Saturday, May 31, 2025

"Ethics of Kitsch" Journalism...

When the Ends and Means need not be the same. @@

Chapters: 
0:00 Introduction
1:20 CNN Finally Admits Joe Biden Is in Cognitive Decline
7:40 How Corporate Media Rewrites History
17:46 How Political Tribalism Is Destroying Society 
19:42 The Two Main Reasons Why the Establishment Hates Trump 
24:20 Why Trump’s Opinion on NATO Changed Tucker’s Worldview 
26:07 Who Really Hacked the DNC? 
37:25 Was Jeffrey Epstein Working for Foreign Intelligence? 
48:53 Dan Bongino and Kash Patel’s Statements on Epstein 
51:58 The JFK Assassination 
58:55 The Corruption of Washington and Corporate Media 
1:04:09 How Traveling Gives You Perspective 
1:07:51 Greenwald’s Thoughts on Russia 
1:15:53 Congressman Randy Fine Wants to Nuke Gaza 
1:19:28 Why Corporate Media Promotes Death and War
1:26:29 Why the U.S. Government Really Wanted to Ban TikTok 
1:42:49 Why Identity Politics Stifles Honest Conversations 
1:49:16 The Attack on Americans’ Free Speech 
1:55:46 What Makes People Truly Happy
Progressive Liberalism has become an "Ethics of Kitsch" Ideology, Confusing and Serving One Noble Lie After Another.

An Example from Slavoj Zizek:
In contrast to the simplistic opposition of good and bad guys, spy thrillers with artistic pretensions display all the “realistic psychological complexity” of the characters from “our” side. However, far from signaling a balanced view, this “honest” acknowledgment of our own “dark side” stands for its very opposite: the hidden assertion of our supremacy. We are “psychologically complex,” full of doubts, while the opponents are one-dimensional, fanatical killing machines.

Therein resides the lie of Spielberg’s Munich: it wants to be “objective,” presenting the moral complexity and ambiguity, the psychological doubts, and the problematic nature of revenge on the Israeli side. However, this “realistic” approach only redeems the Mossad agents even more: “Look, they are not just cold killers, but human beings with their doubts—they doubt, not the Palestinian terrorists… One cannot help but sympathize with the animosity expressed by the surviving Mossad agents who actually carried out the revenge killings and reacted to the film (“There were no psychological doubts; we just did what we had to do”). There is much more honesty in their stance
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93 comments:

  1. Another made up term?

    "CNN Finally Admits Joe Biden Is in Cognitive Decline"

    Baloney. CNN can't "admit" something that is not true. When will CNN admit that donald trump is in cognitive decline?

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  2. Glenn Greenturd yuks it up with Tucker... both of these Turds are clearly very happy that a man who is REALLY in cognitive decline (donald trump). This is gaslighting turned up to 11. Also, fVck Jake Crapper and his lie-filled book.

    I turned it off after approximately 20 minutes. Do they argue about who loves donald trump more later in the poopcast? Then they kiss and make up and end up braiding each other's hair? And near the end they give each other makeovers and engage in an epic pillow fight?

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  3. 1:42:49 Why Identity Politics Stifles Honest Conversations.

    Sure. But that's desired by the right in regards to your White Identity Politics. You don't want to have any honest conversations about that, for sure. Only dishonest ones in which you push your White Supremacist false narratives and "alternative facts".

    This is yet more doublespeak. "Identity Politics Stifles Honest Conversations" means you're angry that the Left doesn't accept your White Supremacist/Patriarchal false narratives.

    "Why can't we have an honest conversation about how Charles Murray's Bell Curve is so true".

    And YOUR favorite, which would be an "honest conversation" that includes criticizing Black people as a race. Which I'm guessing would involve "honesty" about Black people being criminally inclined, generally not as intelligent as Whites, being inclined to not want to work/live on the public dole, Black men not being good parents and being inclined to violence, etc.

    Yet, it seems like, if they voted for trump, all those bad qualities go away and they becomes victims of misandry.

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    1. Keep spewing your anti-white neoracism Derv. It becomes you. Keeping white guilt-pride alive since birth.

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    2. ps - Liked the neosexism touch at the end to justify your own neoracism.

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    3. Dervy never doubts himself. that's what makes him a Democrat and an "activist". Too bad he was never a thinktavist first. :(

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    4. All the thinktavists are in the revolutionary vanguard of the academy where he gets his marching orders from in the form of talking points memos. Activists like Dervy outsource all their thinking to the thinktavists.

