Youtube comments of AholeAtheist (@AholeAtheist).

  1. 820
  2. 521
  3. 466
  4. 447
  5. 281
  6. 244
  7. 214
  8. 195
  9. 193
  10. 166
  11. 135
  12. 120
  13. 115
  14. 115
  15. 110
  16. 106
  17. 104
  18. 95
  19. 89
  20. 82
  21. 82
  22. 74
  23. 71
  24. 69
  25. 66
  26. 64
  27. 64
  28. 64
  29. 63
  30. 60
  31. 55
  32. 55
  33. 54
  34. 54
  35. 53
  36. 53
  37. 49
  38. 48
  39. 47
  40. 46
  41. 42
  42. 42
  43. 41
  44. 39
  45. 37
  46. 35
  47. 35
  48. 35
  49. 35
  50. 35
  51. 33
  52. 33
  53. 33
  54. 33
  55. 33
  56. 33
  57. 33
  58. 33
  59. 32
  60. 32
  61. 31
  62. 29
  63. 29
  64. 29
  65. 28
  66. 28
  67. 27
  68. 26
  69. 26
  70. 25
  71. 24
  72. 24
  73. 24
  74. 23
  75. 23
  76. 23
  77. 23
  78. 23
  79. 22
  80. 22
  81. 22
  82. 22
  83. 22
  84. 21
  85. 21
  86. 20
  87. 20
  88. 20
  89. 20
  90. 20
  91. 20
  92. 20
  93. 20
  94. 19
  95. 19
  96. 19
  97. 18
  98. 18
  99. 18
  100. 18
  101. 18
  102. 18
  103. 18
  104. 18
  105. 18
  106. 18
  107. 17
  108. 17
  109. 17
  110. 17
  111. 17
  112. 17
  113. 17
  114. 16
  115. 16
  116. 16
  117. 16
  118. 16
  119. 15
  120. 15
  121. 15
  122. 15
  123. 14
  124. 14
  125. 14
  126. 14
  127. 14
  128. 14
  129. 14
  130. 14
  131. 14
  132. 14
  133. 14
  134. 13
  135. 13
  136. 13
  137. 13
  138. 13
  139. 13
  140. 13
  141. 13
  142. 13
  143. 13
  144. 13
  145. 13
  146. 13
  147. 13
  148. 13
  149. 13
  150. 13
  151. 13
  152. 13
  153. 13
  154. 13
  155. 12
  156. 12
  157. 12
  158. 12
  159. 12
  160. 12
  161. 12
  162. 12
  163. 12
  164. 12
  165. 12
  166. 12
  167. 12
  168. 12
  169. 12
  170. 12
  171. 11
  172. 11
  173. 11
  174. 11
  175. 11
  176. 11
  177. 11
  178. 11
  179. 11
  180. 11
  181. 11
  182. 11
  183. 11
  184. 11
  185. 11
  186. 11
  187. 11
  188. 11
  189. 11
  190. 11
  191. 11
  192. 10
  193. 10
  194. 10
  195. 10
  196. 10
  197. 10
  198. 10
  199. 10
  200. 10
  201. 10
  202. 10
  203. 10
  204. 10
  205. 9
  206. 9
  207. 9
  208. 9
  209. 9
  210. 9
  211. 9
  212. 9
  213. 9
  214. 9
  215. 9
  216. 9
  217. 9
  218. 9
  219. 9
  220. 9
  221. 9
  222. 9
  223. 9
  224. 9
  225. 9
  226. 9
  227. 9
  228. 9
  229. 9
  230. 9
  231. 9
  232. 9
  233. 9
  234. 9
  235. 9
  236. 8
  237. 8
  238. 8
  239. 8
  240. 8
  241. 8
  242. 8
  243. 8
  244. 8
  245. 8
  246. 8
  247. 8
  248. 8
  249. 8
  250. 8
  251. 8
  252. 8
  253. 8
  254. 8
  255. 8
  256. 8
  257. 8
  258. 8
  259. 8
  260. 8
  261. 8
  262. 8
  263. 8
  264. 8
  265. 8
  266. 8
  267. 8
  268. 8
  269. 8
  270. 8
  271. 8
  272. 8
  273. 8
  274. 8
  275. 8
  276. 8
  277. 8
  278. 8
  279. 8
  280. 8
  281. 7
  282. 7
  283. 7
  284. 7
  285. 7
  286. 7
  287. 7
  288. 7
  289. 7
  290. 7
  291. 7
  292. 7
  293. 7
  294. 7
  295. 7
  296. 7
  297. 7
  298. 7
  299. 7
  300. 7
  301. 7
  302. 7
  303. 7
  304. 7
  305. 7
  306. 7
  307. 7
  308. 7
  309. 7
  310. 7
  311. 7
  312. 7
  313. 7
  314. 7
  315. 7
  316. 7
  317. 7
  318. 7
  319. 7
  320. 7
  321. 7
  322. 7
  323. 7
  324. 7
  325. 7
  326. 7
  327. 7
  328. 7
  329. 7
  330. 7
  331. 7
  332. 7
  333. 7
  334. 6
  335. 6
  336. 6
  337. 6
  338. 6
  339. 6
  340. 6
  341. 6
  342. 6
  343. 6
  344. 6
  345. 6
  346. 6
  347. 6
  348. 6
  349. 6
  350. 6
  351. 6
  352. 6
  353. 6
  354. 6
  355. 6
  356. 6
  357. 6
  358. 6
  359. 6
  360. 6
  361. 6
  362. 6
  363. 6
  364. 6
  365. 6
  366. 6
  367. 6
  368. 6
  369. 6
  370. 6
  371. 6
  372. 6
  373. 6
  374. 6
  375. 6
  376. 6
  377. 6
  378. 6
  379. 6
  380. 6
  381. 6
  382. 6
  383. 6
  384. 6
  385. 6
  386. 6
  387. 6
  388. 6
  389. 6
  390. 6
  391. 6
  392. 6
  393. 6
  394. 6
  395. 6
  396. 6
  397. 6
  398. 6
  399. 6
  400. 6
  401. 6
  402. 6
  403. 6
  404. 6
  405. 6
  406. 6
  407. 6
  408. 6
  409. 6
  410. 6
  411. 6
  412. 6
  413. 6
  414. 6
  415. 6
  416. 6
  417. 6
  418. 6
  419. 6
  420. 6
  421. 6
  422. 5
  423. 5
  424. 5
  425. 5
  426. 5
  427. 5
  428. 5
  429. 5
  430. 5
  431. 5
  432. 5
  433. 5
  434. 5
  435. 5
  436. 5
  437. 5
  438. 5
  439. 5
  440. 5
  441. 5
  442. 5
  443. 5
  444. 5
  445. 5
  446. 5
  447. 5
  448. 5
  449. 5
  450. 5
  451. 5
  452. 5
  453. 5
  454. 5
  455. 5
  456. 5
  457. 5
  458. 5
  459. 5
  460. 5
  461. 5
  462. 5
  463. 5
  464. 5
  465. 5
  466. 5
  467. 5
  468. 5
  469. 5
  470. 5
  471. 5
  472. 5
  473. 5
  474. 5
