Moonbox Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 9 hours ago, blackbird said: That is a good example of the mindless drivel a leftist zombie posts when he doesn't listen, think, or read anything or use his brain at all (if he even has one). Why even bother being on a discussion forum if you are not prepared to read, watch or listen to anything. Total waste of time? Because your posts are a waste of time. When you're posting a thread every day or two on more or less the same topic, it's not worth reading it anymore. Your post, and your video, amounts to, "Right Wing Conservative Hates Left Wing Liberalism". Fantastic. My meme was appropriately thoughtful as a response, matching your mental effort in kind. 1 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he does for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
blackbird Posted February 15, 2023 Author Report Posted February 15, 2023 I just watched a free documentary movie on the internet on Captain James Cook, one of the greatest mariners and cartographers that every lived, who contributed greatly to the world. This was one of the best true stories I have seen. Yet, leftists in Australia were trying to destroy statues of him along with many other statues as part of cancel culture. A picture showed the police surrounding the statue to protect it. Hopefully they were able to protect the statue. Quote
eyeball Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Zeitgeist said: You’re the perfect communist citizen. Work hard show interest and maybe even you can amount to something one day too. 1 Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.
OftenWrong Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 7 hours ago, Moonbox said: Because your posts are a waste of time. When you're posting a thread every day or two on more or less the same topic, it's not worth reading it anymore. Your post, and your video, amounts to, "Right Wing Conservative Hates Left Wing Liberalism". Fantastic. My meme was appropriately thoughtful as a response, matching your mental effort in kind. Why did you attack the poster, and why did MH give you ups for that? Quote
Michael Hardner Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 9 minutes ago, OftenWrong said: Why did you attack the poster, and why did MH give you ups for that? Moonbox didn't attack the poster, he attacked the posts and the lack of thought and effort behind them. "Because your posts are a waste of time." There are no participation trophies for posting. Post well or leave, I say. If I disagree enough to give a lengthy response, then congratulations you have probably made a great post that I disagreed with. Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
Michael Hardner Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 It actually used to be AGAINST THE RULES to just post a video with comments amounting to "this video is good". Posts with a topic like "Conservatism is bad" or "Leftism is terrible" ... really amount to scaled-up insult of 30% of voters. 1 Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
Michael Hardner Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 Search for "leftism" in thread titles - 307 results Search for "the right" OR "Conservatism" in thread titles - 124 results Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
OftenWrong Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 14 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: Moonbox didn't attack the poster, he attacked the posts and the lack of thought and effort behind them. "Because your posts are a waste of time." There are no participation trophies for posting. Post well or leave, I say. If I disagree enough to give a lengthy response, then congratulations you have probably made a great post that I disagreed with. I guess that is your interpretation. When I read "matching your mental effort in kind". This is garbage and should not be encouraged. Least of all by you. Quote
Queenmandy85 Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 You point out the decline in Christian faith, but that is being compensated for by the rise in Islam. The dissenter denominations are on the rise in the US and parts of Canada. Remember, the Judeo-Christian religions are newcomers, just part of the latest versions of the hundreds, if not thousands of religions that have come and gone over the course of human existance. Neanderthals held religious beliefs. God is God. We have same sex marriages because we have finally overcome some peoples fear. It has no impact on the straight majority, but it means everything to our children, parents, aunts and uncles , who were born gay. That freedom to have what the majority have has a huge positive impact on their quality of life. Teaching the facts about sexual orientation is based on the right of every child to be able to go to school and be safe. MAiD was a response to constitutional rights. I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but the Supreme Court found that the denial of a person's right to end their life under specific circumstances was unconstitutional. I don't know if you have ever witnessed the scene of a conventional suicide, but I hope you haven't. If a person is determined to take their own life, they will if they are physically able. MAiD was designed for people who are not able to take such action and it is far more dignified than hanging (believe me, hanging is a lot more horrific than what you see on TV) or sticking a shotgun in your mouth to spray bits and pieces of your head around to be seen by your children and spouse. Quote Socialism is the opiate of the intellectual class.
