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  • #16
    Originally posted by Ronson View Post
    If I found a right-wing graph that showed Democrats were 90% more likely to be adulterers', you'd believe that?
    That's more complicated to determine than a simple count of who got prison sentences and who didn't. That needs sources, it needs methodology, it needs details.

    By contrast, a count of indicted officials is just a count. We know a lot of Trump's people are in prison or currently facing charges - his personal lawyer, his senior political advisor, his campaign chief etc. We know Nixon did bad things in Watergate and a whole lot of his people went to prison as a result. We know Reagan did bad things in Iran-Contra, and people were found guilty as a result. Simply counting up the total number of prosecutions, convictions and prison sentences is tedious but not controversial. It's reporting on known information, as opposed to trying to create new information (e.g. like trying to determine who was and wasn't an adulterer), so its simpler and less error prone.


    And, to be frank about it, since you're pushing the subject: The right-wing in the US are a bunch of absolutely pathological liars, who have an IQ slightly lower than a pile of rocks. Experience tells me they are not psychologically capable of reporting any form of accurate data. They lie. They get things wrong. All the time. Almost everything Breitbart ever published is false and most of them seem to be deliberate lies. Every second thing Fox News says is false. The right wing's relationship with truth is more distant than my relationship with the planet mars.

    By contrast, on average the left wing is truthful and intelligent. That's not to say there's not exceptions. But on the whole, left wing people and sources care about truth and focus on reporting it accurately. There's a big difference between the two sides in the US. The left is truth focused and the right-wing are a bunch of moronic liars (and criminals, as per the earlier point).
    Last edited by Starlight; 11-27-2020, 03:24 PM.
    "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
    "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
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    • #17
      Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
      Comey laid out the case and several US prosecutors (both current and past) expressed shock and disbelief at his comment about nobody would have prosecuted clearly stating they would.

      After the election it was widely seen as a moot issue and dropped.

      It goes to show that conservatives in general are not nearly as vindictive as those on the left.
      It goes to show there was not actually any legitimately prosecutable material and those who said there was were lying about it, as evidenced by their willingness to say one thing on TV but in practice to not actually take any case on the subject.
      "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
      "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
      "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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      • #18
        Lindsey’s heinous crimes are discussed here, at about 51 minutes:

        https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas...=1000500446828

        Earlier they discuss why Repubs are so into signature matching.
        “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
        “And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
        “not all there” - you know who you are

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Ronson View Post
          C'mon Star, you're smarter than that.
          I stand corrected.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Starlight View Post
            But on the whole, left wing people and sources care about truth and focus on reporting it accurately...
            https://dailysoundandfury.com/UPDATE...-WIDE-OPEN-in/

            RussiaGate blows WIDE OPEN in Abrahamson report
            By Keith Pickering / Daily Kos -March 24, 2017

            Trump, Sessions, Manafort, Kushner all directly involved in selling US foreign policy to Russia for 0.5% of Russian oil giant Rosneft...


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            • #21
              Originally posted by Ronson View Post
              But on the whole, left wing people and sources care about truth and focus on reporting it accurately...
              And what was my next sentence? "That's not to say there's not exceptions." Seth Abrahamson is a wacko.

              One of the areas I've observed US right-wingers to be particularly bad at is statistical reasoning, especially regarding the accuracy of sources.

              Consider two sources, source A which gets things right 99% of the time, and source B which gets things right 10% of the time. Right wingers will cite one instance of source A making a mistake as proof that source A is a bad source, and that therefore instead they ought to instead follow source B. And then they will proceed to never fact-check source B and credulously believe it. And they will deceive themselves into thinking they're really critical thinkers who carefully select their sources because they will repeat over and over again how they saw source A make that error and how people who trust source A are so gullible, all the while credulously believing everything the extremely error-prone source B tells them.

              I see that failing over and over again in this forum and elsewhere among US right-wingers. It appears to relate to a deficiency in their ability to reason statistically. Instead they appear to reason only by anecdotes, assume that sources have to be infallible to be trustworthy, and never ever question sources they've decided to trust (e.g. Fox, Breitbart, the Bible etc). Seems to be a product of their low IQ and lack of education.
              Last edited by Starlight; 11-27-2020, 05:02 PM.
              "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
              "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
              "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Ronson View Post
                C'mon Star, you're smarter than that.
                I stand corrected.
                I'm a scientist with quite a diverse background in different disciplines, so yes I am quite smart.
                "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                  Asking a question is a far, far cry from actually doing something.
                  "Solicitation" is the legal term for crimes of this sort. There are things it's illegal to ask for, or to request that someone do..
                  "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                  "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                  "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                    And what was my next sentence? "That's not to say there's not exceptions." Seth Abrahamson is a wacko.
                    But not according to Keith Pickering / Daily Kos (the highlighted portion)

                    One of the areas I've observed US right-wingers to be particularly bad at is statistical reasoning, especially regarding the accuracy of sources.
                    Daily Kos was the source for the Abrahamson report.

