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by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:34 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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GG SHITLORDS
by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 08, 2016 10:47 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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PRAISE KEK ;)
by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:25 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Laughing at the TYT meltdown.

But credit to them, they're talking about "where we went wrong". That's what we want to see, keep thinking Cenk.
by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:25 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Lsuoma wrote:Brits: Is it just me, or does Nicola Sturgeon look like Janette Krankie?
It's a look that's quite common in Scotland. At the prettier end it's a snub-nosed cutie look.
by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:52 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Grr, butterfingers.
by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:51 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Well well. Here's hoping this checks out.

by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:29 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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There's more ..this http://i.imgur.com/LAQnCBS.png WTF is emotional labour anyway? Male tears? "Emotional labour" is SJW for "do exactly as we say, or else you'll get labeled as an insensitive bigot who secretly wants to kill/rape us". It's also known as "emotional blackmail" among saner people. An...
by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:21 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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sp0tlight wrote:Steam powered tractors require a proper track



I'm loving this tune.
Yeah, I'm digging it.

(Christ the Pit moves fast sometimes)
by gurugeorge
Sun Nov 06, 2016 4:04 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Did they put something in the water in America? What the fuck is wrong with this election? I'm not sure it's any worse that it has been in the past. Just more access to media about it. Yeah if you look at stories about politics in the late 19th/early 20th centuries, there was corruption, people get...
by gurugeorge
Sun Nov 06, 2016 1:00 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I knew the Dredd writers (specifically John Wagner and Alan Grant) would only steal from the best. To whit the Blobs - where there was a trend for citizens to adopt a generic look through surgery. There was an original series Twilight Zone episode along those lines too. Also an s-f short story by J...
by gurugeorge
Fri Nov 04, 2016 6:02 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Easy J wrote:... "Once The Elders of Zion's flaws were exposed, the work's deeper message of the effects of World Jewry — a pervasive worldwide problem — was lost amid the allegations of shoddy fact checking."
lool, you owe me a keyboard :)
by gurugeorge
Fri Nov 04, 2016 2:41 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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In other news, Rolling Stone gets its just desserts over Sabrina Erdely's notorious campus rape story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/jury-finds-reporter-rolling-stone-responsible-for-defaming-u-va-dean-with-gang-rape-story/2016/11/04/aaf407fa-a1e8-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html?...
by gurugeorge
Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:26 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Erm, you do realize that several people have had to resign positions because of Wikileaks? The very claim that they're "hacked by the Russians" or "stolen" is an indirect admission of some substantial degree of veracity. Apart from one outburst by Kaine early on, none of the damage control has been...
by gurugeorge
Thu Nov 03, 2016 10:23 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Really? wrote:Our Secretary of State had an unsecured private server and was susceptible to phishing e-mails, which I guess is the reason that so many African princes got money from the State Department.


http://www.bleachbit.org/cloth-or-something
by gurugeorge
Thu Nov 03, 2016 10:13 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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LOL, wikileaks. You may as well be citing Alex Jones. He has the DOCUMENTS. ITS THE Depends what you mean. As far as I'm aware, every leaked document Wikileaks have published has a 100% veracity rate. Albeit, a lot of it is nothing burgers. No one likes seeing the sausage made, but the things said ...
by gurugeorge
Thu Nov 03, 2016 5:11 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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AndrewV69 wrote:Wut?


lol @ "Don't touch me count"
by gurugeorge
Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:58 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: Cunties 2016 Nominations
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From a rich field, despite its being a late entry, I nominate SPLC because of the real world effect (endangering courageous peoples' lives on the basis of self-serving, ideological candyfloss). If we're going for sheer personal cuntiness in the raw, though, it would have to be either Zarna Joshi (Hu...
by gurugeorge
Wed Nov 02, 2016 2:40 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Myers demonstrates a complete failure to grasp the obvious implications of his stance, even when they're not so subtly hinted at. If we’ve now worked the word “racist” around to the point where one “is racist” because of things others do, then either we’re arguing for mass seppuku or we need to ret...
by gurugeorge
Wed Nov 02, 2016 2:20 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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This election shit is fun and all, but let's not start "the sky is falling!! Trumps a shoe in!!!". There is still a week to go, a lot can happen.( there's not even any real proof that he would win if the election was today.) Clinton is currently paying the price for playing fast and loose with esta...
by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:36 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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The only reason the whole email flap has legs is because the candidate is female. Can you imagine this happening to a man? Clinton is guilty of SWF (Speaking While Female)... I can't continue, guys. I want you to go on without me. It's instructive that the truth is exactly 180 degrees opposite of w...
by gurugeorge
Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:43 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Tapir wrote:I've found my new waifu...

