The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[Antonio the Sixth]

Still, will you actually contend that none (or even, not a significant share) of Nathan's post are good?

Have I ever implied that?

Hence, it is correct that the post I quoted belongs in there.

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is definitely in the top 5 stupidest posts of 2013.

Marokai on policy, koenkai on personality (normal)

I don't want to use the word "pussy" in its derogatory connotation, but A Person so perfectly fits the popular meaning of that word that it's hard to find alternatives. His outrage at anyone who bluntly expresses their thought and doesn't engages in useless formalities has reached comically absurd degrees. Jeez, everyone here iz soo meeen!!!

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is definitely in the top 5 stupidest posts of 2013.

Marokai on policy, koenkai on personality (normal)

I don't want to use the word "pussy" in its derogatory connotation, but A Person so perfectly fits the popular meaning of that word that it's hard to find alternatives. His outrage at anyone who bluntly expresses their thought and doesn't engages in useless formalities has reached comically absurd degrees. Jeez, everyone here iz soo meeen!!!

Oh, so it's okay to call people c**nts now for being thoughtful and sensitive?  Is that the new feminist thing?

The vituperative disdain for people promoting reasonable balance here is what is insidious.  And Marokai is a master at creating it.

I don't exactly see anything "thoughtful" about A Person's knee-jerk reaction to anyone who doesn't constantly bother about using understatements in order not to look rude. Paying so much attention to the caustic/assertive tone of a post while totally ignoring its substance strikes me as the exact opposite of thought.

I guess it depends what you put in "reasonable balance". This is the kind of buzzword that can be applied to literally everything. I also think that my own views constitute a reasonable balance between several contradictory concerns. If you are referring to this tendency to assume that, when you have two contrasting positions, the truth lies exactly in between, I certainly can see why Marokai doesn't like it.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yeah, there's no point in posting Krazen stuff here anymore. We can safely assume that any post he comes with will be deluge-worthy.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Oh good, he's not actually a sociopath, just a useless lying troll who enjoys putting on a character for the internet. Phew!

I actually find this somewhat comforting. The idea that he could be 100% serious made me shudder.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I'll say AynRandLand for another reason.  After religion is destroyed, greed by and large will be destroyed.  Most people are naturally benevolent, they need religion/superstition/junk science to feel they have a superior standing than others and therefore justify their greed.  Societies in which religion is powerful breed this type of thought.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Think what you want of science and religion respectively, but when you mix the two absurdity inevitably ensues:

The Sun burns out and dies like any other star, about 20 million years from now.  (Although I expect Jesus to return before then.)

[Antonio the Sixth]

Jesus [inks]ing Christ...

This is what Libertarians want America to look like, and they don't even know it.

No, not really. The building posed a threat to neighboring buildings, and other individuals’ lives. According to most Libertarians (with the anarchists and the hardcore Objectivists being excluded) the individual’s rights only extend to the point that preserves their own life without threatening the life of somebody else.

But didn't those individuals negotiate their rights in libertarian logic, by agreeing to employment there? Who would be doing the law enforcement in libertarian society, by the way?

Yes, if they saw the place falling apart, then they shouldn't have worked there. Everyone needs to eat, however and they took the risk everyday for that reason. It is certainly not their fault that they are dead, of course-don’t misconstrue that as blame. The buildings collapse threatened neighbors not connected with the factory at all, and is where the crime is in my opinion.

As for law enforcement, that belongs to the state. In fact, that is the entire purpose of the state.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Atlas asks the big questions, gets moronic, horrible answers.

I'm shocked and appaled at that thread.

Same.