- December 1st, 2022, 1:20 pm
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Me:
Oh absolutely! I didn't mean my answer to be disparaging in any way. The OP question has an excruciatingly obvious answer. It's kind of like saying is it my fault I'm a painter, Christian, racecar driver, and so on. We exist as creatures who make choices.
Nonetheless, I'm thinking your "circumstance" has broader implications. For instance, if one is influenced by his circumstances that would obviously have an impact on the choices one makes. And as such, one must make choices good, bad or ugly. What's the takeaway? Well one is to first 'know thyself'. And another is to educate oneself. As Maslow would say, life is both the discovery and uncovery of Being.
With respect to the OP, I am only guessing that the OP feels like a victim of some kind. You know, kind of like in far-right political debates!
You:
Well, again, I don't know what "far-right" means. Are there "far-right" groups that are racist? Sure. But the left calls everyone they don't happen to like "racist" and "far-right". And yet it is the left that want's segregation; it's the left that believes people are either good or bad based on skin color; it is the left that condemns whole groups based on categorical generalizations. That, by definition, is racism and it's prevalent in the mainstream media and accepted as normal. Raise a question and be denounced, shouted down, and kicked off social media.
Whom should I fear? The 6 rednecks in West Virginia who have a swastika in their garage, or the media apparatus that will show up in my driveway if I fail to swear fealty to the latest fake hate crime, or question obviously false history, or that Trump isn't just a loud-mouth a##hole, but a comic book supervillain, or fail to shut off my brain and pretend whatever they tell me?
Bible thumpers? Yes, but that's just a human fault. Human beings will always find something to twist, it might be religion, it might be whatever.
And so my friend, can you explain why you mentioned Trump in the first place?
Perhaps the answer to that question will also answer your concern
N693 wrote: ↑December 1st, 2022, 1:10 pm "You have to accept the lies" (ketman). That's what people tell themselves on the way to tyranny.I think it was you who sought out clarification of what a far right-winger was, as well as mentioned Trump's name, no?
Just wondering, does every conversation you have revolve around Donald Trump? Does he occupy every thought?
Me:
Oh absolutely! I didn't mean my answer to be disparaging in any way. The OP question has an excruciatingly obvious answer. It's kind of like saying is it my fault I'm a painter, Christian, racecar driver, and so on. We exist as creatures who make choices.
Nonetheless, I'm thinking your "circumstance" has broader implications. For instance, if one is influenced by his circumstances that would obviously have an impact on the choices one makes. And as such, one must make choices good, bad or ugly. What's the takeaway? Well one is to first 'know thyself'. And another is to educate oneself. As Maslow would say, life is both the discovery and uncovery of Being.
With respect to the OP, I am only guessing that the OP feels like a victim of some kind. You know, kind of like in far-right political debates!
You:
Well, again, I don't know what "far-right" means. Are there "far-right" groups that are racist? Sure. But the left calls everyone they don't happen to like "racist" and "far-right". And yet it is the left that want's segregation; it's the left that believes people are either good or bad based on skin color; it is the left that condemns whole groups based on categorical generalizations. That, by definition, is racism and it's prevalent in the mainstream media and accepted as normal. Raise a question and be denounced, shouted down, and kicked off social media.
Whom should I fear? The 6 rednecks in West Virginia who have a swastika in their garage, or the media apparatus that will show up in my driveway if I fail to swear fealty to the latest fake hate crime, or question obviously false history, or that Trump isn't just a loud-mouth a##hole, but a comic book supervillain, or fail to shut off my brain and pretend whatever they tell me?
Bible thumpers? Yes, but that's just a human fault. Human beings will always find something to twist, it might be religion, it might be whatever.
And so my friend, can you explain why you mentioned Trump in the first place?
Perhaps the answer to that question will also answer your concern
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