Bledred Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 10/15/2020 at 5:28 PM, Danny Bateman said: Agreed. Conspiracy theorists gonna conspiracy theory. But the less exposure the rest of us have to their ideas, the better the chance we have of slowing their spread. Where do we draw the line? I'd argue a dude rolling into a pizza joint armed to the teeth or some of these white supremacist or militia groups (i.e., Proud Boys, the kidnapping nutjobs up in my neck of the woods, etc.) being radicalized on these sites is ample evidence to suggest we're nearing that point, if not beyond it. The QAnon true believers are probably beyond saving. But they should be quarantined to the darker corners of the internet where they can't continue to infect other people. Yes....Qanon the only cult in the history of the world to tell its followers to "think for yourself" and "research things out yourself" and "come to your own conclusions". And no, I am not a follower of QAnon. But I do have an curious brain that likes to absorb information. How do you think censorship started in totalitarian societies where everything is controlled and the truth is highly censored? Did it not all begin with...."this is for the greater good"?? If you support censorship OF LITERALLY ANYTHING then you are no different than all of those in human history that were also pro-censorship. Here is a short list: Nazis Communists Dictators Tyrants Totalitarians Right now there are several billion people in China who all have internet on their phones and computers yet they have never heard of or ever seen pictures (see below) of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre where massive protests of the people of China rose up against the communist regime and were gunned down by the thousands (10,000 lives lost). This event has also been scrubbed from most super liberal commie loving university history books. Our beloved free country is well on our way to this horrific nightmare of living our lives in a prison society where every bit of information is either twisted from the truth or censored and scrubbed all together. And here I am conversing online with supposed 'fellow Americans who love freedom for all', having to explain that censorship in any shape or form is evil. God help us. 1 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Bledred said: And no, I am not a follower of QAnon. But I do have an curious brain that likes to absorb FAKE information. 1 Link to comment
Bledred Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Just now, BigRedBuster said: The moment you close yourself off from new information is the moment you close yourself off from the future and its possibilities. -Me 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Bledred said: The moment you close yourself off from new information is the moment you close yourself off from the future and its possibilities. -Me The moment you regurgitate BS like wearing masks are detrimental to your health, you lose all credibility. 2 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 15 minutes ago, Bledred said: Yes....Qanon the only cult in the history of the world to tell its followers to "think for yourself" and "research things out yourself" and "come to your own conclusions". And no, I am not a follower of QAnon. But I do have an curious brain that likes to absorb information. How do you think censorship started in totalitarian societies where everything is controlled and the truth is highly censored? Did it not all begin with...."this is for the greater good"?? If you support censorship OF LITERALLY ANYTHING then you are no different than all of those in human history that were also pro-censorship. Here is a short list: Nazis Communists Dictators Tyrants Totalitarians So you support our elementary students watching porn in the classrooms if their curious minds want to absorb it? That's a strange take. Probably not one I'd say out loud. Because, obviously, most schools "censor" internet use by blocking adult websites... Link to comment
Bledred Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 The fact that someone laughed at the massacre of 10,000 people in my post above is all the more evidence that we are living in the last days, wickedness abounds and the Lord is returning VERY soon. 1 2 Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: The moment you regurgitate BS like wearing masks are detrimental to your health, you lose all credibility. It's amazing that somebody can dismiss basic facts and claim intellectual curiosity as a pretext for doing so. 2 Link to comment
funhusker Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Just now, Bledred said: The fact that someone laughed at the massacre of 10,000 people in my post above is all the more evidence that we are living in the last days, wickedness abounds and the Lord is returning VERY soon. I'd bet $100 that isn't what they were laughing at. 3 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Just now, Dr. Strangelove said: It's amazing that somebody can dismiss basic facts and claim intellectual curiosity as a pretext for doing so. Oh...but beware.....he's a curious mind open to new information because he loves to soak it in. Meanwhile, the information he's soaking in is BS. 1 Link to comment
Bledred Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: The moment you regurgitate BS like wearing masks are detrimental to your health, you lose all credibility. Because you have scientific proof that wearing masks are not detrimental over a long period of time for every single human on earth? No...no you don't. 1 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Wait…others on this board said we aren’t supposed to do this sort of thing. Hoping they chime in soon @commando @Scarlet 1 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dr. Strangelove said: It's amazing that somebody can dismiss basic facts and claim intellectual curiosity as a pretext for doing so. You just did yesterday 1 Link to comment
Bledred Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Oh...but beware.....he's a curious mind open to new information because he loves to soak it in. Meanwhile, the information he's soaking in is BS. Judging others for looking behind the curtain? Being intellectual is taking in ALL sides of an argument. Being an intellectual is taking in ALL information available. The one who shuts himself off from any side of an argument or shuts himself off from any kind of information (albeit "BS" information) is destined for big surprises later in their existence. 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bledred said: Judging others for looking behind the curtain? Being intellectual is taking in ALL sides of an argument. Being an intellectual is taking in ALL information available. The one who shuts himself off from any side of an argument or shuts himself off from any kind of information (albeit "BS" information) is destined for big surprises later in their existence. No, being an intellectual is one that takes in the information and can discern if it's BS. You obviously are having an issue with that. Interestingly, there is no factual information that masks are detrimental to your health. Meanwhile, there are decades of information and experience telling you otherwise. But.....you find some random obscure article on the internet, believe it, and all of a sudden you're the intellectual. 2 Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Archy1221 said: You just did yesterday Hahaha, pretty rich coming from the guy not sure how much humans are causing climate change or isn't convinced that Abbot or DeSantis aren't harming their constituents with their COVID policies. Yesterday I accurately attacked the motivations of a far-right group who captured video of one idiotic teacher. Their goal is convince the political right that the Education system is a liberal brainwashing machine in order to sow distrust. This sort of anti-intellectual populism is dangerous. The pandemic is demonstrating that right now. 2 Link to comment
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