  475. 5
  476. 5
  477. 5
  478. 5
  479. 5
  480. 5
  481. 5
  482. 5
  483. 5
  484. 5
  485. 5
  486. 5
  487. 5
  488. 5
  489. 5
  490. 5
  491. 5
  492. 5
  493. 5
  494. 5
  495. 5
  496. 5
  497. 5
  498. 5
  499. 5
  500. 5
  501. 5
  502. 5
  503. 5
  504. 5
  505. 5
  506. 5
  507.  @michaelhomes8049  I think the majority will be happy with it. The 50% that voted for the Labour party, and the 7.9% that voted for the Green Party, and the voters who voted for some of the smaller parties who both did and didn't get seats in parliament might be happy, particularly those who voted for the Maori party who did get a couple of seats. Of course the two main right wing parties National(25.6%) and ACT(7.6%) have support bases that are either crying about small businesses not being able to afford it, or saying it's pointless because businesses will just pass the extra labour costs on to the consumer, which is somewhat true but not a good argument. Oh, and of course a few complaining that the unemployed being given a little bit more too. But, if you add it all up, I'd say that at least 60% of voters could potentially be okay with it, and maybe the same amount(60%) of the 19% that didn't vote are probably somewhat okay with it too because it will at least help them personally in the short term. It seems good, but this is only a slight shift back leftward for a neoliberal(center-right) Labour party, after a decade of a very neoliberal National rule. A lot of those Labour voters are swing voters that might understand where the Nats have been, where Labour are, and are okay with moderate social authoritarianism and "kind" neoliberalism, but may not want Jacinda to go "too far". And as Kyle said, she's gone about this rather slowly, almost as if testing the waters, or waiting for the political winds to be completely on her side before doing it. This all might mean that some of those Labour voters aren't totally on board with all of this, so maybe you could knock 5% off their voter base. But with the addition of the Greens and Maori party supporters it's still over 50%.
    5
  508. 5
  509. 5
  510. 5
  511. 5
  512. 5
  513. 5
  514. 5
  515. 5
  516. 5
  517. 5
  518. 5
  519. 5
  520. 5
  521. 5
  522. 5
  523. 5
  524. 5
  525. 5
  526. 5
  527. 5
  528. 5
  529. 5
  530. 5
  531. 5
  532. 5
  533. 5
  534. 5
  535. 5
  536. 5
  537. 5
  538. 5
  539. 5
  540. 4
  541. 4
  542. 4
  543. 4
  544. SamSederIsAnIdiot You're uneducated. You have a false perception of the Left/Right political axis.  You even seem to have a false perception of U.S. history. If you think disregarding the constitution is a Left-wing action you are truly insane.  I'm going to explain some things about fascism in detail so you might understand.. fascism -n. a right-wing system of government characterized by extreme nationalistic beliefs and strict obedience to a leader or state.(1) Which party is more nationalistic, Repugs or Dems? Republicans. Who is more nationalistic, G.W.Bush or Obama? Bush.  Is the Patriot Act "strict obedience to a leader or state"? Yes. Is it Authoritarian? Yes. As in conservative Right-wing? Yes.  Does this make Bush, and the Republican Party also/in particular, fascist? Yes. Does any of it make Obama Left-wing? No. In fact, like I said in my last comment, if you check a political compass, Obama and Hillary are Right-wing. Exhibit 1. (Even Bernie Sanders isn't Left-wing, he's directly in the center.) There's no "No True Scotsman" fallacy here. If your politics are not Left-wing or socialist, and are in fact Right-wing and fascist, then that is what you are.  Fascism is also described as the merger of corporate and state power.  Exhibit 2: Obamacare. Now, while all you far-Right nutters are going on about how this is socialism, it is not. It is not supplied by the government, it is mediated by the government and supplied by privately owned corporate insurance companies. This is the merger of corporation and state. It benefits the corporation more than it does the people and the country.  Exhibit 3: TPPA. Obama is currently working on a "trade" deal, that is essentially giving corporations control over sovereign democracies. He's literally diminishing our democracies. That is not Left-wing AT ALL.  "rather tenuous argument" No. That shit was insane. Are you going to start raging about "white genocide" now? LMMFAO. What, an, idiot! (1) Oxford English Dictionary.