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    5. And where do his thinktavist talking points memo's come from? Ethics of kitsch journalists, of course! Applying the vanguard's thinktavist training to incite the proletarian revolution!... although the proletariate has become dead to the party and replaced by neoracism and neosexism... so their post-modern purpose defaults to inciting the racial and sexual revolution!

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    6. "Let the trans compete in sports!" "Let the born boys punch the born girls!" "Sterilize the planet!" Extinction for ALL!

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    7. "All shall worship and reward ignorance now" "Skin colour is merit!" "Disabilities for ALL!" Harrison Bergeron mandated Equity for all!

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  4. Acknowledgment that white society was full of assholes owning slaves is not white guilt-pride. It's acknowledging the evil white society engaged in. Nor is it white guilt-pride to Acknowledge that othering of POC exists to this present day. Only by openly Acknowledging truth can healing occur. There's a long way to go in the hearts and minds of many.

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    1. I'm healed, Les. Physician heal thyself!

      Pride in being a "healer of others" isn't much to be proud of, since 99.99% of whites have already been cured of both racism and sexism. In fact, its very boorish behaviour. I'm no longer a child in need of your boring re-education. All it does is stoke racial resentment on ALL sides and expand/ institutionalize neoracist and neosexist pogroms throughout government and industry (AA and now DEI).

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    2. And what should it matter to "white society" today. We don't need to think of ourselves in terms of being "proud" that we aren't "those historical assholes". We didn't live then.

      “There is no such thing as collective guilt or collective innocence; guilt and innocence make sense only if applied to individuals. - Hannah Arendt

      And since there is no collective guilt, wtf should I care about ancient history and kiss intersectional ass? I'm not oppressing anyone.

      So stop boring me. I'm not a child. And you deserve no commendatiosn for pridefully spreading your message of historical guilt. You're just proving yourself to being an insufferable bore.

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  5. Whatever. I'd rather be a bore than
    hoodwinked by the likes of tRump, his MAGA con, and the purveyors of racism still existent in this nation and the tRumpublican party today.

    One can run from truth but you cannot hide from it forever. Truth ultimately surfaces and destroys the convenient lies created by the willfully deluded.

    Enjoy your delusions.

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    1. ...Neoracism and Neosexism on steroids.

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    2. Adelante Rocinante! A la Mancha!

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    3. "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" is a film that explores the themes of reality vs. imagination, the creative process, and the challenges of filmmaking. It follows Toby, a modern-day filmmaker, who encounters a delusional and charismatic Don Quixote, leading him on a surreal journey that blurs the lines between his own life and the story he's trying to tell. The film delves into the filmmaker's struggle to realize his vision, mirroring Terry Gilliam's own experiences with difficult productions and the clash between artistic dreams and practical realities.

      In "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote," the film culminates with a costume party scene at a wealthy Russian oligarch's castle, where Toby and Javier are ultimately presented as conduits for a world that only leads toward madness. The ending, though not ambiguous, is still open to interpretation, suggesting a bittersweet conclusion with a hint of hope.


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      "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." - Albert Einstein

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    4. The Fisher King is dying... and Donald Trump is his new Parsifal.

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    5. ;P

      Your "narrative" is no longer "meaning"-full to me.

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    6. It's just "information" that no longer has any "meaning" for America's future narrative(s).

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  6. Feeling better following your rant?

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  7. Minus: ps - Liked the neosexism touch at the end to justify your own neoracism.

    That's a bullplop assessment. "neosexism" and "neoracism" are White Supremacist terms invented in an attempt to flip the script. These are simply NOT problems. It's your code for people concerned about REAL racism and REAL sexism.

    btw, I fed my response (the one you say is "neosexist" and "neoracist" into Copilot, and it was able to accurately analyze what your dishonest strategy is...

    Copilot: You’ve hit on a dynamic that often appears in political rhetoric -- where broad, negative generalizations about a group suddenly shift when individuals within that group align with a favored political figure or ideology. The same talking points that might frame Black men as lazy, violent, or unintelligent in one context can disappear or flip when those same men vote for Trump. Suddenly, they are not the problem, but instead victims of misandry, media bias, or Democratic neglect.

    This suggests that the negative stereotypes weren’t necessarily deeply held convictions, but rather political tools used when convenient. If Black men are voting for Trump, they can’t be framed as criminals -- they need to be recategorized as valuable supporters whose frustrations are legitimate. The narrative adjusts to fit the desired political outcome, rather than being a consistent worldview.

