report the truth. It's not ...

David Quinn wrote:serious journalism that will put a handbrake on Trump's most destructive actions.

. . . but not serious journalism that will put a handbrake on the authoritarian left and the SJWs?

Serious journalism is supposed to report the truth. It's not meant to "put the brakes" on someone.

Has Milo ever talked about any of the things In Milo's view honesty in journalism is simply a matter of morality. And if you want it you're going to have to pay for it. A choice between two evils is zero sum because, if such a choice is repeatedly made by over 50% of the population for decades or e...

I’m not sure why you would think my comment here would be controversial. I'm not disputing that a politician lies. I'm disputing whether you are qualified to determine whether such lying is "pathological". The mainstream media is constantly diagnosing their opponents with mental illnesses...

Based on what I've heard of his views about anything *beyond* his core expertise (entertaining critique of cultural rara aves), he says nothing which would indicate that he is a good philosopher, or even a "complex person" for that matter. Milo is very widely read, and is especially well ...

Kevin: I'm not sure I understand your question. I'm not interested in "emotional truth value" or any group behaviours. I'm only interested in truth, and the expression of truth. I don't experience a "vibe" with people who agree with me, probably because I don't experience enough...

You might get a few years where they become less demanding, but it will be back to the norm soon enough. It's an outcome of the emancipation of women. Very probably, in which case something will need to be done soon. Are you not also acting like a typical politician – you are being an opportunist, ...

Wisdom in hindsight. He's [Trump] a businessman. That's all. Anita Sarkeesian is a businesswoman. That's all. You do realise that this is one of the main criticisms of Sarkeesian - that she is a businesswoman, and that truth is not her number one priority. I'm not saying that it's a good thing that...

His lying was truly pathological. Sorry, but I don't trust your psychological diagnoses. I don't believe you have sufficient knowledge to be able to make them. For example, you display bias towards the mainstream media. Again, I don't trust your psychological diagnoses. You are the one with the bia...

I was showing how, by your own criteria, the mainstream media is every bit as truthful Well you massively failed to do that. If Breitbart says, "A computer crashed", how are you realistically going to show that the mainstream media is equally as truthful? That's ridiculous. Your sample si...

Sam Harris as a contrasting example. I've listened to Harris, but I don't agree with him on this issue. Firstly, I do not agree with his view that those who supported Trump in the election do not concede Trump's many faults. In my experience those who supported Trump in the election know full well ...

jimhaz wrote: . . .what about the lies in the Breibart article . . .

Like I said, if a "journalist" is reporting false things, without proper evidence, then they aren't a proper journalist.

It is my understanding that Ben Shapiro used to work for Breitbart, but left because he didn’t like the direction the site was going under the stewardship of Steve Bannon. You don't know the half of it. And you also don't take into account that Shapiro is putting down a competitor. the evidence you...

[If I were him I would probably ban most of the reporters from the mainstream media from his press conferences, and only provide entry for people based on their merit as real journalists who report the facts] That would exclude all the reporters/fantasizers/paid to lie folk in all the sites Kevin p...

"We're the platform for the alt-right" - Breitbart's Steve Bannon I said that "The term 'alt-right' has meant many different things to different people, at different times" and you responded with something Steve Bannon said at some particular point in time. You aren't making any...

I've said that I believe Trump is opposed to the SJWs, which will naturally work against the SJWs, and give hope to those who oppose the SJWs. His opposition to them won't work against them because they are not, in themselves, the problem. I don't believe that Trump is in any way a remedy for the S...

Trump wasn't elected democratically according to the technical definition of that term. Agreed, but he was elected "democratically" according to the everyday usage of the term. In Australia we have compulsory voting, so a lot of people who vote have no idea about politics. Since you've sa...

Why would I doubt that when the owner of the site apologised for the crash on twitter? Exactly. That's what I said. The evidence was provided in the report. . . . why mention that at all? You said: . . . there being no 'truth' to be spoken. I strongly disagreed with your contention that there is no...