    4
  545. 4
  546. 4
  547. 4
  548. 4
  549. 4
  550. 4
  551. 4
  552. 4
  553. 4
  554. 4
  555. 4
  556. 4
  557. 4
  558. 4
  559. 4
  560. 4
  561. 4
  562. 4
  563. 4
  564. 4
  565. 4
  566. 4
  567. 4
  568. 4
  569. 4
  570. 4
  571. 4
  572. 4
  573. 4
  574. 4
  575. 4
  576. 4
  577. 4
  578. 4
  579. 4
  580. 4
  581. 4
  582. 4
  583. 4
  584. 4
  585. 4
  586. 4
  587. 4
  588. 4
  589. 4
  590. 4
  591. 4
  592. 4
  593. 4
  594. 4
  595. 4
  596. 4
  597. 4
  598. 4
  599. 4
  600. 4
  601. 4
  602. 4
  603. 4
  604. 4
  605. 4
  606. 4
  607. 4
  608. 4
  609. 4
  610. Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Antarctica and Australia. Officially. But there are a couple of reasons why there might be some confusion.. The Americas are generally one large landmass, but the North, South and Central Americas are all on separate tectonic plates. Which is likely why they are considered to be separate(although I guess the central American plate gets considered part of the North American continent). While this is also the reason why some consider Europe and Asia to be one continent "Eurasia", because they're on the same tectonic plate(and Greenland was likely once part of North America, as the are on the same plate). This is where I find the inclusion of India and it's greater ethnic region's inclusion in Asia to be a bit strange, as they are separated from the rest of Asia by the Bangladeshi delta and the Himalayas because they are on separate plates, hence why there's the Himalayas there in the first place. The people there more closely resemble the people from the Arabian peninsula, which is also on it's own plate. Why isn't this considered the Duo-micro continent or something? Oh, and most importantly, "Oceania" is not a continent, Australia is the continent, Oceania is the greater region which includes Melanesia and Polynesia. Or, possibly just Polynesia, if you're were going by tectonic plates, as Melanesia is largely on the Australian plate, while Polynesia, is mostly on, or on the edge of the pacific plate. Although if you were using the definition of Oceania, it wouldn't be a continent still obviously given the name.
    4
  611. 4
  612. 4
  613. 4
  614. 4
  615. 4
  616. 4
  617. 4
  618. 4
  619. 4
  620. 4
  621. 4
  622. 4
  623. 4
  624. 4
  625. 4
  626. 4
  627. 4
  628. 4
  629. 4
  630. 4
  631. 4
  632. 4
  633. 4
  634. 4
  635. 4
  636. 4
  637. 4
  638. 4
  639. 4
  640. 4
  641. 4
  642. 4
  643. 4
  644. 4
  645. 4
  646. 4
  647. 4
  648. 4
  649. 4
  650. 4
  651. 4
  652. 4
  653. 4
  654. 4
  655. 4
  656. 4
  657. 4
  658. 4
  659. 4
  660. 4
  661. 4
  662. 4
  663. 4
  664. 4
  665. 4
  666. 4
  667. 4
  668. 4
  669. 4
  670. 4
  671. 4
  672. 4
  673. 4
  674. 4
  675. 4
  676. 4
  677. 4
  678. 4
  679. 4
  680. 4
  681. 4
  682. 4
  683. 4
  684. 4
  685. 4
  686. 4
  687. 4
  688. 4
  689. 4
  690. 4
  691. 4
  692. 4
  693. 4
  694. 4
  695. 4
  696. 4
  697. 4
  698. 4
  699. 4
  700. 4
  701. 4
  702. 4
  703. 4
  704. 4
  705. 4
  706. 4
  707. 4
  708. 4
  709. 4
  710. 4
  711. 4
  712. 4
  713. 4
  714. 4
  715. 4
  716. 4
  717. 4
  718. 4
  719. 4
  720. 4
  721. 4
  722. 4
  723. 4
  724. 4
  725. 4
  726. 4
  727. 4
  728. 4
  729. 4
  730. 4
  731. 4
  732. 4
  733. 3
  734. 3
  735. 3
  736. 3
  737. 3
  738. 3
  739. 3
  740. 3
  741. 3
  742. 3
  743. 3
  744. 3
  745. 3
  746. 3
  747. 3
  748. 3
  749. 3
  750. 3
  751. 3
  752. 3
  753. 3
  754. 3
  755. 3
  756. 3
  757. 3
  758. 3
  759. 3
  760. 3
  761. 3
  762. 3
  763. 3
  764. 3
  765. 3
  766. 3
  767. 3
  768. 3
  769. 3
  770. 3
  771. 3
  772. 3
  773. 3
  774. 3
  775. 3
  776. 3
  777. 3
  778. 3
  779. 3
  780. 3
  781. 3
  782. 3
  783. 3
  784. 3
  785. 3
  786. 3
  787. 3
  788. 3
  789. 3
  790. 3
  791. 3
  792. 3
  793. 3
  794. 3
  795. 3
  796. 3
  797. 3
  798. 3
  799. 3
  800. 3
  801. 3
  802. 3
  803. 3
  804. 3
  805. 3
  806. 3
  807. 3
  808. 3
  809. 3
  810. 3
  811. 3
  812. 3
  813. 3
  814. 3
  815. 3
  816. 3
  817. 3
  818. 3
  819. 3
  820. 3
  821. 3
  822. 3
  823. 3
  824. 3
  825. 3
  826. 3
  827. 3
  828. 3
  829. 3
  830. 3
  831. 3
  832. 3
  833. 3
  834. 3
  835. 3
  836. 3
  837. 3
  838. 3
  839. 3
  840. 3
  841. 3
  842. 3
  843. 3
  844. 3
  845. 3
  846. 3
  847. 3
  848. 3
  849. 3
  850. 3
  851. 3
  852. 3
  853. 3
  854. 3
  855. 3
  856. 3
  857. 3
  858. 3
  859. 3
  860. 3
  861. 3
  862. 3
  863. 3
  864. 3
  865. 3
  866. 3
  867. 3
  868. 3
  869. 3
  870. 3
  871. 3
  872. 3
  873. 3
  874. 3
  875. 3
  876. 3
  877. 3
  878. 3
  879. 3
  880. 3
  881. 3
  882. 3
  883. 3
  884. 3
  885. 3
  886. 3
  887. 3
  888. 3
  889. 3
  890. 3
  891. 3
  892. 3
  893. 3
