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Intro2Logic
12/17/18 2:14:55 PM
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Look at this shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfJ25LXtLTg" data-time="

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Ambience
12/17/18 2:15:26 PM
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Idiots do. Coincidentally(?) so do Trump supporters
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/17/18 2:17:12 PM
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I only ever see these vids on CE lol
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Axiom
12/17/18 2:17:42 PM
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Lmao. And yeah there's actually a few CEmen who got suckered in by the propaganda and show up to defend it whenever it's mentioned
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Tmaster148
12/17/18 2:20:36 PM
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I occasionally get an ad from them when I watch a YouTube video (mainly at work).

One I just got was called "Just say Merry Christmas".
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/17/18 2:21:58 PM
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Tmaster148 posted...
I occasionally get an ad from them when I watch a YouTube video (mainly at work).

One I just got was called "Just say Merry Christmas".


That made me laugh for some reason
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hockeybub89
12/17/18 2:22:09 PM
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Damn_Underscore
12/17/18 2:25:02 PM
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I don't agree with some of the details of that video, but I agree that individual nations are important.
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Caution999
12/17/18 2:25:57 PM
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Won't be long til Google starts removing these completely innocent videos due to "spreading violence".

Whether you agree with their crap or not, that should be a scary thought.
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Alpha218
12/17/18 2:27:40 PM
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
I only ever see these vids on CE lol

They constantly show up as ads on YouTube, annoyingly enough
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averagejoel
12/17/18 2:27:50 PM
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lol the dude who got fired from google for hating women did a video with them too
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Paper_Okami
12/17/18 2:29:20 PM
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averagejoel posted...
lol the dude who got fired from google for hating women did a video with them too


fired for truth was the funniest hashtag ever
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DarkFists
12/17/18 2:30:09 PM
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Tmaster148 posted...
I occasionally get an ad from them when I watch a YouTube video (mainly at work).

One I just got was called "Just say Merry Christmas".


I saw that one...I really wanna find the guy and wish him a Happy Holidays.
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hockeybub89
12/17/18 2:31:48 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Won't be long til Google starts removing these completely innocent videos due to "spreading violence".

Whether you agree with their crap or not, that should be a scary thought.

Trying to spread nationalism is a scary thought, yes.
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Tmaster148
12/17/18 2:32:37 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Won't be long til Google starts removing these completely innocent videos due to "spreading violence".

Whether you agree with their crap or not, that should be a scary thought.


It would certainly be an improvement if they got removed.
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/17/18 2:32:38 PM
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Alpha218 posted...
D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
I only ever see these vids on CE lol

They constantly show up as ads on YouTube, annoyingly enough


I never get them lol
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C_Pain
12/17/18 2:33:00 PM
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Didn't watch the video and don't like nationalism but it makes sense. You want your nation to be strong and the people in it to like it compared to other countries.
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Caution999
12/17/18 2:33:17 PM
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Google, Facebook and Twitter are turning into Springfield Elementary.

"Independent thought alarm"
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Romes187
12/17/18 2:33:52 PM
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I have never watched one of their vids

Until that one

Uh it wasnt that bad...its telling the virtues of nationalism. This is only a problem for ideologues who tell one side of the story

But that doesnt play into the dichotomy game everywhere wants to play...either nationalism is good OR bad. Cant be both...unless you think about it for more than 2 seconds

Now, they decided not to go into the other side on that video which they should have. And they neednt link trump supporters only to nationalists because I know a ton of non trump supporters who believe nations are better than a global government

Our discourse is so dumb though and you have to fit nicely in the box so we know whether to hate you or not.
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Antifar
12/17/18 2:34:26 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Won't be long til Google starts removing these completely innocent videos due to "spreading violence".

Google-owned YouTube puts these videos like one click away from watching a Fortnite streamer
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Tmaster148
12/17/18 2:34:42 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Google, Facebook and Twitter are turning into Springfield Elementary.

