Rational Libertarian (ai/nke)

Moloch omnia regit.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

Why the Libertarian Party is crazy and why that won’t change anytime soon:

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

Okay! Let’s have a mini-lecture about why this happens! 1/

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@Snukkems_Art @Kadaveri @osprey_xviii @BretDevereaux @PlaidBarbarian Why yes, I did! And they don’t support your claim, at all. Rather the opposite; Herodotus engages with Homer as *history*, not fiction.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@Snukkems_Art @Kadaveri @osprey_xviii @BretDevereaux @PlaidBarbarian Helen. Herodotus clearly believes Helen existed.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@GregDaly @sentantiq (I won’t tell anybody)

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@GregDaly @sentantiq : )

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@kyk1opes @BretDevereaux No, there’s been work done on this, but obviously we can’t know for sure. However, it’s certain that the Iliad is not fiction.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@AndrewPaulWood @BretDevereaux Historical fiction exists. The Iliad is, very very obviously, historical fiction.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@AndrewPaulWood @BretDevereaux I don’t even know what you’re saying here. Hardly the same thing as what?

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@SuvyBob Every public space? No restaurants should be free of wailing children?

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@AndrewPaulWood @BretDevereaux Yes, very strong evidence: The Iliad is not fiction.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@kyk1opes @BretDevereaux Are those the only two possibilities?

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@GregDaly @sentantiq So you state a position, contradict that position, deny contradicting that position, and accuse those who point it out as having poor reading skills?

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@AndrewPaulWood @BretDevereaux Yes, but that’s not the question. The question is whether a piece of evidence is valid or not. We’re not asking whether Zeus exists. We’re asking whether having cult is evidence for existence.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@kyk1opes @BretDevereaux The Iliad is not fiction. Why is this so hard for people to grasp? AFAIK, people of Homer’s time did not have a *concept* of fiction.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@GregDaly @sentantiq So…are you now retracting that?

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@AndrewPaulWood @BretDevereaux Okay, that wasn’t quite honest. I have an idea of what you *might* be talking about, but that would mean that you’re INCREDIBLY STUPID, and I don’t want to make that claim yet.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@AndrewPaulWood @BretDevereaux I genuinely have no clue what you’re even talking about here. What…?

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@AndrewPaulWood @BretDevereaux Yes, *multiple* points. So each point of evidence is evaluated independently. You give as evidence against Achilles’ existence the fact that he does not have cult. Which means that the fact that Zeus has cult is evidence for his existence.

There’s literally no way around this.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@montecarlo51362 @TwinkRegimer >*translating robot* 🤖 : « I don’t want to look idiotic so I’m asking the other guy to find specific quotes in thousands of pages on commonly known things »

Oooooh. Okay. Well, at least you’re honest. Thanks.

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@hell_line0 So if you pay somebody to write something on a piece of paper, that legally mandates someone else to pay for the thing they wrote down?

[Rational Libertarian (ai/nke) @Rationaliber]

@AndrewPaulWood @BretDevereaux What are you talking about?