                    Consider two sources, source A which gets things right 99% of the time, and source B which gets things right 10% of the time. Right wingers will cite one instance of source A making a mistake as proof that source A is a bad source, and that therefore instead they ought to instead follow source B.
                    You're building a strawman. Where did I (or anyone on here) recommend a different source for you? Just because I think A stinks doesn't mean that I think something else is 100% trustworthy. I've never recommended any source.

                    And then they will proceed to never fact-check source B and credulously believe it. And they will deceive themselves into thinking they're really critical thinkers who carefully select their sources because they will repeat over and over again how they saw source A make that error and how people who trust source A are so gullible, all the while credulously believing everything the extremely error-prone source B tells them.

                    I see that failing over and over again in this forum and elsewhere among US right-wingers. It appears to relate to a deficiency in their ability to reason statistically. Instead they appear to reason only by anecdotes, assume that sources have to be infallible to be trustworthy, and never ever question sources they've decided to trust (e.g. Fox, Breitbart, the Bible etc). Seems to be a product of their low IQ and lack of education.
                    Wow. That's a whole lot of justification on why you're a superior being. Should I bow in your presence?
                    Last edited by Ronson; 11-27-2020, 05:59 PM.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                      I'm a scientist with quite a diverse background in different disciplines, so yes I am quite smart.
                      Someone open a window.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                        I'm a scientist with quite a diverse background in different disciplines, so yes I am quite smart.
                        A bunch of scientists are brilliant in their field of expertise and absolute morons outside of it, which doesn't stop them from pontificating on things they are woefully ignorant on.

                        Look at the molecular biologist Francis Crick for just one example. He earned a Nobel Prize in in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for his work on discovering the helical structure of DNA. He also was a proponent of the idea that life on the Earth was the result of extraterrestrial civilizations seeding the planet with the building blocks of life (directed panspermia). He was also still promoting eugenics long after it had been discredited as well as claiming that black Africans are less intelligent than whites.

                        Likewise, Kary Mullis, who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has promoted astrology and became an HIV/AIDs denier.

                        And then of course there is you.

                        I'm always still in trouble again

                        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                          A bunch of scientists are brilliant in their field of expertise and absolute morons outside of it, which doesn't stop them from pontificating on things they are woefully ignorant on.
                          Bobby Fischer comes to mind. A brilliant tactician when it came to chess, but nearly insane due to his brainwashing. He was so convinced that conspiratorial Jews were running America that he applauded 9/11 as retribution for it.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                            Asking a question is a far, far cry from actually doing something.
                            And all he did was basically ask, "Could you follow the law, please?"
                            Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                            But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                            Than a fool in the eyes of God


                            From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                              A bunch of scientists are brilliant in their field of expertise and absolute morons outside of it, which doesn't stop them from pontificating on things they are woefully ignorant on.

                              Look at the molecular biologist Francis Crick for just one example. He earned a Nobel Prize in in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for his work on discovering the helical structure of DNA. He also was a proponent of the idea that life on the Earth was the result of extraterrestrial civilizations seeding the planet with the building blocks of life (directed panspermia). He was also still promoting eugenics long after it had been discredited as well as claiming that black Africans are less intelligent than whites.

                              Likewise, Kary Mullis, who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has promoted astrology and became an HIV/AIDs denier.

                              And then of course there is you.
                              I had an instructor in college who was a certified genius, could speak multiple languages with native-like fluency, an absolutely brilliant lighting director who was in demand all across the country, yet he couldn't figure out how to operate a simple VCR.
                              Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                              But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                              Than a fool in the eyes of God


                              From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Ronson View Post

                                Bobby Fischer comes to mind. A brilliant tactician when it came to chess, but nearly insane due to his brainwashing. He was so convinced that conspiratorial Jews were running America that he applauded 9/11 as retribution for it.
                                Speaking of chess masters, Jonathan Sarfati who is an International Chess Federation master[1], and who has a PhD in chemistry is probably more famous for his ardent support of Young Earth Creationism. I should note that he used to to be a regular poster here under the name Socrates until he got banned for his behavior.




                                1. who achieved a draw against former world champion Boris Spassky and was twice New Zealand's national chess champion

                                I'm always still in trouble again

                                "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                                "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                                "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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