"Independent thought alarm"


It's not really independent thought when the whole point of the channel is to force out conservative talking points because the creator thinks schools are teaching students to be too liberal.
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Caution999
12/17/18 2:35:59 PM
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Antifar posted...
Caution999 posted...
Won't be long til Google starts removing these completely innocent videos due to "spreading violence".

Google-owned YouTube puts these videos like one click away from watching a Fortnite streamer


Maybe so, but all I see in the trending tab is constantly crap like The View or like Colbert ripping on Trump.
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A_Good_Boy
12/17/18 2:36:32 PM
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It would be great if the people that insist how awesome nationalism would be for America also supported cheaper Healthcare and education for their neighbors instead of using nationalism as an excuse to harass brown people. I'd be all in on nationalism if nationalists tried to make their countries better instead of using it as an excuse to harass and threaten people that live within or around their borders.
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Caution999
12/17/18 2:37:13 PM
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Tmaster148 posted...
Caution999 posted...
Google, Facebook and Twitter are turning into Springfield Elementary.

"Independent thought alarm"


It's not really independent thought when the whole point of the channel is to force out conservative talking points because the creator thinks schools are teaching students to be too liberal.


I think most public schools are teaching them to be too liberal. Not that I would want to swing the bar completely to the other side, but there's gotta be a happy medium.

Now this is my own personal experience, but I can tell you I never encountered a single conservative Professor or teacher thru my schooling. Maybe one - a Political Science professor, but he never pushed his agenda.

I had a history professor that would go on rants on GWB. I had a Sociology professor that would do the same. They wouldn't stick to the lesson plan; it was just bash Bush. And the textbooks are so...slanted it's insanity to me.
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Tmaster148
12/17/18 2:38:15 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
Caution999 posted...
Google, Facebook and Twitter are turning into Springfield Elementary.

"Independent thought alarm"


It's not really independent thought when the whole point of the channel is to force out conservative talking points because the creator thinks schools are teaching students to be too liberal.


I think most public schools are teaching them to be too liberal. Not that I would want to swing the bar completely to the other side, but there's gotta be a happy medium.


It's almost like being exposed to different view points and cultures through school makes people less hateful.
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Damn_Underscore
12/17/18 2:39:26 PM
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I think there's a difference between being a nationalist and considering yourself a "nationalist"

They're just words but those two groups of people will tend to have different views.
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Antifar
12/17/18 2:40:15 PM
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I skimmed through the video, and "Adolf Hitler was no nationalist" (4:12) is one hell of a fucking take.
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Tmaster148
12/17/18 2:41:09 PM
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Antifar posted...
I skimmed through the video, and "Adolf Hitler was no nationalist" is one hell of a fucking take.


That's because according to mal, he was a socialist. Duh.
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Damn_Underscore
12/17/18 2:42:09 PM
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Antifar posted...
I skimmed through the video, and "Adolf Hitler was no nationalist" (4:12) is one hell of a fucking take.


It said he wasn't a nationalist, he was an imperialist.

Basically it seems this whole debate is over semantics.
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Pogo_Marimo
12/17/18 2:43:22 PM
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I get their ads when I'm watching my historical firearms channels sometimes. Pretty effective propaganda tbqh.
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Anteaterking
12/17/18 2:44:05 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Now this is my own personal experience, but I can tell you I never encountered a single conservative Professor or teacher thru my schooling.


I didn't explicitly know the political views of 90+% of my professors.
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CyricZ
12/17/18 2:45:01 PM
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Hmmm, make the country more livable and with a healthier population to encourage nationalism, or just blame an "other" population to encourage nationalism?

Hmmmmmmm
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Antifar
12/17/18 2:45:12 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
It said he wasn't a nationalist, he was an imperialist.

The two go hand in hand!
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Tmaster148
12/17/18 2:46:21 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
Damn_Underscore posted...
Antifar posted...
I skimmed through the video, and "Adolf Hitler was no nationalist" (4:12) is one hell of a fucking take.


