uspol, cw: infuriating
Wow. Look at this mess of high-end self-delusion I found while debating a conservative furry.
http://newbostonpost.com/2017/11/09/undoing-the-dis-education-of-millennials/
This is a genuinely amazing feat of intellectual sleight-of-hand he's pulling, crusading against "isms" while quietly grandfathering in all the ones he personally finds meaningful.
I don't see the difference between this guy reverently rejecting classism and racism, and some Victorian don insisting no literature post-Shakespeare really matters. *shrug*
uspol, cw: infuriating
@zebratron2084 honestly all I see in this fucking article is several paragraphs of "WHY DON'T YOUNG PEOPLE WALK IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE CONSERVATIVE ESTABLISHMENT LIKE ME T_T"
uspol, cw: infuriating
@Thaminga @zebratron2084 Yeah, I read the article and it came off as "Feelings are invalid. Here are all MY feelings enshrined as rational fact. Eat it."
uspol, cw: infuriating
@hummingrain @Thaminga Thank you for the vindication! <3 The son of a bitch gave me the Dave Sim vibe...
uspol, cw: infuriating
@zebratron2084
Fortunately I don't need ism to describe his argument. Fucking sophistry.
uspol, cw: infuriating
@001zlnv Right? It's like watching the guy who posted it get taken in by a three-card monte dealer. -_-
uspol, cw: infuriating
@zebratron2084 "behold as I make an argument from authority in a loud voice in the front of the room letting you know that I accept no ideas newer than early modernity. I a lawyer in the US will not accept the value of equality, even though it is prominent in the founding documents of the nation and guaranteed before the law in the equal protection clause."
uspol, cw: infuriating
@zebratron2084 ... that hurt my brain meats!!
uspol, cw: infuriating
@zebratron2084 Hoo boy, I didn't get through the first paragraph without going "hey, wait a minute, there."
This is going to be fun.
uspol, cw: infuriating
This all exemplifies one of my strongest beliefs and biggest pet peeves: most people who call themselves "rationalism" have, having discovered there is intimidation power in this term, simply written the word "rational" on a 3"x5" index card and glued it to their forehead.
Reason involves dialectic. It involves making a willing and conscious choice NOT to use tactics like these to dismiss Enemy Thoughts out of hand. And arguing by definition like that? That's flat out.