Zeitgeist Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Queenmandy85 said: You point out the decline in Christian faith, but that is being compensated for by the rise in Islam. The dissenter denominations are on the rise in the US and parts of Canada. Remember, the Judeo-Christian religions are newcomers, just part of the latest versions of the hundreds, if not thousands of religions that have come and gone over the course of human existance. Neanderthals held religious beliefs. God is God. We have same sex marriages because we have finally overcome some peoples fear. It has no impact on the straight majority, but it means everything to our children, parents, aunts and uncles , who were born gay. That freedom to have what the majority have has a huge positive impact on their quality of life. Teaching the facts about sexual orientation is based on the right of every child to be able to go to school and be safe. MAiD was a response to constitutional rights. I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but the Supreme Court found that the denial of a person's right to end their life under specific circumstances was unconstitutional. I don't know if you have ever witnessed the scene of a conventional suicide, but I hope you haven't. If a person is determined to take their own life, they will if they are physically able. MAiD was designed for people who are not able to take such action and it is far more dignified than hanging (believe me, hanging is a lot more horrific than what you see on TV) or sticking a shotgun in your mouth to spray bits and pieces of your head around to be seen by your children and spouse. You don’t see a problem with the state assisting people with killing themselves, which in actual fact makes the state complicit in the killing of citizens. You also don’t see the tremendous opportunity for abuse in the context of a state-funded healthcare system that will never have sufficient funding. I now understand why our public healthcare system is worse than a private healthcare system (with a second rate universal safety net for those who can’t afford or get private insurance). Making doctors who are there to cure the arbiters and aides of suicide is a conflict of interest, clearly. As for the same-sex marriage question, I’m not sure we understand the impacts long term on children with only one gender role-model, though we know the stats on hardship for single parents. I know that there are highly successful children of single parents and of same sex couples, but I don’t think they’re ideal situations for kids, which in the context of marriage, a religious institution, is important. Religion is about striving towards God and perfection. Couplings without the possibility of having natural births makes sexual union about pleasure primarily. I realize that these are more traditional views by current Canadian social standards, but I think Canadian social conditions are in decline. The fabric of society has weakened. I also understand that this view relates to political, ethical, and religious perspective, which is fine. We’re supposed to have freedom of religion and thought. For tax purposes, the state has civil unions that it calls marriage, but these have nothing to do with marriage in the traditional sense. Edited February 15, 2023 by Zeitgeist Quote
Michael Hardner Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 1 hour ago, OftenWrong said: I guess that is your interpretation. When I read "matching your mental effort in kind". This is garbage and should not be encouraged. Least of all by you. It says that the post did not have enough mental effort put into it. And I agree that that is the #1 problem with the forum today - easy/lazy posts written for people to start vanity fights. Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
Moonbox Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, OftenWrong said: I guess that is your interpretation. When I read "matching your mental effort in kind". This is garbage and should not be encouraged. Least of all by you. The OP was low-effort garbage, and this forum gets spammed by posts like it, and by this poster in particular. Garbage posts get garbage responses. If someone wants to take the time to start a debate, ask questions or coherently promote a viewpoint, they’ll get better responses. Stop trying to censor me. ? *Edit* Literally the next thread I open this morning: What was it again? Oh yeah. PhYsIcIan, HeAL ThYseLF Edited February 15, 2023 by Moonbox 1 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he does for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
blackbird Posted February 15, 2023 Author Report Posted February 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, Moonbox said: The OP was low-effort garbage, Nothing low effort about the O.P. It is easy to watch a 45 minute video if one wants to know more detail about why leftism is bad and the statement that leftism is destroying western civilization is a very broad topic because there are many aspects to it and it is extremely important. Besides the video, I also stated the fact that leftism is destroying western civilization. An O.P. can be long or short. You know as well it was very relevant topic and the title says a lot. Your claim it was garbage is the thing that is a low information and low effort comment. Calling someone's opinion "garbage" shows a low level of thinking or ability to respond to the general statement about leftism. The topic is to mainly discuss the ideology, its consequences, and related matters, not individuals or personalities unless there is some relevance. The word leftism refers to a belief system or ideology. In a free society everyone should have the right to discuss the relevant ideologies and their consequences. You shouldn't be trying to silence people you disagree with. Quote
Tony Hladun Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 A friend sent me the following and it's an excellent explanation of why the left/socialism does, and continuously hasn't, worked. When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. > > > An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never > failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. > That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor > and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. > > The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on > Socialist's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the > same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... > (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily > understood by all). > > After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The > students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little > were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied > little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they > wanted a free ride too so they studied little. > > The second test average was a D! No one was happy. > > When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. > > As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and > name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the > benefit of anyone else. > > To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that > socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the > effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, > no one will try or want to succeed. > > > > These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable > to this experiment: > > 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy > out of prosperity. > > 2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work > for without receiving. > > 3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does > not first take from somebody else. > > 4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! > > 5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work > because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other > half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is > going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any > nation. 2 Quote