It said he wasn't a nationalist, he was an imperialist.

Basically it seems this whole debate is over semantics.


so in other words, "hitler wasn't a nationalist if you go by my very strict and specific definition of nationalist."

yeah, mal_fet definitely graduated from this school


PragerU has a disclaimer that says they aren't an actual school. IIRC.
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/17/18 2:46:42 PM
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What does Hitler being a nationalist matter?
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Alpha218
12/17/18 2:47:26 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
C_Pain posted...
Didn't watch the video and don't like nationalism but it makes sense. You want your nation to be strong and the people in it to like it compared to other countries.


nationalism isn't just wanting your nation to be strong, it's wanting it to be strong at the expense of other nations.

He knows exactly what nationalism is. Conservatives like to pretend it means something else because white nationalists showing up in the news so often isnt a good look for them
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Heineken14
12/17/18 2:48:11 PM
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Tmaster148 posted...
I occasionally get an ad from them when I watch a YouTube video (mainly at work).

One I just got was called "Just say Merry Christmas".


Ugh, i was getting that one a lot a few weeks ago. lol
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Anteaterking
12/17/18 2:48:13 PM
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
What does Hitler being a nationalist matter?


If he had nationalistic motivations for his crimes, then it makes "Being a nationalist is good!" look worse.
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Damn_Underscore
12/17/18 2:48:29 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
Damn_Underscore posted...
Antifar posted...
I skimmed through the video, and "Adolf Hitler was no nationalist" (4:12) is one hell of a fucking take.


It said he wasn't a nationalist, he was an imperialist.

Basically it seems this whole debate is over semantics.


so in other words, "hitler wasn't a nationalist if you go by my very strict and specific definition of nationalist."

yeah, mal_fet definitely graduated from this school


I mean supporting the sovereignty of nations isn't a strict and specific definition.

This isn't even worth talking about because it really is all about semantics.
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Antifar
12/17/18 2:50:07 PM
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
What does Hitler being a nationalist matter?

Well in this case, the claim that he wasn't (which is wild) is used as a rebuttal to the argument that nationalism is responsible for the World Wars and all the bloodshed that entailed. Which is a pretty big mark against nationalism, imo.
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Antifar
12/17/18 2:52:22 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
I mean supporting the sovereignty of nations isn't a strict and specific definition.

Defining nationalism as some sort of respect for all nations individually is to define it entirely differently from the majority of people who consider themselves nationalists.
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/17/18 2:54:12 PM
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Anteaterking posted...
D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
What does Hitler being a nationalist matter?


If he had nationalistic motivations for his crimes, then it makes "Being a nationalist is good!" look worse.


That's really dumb logic
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Anteaterking
12/17/18 2:55:38 PM
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
That's really dumb logic


You don't think that's why the video makers feel the need to address that?
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/17/18 2:59:12 PM
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Anteaterking posted...
D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
That's really dumb logic


You don't think that's why the video makers feel the need to address that?


No I'm just saying it's dumb in general. He was/wasn't something so it is/Isn't bad is just stupid cause you can attribute anything to being bad or good that way.
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Damn_Underscore
12/17/18 2:59:51 PM
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Antifar posted...
Damn_Underscore posted...
I mean supporting the sovereignty of nations isn't a strict and specific definition.

Defining nationalism as some sort of respect for all nations individually is to define it entirely differently from the majority of people who consider themselves nationalists.


That is how they are defining it though.

If people agree with "nationalism" because of this video, it's not like they will agree with the ideology of the bad version.
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Anteaterking
12/17/18 3:00:30 PM
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
No but it's dumb in general. He was/wasn't something so it is/Isn't bad is just stupid cause you can attribute anything to being bad or good that way.


This isn't "Hitler liked music so music is bad". Extreme nationalism goes hand in hand with the bad things he did.
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