  894. 3
  895. 3
  896. 3
  897. 3
  898. 3
  899. 3
  900. 3
  901. 3
  902. 3
  903. 3
  904. 3
  905. 3
  906. 3
  907. 3
  908. 3
  909. 3
  910. 3
  911. 3
  912. 3
  913. 3
  914. 3
  915. 3
  916. 3
  917. 3
  918. 3
  919. 3
  920. 3
  921. 3
  922. 3
  923. 3
  924. 3
  925. 3
  926. 3
  927. 3
  928. 3
  929. 3
  930. 3
  931. 3
  932. 3
  933. 3
  934. 3
  935. 3
  936. 3
  937. 3
  938. 3
  939. 3
  940. 3
  941. 3
  942. 3
  943. 3
  944. 3
  945. 3
  946. 3
  947. 3
  948. 3
  949. 3
  950. 3
  951. 3
  952. 3
  953. 3
  954. 3
  955. 3
  956. 3
  957. 3
  958. 3
  959. 3
  960. 3
  961. 3
  962. 3
  963. 3
  964. 3
  965. 3
  966. 3
  967. 3
  968. 3
  969. 3
  970. 3
  971. 3
  972. 3
  973. 3
  974. 3
  975. 3
  976. 3
  977. 3
  978. 3
  979. 3
  980. 3
  981. 3
  982. 3
  983. 3
  984. 3
  985. 3
  986. 3
  987. 3
  988. 3
  989. 3
  990. 3
  991. 3
  992. 3
  993. 3
  994. 3
  995. 3
  996. 3
  997. 3
  998. 3
  999. 3
  1000. 3
  1001. 3
  1002. 3
  1003. 3
  1004. 3
  1005. 3
  1006. 3
  1007. 3
  1008. 3
  1009. 3
  1010. 3
  1011. 3
  1012. 3
  1013. 3
  1014. 3
  1015. 3
  1016. 3
  1017. 3
  1018. 3
  1019. 3
  1020. 3
  1021. 3
  1022. 3
  1023. 3
  1024. 3
  1025. 3
  1026. 3
  1027. 3
  1028. 3
  1029. 3
  1030. 3
  1031. 3
  1032. 3
  1033. 3
  1034. 3
  1035. 3
  1036. 3
  1037. 3
  1038. 3
  1039. 3
  1040. 3
  1041. 3
  1042. 3
  1043. 3
  1044. 3
  1045. 3
  1046. 3
  1047. 3
  1048. 3
  1049. 3
  1050. 3
  1051. 3
  1052. 3
  1053. 3
  1054. 3
  1055. 3
  1056. 3
  1057. 3
  1058. 3
  1059. 3
  1060. 2
  1061. 2
  1062. 2
  1063. 2
  1064. 2
  1065. 2
  1066. 2
  1067. 2
  1068. 2
  1069. 2
  1070. 2
  1071. 2
  1072. 2
  1073. 2
  1074. 2
  1075. 2
  1076. 2
  1077. 2
  1078. 2
  1079. 2
  1080. 2
  1081. 2
  1082. 2
  1083. 2
  1084. 2
  1085. 2
  1086. 2
  1087. 2
  1088. 2
  1089. 2
  1090. 2
  1091. 2
  1092. 2
  1093. 2
  1094. 2
  1095. 2
  1096. 2
  1097. 2
  1098. 2
  1099. 2
  1100. 2
  1101. 2
  1102. 2
  1103. 2
  1104. 2
  1105. 2
  1106. 2
  1107. 2
  1108. 2
  1109. 2
  1110. 2
  1111. 2
  1112. 2
  1113. 2
  1114. 2
  1115. 2
  1116. 2
  1117. 2
  1118. 2
  1119. 2
  1120. 2
  1121. 2
  1122. 2
  1123. 2
  1124. 2
  1125. 2
  1126. 2
  1127. 2
  1128. 2
  1129. 2
  1130. 2
  1131. 2
  1132. 2
  1133. 2
  1134. 2
  1135. 2
  1136. 2
  1137. 2
  1138. 2
  1139. 2
  1140. 2
  1141. 2
  1142. 2
  1143. 2
  1144. 2
  1145. 2
  1146. 2
  1147. 2
  1148. 2
  1149. 2
  1150. 2
  1151. 2
  1152. 2
  1153. 2
  1154. 2
  1155. 2
  1156. 2
  1157. 2
  1158. 2
  1159. 2
  1160. 2
  1161. 2
  1162. 2
  1163. 2
  1164. 2
  1165. 2
  1166. 2
  1167. 2
  1168. 2
  1169. 2
  1170. 2
  1171. 2
  1172. 2
  1173. 2
  1174. 2
  1175. 2
  1176. 2
  1177. 2
  1178. 2
  1179. 2
  1180. 2
  1181. 2
  1182. 2
  1183. 2
  1184. 2
  1185. 2
  1186. 2
  1187. 2
  1188. 2
  1189. 2
  1190. 2
  1191. 2
  1192. 2
  1193. 2
  1194. 2
  1195. 2
  1196. Bullshit. You don't understand politics very well. You fail to understand that Left wing(Liberals) people ask for evidence that the leaders they are electing are doing the job well. Meaning they wish to have more government to regulate the economy better so everyone is getting a fair deal, and they expect to see evidence of that. Right wing(Conservatives) believe in "Free Market" ideology and neoliberal economics which has no evidence backing it up whatsoever. So really they are accepting this on the AUTHORITY of other people who say it's true yet have no evidence to back it up. ... And that's just economics side of politics... On social policies, Left wingers or Liberals are Liberal, we don't care what you do as long as it doesn't mess with other people's Human Rights. They do this because it is a logical thing to do, it doesn't assume that they have the authority or power to tell people what they can and can't do as long as it doesn't mess with other people's Rights. Conservatives, on the other hand, are socially conservative and they take their AUTHORITY on these matters from illogical places that have no evidence to back them up, like the Bible or the Koran, so they think they have the right to tell other people what they can and can't do and have less problem with the authorities charged with upholding their ignorant fascist laws. Simply because they do not know how to question authority, probably because they do not realize who authority actually is, and that is Conservatives. Liberals are not authority. We are the scientific method, we challenge authority. We especially challenge the authority of the rich who buy the political process and hence power, and also run the financial system and all the major corporations who are mostly, if not all, exponents of the "trickle down" myth.