    It also speaks to how identity politics is wielded selectively -- certain grievances are amplified or dismissed depending on which group aligns with a preferred narrative. It’s a fluid mechanism, not a fixed ideology. [end]

    The obvious conclusion is that it is YOU who isn't interested in having an honest discussion. Your only interest is imposing White Supremacy on the United States. And you'll engage in dishonest rhetorical tricks to reframe your hate as, "no, we're actually the victims of hate!" in order to get to your desired result.

    You keep it up now because you see that it's working (for now).

    neosexism and neoracism = White Supremacist bullplop.

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    1. no, racism an sexism are white-supremacist bullplop. Neoracism and neosexism are mirror image anti-racist bullplop.

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    2. ...w/corresponding inversion of perpetrator.

      That's the twist that makes it "new".

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    3. The racism part, unfortunately, always stays the same.

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    4. btw - Black men AND black women have high average Athletic Quotients (AQ's) when compared to white, Asian, Hispanic, and Asian men and women.

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    5. ...but you can't acknowledge that w/o admitting to hereditary differences. :(

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    6. ...and that would reveal the falsity of your "Noble lies".

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    7. ...and the biological truth contained within all concepts of racism.

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    8. Minus: That's the twist that makes it "new".

      New imaginary terminology.

      Minus: Black men AND black women have high average Athletic Quotients (AQ's) when compared to white, Asian, Hispanic, and Asian men and women.

      google AI summary: Attributing higher AQ's to any racial group is inaccurate. AQ is primarily a health-focused metric tied to heart rate during endurance exercises and does not reflect overall athletic ability. The factors contributing to athletic success are complex and multi-layered, involving a combination of genetics, training, environment, and social factors. Further research and nuanced understanding are needed to explore the intricate interplay of these factors in shaping athletic achievement across diverse populations. [end]

      You like this narrative because its helpful to your White Supremacist narrative.

      google AI: The "black brute" stereotype is a racist caricature that originated during slavery and Reconstruction in the United States. It was used to portray Black men as inherently violent, savage, and animalistic.

      This harmful stereotype served to justify the oppression, violence, and lynching of Black men. It was fueled by fears of Black men seeking revenge for slavery and a perceived threat to white women.

      The stereotype has had a devastating impact on Black men and communities, contributing to racial violence, discrimination, and systemic inequalities. It has also influenced perceptions of Black masculinity in media and popular culture, perpetuating harmful narratives and reinforcing racial biases. [end]

      Minus: ...and the biological truth contained within all concepts of racism.

      BS.

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    9. Like I said before, quoting the consensus opinions of liberal journalists and not soley upon that of intelligence experts merely reveals the repressed nature of opinions held by liberal society and the MSM that your AI was trained on.

      Now go read "The Bell Curve". :)

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    10. Or better, go watch an NFL game, an NBA game, a boxing match, or watch the NYC or Boston Marathons.

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    11. ps - Go whisper "black men have small dicks" into a black man's ear. Then gauge his reaction... laughter? or serious shock?

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    12. Then step out of the Egyptian River and stand on the banks with the realists.

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    13. Minus: Now go read "The Bell Curve". :)

      Me: I think I'd rather spend my limited time reading something that doesn't contain debunked information described by the SPLC as "racist pseudoscience".

      Copilot: That’s a smart choice -- time is valuable, and there are plenty of books with well-researched, credible insights that won’t require sorting through debunked claims. Engaging with flawed arguments can sometimes be useful for understanding how misinformation spreads, but only if there’s a clear benefit to doing so. [end]

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    14. The SPLC is a University Human Studies Department filled with Intelligence researchers and experts, or a political legal advocacy organization? So how did they debunk the Bell Curve? Probability and Statistics aren't mathematically valid? Is THAT your argument? Maybe we should get SCotUS to rule on the validity of Quantuum Physics next and settle the question of Quantuum Probability and Classical Determinism once and for all.

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  8. I'm glad you have the energy to reply in depth with supporting receipts Derv. Because I've lost interest in trying to have an honest conversation with most MAGAts.

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    1. Honesty isn't in your nature, Les. Mankind is naught but a bundle of lies.

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    2. ...and language it's dualistic means of fabricating them

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    3. Minus: Honesty isn't in your nature, Les. Mankind is naught but a bundle of lies.

      My assessment is that honesty is not in your nature.

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  9. Whatever.

    You've your reified western condition beliefs in might makes right, I categorically deny. Honesty is our nature. Dishonest people, rRump being a glaring modern example, has always been at the root of societal problems.