Isn't she awesome? I accidentally came across her the other day too. She should do ALL the interviews, her wry smile and sarky responses are to die for.
by gurugeorge
Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:06 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Saw this comment on a youtube post today (paraphrasing from memory):-

"Grandpa, tell me again how Western civilization was saved!"
"Well, it all started with a guy called Anthony, and his Weiner."
by gurugeorge
Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:28 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Shatterface wrote:I don't think squandering talent, time and effort on a bullshit PhD is something to be proud of.
The worry is though, that increasingly you're going to have to spend some time and effort on bullshit in order to get even a proper PhD.
by gurugeorge
Wed Oct 26, 2016 4:24 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Well considering this issue has been going on since the birth of democracy. Plato mentioned something similar in his book The Republic, were the Elites and Oligarch power was threatened when the plebs found a local 'Strongman' to challenge them. His solution was awful though as he believed that tho...
by gurugeorge
Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:18 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Musing on feminism, it occurred to me that it shows precious little respect for the work of previous generations of feminists, to say that the sky is still falling, as if nothing solid had been achieved at all. In fact, as Douglas Murray pointed out, a big part of it is that modern feminists have to...
by gurugeorge
Sat Oct 22, 2016 2:48 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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In many cases it's not even a conscious process, it's just a set of natural social and psychological consequences that stem from promoting the idea of a specific moral dogma, a specific meme detached from reality and which cannot be questioned. When there's no room not only for disagreement, but fo...
by gurugeorge
Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:57 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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For the indecisive voter ... :-

here's Clump.
by gurugeorge
Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:53 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Lol this is great. If all MRAs were like Karen Straughan the movement wouldn't be such a big fucking joke. It's an hour long and can be consumed as audio, ie it's not necessary to watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB6iyuoSsI4 I cracked up when the feminist opined that maybe girls are...
by gurugeorge
Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:31 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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[ The Wikileaks revelations are disturbing and infuriating, but no one cares because Trump tried to out-man Billy Bush. Hyperbole much? It's a big fat load of worthless hand waving. Chelsea Clinton was a brat at 13? Like all politicians she has 'cozy' relationships with the media? Friends got influ...
by gurugeorge
Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:38 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I do see a threat of possible street violence if Hillary wins, but if you look at where the violence has actually come from recently, it's been anti-Trump supporters against Trump supporters, Antifa types vs. whoever gets labelled "fascist", BLM against white people, etc. IOW, if Hillary wins, I thi...
by gurugeorge
Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:04 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Not sure of the relevance - as it's has not been determined where mono-ocular Antipodeans rate on the progressive stack - but the following character was formative in my appreciation of the right to defence for any accused party (whether they were actually innocent or guilty). [y.outube]https://www...
by gurugeorge
Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:02 am
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The real issue here is that far too many people yearn for either extrajudicial punishment or for a justice system where people are condemned because somebody accuses them, especially in the case of crimes against the person like rape or child sexual abuse. I think that that these ideas, while under...
by gurugeorge
Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:50 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I'm sorry, but this slightly old random piece of internet meme genius just has to be posted:-