    2
  1197. 2
  1198. 2
  1199. 2
  1200. 2
  1201. 2
  1202. 2
  1203. 2
  1204. 2
  1205. 2
  1206. 2
  1207. 2
  1208. 2
  1209. 2
  1210. 2
  1211. 2
  1212. 2
  1213. 2
  1214. 2
  1215. 2
  1216. 2
  1217. 2
  1218. 2
  1219. 2
  1220. 2
  1221. 2
  1222. 2
  1223. 2
  1224. 2
  1225. 2
  1226. 2
  1227. 2
  1228. 2
  1229. 2
  1230. 2
  1231. 2
  1232. 2
  1233. 2
  1234. 2
  1235. 2
  1236. 2
  1237. 2
  1238. 2
  1239. 2
  1240. 2
  1241. 2
  1242. 2
  1243. 2
  1244. 2
  1245. 2
  1246. 2
  1247. 2
  1248. 2
  1249. 2
  1250. 2
  1251. 2
  1252. 2
  1253. 2
  1254. 2
  1255. 2
  1256. 2
  1257. 2
  1258. 2
  1259. 2
  1260. 2
  1261. 2
  1262. 2
  1263. 2
  1264. 2
  1265. 2
  1266. 2
  1267. 2
  1268. 2
  1269. 2
  1270. 2
  1271. 2
  1272. 2
  1273. 2
  1274. 2
  1275. 2
  1276. 2
  1277. 2
  1278. 2
  1279. 2
  1280. 2
  1281. 2
  1282. 2
  1283. 2
  1284. 2
  1285. 2
  1286. 2
  1287. 2
  1288. 2
  1289. 2
  1290. 2
  1291. 2
  1292. 2
  1293. 2
  1294. 2
  1295. 2
  1296. 2
  1297. 2
  1298. 2
  1299. 2
  1300. 2
  1301. 2
  1302. 2
  1303. 2
  1304. 2
  1305. 2
  1306. 2
  1307. 2
  1308. 2
  1309. 2
  1310. 2
  1311. 2
  1312. 2
  1313. 2
  1314. 2
  1315. 2
  1316. 2
  1317. 2
  1318. 2
  1319. 2
  1320. 2
  1321. 2
  1322. 2
  1323. 2
  1324. 2
  1325. 2
  1326. 2
  1327. 2
  1328. 2
  1329. 2
  1330. 2
  1331. 2
  1332. 2
  1333. 2
  1334. 2
  1335. 2
  1336. 2
  1337. 2
  1338. 2
  1339. 2
  1340. 2
  1341. 2
  1342. 2
  1343. 2
  1344. 2
  1345. 2
  1346. 2
  1347. 2
  1348. 2
  1349. 2
  1350. 2
  1351. 2
  1352. 2
  1353. 2
  1354. 2
  1355. 2
  1356. 2
  1357. 2
  1358. 2
  1359. 2
  1360. 2
  1361. 2
  1362. 2
  1363. Jacob IAm "I've heard they don't just accept anyone though." That's strange because most of us feel as though our government has an open door policy. Immigration will be a big election issue next year. "Really? I always read about New Zealand as some sort of heavenly realm." Well, yes, compared to many places around the world we have it pretty good. You'll arrive here and feel like you're able to breathe. This simply just due to the fact that we have low population density, but this is a good thing that shouldn't change. Having said that much about our country has changed and is changing. "Is it really that bad (I mean comparing it to the US does seem a bit extreme no?)?" Well, yes, definitely. It's not as bad as the U.S. really, but it is comparable to the UK, which compared to many other European nations is a bit more right-wing, a bit more like our American cousins than our continental European cousins, particularly the likes of France, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. I think many in these countries still have a good grasp of class struggle and the political landscape, whereas in New Zealand, Australia and UK, the Overton window has been moved to a place where people actually don't understand that it has been moved to, and so accept artificially defined centers of the political axis's, both economic and social. It's certainly, as it is for some in the UK also, starting to feel for some of us as though it is heading towards being as bad as the U.S. At least we still have an M.M.P. parliamentary system though. There might be a way to save it all yet. The media and our culture are the biggest obstacles.
