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[NEWS] Violent UC Berkeley riots force cancellation of Milo Yiannopoulos event
rambo1220:
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--- Quote from: Trymos on February 05, 2017, 10:41:33 AM ---reason why i dont partake in political discussion:
Republicans: DEMOCRATS ARE EVIL AND STUPID I KNOW IM RIGHT AND THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY
Democrats: REPUBLICANS ARE EVIL AND STUPID AND I KNOW IM RIGHT AND THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY
im not even exaggerating that badly here, just get rid of the caps lock and boom it's accurate.
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well that's why I stay away from identifying myself as one or the other, because the moment you do that it locks you into a bunch of dumb, stuffty identity politics. I just have my views and that's all.
Gytyyhgfffff:
everyone is Riddler
Master Matthew²:
--- Quote from: Badspot on February 05, 2017, 09:26:19 AM ---I realize that paragraph is not going to convince you or even advance the discussion productively but I don't really care. I've heard this stuff too many times.
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Disproving arguments of the ignorant are not done for the ignorant, but rather for the misled.
PhantOS:
--- Quote from: Master Matthew² on February 05, 2017, 01:08:45 PM ---Disproving arguments of the ignorant are not done for the ignorant, but rather for the misled.
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Every viewpoint here is so polarized that we're all ignorant, but none of us are misled, because 'misled' is a completely subjective word to use for a viewpoint. There are, however, people here who express their viewpoint incorrectly, which is where ignorant comes in. You and Polliwhirl fall into the latter category, which is the one that makes everyone else look bad.
The misled can have their opinions changed. The ignorant can't, as their brains are too warped to even conceive of rational or intelligent political discussion. That's why nobody bothers to disprove you, we just dismiss it before you bring down the standard even further.
Foxscotch:
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the government suppressing knowledge so that they can stay in power vs the people protesting (even if violently) the government doing things they think are wrong
not really the same. u conservatives really like to claim you're being censored, huh