The not so Great Racism in Canada Thread - Page 166

dleung · #**3301** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 1:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

Yeah, the "you're filibustering/exhausting me!" argument doesn't hold water - basically a rephrasing of "I've failed to convince you, and I think I'm now going to throw a tantrum until it convinces you".

Sometimes this thread goes many hours without a single post. Speak, if you want to speak.

I have no plans to win a contest on who gets out the least and has enough time on here to 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 the most.

What are you "disagreeing" with anyway? That you and Acajack are such fierce defenders of Trump in the current events forum is telling...

savevp · #**3302** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 2:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by dleung

I have no plans to win a contest on who gets out the least and has enough time on here to 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 the most.

What are you "disagreeing" with anyway? That you and Acajack are such fierce defenders of Trump in the current events forum is telling...

This is triply farcical. First off, posting more frequently in a forum does not imply posters are somehow hermits. And even if so, remember we're in a pandemic when in fact many people can't go out. And if you're so extremely busy as to be unable to read through every post, you don't have to, you're not stuck at a legislative hearing where you have to listen to filibuster speeches. Just click forward to the next page.

Secondly, just because someone declares a post to be "🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵" doesn't make it so. If these posts are advancing illegitimate arguments, as you suggest, then there's nothing stopping you or other forumers from arguing against them. This is a place for debate, dissenting ideas are supposed to be welcome.

And finally, there is no evidence that I've seen that lio and acajack are Trump supporters. Canadians aren't obliged to have an opinion on the affairs of other states. But more importantly, it's irrelevant. Looking favourably on a democratically elected leader also doesn't invalidate your beliefs (or make you deplorable). That is how democracy works.

Acajack · #**3303** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 3:05 PM**

"occasionally expressing reservations about incessant claims that Trump literally is Hitler 2.0" = "being a fierce defender of Trump"

WarrenC12 · #**3304** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 3:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

"occasionally expressing reservations about incessant claims that Trump literally is Hitler 2.0" = "being a fierce defender of Trump"

Why are you using quotation marks if you aren't quoting somebody?

dleung · #**3305** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 3:27 PM**

^^He's quoting me.

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Originally Posted by Acajack

"occasionally expressing reservations about incessant claims that Trump literally is Hitler 2.0"...

Occasionally? lol. I'm talking about the balance of your hundreds of posts about George Floyd's death and Trump, and the fixation on whataboutisms or "devils advocacy" to put it generously. We're not born yesterday here

The answer to "what's your aim in doing this?", isn't "well you can post more noise to drown out my noise".

Acajack · #**3306** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 3:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Why are you using quotation marks if you aren't quoting somebody?

I was actually paraphrasing myself in the first instance, and quoting dleung in the second.

dreambrother808 · #**3307** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 3:57 PM**

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lio45 · #**3308** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 4:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by savevp

This is triply farcical. First off, posting more frequently in a forum does not imply posters are somehow hermits.

I just looked at my posting stats, I average 6 posts a day. Let's say about one minute per post (some are going to take longer, but others, such as this one, less - and some are only a few words, i.e. taking only a few seconds), that means I have 23 hours 54 minutes available per day to do other things

lio45 · #**3309** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by dreambrother808

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I didn't even get to see whatever this content was before my filibustering superpowers eliminated it even while I was away from the forum!

WarrenC12 · #**3310** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 4:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

I didn't even get to see whatever this content was before my filibustering superpowers eliminated it even while I was away from the forum!

This post is an example of your meaningless cluttering of this thread.

dreambrother808 · #**3311** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

This post is an example of your meaningless cluttering of this thread.

Yes, its childish and douchey. What a mature, old man.

lio45 · #**3312** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 5:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

This post is an example of your meaningless cluttering of this thread.

Actually it's squarely on topic for what this thread has been discussing lately - the fact that apparently there exist good and convincing arguments that we haven't heard yet and that could potentially be made, if only this thread slowed down its barrage of filibustering for a minute.

dreambrother808 · #**3313** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 6:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

Actually it's squarely on topic for what this thread has been discussing lately - the fact that apparently there exist good and convincing arguments that we haven't heard yet and that could potentially be made, if only this thread slowed down its barrage of filibustering for a minute.

Case in point.

People who actually care about these issues generally don’t want to waste their time replying to or reading posts from those who don’t. Yes, the block does exist but the conversation tends to draw you back into the eddy of ignorance.

In the same sense, if you care about climate change you aren’t spending time in a Fox News comment thread.

saffronleaf · #**3314** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 6:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by dreambrother808

Case in point.

People who actually care about these issues generally don’t want to waste their time replying to or reading posts from those who don’t. Yes, the block does exist but the conversation tends to draw you back into the eddy of ignorance.

In the same sense, if you care about climate change you aren’t spending time in a Fox News comment thread.

Yea, I'd suspect they're in echo chambers. Might explain how they've been radicalized.

rousseau · #**3315** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 7:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by dreambrother808

Calm and rational filibustering is the worst. But I am so polite and nice, how could I be the bad guy?

You're a walking-talking embodiment of the Dunning-Kruger Effect (apologies if I've assumed your mobility). Nothing is ever binarily good-bad, but inasmuch as one could assign an either-or in this conversation, it's clear that your race huckstering, regressive wokeness, aversion to facts and reason, willful mischaracterization of intentions, and, most importantly, utter inability to consider ideas outside of the narrow purview of SJW ideology make you the "bad guy" here.

You're not interested in a discussion. You just present approved talking points and throw hissy fits when someone has the temerity to question or disagree with them.

Acajack · #**3316** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 7:27 PM**

I keep saying that some people mistake this forum for something it is not.

It is not the Woke SJW Unanimity Forum.

Those do exist, but this is not it.

dreambrother808 · #**3317** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 7:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

You're a walking-talking embodiment of the Dunning-Kruger Effect (apologies if I've assumed your mobility). Nothing is ever binarily good-bad, but inasmuch as one could assign an either-or in this conversation, it's clear that your race huckstering, regressive wokeness, aversion to facts and reason, willful mischaracterization of intentions, and, most importantly, utter inability to consider ideas outside of the narrow purview of SJW ideology make you the "bad guy" here.

You're not interested in a discussion. You just present approved talking points and throw hissy fits when someone has the temerity to question or disagree with them.

Thanks, tell me more about how Indigenous people were utter savages.

Maybe you should put that on your resume or talk about it at work, if you have a job.

Say something obviously racist in the public sphere with consequences and then see how far your rationalizations take you.

dreambrother808 · #**3318** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 7:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

I keep saying that some people mistake this forum for something it is not.

It is not the Woke SJW Unanimity Forum.

Those do exist, but this is not it.

True, it’s more like a Fox News comment thread. I previously didn’t realize it had such strong proclivities in that direction. It is what it is.

Acajack · #**3319** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 7:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by dreambrother808

True, it’s more like a Fox News comment thread. I previously didn’t realize it had such strong proclivities in that direction. It is what it is.

It is actually quite balanced. That is what I like about it.

You and others have lost sight of what a balanced discussion is.

Acajack · #**3320** Posted **Jul 10, 2020, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by dreambrother808

Thanks, tell me more about how Indigenous people were utter savages.

Maybe you should put that on your resume or talk about it at work, if you have a job.

Say something obviously racist in the public sphere with consequences and then see how far your rationalizations take you.

Almost sounds like a threat to "out" him and "destroy his life".

How very zeitgeist.