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| Topic | Does the Far-Left ever have a chance of winning an election in any country? |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 1:45:16 PM #29 | Balrog0 posted... France has been doing it longer than we have, and does it aggressively even when we don't want them to, as I'm sure you know the US is currently the biggest aggressor, but that doesn't mean Britain or France is off the hook. far from it. difference in opinion over what politics is meant to address I guess do you seriously think the difficulty for impoverished nations in resisting the US military comes from the ideology of their leaders? because, objectively, that is not the reason. --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Does the Far-Left ever have a chance of winning an election in any country? |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 1:37:41 PM #26 | Balrog0 posted... anyway even if we do interfere in international politics, it doesn't make sense to say that is the main obstacle facing leftist regimes when covert politicking happens in every system regardless of ideology it's generally not done by anyone else to the same extent that the US does it though or if that is the main obstacle then leftism is an incredibly fragile political program which is problematic it's not the political program that's the problem. the US has the largest, most well-funded military in history, while most countries that elect socialist leaders have been relatively poor and under-developed on account of having their resources stripped (which, FYI, is largely how the currently wealthy countries became wealthy in the first place) --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Does the Far-Left ever have a chance of winning an election in any country? |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 1:29:13 PM #18 | RebelElite791 posted... averagejoel posted...that being said, the main reason far left politics have historically fallen apart at the national level is interference from the US and US-backed terrorist groups. can you name some examples of countries with current or former leftist leaders that the US did not interfere with? I can name 10 off the top of my head whose primary obstacle to prosperity was (or is) the US. --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Does the Far-Left ever have a chance of winning an election in any country? |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 1:18:49 PM #15 | YoungMakaiyum posted... averagejoel posted...a big concept among the left is "critical support" you can support something (a person, a country, a concept) while still acknowledging that it has flaws. I wasn't talking about liberals but ok any leftists who live in imperialist and/or colonized nations (e.g. the US, Canada, Britain) basically need to compensate somewhere if they want to support anyone politically. Bernie Sanders is barely left of center, but leftists are supporting him because he's pretty much the closest thing to an actual leftist in US politics --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Does the Far-Left ever have a chance of winning an election in any country? |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 1:05:22 PM #6 | AdviceMan posted... However, if you're say promoting LGBTQ rights, it doesn't matter if someone agrees with you on everything but the T, that person can't be supported because they are presumably certain going to be bad for transgender rights. Once again, I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, but the very nature of that realization, whether it be that or the economy or #metoo or BLM means that infighting is almost always going to be prevalent and no message will ever be good enough. this is identity politics, which exists everywhere on the political spectrum. a big concept among the left is "critical support" you can support something (a person, a country, a concept) while still acknowledging that it has flaws. that being said, the main reason far left politics have historically fallen apart at the national level is interference from the US and US-backed terrorist groups. --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | CE Word of the day - representation |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 12:10:26 PM #2 | Media representation does not have a large material effect on the lives of marginalized people, but it is excellent for angering those who seek to reinforce the status quo. --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | I just found out that I have $27,000 that I didn't know about |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 11:53:20 AM #4 | can you buy me a flugelhorn? it should only be ~2 000 of that --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Is it possible to be bigoted towards people for where they are from? |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 11:39:07 AM #14 | pretty sure geographic bigotry predates the concept of race --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Hypothetical: Trump cures cancer |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 10:59:07 AM #35 | gatorsPENSbucs posted... Disrespector posted...Holy fuck you trumpanzees have the biggest victim complex lmao. there is a long history of black people being compared to or depicted as monkeys to dehumanize them. don't play this game --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Hypothetical: Trump cures cancer |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 10:16:15 AM #31 | Th3_Butt3rfly posted... averagejoel posted...another equally plausible hypothetical: trump finds a Green Lantern ring and uses it to save the world lol --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Hypothetical: Trump cures cancer |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 9:51:40 AM #27 | another equally plausible hypothetical: trump finds a Green Lantern ring and uses it to save the world --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | I have 13 users tagged as "Necrobumper" |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 9:30:38 AM #72 | I've had posts like that in a few of my topics. wouldn't be at all surprised if they were Madfoot alts --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | How much of the raging about "forced representation" is legit? |
