Never thought we'd go from 'man yells at clouds' to 'man yells at toilet paper'.
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Jordsn Peterson TPs his own room so he can tidy it up and convince himself he's not a huge mess.
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That's exactly what the alien vanguard would say.And do you see these aliens in the room with you right now?
Even accepting the premise that peace would be achieved that way, there's a bunch of bad things that come with that decision. If Zelenskyy surrendering changed literally nothing but stopping the war and everything else remained the same, it would be the correct thing to do. But everything else wouldn't remain the same, it would come with exploitation and subjugation. It's not really peace without security from that sort of behavior.
If I might reference the US constitution, between the references to justice and liberty are providing for the common defense and promoting the general welfare, which are ways of saying peace and prosperity. If we break down promoting the general welfare, and I may reference the Christian works of mercy, it's things like feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless... these are things worth pursuing in and of themselves. When people who do try and pursue justice and equality look for measures of success, those are the types of things used to measure anyway. So why are we wasting effort on the abstract concept of equality , a concept that leads as much to tearing people down as lifting people up, when what we really want is lifting people up? Why would we dwell on justice, on giving people what they deserve, in cases where justice does not benefit society as a whole?
He wasn't arguing in favor of children dying. He posited a hypothetical cost savings from a child dying to instigate a reaction, he wanted the person answering the question to say "there's no cost savings that would justify a child dying", so that he could say he agrees with that, rather than continue to talk about child abuse in economic terms, and then potentially segue to the topic of abortion where people actually do argue in favor of the economic benefits of abortion.There an Alaska state representative who had question about the cost to society from child abuse
A estimates hear thought the total cost from an individual child abuse is about $1.5M. As far as I understand, that's to the individual and wider society
Then Eastman stands up and says that a child dying from child abuse would be economically beneficial to society as the government doesn't have to pay for them to live
Alaska Republican touts benefits of children being abused to death
Republican David Eastman suggested the death of child abuse victims could be a "cost savings" to wider society.www.google.com
Which begs the question, how much money actually goes to each individual child by the Alaskan government? Because, if it's not close to $1.5M, I can't imagine why you'd bring this up
Just note: This is the same PRO-LIFE guy who was trying to ban abortions in medical emergencies. I think he said something like, 'some women just get pregnant to have abortions'
Edit: Try to find a video of this. The moderator flabbergastly states, 'Would you say that again?' With a tone of 'I can not believe someone is saying this'. It's delightful
Eastman said: "I was pleased to hear ACT advocating against child abuse, but a child's value comes not from future productivity, but from the fact that every child is made in the image of God."
Your own source tells you this.
This is just to say that peace, if pursued unilaterally or to the exclusion of all else, can have negative effects.
Which is essentially the same as the argument you employed to say equality, justice and liberty weren't virtues. They can end up badly... if pursued in an extreme way that excludes all else.
FWIW, I don't believe there's such a thing as an "innate" virtue. All of these things are virtues by benefit of how they can impact living things. But none of them do so universally or uniformly, and all of them rely on other elements outside themselves.
Does clicking "Translate post" make it less insane?And do you see these aliens in the room with you right now?
Indeed because a lot of zealots are certainly not very knowledgeable about the doctrine.
I'm surprised Peterson dared to say ''up yours woke moralists'' again after pretty much the entire internet mocked him for it
Nah, probably recites that to himself in front of the mirror every morning by now. May or may not do so to Goodbye Horses.
Bannon not paying the ppl he probably should be paying.
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Initially I thought he's just trying to get a branding catchphrase off the ground. But he looks far too gone these days for such forward planning. Only thing getting off the ground nowadays is whoever's supplying him with drugs.
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Christ, can you imagine working with the guy who's got that printed on a mug? Always makes sure it's facing outward and eyeballing for anyone clocking it, but everyone looks straight ahead lest they get drawn into a conversation with the office bore. It goes missing and he blames the cleaner, but the hot girl he likes says she accidentally (deliberately) smashed it and he doesn't mind after all. Everyone wishes they still worked from home and four of them keep an undated resignation letter in their desks.
I was slightly alarmed today when having a conversation with a colleague who stated their admiration for Jordan Peterson. I very tactfully detailed some of my reservations about him.
There's no accounting for taste, but I think it's 100% okay to judge people on theirs. Start a whisper campaign against them, it's their own fault.
No. Because #TheAlienInvasionWasAnInsideJobAnd do you see these aliens in the room with you right now?
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Yeah, I know. He's a troll who is trying to make a point but his trolling style completely distract from his argument. A good troll is more like George Carlin than Alex Jones
Also, I can agree that talking about the cost of child abuse is kinda iffy as Eastman pointed out.
Saying that children have value because 'they are made in God's image' is, to me, just as bad. All you have to do to be willing to kill a human is say they are demonic, evil, lost God, not worthy etc. You see this all the time with American Christian and how they are willing to hurt people because they aren't godly enough. (I'll note that this has nothing to do with God, rather how people abuse God's name to hurt others.)
To me, a child has inherent value irrelevant of God. And there is no off switch. Like, the whole point of the estimates committee is to counter those idiots who keep thinking that people should recieve social security or food stamp etc. They keep going on about these people not being worthy and this committee is trying to counter that narrative. Maybe Eastman should target those folks who want to remove social security instead...
I'm pretty sure they would counter with their opinion that churches should be giving alms, not governments. They see it as a Christian thing, and governments should stay out
I would counter that America tried that. It went incredibly poorly with millions dead. I don't think the American government does a good job of looking after its own population. At all. It's still way better than churches
But it's not just at the exclusion of all else. Justice is the easy one: you can formulate a situation where mercy is preferable to justice. Even if there's no practical difference in outcomes, it can be better to forego justice if the victim prefers mercy.
If you think Republican policy is to have people go hungry and die in the streets, you're fully buying into the Democratic propaganda. Republicans want to reform and manage and ideally minimize the need for welfare programs not because of we want the country to be a hellscape of social darwinism, but because abuse and corruption actively take away the ability to keep people fed. You are certainly aware of how frequently communist countries end up starving their populations through "redistribution", why would someone who cares for their constituency pursue that strategy?
Then why did you post lies!?