You gotta admit, he's got some moves there :)
by gurugeorge
Mon Oct 10, 2016 4:56 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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This is kind of bullshit. I have heard repeatedly from multiple women that girl's night out and margaritas results in far raunchier talk. Unguarded female talk of cock-grabbing is not altogether unheard of in my experience. Let's face it, most of us can be pretty crude in the right/wrong circumstan...
by gurugeorge
Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:21 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Tribble wrote: Sauron was a Maiar, one of the most powerful of them, and was a servant of Aule.
Wow, you learn something new every day - so Sauron was once like Gandalf or Radaghast?
by gurugeorge
Mon Oct 10, 2016 11:45 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFGiZT-MnI4 Just in that moment, Trump is sharp, unguarded and utterly sincere, and actually seems like a human being, where she is almost all facade, a facade that's close to cracking. Yes, he's a blowhard, yes he's done some questionable things (although having fol...
by gurugeorge
Mon Oct 10, 2016 11:00 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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None is honest, but somehow you feel better with the showmanship rather than someone who tries to come across as authentic. More than any other election I can remember this really is a choice between the lesser of two evils, and up to around Spring this year I would (if I were an American and had a...
by gurugeorge
Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:27 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I think Trump is, pretty much, fucked. If the Clinton campaign is now using Trumps sex life as an issue, that would make Clinton's sex life fair game too. I am not sure Hillary wants to make an issue out of her sex life. I don't think it's her sex life (*shudder*) that Trump will go after in respon...
by gurugeorge
Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:24 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ujj9LYpPU Being a half-Polish Scottish kid, our family used to visit Poland every odd summer for years, and I recall distinctly how roundabout the time when Poland was starting to loosen up, just before all the Solidarity stuff hit the fan, Frank Zappa was much bel...
by gurugeorge
Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:54 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Not to sound arrogant but it seems to me that English will be the universal language. It already is the language of business. Most of the space programs are being done in English speaking countries. Probably because compared to other languages, English is relatively easy. In everyday use at least. ...
by gurugeorge
Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:06 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I was wondering today about what's the weakest link in the SJW schtick, and I think it's actually the idea of "this sends a signal", or "it's systemic", or "it's part of an atmosphere of oppression", that kind of thing - i.e. the notion that a form of speech, unchecked, will somehow inevitably lead ...
by gurugeorge
Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:10 am
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Thundering response from the Doctor to that questions for anti-SJWs thing:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKJ02mbnENA
by gurugeorge
Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:31 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Apart from that, there is the usual hilarious self-aggrandizement: I am very fond of unification efforts in philosophy: I think they are generally on the right track, in every domain; as for example my unification of moral theory :lol: http://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/11244 (Warning: direct ...
by gurugeorge
Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:53 am
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Moldbug was the progenitor of neo-reaction, not the alt-right. I think neo-reaction has largely died, and the remainder joined with other movements to become the alt-right, but I wouldn't classify them as the same thing. Neo-reaction was interesting for it's deconstruction of democracy. The Moldbug...
by gurugeorge
Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:01 am
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I should add that there's a strongly Nietzschean cast to a lot of what they say, both in the sense of thinking naughty thoughts nobody else would allow themselves to think, and in the sense of thinking at a higher level than the chessboard struggle between black hats and white hats - at a level wher...
by gurugeorge
Mon Sep 26, 2016 1:51 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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My question is: Who is this infamous "alt-right" ? Is there anyone who flies this banner? Or is it some bullshit manufactured label to smear dissent and to scare the progressives before bedtime? Honest question. Oh Jeeze. Yes they do exist. Neo-Reaction is a part of it. I am not an expert but expec...
by gurugeorge
Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:40 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Lionel Shriver responds to the criticism of her anti-SJW speech. Seems to be similar to what others of the Left on "our" side are saying, but with the added twist of pointing out it's a kind of generational warfare - SJW-ism is millenials' way of one-upping their elders, but it's gone too far.
by gurugeorge
Sun Sep 25, 2016 1:19 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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rayshul wrote:

I need to recommend this.
Best agnostic rapping I've heard in a long time.
by gurugeorge
Fri Sep 23, 2016 6:30 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Woops, conned by a fake lol
by gurugeorge
Fri Sep 23, 2016 6:30 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Guy comes to the realization that Islam is a crock of shit and has a magnificent meltdown. One worries about the repercussions for the poor fellow, but it's glorious to see someone's sense of reason righteously revolting against nonsense. Interesting that it wasn't cut off earlier - one also wonders...
by gurugeorge
Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:05 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Here we go - a snippet of Milo's latest. Where he does not talk about - atheists being annoying - lesbians being non existent - transexuals being beyond the pale Though he does get in a shot at anime geeks. This troll (sorry 'Provocateur') stuff seems like a good way to get yourself noticed (at lea...
by gurugeorge
Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:28 am
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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The left have demonised him because he wouldn't play ball. I especially love the way they've suddenly decided that all the old conservatives were great and should be considered top folks compared to Trump. Yeah that's one of the funniest things about the MSM/Democrat reaction. As Instapundit has po...
by gurugeorge
Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:56 pm
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Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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We shouldn't be surprised by the rise of the SJWs. Yeah, great stuff. There are a few added wrinkles too, like for instance some of the Marcusian analysis from the 60s is still hanging around. The idea was that liberal intellectuals couldn't be trusted, but those who were acting against the system,...
by gurugeorge
Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:07 am
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The SJWs aren't actually after social justice, because they've forgotten about the real meaning of the justice part. They claim to be about equality but they're actually about subverting equality in their and their favorite groups' favor. They're not proposing policies according to evidence of thei...
by gurugeorge
Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:15 pm
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DrokkIt wrote:
Have been to Krautsborg many times, can confirm shite-shelf bogs are the norm.
It's a European thing, part of general public medical lore, that keeping an eye on the quality of your stools is keeping an eye on your health.
by gurugeorge
Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:45 am
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He does seem to get it, in the bolded part. I don't know if it needs a 'framework' for people to agree that social justice is desirable, but it may need one to establish what constitutes 'justice' here. There's definitely a distinction between people on "our side" who think of social justice as a g...
by gurugeorge
Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:47 am
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Another classic from the ever-great Doctor:-

by gurugeorge
Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:43 am
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I've often wondered if anti-SJW folks like myself might be guilty of this very same thing in regard to the SJWs themselves Oh yeah, I think it's a tendency we have to ward ourselves against in our own minds, and I notice a good thing about the Pit is that people call each other out for it now and t...
by gurugeorge
Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:18 am
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So, not to over-generalize, or put you on the spot with a "purity test", do you believe that Islam is "flatly incompatible with ... a liberal, democratic state", yes or no? ;-) As a set of ideas , of course it is. That doesn't affect the distinction between Islam as a set of ideas and the carriers ...