| averagejoel 06/12/18 9:02:05 AM #14 | pegusus123456 posted... 0% --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | What is the best movie out of these choices? |
| averagejoel 06/11/18 9:42:05 PM #9 | Solo > Rogue One > TLJ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TFA --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Self-proclaimed 'intellectual' claims nerds have been co-opted by capitalism. |
| averagejoel 06/11/18 6:37:56 PM #47 | shockthemonkey posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... remember, folks: always accuse your opponent of doing what you're doing --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Self-proclaimed 'intellectual' claims nerds have been co-opted by capitalism. |
| averagejoel 06/11/18 1:27:51 PM #43 | PanzerElite posted... Darkman124 posted...capitalism is an economic system, it's not inherently responsible for anything, players within that system are responsible for the outcomes this reads like it was intended to have another ~5 lines of text giving an explanation --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Self-proclaimed 'intellectual' claims nerds have been co-opted by capitalism. |
| averagejoel 06/11/18 10:59:24 AM #19 | Darkman124 posted... averagejoel posted...the dude screenshotted in the op is a commie though that's absolutely fair --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Self-proclaimed 'intellectual' claims nerds have been co-opted by capitalism. |
| averagejoel 06/11/18 10:48:43 AM #16 | Darkman124 posted... FLUFFYGERM posted...lmfao at CE's literal communists flocking to this post the dude screenshotted in the op is a commie though --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Self-proclaimed 'intellectual' claims nerds have been co-opted by capitalism. |
| averagejoel 06/11/18 10:21:16 AM #6 | existential comics is great and that second meme is not great, but your friend is not wrong --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Lord of the rings doesn't explain half the shit going on. |
| averagejoel 06/11/18 8:38:43 AM #16 | Ryetoast posted... pegusus123456 posted...Ryetoast posted...Stuff like Tom Bombadil wouldn't have made sense in the movie. I've had a special interest in Tom Bombadil for a while there are a bunch of interesting essays about him. this one is cool: https://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html I personally like this one more though: http://www.cas.unt.edu/~hargrove/bombadil.html --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | You are given the ability to speak a group of languages fluently... |
| averagejoel 06/10/18 11:30:44 PM #24 | I can already speak English and French, so the first option is the least valuable to me. the most immediately valuable one for me is the 2nd I have Japanese relatives that I'd love to be able to communicate with fluently, and I'm in regular contact with a lot of people from China and Korea. the most interesting one is the 4th, but that's by a narrow margin over the 2nd. option 2 it is. --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | You are given the ability to speak a group of languages fluently... |
| averagejoel 06/10/18 11:20:59 PM #17 | DarkChozoGhost posted... Yeah, you shouldn't have given a "four of your choosing" option with those groupings. That's the obvious choice four of your choosing that aren't already listed --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | JK Rowling had hero bias when creating the four Hogwarts houses. |
| averagejoel 06/10/18 10:01:47 PM #20 | yusiko posted... 3khc posted...Either way it doesn't make sense because Granger went to Gryffindor despite her brain. Magic doesn't make sense yo. Dumbledore also confirmed it at the end of book 2 --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | So if all the nuclear-powered first world countries... |
| averagejoel 06/10/18 9:28:53 PM #14 | booboy posted... averagejoel posted...admittedly I'm not too familiar with the situation in Iran, so I'll have to get back to you on that. but the DPRK's nuclear weapons program is 100% a deterrent what --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | millienials have to be willing to work longer than their parents |
| averagejoel 06/10/18 9:28:02 PM #12 | Eat More Beef posted... Considering how we live longer lives due to advancements in medicine, of course the later generations will have to work longer into their lives so they can pay for the pervious generation's pensions. we have made just as much advancement towards reducing the amount of work necessary --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | So if all the nuclear-powered first world countries... |
| averagejoel 06/10/18 9:18:24 PM #3 | admittedly I'm not too familiar with the situation in Iran, so I'll have to get back to you on that. but the DPRK's nuclear weapons program is 100% a deterrent --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Is this antisemitic? |
| averagejoel 06/10/18 8:38:12 PM #22 | I came in here expecting that article in The Economist --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | TBH we should automate as soon as possible, tax the machines and give UBI |
| averagejoel 06/10/18 4:28:48 PM #16 | Fuparulez posted... 1337toothbrush posted...r4X0r posted...Uh, so low skilled people get to live for free but since my job can't be automated I'm expected to work to pay for it all? therein lies the real problem with UBI: I think it could do a lot of good if combined with existing social programs, public healthcare, etc., but politically, that's not the direction that it's coming from. it's not feasible, and its main proponents want to defund and privatize social services to fund it. --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | How do you think GameFAQs as a site leans politically? |