    2
  1364. You people are so simple. Poor little simple minded people. The same people that claim you can't raise the minimum wage because of price inflation, unwilling or unable to see the fact that there are other things you can do such as legislate a freeze on prices, forcing the money to be redistributed from the bourgeoisie who don't deserve it, to the proles that do. "Due to this, all of the smarter citizens are moving to other countries for a better life" How is this true?.. Why is it true, it it is true?.. Because supposedly the lesser number of younger working age people are there to support the aging population. But that's not a problem if you take other actions. Such as raising the retirement age, as one possibility, but not the only one. You can figure out a way to redistribute the wealth from the bourgeoisie, who use social and demographic phenomenons to horde more wealth, to proletarians that actually do the work, which gives the populace at large, particularly the middle class, more money and more reason to stay. And you could make tertiary education "free", as in paid for by your parents taxes, and more the taxes of the wealthy, so that there's plenty of well educated people, so it doesn't matter if some leave. You could make this up by taking refugees and small numbers of immigrants from selected places, rather than large numbers of immigrants that bourgeois fucks assert are necessary to make up for these problems, which undermines the bargaining power of the proletariat, allowing the bourgeoisie to horde more money, making the problem worse. "*Gets punched by SJW*" Umm, no. You just got "rekt" by a rational, free speech defending, social justice campainging, leftist.
    2
  1365. 2
  1366. 2
  1367. 2
  1368. 2
  1369. 2
  1370. 2
  1371. 2
  1372. 2
  1373. 2
  1374. 2
  1375. 2
  1376. 2
  1377. 2
  1378. 2
  1379. 2
  1380. 2
  1381. 2
  1382. 2
  1383. 2
  1384. 2
  1385. 2
  1386. 2
  1387. 2
  1388. 2
  1389. 2
  1390. 2
  1391. 2
  1392. 2
  1393. 2
  1394. 2
  1395. 2
  1396. 2
  1397. 2
  1398. 2
  1399. 2
  1400. 2
  1401. 2
  1402. 2
  1403. 2
  1404. 2
  1405. 2
  1406. 2
  1407. 2
  1408. 2
  1409. 2
  1410. 2
  1411. 2
  1412. 2
  1413. 2
  1414. 2
  1415. 2
  1416. 2
  1417. 2
  1418. 2
  1419. 2
  1420. 2
  1421. 2
  1422. 2
  1423. 2
  1424. 2
  1425. 2
  1426. 2
  1427. 2
  1428. 2
  1429. 2
  1430. 2
  1431. 2
  1432. 2
  1433. 2
  1434. 2
  1435. 2
  1436. 2
  1437. 2
  1438. 2
  1439. 2
  1440. 2
  1441. 2
  1442. 2
  1443. 2
  1444. 2
  1445. This analysis about populism is very poor. It's largely focused on the rise of right-wing populism, and doesn't really identify what it really is.. While ignoring left-wing populism which is also on the rise.. It's not just about the economy and the elites with right-wing populists, they're the ones who make it about race and nationality. These guys make out that right-wing populists decry identity politics, when that isn't the case. Likewise with left-wing populism, I don't think we completely decry identity politics, but we definitely state that those things should be weighed against economic issues in terms of priority, and if that was done the economics would seriously help sort out some of the social issues. While other social issues may not be subject to that, but compared to the authoritarian left, the populist left isn't trying to focus on trans issues in a disproportionate fashion. But again, that's the difference between the populist left, and the populist right, because the populist right plays on those identity politics issues under the guise of not being "politically correct". Meanwhile, the populist left isn't as concerned about their lack of "political correctness" like the authoritarian left is, because we want to focus on the economic issues that effect both the populist left and the populist right, which some of the populist right can be pulled further left on. One of the major problems with this analysis, is that not once in mentioning Duterte, Bolsonaro, or Trump did they use the word "fascism" or "fascist", which is definitely applicable to the first two, and should at least be brought up with reference to some of Trump's rhetoric and aspirations, the checks and balances of the U.S. system the only thing keeping him in relative check.
    2
  1446. 2
  1447. 2
  1448. 2
  1449. 2
  1450. 2
  1451. 2
  1452. 2
  1453. 2
  1454. 2
  1455. 2
  1456. 2
  1457. 2
  1458. 2
  1459. 2
  1460. 2
  1461. 2
  1462. 2
  1463. 2
  1464. 2
  1465. 2
  1466. 2
  1467. 2
  1468. 2
  1469. 2
  1470. 2
  1471. 2
