It is truly remarkable the extent to which people are dishonest in support of their ideological positions. For example, if I appear on @joerogan's show and discuss the Islamic-based hatred of black dogs, a bunch of armchair ayatollahs will write that I'm a liar. Apparently, no
such hatred exists even when a 9-nanosecond Google search would establish the veracity of my statement. Similarly, if I state that postmodernism's central edict is that there are no objective truths, some "super smart" graduate students specializing in postmodernist exploration
of the patriarchal structure of broccoli will proclaim that @jordanbpeterson and I are utter morons who understand nothing about postmodernism. If you were to conduct the most basic of Google searches using "postmodernism" and "objective truth", you'd get roughly 13 trillion
hits confirming this. It is part of the fascist ideological reflex of "bruh you don't understand [fill-in the blank]." For example, True Socialism is absolutely wonderful if only you rubes understood it. The 10,000 cases of failed socialism is simply because it was wrongly
practiced. There is nothing more indicative of intellectual dishonesty when an individual is faced with one of two options: recognize the fallacy of their ideological commitments or proclaim that those who criticize their ideologies are misguided, wrong, fraudulent, etc.
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Dear @KingJames, I watched your rebuttal to @Ibra_official's recommendation that athletes should stick to their sports. It is perfectly reasonable for people with your large platform to take public positions about all sorts of issues outside of sports. This is not the issue.
The problem stems from the moral hypocrisy of your positions. I commend you for wanting to speak out against injustice, institutionalized bigotry, hatred, inequity, etc. BUT a moral person metes out their indignation at such ugly realities in a morally consistent manner & not
as a function of the skin hues of the perpetrators or victims. Instead of speaking of "your people" (those with whom you share a skin hue), expand the moral circle to ALL people suffering from injustice. Hence, the Uyghur in China are deserving of your indignation. The Yazidi
Have you noticed the better handle on the COVID crisis we currently face because of Unifying Man of Science @joebiden? Unlike Orange Himmler who suggested that we smear feces on your faces as a cure, Joe has suggested that we social distance, wear masks, & wash our hands. When
Orange Himmler was the dictator, I was using Tarot cards, crystal healing, and tantric sex to protect myself from the virus. But now that we have adults running the @WhiteHouse, I can finally apply science to govern my life. Joe is love. Joe is hope. Joe is science. My man
Ham Farris was the one who made me aware of the errors of my ways. He is a nuanced thinker who speaks in a soft voice so he is simply more profound. I on the other hand am a Lebanese loud mouth unable to make sense of scientific nuance. Thank you Ham. I too am now on Team Biden!
Personal point: One of the reasons that I despise the Left is that they exhibit a form of inauthentic moral and intellectual superiority that viscerally offends me. I'm authentic to a fault. Hence, I'm more likely to feel comfortable among @us_navyseals than pseudo-
intellectual frauds all of whom are as intelligent as the rifle of the @USNavy sniper. In other words, I appreciate people who are honest, real, authentic, hospitable, genuine, etc. The reality is that within the elitist world of academia, governed by Leftists, these traits
are seldom on display. Rather, there is an orgiastic feast of faux-intellectual posturing; a public disdain for the Great Unwashed; the rubes, etc. Well, I am very comfortable in all ecosystems. I can mix it up at the highest echelons of academia AND head off to a tailgate
Dear @mcuban, it is deeply myopic to take the stance that you did regarding the national anthem. There are certain ideals, beliefs, rituals, icons, & symbols that define a country and that causes people to unite around its bedrock principles. The national anthem is one such cue.
There is nothing heroic or progressive about your stance. Hundreds of millions of people such as myself fled horrifying societies for the freedoms that are enshrined within Western societies. The latter are not perfect but they are the best that the world has ever created.
Your laudable success stems from having benefitted from the freedoms defining the American experience. ALL people irrespective of color or creed have benefitted from the existence of the US and certainly so within the @NBA of which you are a part. Hence, rather than dishonouring
Some ideologues are so emboldened in the current climate that they spew lies that defy the most basis precepts of common sense. It is a form of orgiastic gaslighting. For example, take the oft-repeated "walls don't work." This is akin to arguing that gravity does not work.
It is akin to positing that defunding the police will DECREASE crime. These brazen departures from reason persist because they are espoused by members of the intelligentsia (unlike the lies attributed to those "QAnon freaks who are toothless & sleep with their siblings").
Hence, there is a hierarchy of "acceptable lies" based on identity markers. Ivy league liars are noble even if they tell you that heterosexuality is problematic. Right-wing liars are diabolical because they are "deplorable hicks." The murder of truth is the same irrespective of