| averagejoel 06/10/18 9:47:42 AM #7 | interesting and accurate that there isn't even an option for "left" --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | If da 'B' in LGBT stands for ''Bi'' doesn't dat mean dere's only two genders? |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 11:27:46 PM #8 | Milkman5 posted... LGBTQQSSONDVT.... that's literally why there's a + in the acronym --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | If da 'B' in LGBT stands for ''Bi'' doesn't dat mean dere's only two genders? |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 11:21:36 PM #6 | EndOfDiscOne posted... averagejoel posted...the "bi" can also refer to "my own gender" + "other genders" the "bi" can also refer to that as far as I know --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | If da 'B' in LGBT stands for ''Bi'' doesn't dat mean dere's only two genders? |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 10:46:06 PM #4 | the "bi" can also refer to "my own gender" + "other genders" --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Would you support these rules for transgender athletes? |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 10:43:17 PM #14 | you know you can say "trans women" and "trans men" right --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Right or Left (pick before entering) |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 9:45:32 PM #2 | Not Found The requested URL /i/zXFttZA.jpg was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Star Wars |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 4:08:58 PM #8 | Maul, Dooku, and Qui-Gon shouldn't even be options in this poll even the inclusion of Luke and Kylo is questionable imo --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Star Wars |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 4:05:45 PM #5 | 3khc posted... averagejoel posted...3khc posted...I honestly feel like Darth Maul is top tier. and --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Star Wars |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 3:58:49 PM #2 | 3khc posted... I honestly feel like Darth Maul is top tier. someone hasn't seen Clone Wars --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | STUDY: Anti-gay and racist people are more likely to have lower IQ |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 11:46:29 AM #36 | hockeybub89 posted... Imagine comparing calling racists stupid to calling black people stupid. that's not the problem the problem is using IQ which has been pretty thoroughly debunked as a racist, classist metric to do it racism and homophobia are not exclusive to the uneducated working class. far from it. --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | I can't get lil jon out of my head. |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 11:43:16 AM #4 | what --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Sense8 finale (no spoilers) |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 11:41:44 AM #13 | ooooohhh I'm gonna have to watch it now!!! --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | STUDY: Anti-gay and racist people are more likely to have lower IQ |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 11:27:57 AM #29 | Ammonitida posted... frozenshock posted...How do they even define intelligence? It's not something like height that can be easily measured with a stick smells like peak liberalism to me --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | STUDY: Anti-gay and racist people are more likely to have lower IQ |
| averagejoel 06/09/18 11:13:30 AM #23 | IQ is not, and has never been, a legitimate metric to measure intelligence. please don't act like it is --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | The 4 houses of Hogwarts is a lot like the Triforce >_> |
| averagejoel 06/08/18 9:04:06 PM #7 | Ravenholm --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Do you prefer beer, soda or coffee |
| averagejoel 06/08/18 8:55:52 PM #11 | I don't drink coffee. was never really big on soda. I do like beer though --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | "Actually, George Lucas had nothing to do woth the original trilogy!" |
| averagejoel 06/08/18 8:48:34 PM #16 | CyricZ posted... Wait, what system is the planet Woth in? presumably the Woth system --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | JK Rowling had hero bias when creating the four Hogwarts houses. |
| averagejoel 06/08/18 7:57:07 PM #11 | AvantgardeAClue posted... The House Cup shit in the first few books was so annoying too it's explicitly stated that Snape never takes points away from Slytherin McGonagall is also introduced in one of the later books as being "Fairer than Snape, but. . . still very strict." --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | JK Rowling had hero bias when creating the four Hogwarts houses. |
| averagejoel 06/08/18 7:29:59 PM #6 | harry is the main character in the story. of course most of the characters in it are going to be those in his immediate vicinity i.e. the people he lives with --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Teacher claims school forced his resignation over not using trans student's name |
| averagejoel 06/08/18 6:39:03 PM #31 | imagine thinking that being fired for discriminating against a marginalized student is an issue of compelled speech --- peanut butter and dick |
| Topic | Teacher claims school forced his resignation over not using trans student's name |
| averagejoel 06/08/18 6:23:42 PM #18 | snake1989 posted... Very mixed feelings on this. I don't think schools should be compelling speech of any kind if they're publicly funded. I'm also surprised that they didn't agree to the last-name proposal. But, I do think on an individual basis a teacher shouldn't have a problem calling a student by whatever name/nickname they prefer. It is something teachers do for most students anyway. Although I don't think there's enough empirical evidence yet to support Paulsen's argument that not using someone's preferred name contributes to suicide and mental illness. At least not enough evidence to justify a government-funded institution compelling speech. then it's a good thing that there was no case of compelled speech here --- peanut butter and dick |
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