  1472. 2
  1473. 2
  1474. 2
  1475. 2
  1476. 2
  1477. 2
  1478. 2
  1479. 2
  1480. 2
  1481. 2
  1482. 2
  1483. 2
  1484. 2
  1485. 2
  1486. 2
  1487. 2
  1488. 2
  1489. 2
  1490. 2
  1491. 2
  1492. 2
  1493. 2
  1494. 2
  1495. 2
  1496. 2
  1497. 2
  1498. 2
  1499. 2
  1500. 2
  1501. 2
  1502. 2
  1503. 2
  1504. 2
  1505. 2
  1506. 2
  1507. 2
  1508. 2
  1509. 2
  1510. 2
  1511. 2
  1512. 2
  1513. 2
  1514. 2
  1515. 2
  1516. 2
  1517. 2
  1518. 2
  1519. 2
  1520. 2
  1521. 2
  1522. 2
  1523. 2
  1524. 2
  1525. 2
  1526. 2
  1527. 2
  1528. 2
  1529. 2
  1530. 2
  1531. 2
  1532. 2
  1533. 2
  1534. 2
  1535. 2
  1536. 2
  1537. 2
  1538. 2
  1539. 2
  1540. 2
  1541. 2
  1542. 2
  1543. 2
  1544. 2
  1545. 2
  1546. 2
  1547. 2
  1548. 2
  1549. 2
  1550. 2
  1551. 2
  1552. 2
  1553. 2
  1554. 2
  1555. 2
  1556. 2
  1557. 2
  1558. 2
  1559. 2
  1560. 2
  1561. 2
  1562. 2
  1563. 2
  1564. 2
  1565. 2
  1566. 2
  1567. 2
  1568. 2
  1569. 2
  1570. 2
  1571. 2
  1572. 2
  1573. 2
  1574. 2
  1575. 2
  1576. 2
  1577. 2
  1578. 2
  1579. 2
  1580. 2
  1581. 2
  1582. 2
  1583. 2
  1584. 2
  1585. 2
  1586. 2
  1587. 2
  1588. 2
  1589. 2
  1590. 2
  1591. 2
  1592. 2
  1593. 2
  1594. 2
  1595. 2
  1596. 2
  1597. 2
  1598. 2
  1599. 2
  1600. 2
  1601. 2
  1602. 2
  1603. 2
  1604. 2
  1605. 2
  1606. 2
  1607. 2
  1608. 2
  1609. 2
  1610. 2
  1611. 2
  1612. 2
  1613. 2
  1614. 2
  1615. 2
  1616. 2
  1617. 2
  1618. 2
  1619. 2
  1620. 2
  1621. 2
  1622. 2
  1623. 2
  1624. 2
  1625. 2
  1626. 2
  1627. 2
  1628. 2
  1629. 2
  1630. 2
  1631. 2
  1632. 2
  1633. 2
  1634. 2
  1635. 2
  1636. 2
  1637. 2
  1638. 2
  1639. 2
  1640. 2
  1641. 2
  1642. 2
  1643. 2
  1644. 2
  1645. 2
  1646. 2
  1647. 2
  1648. 2
  1649. 2
  1650. 2
  1651. 2
  1652. 2
  1653. 2
  1654. 2
  1655. 2
  1656. 2
  1657. 2
  1658. 2
  1659. 2
  1660. 2
  1661. 2
  1662. 2
  1663. 2
  1664. 2
  1665. 2
  1666. 2
  1667. 2
  1668. 2
  1669. 2
  1670. 2
  1671. 2
  1672. 2
  1673. 2
  1674. 2
  1675. 2
  1676. 2
  1677. 2
  1678. 2
  1679. 2
  1680. 2
  1681. 2
  1682. 2
  1683. 2
  1684. 2
  1685. 2
  1686. 2
  1687. 2
  1688. 2
  1689. 2
  1690. 2
  1691. 2
  1692. 2
  1693. 2
  1694. 2
  1695. 2
  1696. 2
  1697. 2
  1698. 2
  1699. 2
  1700. 2
  1701. 2
  1702. 2
  1703. 2
  1704. 2
  1705.  @michaelhomes8049  I know what you mean.. I've been watching Kyle since the early days, because I'm interested in politics. So I see what your system is like. Parliamentary MMP is definitely better, but does have some problems still in this country. For instance the money in politics issue isn't quite as bad, but there are a couple of issues there, one being that all parties getting funding or campaigning, but the amount given is based on the results the party got in the last election, meaning the larger parties perpetually have an advantage. Some would also say that the ACT party, who for years polled between 1-2% and only ever held one electorate seat until the recent election in which many New Zealand First voters, an economically centrist, but socially conservative party known for being anti-immigration and who chose to build a coalition with Labour rather than National, defected to the ACT party, the party of far right business interests and "equal opportunity, equal rights", Hobson's pledge whitewashing of Aotearoa New Zealand's colonial history, is lucky to have received the amount of media coverage they have over the last two decades, and therefore have probably been benefitting from being that far right party of business interests. One of the interesting things about this, is that it seems many of those who are now voting ACT may have brought their socially conservative views over from NZFirst. When polled recently, after the failure of the cannabis legalization referendum held with the last election, only 53% of ACT voters support cannabis decriminalization, which is interesting because the referendum on euthanasia that was also held at the last election passed and it was proposed by ACT with help from the Greens and Labour, and in the past have even proposed legalizing incest, so they've been known to consider themselves as social libertarians in the past, but now that 53% in favour of cannabis decriminalization is less than the numbers in favour among National and Labour voters, and of course Green voters, but we're well ahead with 93% of Greenies saying yes. So it's pretty obvious that the ACT party has a new base of support that might differ with it's leadership on some social issues.
