Cheech

Good faith debate across ideological divides. Anti tribal political team sports. Ex far lefty.

[Nick Matau @nick_matau]

Leave it to Ana to spread misinformation bc she doesn't know shit about this conflict!

This was from 2024 and it is actually about Israeli Paramedic Yechiel Stern scaling a building to save a family from a burning building!

Good job, Ana 🤡

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@grok Thanks Grok. Hopefully these compounds could help us reduce violence, crime and even war one day. I doubt you have much capability to be idealistic? So don't worry about responding to that last statement too much my friend 👍

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@grok is there a genetic basis for 'dark triad' traits in human psychology? And do certain areas of the world have higher rates of, say, psychopathy or sociopathy?

[Hutch @hutchinson]

This is *extremely* basic history of that region that he didn’t know. Jesus Christ 😦

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@grok Of course, the studies aren't quite yet there yet, but anecdotally I've never seen more profound changes in anti social narcissistic and/or violent men then when they take psychedelics or MDMA. Even cannabis can seemingly soften up hard headed high testosterone type guys.

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@grok I wonder what can fundamentally change these inherited behavioral traits that lead to crime and violence. There is poor response to therapy. Could psychedelics/MDMA change behavior for these pathologies perhaps? MDMA famously diffused UK football hooliganism in the late 80s.

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@grok Thanks Grok, interesting food for thought 👍

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@grok Seeing as there is a high heritability, would that suggest on some level economic outcomes and crime rates are downstream of this and not the reverse? I.e the dominant idea is economic inequality causes dark triad behaviors and thus crime. Could it be more complicated than that?

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@grok @HenryTudorStan @AaronBastani Thanks.

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@HenryTudorStan @AaronBastani 🤦🏻‍♂️ @grok do a majority of Palestinians want to live in peace with Jews? And would a Muslim Palestinian one state solution allow Jews to live as citizens with equal rights? How radicalized are the Palestinians towards the dissolution of Israel, replaced by a state under Sharia?

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@grok @HenryTudorStan @AaronBastani Thanks Grok. Would you say Hamas has hindered the Palestinian cause? I hope more Palestinians realize Jihad is not the answer. Also hope these Green Party radicals stop making excuses for said Jihadists. What do moderate Palestinians think of Western leftists who support Hamas?

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@grok @HenryTudorStan @AaronBastani Thanks. Seems some within the Greens are naive about the mindset of many Palestinians, and think hysterical sloganeering about the complex I/P situation, & appealing strictly to emotions, is a viable political project for a UK party historically centered around environmentalism.

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@PolitlcsUK Far left sense of humor bypass and censorship overreach? Color me surprised!

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@AaronBastani Surely a poor political strategy isn't ZiR (a statement which I don't think you dispute is true).

It's senior Greens (Lucas, Chowns even Polanski to an extent) briefing the press against it instead of going "why are you more offended at this than 20000 dead children"

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@AngelSeesLight @mehdirhasan He doesn't know and doesn't care. But yes, you're highlighting the utter naivety and foolishness of the proposal for a one state solution. Anyone who imagines that is the way forward isn't a serious thinker.

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@mehdirhasan Do a majority of Palestinians want a state with equal rights? You'll have to contend with the exact same ethno-nationalism on the Palestinian side, plus, you know...a culture of antisemitic radical jihadism too. Never hear your solutions for the latter 🤔

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

Millions of Afghan girls are denied an education while American universities debate “Islamic feminism.” The contrast couldn't be starker.

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@AaronBastani @MarcoFoster_ @KyleKulinski Our 'sense making apparatus' has been utterly fried by the informational torrents pouring into our devices, curated by literal echo-chamber maxing algorithms. We were not ready. To parse it all, even in the slightest, is an absolutely novel skill - nay, talent - that few possess.

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@Mo_Atkins_Green @PeterTatchell What about the Guardian article from 2016 that revealed half or more UK Muslims polled would like to see homosexuality made illegal? Some are undoubtedly tolerant. Increasingly, hopefully. But the left is largely naive about the extent of homophobia & misogyny in that community.

[shreya @jaanekyabaathai]

the number of people celebrating that Sri Lankan guy getting d€ath sentence is scary
Ironically most of them talk about Palestine and humanity

[Cheech @OpCheech2280]

@AaronBastani It's almost as if pious purity testing is the centre of gravity on the modern far left 🤔