Is the left engaging in salami tactics? And what should we do about it?

[Nakura Chambers]

Okay, then how's this one. He thinks the more sex a woman has, the more birth control pills she needs.

Call him intelligent now. Do it.

Do you have a quote of him saying that? And where is the "lack of intelligence" in that statement? And does one statement regarding his views on one subject truly make the man "an idiot?"

[Wells]

Also JustFacts.com bugs the shit out of me.

[Nakura Chambers]

Who the fuck actually deems one of their friends as 'liberal friend'?

He's a liberal and an acquaintance of mine. I wouldn't quite call him a "friend," but we often have political discussions and debates. I don't see what's wrong with referring to someone as "my liberal friend."

[Grizzly Willy]

Where in this link does it say that gun control always causes an increase in crime?

Shows at least a correlation between the two.

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He's a liberal and an acquaintance of mine. I wouldn't quite call him a "friend," but we often have political discussions and debates. I don't see what's wrong with referring to someone as "my liberal friend."

And why don't you classify yourself as a liberal, given your classification as a socialist?

[Nakura Chambers]

Swazi is not known to actually respond to reason or counterarguments.

I'm responding to your post right now, no?

[Wells]

[IMG]http://www.justfacts.com/images/guncontrol/florida.png[iMG]

Shows at least a correlation between the two.

Correlation in a single state is hardly indicative of a uniform causation.

[Adam Jensen]

I love when Republicans start throwing the RINO label around. They are truly going to eat their own.

Oh and Rush is not a person to take seriously.

[Grizzly Willy]

I'm responding to your post right now, no?

Not in any meaningful way, no.

[Nadev]

well aren't you a friend indeed.

#obvious sarcasm

Also, having looked at the poll options, I'm conflicted. I don't want to kick anyone out of the party; I want to invite more people in. I already don't watch the news, so *head explosion*.

[Kalyyn]

Maybe for some people. Fairly certain it's not mine. I might just seem that way because I tend to go into a debate fully equipped with the necessary facts, allowing me to point out that an argument is based on ignorance of the facts.


It depends on the people in question. Swazi is not known to actually respond to reason or counterarguments.

The human mind is a machine. It cannot act irrationally. We may not understand how a specific individual processes his thoughts, but we can be sure that there is, in fact, a process. Swazi Spring did not spawn into existence with these ideas in his head. His experiences in life shaped his mentality. If you want to truly understand why he thinks the way he does, simply labeling him a fool does not actually produce anything meaningful. And once again, I cannot stress this enough, understanding does not remotely equate with agreeing.

Personally, I find people like him to be fascinating. They can be a wealth of information. If you can figure out what caused a person to think the way they do, to be so zealous over something, then suddenly you understand so much more about the world.

[semaphore]

I'm responding to your post right now, no?

Huge difference between responding to a post, and responding to counterarguments in a logical way. I've given up though, I'll just watch from the peanut gallery.

[Sky High]

Correlation in a single state is hardly indicative of a uniform causation.

well even though it does show a decline. a national chart would be best though on that.

[Nakura Chambers]

So you admit that your government is diverse enough that it wont deploy drones and nukes against the populace, but that it will use the ostensibly right wing soldiers in its employ to terrorize its people. It just seems like cognitive dissonance to me.

The government would wants to stay in power first and foremost, thus using high-yield ordinances are out of the question, especially in densely populated areas. Not all of the soldiers would likely side with the government. Many would either abstain from fighting altogether or join the rebels.

[Sky High]

#obvious sarcasm

s'all good man

[Rukentuts]

Shows at least a correlation between the two.

But as you'd be the first to say, correlation doesn't imply causation. For example, I could overlay the federal assault weapons ban from 1994-2004 and make another claim that fits the USA homicide rate.

[semaphore]

The human mind is a machine. It cannot act irrationally. We may not understand how a specific individual processes his thoughts, but we can be sure that there is, in fact, a process.

Non sequitur. Huge difference between a process, and whether that process is rational/irrational. Really this just made no sense.

If you want to truly understand why he thinks the way he does, simply labeling him a fool does not actually produce anything meaningful. And once again, I cannot stress this enough, understanding does not remotely equate with agreeing.

I cannot stress enough how you have found no post of mine that equate "understanding" with "agreeing" or where I was "simply labeling him a fool".

[Sky High]

The government would wants to stay in power first and foremost, thus using high-yield ordinances are out of the question, especially in densely populated areas. Not all of the soldiers would likely side with the government. Many would either abstain from fighting altogether or join the rebels.

are we seriously entertaining thoughts of the government attacking people out right? /all abroad the crazy swazi express.

[Grizzly Willy]

But as you'd be the first to say, correlation doesn't imply causation. For example, I could overlay the federal assault weapons ban from 1994-2004 and make another claim that fits the USA homicide rate.

I know. I was showing where he might have obtained the idea that it does fit his argument.

are we seriously entertaining thoughts of the government attacking people out right? /all abroad the crazy swazi express.

When the question is posed, I don't see why the answer shouldn't be given. The scenario may be out there, but you did ask him about it.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Do you have a quote of him saying that? And where is the "lack of intelligence" in that statement? And does one statement regarding his views on one subject truly make the man "an idiot?"

It's one example, we can pull up pretty much half the "shows" he's ever done as perfect examples of his lunacy. For instance he claimed that Obama purposely told the national hurricane center to reroute the predicted path of hurricane Isaac so that it would seem like it was going to hit the Republican convention "because Obama was scared of Mitt Romney" and that Obama telling the hurricane center to do this actually changed the path of the hurricane to go... right where it was predicted to go. He didn't believe that the predicted path was come up with based on measurements or patterns, but was a giant Obama weather-controlling conspiracy.

[Nakura Chambers]

no your right, its not like they don't have tanks, jets, missiles. but no your cute rifle alone will do the job.

See my earlier post.