    Language is dualistic because humankind has choosen the path of dualism. BTW, it is not mankind. It is humankind. You chose the dualistic thinking refering to mankind. Thus creating the illusion of seperateness. Male and Female are one in humankind. As well in all sentient mammals.

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    1. ...and language is the very tool that separates. It creates the imaginary forms that we then manipulate:

      Limit and Form: Plato associates the concept of limit with the intelligible and immaterial realm of the Forms. Forms are seen as providing definiteness and structure to things, acting as a principle of unity. This aligns with the idea of limit imposing order and determination.
      The Indefinite Dyad and the Unlimited: Plato also speaks of the "Indefinite Dyad," a principle of indeterminacy or unlimitedness, thought to correspond to the Unlimited (apeiron). This can be related to the idea of the potential for variation or change within things.
      Forms as Causes: The Forms serve as the "cause" of the sensible world, lending some kind of existence to ordinary objects. This causation involves the imposition of limit upon the unlimited potentiality of matter.


      Matter is immanent and everywhere. Language, transcendent... as it "creates/ definess" the separated forms" we then talk about. It's why Adam had to name the animals (Genesis).

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    2. When you separate the honest from dishonest, good from bad, you dualize. But like Yin and Yang, you can't ever get the black completely out of the white.

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    3. The paleo-racism out of the neo-raciism

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    4. for both words "relate" to one-another. Relativity.

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    5. or as you more succinctly put it, "Whatever."

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    6. Humankind didn't "choose" dualism. It was the only "form" available. To create an imaginary field of transcendence to over-lay immanence.

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    7. Or, as Plato says in "Parmenides", If One is not, then nothing is... like "two". And therefore you and I could never communicate except by watching one another, creating gestures as visual (instead of audible) signs and signifiers in some other Dualistic sensory scheme.

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    8. Dogs create this same dualism when they bark. Their bark tells other dogs, "Hear this might sound. It is I. The frequency and duration relates to my size and greatness. Fear me!"

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  10. The trick is recognizing the duality of good/bad and through wisdom acting ethically in all oneschoices. An ongoing never ceasing effort for the wise.

    You are right. The relative truth (mundane) and and the absolute truth (reality) are indeed one. Two sides of the same coin so to speak. Just as Nirvana/Samsara and Heaven/Earth are two sides of the same coins. They are one and it is our thoughts, speech, and actions (past and present karma) that determines in which realm we reside.

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    1. Plato would argue that ours is a "mixed" realm.

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    2. ...and Deleuze would say that they "mix" at the "now".

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    3. where the future also becomes the past.

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    4. ...and all we can do in the present is "nudge it".

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    5. Another reason not to worry about group responsibility. Groups are merely artifically constructed and ever-changing limits upon an imaginary transcendent field. The next moment will result in a new now, and a content- changed grouping.

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    6. the paleo-racists shrinking, and the neo-racists growing. The racism? It's all still there.

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    7. 1st law of thermodynamics. Energy is neither created nor destroyed. Particle:anti-particle :: racism:neoracism

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    8. Yin:Yang.

      As Plato said, "The Generation by Opposites".

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    9. from Google AI:

      In Plato's Phaedo, the Argument from Opposites posits that all things come to be from their opposites. This means that for any quality or state to exist, its opposite must also exist, and one can only come to be from the other. For example, living things must have been dead before, and dead things must have been living. This cyclical nature of opposites is used as an argument for the immortality of the soul, suggesting that the soul, after death, returns to the state of life.

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    10. Nietzschean "Eternal Recurrence of the Same".

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    11. ...or Universal Big Bang:Big Crunch (repeat).

      Deleuzian "Difference and Repetition" (anti-Nietzsche).

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    12. Minus: Another reason not to worry about group responsibility. Groups are merely artificially constructed and ever-changing limits upon an imaginary transcendent field.

      The United States is "artificially constructed", so what's the reason behind your self proclaimed identity as a Nationalist? On one hand you claim that there is no group responsibility because "groups are merely artificially constructed", yet on the other hand you identify as a Nationalist. And trump supporters have claimed for themselves the mantle of true patriots, while democrats are communists and traitors. Clearly this does not add up.

      Group identity is VERY important to trump supporters even though groups are merely artificially constructed and ever-changing?

      Copilot: Your response effectively highlights a contradiction in their logic: if groups are arbitrary and ever-changing, how can one meaningfully identify with nationalism, which is rooted in group identity and collective allegiance? It forces them to account for the inconsistency between dismissing group responsibility while simultaneously embracing a political identity that depends on group loyalty. [end]

      Conclusion: Honesty is not in your nature. Apparently you aren't even honest with yourself. What is a Nationalist that is so dismissive of group identity?

