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[wanye @xwanyex]

Imagine, I mean imagine, saying this out loud. We do not ridicule these people enough. Imagine believing that today there are people, in this late hour, in this country, with our wealth, with our comfort, who just need some societal investment in order to avoid robbing strangers, or beating people in the streets, or raping the old lady who lives next door. Imagine saying this out loud. Imagine thinking that such people are worthy of the investment that would be required to get them to stop behaving in this way.

Imagine believing this!

No, we’re not going to spend money on helping these people avoid outcomes that everybody else in society easily avoids. We should spend no time or resources on that project.

The suggestion itself is offensive.

[Weather Girl @Behencrazy]

I don't like donuts

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@nosoup4knowles The white with pearls is my fave. Super cute 🤍

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@Rainmaker1973 she's a 12 face

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@megbasham We shouldn't even believe in boarders according to scripture. Jesus was an open boarders socialist.

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@prasad_sanyal @xwanyex I understand the analogy to abolition of slavery. But that's precisely the point under dispute. You're treating universal suffrage as a right that cannot be traded away for better outcomes. I'm asking why it should be treated that way.

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@prasad_sanyal @xwanyex Do we have a language barrier? Why do you keep asserting the category rather than arguing it?

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@prasad_sanyal @xwanyex Is slavery good in and of itself? You inverted the argument.

[wanye @xwanyex]

The reason that conservatives tend to understand liberalism to a degree that liberals do not understand conservatism at the present moment isn’t about conservatives being smarter or more worldly; it’s because we live in a liberal society, so everybody understand liberalism. Liberalism is what’s taught in schools, it’s the morality in the background in TV and movies, it’s the worldview of most famous people, and so on.

We’ve all just been exposed to liberals and to liberalism to a degree that liberals have not been exposed to conservatives and conservatism.

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@prasad_sanyal @xwanyex Does it matter if something is good in and of itself if it is not a net good for society?

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@laurenlself vomit. miss me with all that missing me garbage

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@growing_daniel It is only because this ends that any of it matters. Time gives us meaning. Philosophy exists because we die.

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@ZaidJilani Doesn't Franken belie your point?

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@RealestMemes_ Why do you want to abort dolphin babies?

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You can sincerely value free speech and still believe threats or incitement are not protected, foreign nationals can be excluded, pornography should be restricted, and some speech should face social consequences. That's not hypocritical.

I think Glenn is right when he says the DW's commitment to free speech has limits. I just don't think they've ever claimed otherwise.

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@VoteBlueFYou @ggreenwald @exdjryan What exactly are you debating?

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@KStarfucker @VoteBlueFYou @ggreenwald @exdjryan Did you read the article? If anything this supports the distinction. The government should not suppress lawful speech, pressure platforms, or blacklist media outlets.

Can you show me where Daily Wire claims to be free speech absolutists?

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@dyershand @pensandpoison And you had a great point about Proust that can't be ignored.

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Nabokov was an opinionated snob I'm sure he disliked Eliot, but to what degree and why is debatable.

Your original point stands: Why enter a thread based on a misreading without verifying or noting it. Makes the whole argument weak and misguided. And then of course like any child who gets called out, "I wasn't talking about that."