Michael Hardner Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, blackbird said: Nothing low effort about the O.P. It is easy to watch a 45 minute video You CUT and PASTED a video. Of course it's low effort. Nobody is saying that the wealthy zealots who produced it didn't put in effort, it's YOU. 1 Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
blackbird Posted February 15, 2023 Author Report Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: easy/lazy posts written for people to start vanity fights. Nothing easy/lazy about the O.P. The fact it is short and easy to post, has no relevance to the subject. The important issue is the relevance or importance of a topic, not how long it takes to start the O.P. An O.P. can be started with one sentence. It's not the length of the O.P. that matters. The length is irrelevant. It is meant to defend our historic Judeo-Christian civilization which is under attack from every quarter and direction. Premier Ford is talking on the news this very moment saying he hopes Mayor John Tory should stay on because he believes if a leftist mayor gets in it will mean more leftism for Toronto. It will mean far more bigger budgets, more spending for all kinds of things and higher taxes, and more debt which will be very bad for Toronto. Premier Ford also mentioned there are hundreds of thousands of people suffering on waiting lists for medical procedures. This is also a result of leftism. Billions of dollars have been spent and billions more are being added to the health care system but it has been failing. Leftism has a lot to do with the failing health care system. Edited February 15, 2023 by blackbird Quote
Moonbox Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, blackbird said: Nothing low effort about the O.P. My god. You wrote two sentences to summarize a 45 minute video, and nothing was low-effort about that? ? 12 minutes ago, blackbird said: Your claim it was garbage is the thing that is a low information and low effort comment. Yes, just like your OP. Any donkey can link video saying what they want to hear. Should I start a new thread every time I see a late-night bit making fun of people like you? 12 minutes ago, blackbird said: In a free society everyone should have the right to discuss the relevant ideologies and their consequences. You shouldn't be trying to silence people you disagree with. Any effort to silence you should be compared to hushing a yapping dog. It's not remotely threatening, but it is repetitive and grating. Edited February 15, 2023 by Moonbox Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he does for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
blackbird Posted February 15, 2023 Author Report Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: You CUT and PASTED a video. Of course it's low effort. Nobody is saying that the wealthy zealots who produced it didn't put in effort, it's YOU. You obviously would rather go after me personally, rather than address the subject of leftism destroying western civilization. Because you have nothing to offer to counter my claim about leftism. Edited February 15, 2023 by blackbird Quote
Michael Hardner Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 12 minutes ago, blackbird said: Nothing easy/lazy about the O.P. The fact it is short and easy to post I stopped with those two sentences. From the GUIDELINES:https://repolitics.com/forums/guidelines/ Quote Posting Content All posts must contain some aspect of an argument or attempt to stimulate discussion. Simply posting a URL to an outside source or posting statements that are only one or two sentences long will not be tolerated and the post will be deleted. Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
blackbird Posted February 15, 2023 Author Report Posted February 15, 2023 19 minutes ago, Tony Hladun said: 3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does > not first take from somebody else. > > 4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! Excellent post! Leftists don't understand that. The constant rantings of the NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on wanting to take more from the wealthy shows he is obsessed with leftism. It never works and only destroys. Quote
blackbird Posted February 15, 2023 Author Report Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: Simply posting a URL to an outside source or posting statements that are only one or two sentences long will not be tolerated and the post will be deleted. Then why do you often post only one or two meaningless sentences? Look through the posts and you will see countless posts that are only one or two sentences. You do it all the time. But you point a finger at me? What do they call that? You want to tell someone else not to do it while you do it all the time? If that were imposed, there would be no forum and no posts. Edited February 15, 2023 by blackbird Quote
Michael Hardner Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, blackbird said: ... wanting to take more from the wealthy ... You have posted about the global elites yourself... I guess you support them after all ? 4 minutes ago, blackbird said: Then why do you often post only one or two meaningless sentences? Look through the posts and you will see countless posts that are only one or two sentences. You do it all the time. But you point a finger at me? What do they call that? There's power in those replies. You should read them. It's not the same thing as saying "HEY EVERYONE HERE'S A VIDEO THAT I LIKE" 1 1 Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
Moonbox Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 Because posting one or two sentences are often all that's needed to make your point. When you're starting a new thread, however, there's an implied expectation that you provide some meat. If you're posting a video, for example, you could pull several quotes out and offer your thoughts on that. This thread isn't any better than, "Dear Diary, me like THIS." The forum isn't your personal bulletin board. 1 Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he does for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
Deluge Posted February 15, 2023 Report Posted February 15, 2023 20 hours ago, blackbird said: This presentation by Dennis Prager, one of America's most popular conservative speakers, tells how leftism is very destructive and destroying western civilization. He explains why conservatives in general are wrongly focused on opposing individuals rather than the real foe, which is leftism. Prager's right. Leftism is the diseased donkey. 2 Quote
blackbird Posted February 15, 2023 Author Report Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Moonbox said: If you're posting a video, for example, you could pull several quotes out and offer your thoughts on that. The O.P. did include the central thought if you read it. Also, I added a lot more information not too far down the comments from the O.P. So your claim that there isn't enough information is false. There is lots of information on page 1 to comment on if you took the time to look. Edited February 15, 2023 by blackbird Quote
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