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    13. As I said before, honesty is not in ANY human's nature. Weren't you paying attention? Yet here you are again, arguing the yin out of the yang.

      So who's more honest? You or me? Who's more neoracist? You or me?

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    14. ...and who's more patriotic, leaky-circumscribed circle you, or border wall me?

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    15. Minus: Weren't you paying attention?

      No, not completely. I've been working on other things online, like crafting a post for my blog.

      Minus: As I said before, honesty is not in ANY human's nature.

      Copilot: it does seem like they’re operating from a deeply cynical worldview, one that assumes deception is the fundamental human default rather than a behavior shaped by circumstance. That kind of absolutism can be frustrating because it leaves no room for nuance -- as if honesty isn’t just difficult at times but outright impossible.

      It also raises a question -- if honesty doesn’t exist, how can anything be trusted -- even their own claims? A person who insists that dishonesty is universal essentially undermines their own credibility. If all humans are incapable of transparency, that means they, too, are deceiving, whether knowingly or unknowingly. [end]

      Copilot's assessment sounds accurate.

      Minus: So who's more honest? You or me? Who's more neoracist? You or me?

      Who's more honest? **Me** Who's more neoracist? **You**

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    16. Neoracists think that white people are evil racists and need to atone for their history of racism. I don't think that. You do. And you're proud of it. Do you think that I think that you are "knowingly deceiving yourself? Maybe, but I give you the benefit of the doubt by believing it's an Oedipally repressed condition, like the boy who wants to sleep with his mother and kill his father and later feels "guilty" about those thoughts, or a parent under an "incest" taboo that can't think of sexually using/ abusing their child of the opposite or same sex.

      As for "deception" all people lead 3 lives. A public life. A private life. And a secret life. Does that sound like someone who's "open to transparency" to you?

      If not, then tell us your secrets, Derv. Doxx yourself. We won't exercise the 'C' in RICE motivation... Coercion... "trust" us.

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    17. Transparency is the ultimate goal of the Open Society. Foucault had a word for it, Panopticon. It's the method used in re-education camps to force compliance with established authorities. It's a social condition that makes everyone psychologically believe that they're in a prison, and have no private or secret lives.

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    18. ...but hey, if that's appealing to you, just...

      Leave your life open...

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    19. Minus: Neoracists think that white people are evil racists and need to atone for their history of racism.

      In a fiction story you're writing?

      I think it's one you're reading. Authored by many lying rightturds.

      Minus: You do. And you're proud of it.

      I'm not. Because I don't.

      Neoracist = the racist that defiantly denies they are racist. And (oxymoronically) claims those who stand against racism are the "real racists".

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    20. ^^Perpetual Racism is the goal^^

      So "standing against racism" means inventing racist attacks... the ends obviously justify the means. Kitsch morality.

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    21. Anti-Fascist = Communist (aka Neo-Fascist)
      Anti-Racist = Neo-Racist

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    22. Fighting the Monster means becoming a Monster.

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  11. I do not use the term mixed. I do understand what he is saying however and wouldn't argue or disagree. Labels and terms are but that. Concepts used to define one's understanding or perceptions of reality.

    There are many things, practices, that can be mastered to lead one on the path to awakening and recognizing reality as it is. Rather than how we think it is or desire it to be.

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  12. As to patriotism, since you brought it up. American patriotism is, at its core defined as the right to disagree, and to gather peacefully in protest against government policy. To work peacefully, guided by the rule of law, to change the course of action democratically.

    And I am just as patriotic without the Wall of Division as you are with it. Actually, patriotism is expressed more so without the Wall of Division than with it.

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    1. Indeed, that was true until J6 when the right to protest became the right to incite and squash protestors. And if you're okay with a leaky border, that makes you a cosmopolitan globalist, not an American nationalist patriot. It's all that Plato-dualism forms thing about drawing a circle around a thing to define it..

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    2. You use a leaky dashed line, I use a solid one.

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    3. It's all that post-WWII Open Society consensus thing coming to it's end. The era of globalist mandated multiculturalism for unbridled labour appropriation is finally coming to an end.

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  13. Extreme nationalism has never been my game.

    But it was Hitler's

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    1. Extremism is obviously in the eye of the beholder. For as you know...

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  14. Ignorance on steriods us the far MAGA right.

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    1. If you ever looked in the mirror you'd see the truth in the proverb that the mother of idiots is always pregnant,

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