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You what I noticed about Brian, he talks about how we have been lied to and we believe whatever we are taught but whatever goes against popular belief he'll believe no questions asked. He is no better than the brainwashed masses that take what cable news pundits say for gospel. Brian is no better, he's just on the other side of the spectrum. The 8 years he has been here, his beliefs have jumped all over the place and I noticed the pattern is whatever is the popular thought at the time he is the opposite of it. He is desperately trying to stand out but he stands out for all the wrong reasons.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Prodigal Son on March 08, 2011, 05:47:27 PM ---You what I noticed about Brian, he talks about how we have been lied to and we believe whatever we are taught but whatever goes against popular belief he'll believe no questions asked. He is no better than the brainwashed masses that take what cable news pundits say for gospel. Brian is no better, he's just on the other side of the spectrum. The 8 years he has been here, his beliefs have jumped all over the place and I noticed the pattern is whatever is the popular thought at the time he is the opposite of it. He is desperately trying to stand out but he stands out for all the wrong reasons.
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...I've been to Africa and back 3 times now, and spent 4 months there. It's not an experience that a lot of people from my background are likely to have, so it shouldn't be surprising if my views on subjects of racism, slavery, African or American history might be a little different from the norm. I remember being over there and just getting a strong feeling and indication that I needed to research more about the Trans-Atlantic slave trade cause what I'd previously from Roots or studying black nationalists or growing up in public schools could not have been a full representation of the truth.
But when it comes to other things like music, I've actually been criticized for being "normal" at this forum. Like when it's obvious Dre is the greatest producer or 2pac is the greatest rapper you see me making posts stating the obvious. And people who want to say Quik is the greatest producer or something like that will say that I "state the obvious" and just go with whatever is the pop choice. Then people will say that my views are too pop.
Really, at the end of the day I'm just being myself, and I hold no pretensions, which is actually rare in society these days for someone to do that. And it's time you got over your bitterness dawg, really I'm ready to dead the beef whenever you want to get over your bitterness, cause your an OG at the forum and you used to be pretty down back in the day.
Sami:
Libertarianism is a massive scam, designed to make ignorance and corruption and greed look respectable, you're the dumbass for believing in it, and I fear for our society because soon people like you will privatize the school system, and we already know from studies that private schools actually do worse on average because private teachers don't need accreditation or training.
We are declining and collapsing now as a civilized society now because of people like you and the worst part of it is that ignorant so-called Libertarians like you don't yet realize is that you are just letting big corporations privatize every single formerly public institution so they can keep the vast majority of people illiterate and pseudo-intellectual like you while they have everything.
You're completely ignoring the documented facts that there were various slave laws throughout America from the start of slavery to the end sentencing any slave even suspected of reading or writing to immediate death.
The fact that you would make excuses for torture shames our nation but after Bush did I guess I'm not surprised.
Bananas:
Damn Brian, you have once again ethered yourself for the 457th time on a forum dedicated to culture you pride yourself on knowing. It's just getting sad and creepy at this point.
Russell Bell:
--- Quote from: Sami on March 08, 2011, 08:32:02 PM ---Libertarianism is a massive scam, designed to make ignorance and corruption and greed look respectable, you're the dumbass for believing in it, and I fear for our society because soon people like you will privatize the school system, and we already know from studies that private schools actually do worse on average because private teachers don't need accreditation or training.
We are declining and collapsing now as a civilized society now because of people like you and the worst part of it is that ignorant so-called Libertarians like you don't yet realize is that you are just letting big corporations privatize every single formerly public institution so they can keep the vast majority of people illiterate and pseudo-intellectual like you while they have everything.
You're completely ignoring the documented facts that there were various slave laws throughout America from the start of slavery to the end sentencing any slave even suspected of reading or writing to immediate death.
The fact that you would make excuses for torture shames our nation but after Bush did I guess I'm not surprised.
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Libertarianism is far from what you say it is. Libertarianism is all about having choices, good, bad, or whatever they may be. This doesn't mean they advocate the "bad" ones.
And there are those who would use Libertarianism to keep people dumb and blind to keep themselves rich/powerful/whatever but those same people would and do use the "rules" we have in place now that supposedly make us so much safer to benefit themselves. There are also people who would do the opposite. We are becoming a culture that thinks "illegal" is synonymous with "bad", and "legal" can be "perfectly fine" regardless of the reality.
As for the slaves being killed immediately for reading, this was not the norm, but they were punished for it just not usually killed. They were considered a commodity so what sense does it make to kill someone making you money. I'm a history major (graduate) too.
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