    2
  1706. 2
  1707. 2
  1708. 2
  1709. 2
  1710. 2
  1711. 2
  1712. 2
  1713. 2
  1714. 2
  1715. 2
  1716. 2
  1717. 2
  1718. 2
  1719. 2
  1720. 2
  1721. 2
  1722. 2
  1723. 2
  1724. 2
  1725. 2
  1726. 2
  1727. 2
  1728. 2
  1729. 2
  1730. 2
  1731. 2
  1732. 2
  1733. 2
  1734. 2
  1735. 2
  1736. 2
  1737. 2
  1738. 2
  1739. 2
  1740. 2
  1741. 2
  1742. 2
  1743. 2
  1744. 2
  1745. 2
  1746. 2
  1747. 2
  1748. 2
  1749. 2
  1750. 2
  1751. 2
  1752. 2
  1753. 2
  1754. 2
  1755. 2
  1756. 2
  1757. 2
  1758. 2
  1759. 2
  1760. 2
  1761. 2
  1762. 2
  1763. 2
  1764. 2
  1765. 2
  1766. 2
  1767. 2
  1768. 2
  1769. 2
  1770. 2
  1771. 2
  1772. 2
  1773. 2
  1774. 2
  1775. 2
  1776. 2
  1777. 2
  1778. 2
  1779. 2
  1780. 2
  1781. 2
  1782. 2
  1783. 2
  1784. 2
  1785. 2
  1786. 2
  1787. 2
  1788. 2
  1789. 2
  1790. 2
  1791. 2
  1792. 2
  1793. 2
  1794. 2
  1795. 2
  1796. 2
  1797. 2
  1798. 2
  1799. 2
  1800. 2
  1801. 2
  1802. 2
  1803. 2
  1804. 2
  1805. 2
  1806. 2
  1807. 2
  1808. 2
  1809. 2
  1810. 2
  1811. 2
  1812. 2
  1813. 2
  1814. 2
  1815. 2
  1816. 2
  1817. 2
  1818. 2
  1819. 2
  1820. 2
  1821. 2
  1822. 2
  1823. 2
  1824. 2
  1825. 2
  1826. 2
  1827. 2
  1828. 2
  1829. 2
  1830. 2
  1831. 2
  1832. 2
  1833. 2
  1834. 2
  1835. 2
  1836. 2
  1837. 2
  1838. 2
  1839. 2
  1840. 2
  1841. 2
  1842. 2
  1843. 2
  1844. 2
  1845. 2
  1846. 2
  1847. 2
  1848. 2
  1849. 2
  1850. 2
  1851. 2
  1852. 2
  1853. 2
  1854. 2
  1855. 2
  1856. 2
  1857. 2
  1858. 2
  1859. 2
  1860. 2
  1861. 2
  1862. 2
  1863. 2
  1864. 2
  1865. 2
  1866. 2
  1867. 2
  1868. 2
  1869. 2
  1870. 2
  1871. 2
  1872. 2
  1873. 2
  1874. 2
  1875. 2
  1876. 2
  1877. 2
  1878. 2
  1879. 2
  1880. 2
  1881. 2
  1882. 2
  1883. 2
  1884. 2
  1885. 2
  1886. 2
  1887. 2
  1888. 2
  1889. 2
  1890. 2
  1891. 2
  1892. 2
  1893. 2
  1894. 2
  1895. 2
  1896. 2
  1897. 2
  1898. 2
  1899. 2
  1900. 2
  1901. 2
  1902. 2
  1903. 2
  1904. 2
  1905. 2
  1906. 2
  1907. 2
  1908. 2
  1909. 2
  1910. 2
  1911. Where this political commentator is wrong: 0:25 - 0:35 Opinions are irrelevant. You should be able to say what you want, when you want and how you want, without any serious repercussions. Saying that as a libertarian Seymour should be in favour of people living without having hate speech directed at them is a form of doublethink. 3:17 - 3:31 Problem with this claim is that we have examples of people not have a fair definition of hate speech. I say this as a leftist. Perfect example was a incident with Bill Maher recently when he used a certain term and everyone took offence to one word, when that word was in then text of a conversation, and beyond that was used as the second word in a two word descriptor. They chose to ignore or didn't understand the context. And while this obviously wasn't an incident close to inciting violence, how long will it be before a bunch of idiots assumes a fairly innocent statement is actually doing that when it isn't. 3:53 - 4:08 We get to a harmonious society via education and understanding. State education, not state authoritarianism. Fund education more and expand the curriculum. Be proactive, not reactive. This is where the government failed in it's response to the Christchurch shootings, regulating firearms, and I'm not saying that all of those regulations were necessarily unreasonable but some may have been a little heavy handed, but they focused on the technical aspects of the weapons, rather than the processes around buying and licensing of the firearms, and things that relate to that such as police vigilance and white privilege. It was largely reactive and focused on the wrong things. 6:20 - 6:35 I agree with what this National person said there. And he made a good point with out actually saying it explicitly, but we already have laws around harassment etc. that people can be prosecuted for, and if it includes hatred based on race or gender or sexual orientation, then the judge can take that into account when sentencing. State authoritarianism where social issues are concerned should need to be explicitly evidenced and justified.
    2
  1912. 2
  1913. 2
  1914. 2
  1915. 2
  1916. 2
  1917. 2
  1918. 2
  1919. 2
  1920. 2
  1921. 2
  1922. 1
  1923. 1
  1924. 1
  1925. 1
  1926. 1
  1927. 1
  1928. 1
  1929. 1
  1930. 1
  1931. 1
  1932. 1
  1933. 1
  1934. 1
  1935. 1
  1936. 1
  1937. 1
  1938. 1
  1939. 1
  1940. 1
  1941. 1
  1942. 1
  1943. 1
  1944. 1
  1945. 1
  1946. 1
  1947. 1
  1948. 1
  1949. 1
  1950. 1
  1951. 1
  1952. 1
  1953. 1
  1954. 1
  1955. 1
  1956. 1
  1957. 1
  1958. 1
  1959. 1
  1960. 1
  1961. 1
  1962. 1
  1963. 1
  1964. 1
  1965. 1
  1966. 1
  1967. 1
  1968. 1
  1969. 1
  1970. 1
  1971. 1
  1972. 1
  1973. 1
  1974. 1
  1975. 1
  1976. 1
  1977. 1
  1978. 1
  1979. 1
  1980. 1
  1981. 1
  1982. 1
  1983. 1
  1984. 1
  1985. 1
  1986. 1
  1987. 1
  1988. Tylr "I don't want the government involved in it." The fact you say that shows you're bullying others, not just peer pressure, but bullying others into living their lives in certain ways.  "Let's just let rich people bully poor people into poverty by lording the means of production and the power that comes with that over them." Nobody said college education was necessary for all jobs. But it should be available to those that want one. "something that has 0 benefit to me" That is bullshit. That is so ignorant. Have you ever heard of the Butterfly effect? 1) every individuals right to life should be held above everyone else's right to property if their right to life is not impeded by such taxation, which it isn't. Simple as that. 2) That is largely due to it being underfunded, largely due to the fiscally conservative idiocy you're displaying right now.  There's nothing wrong with that, because it would make the options more apparent and accessible, but college should be most accessible to those who aren't ready to stop their education and hence aren't ready to support their living. These people will often become scientists and politicians, the most educated of us, so giving them the opportunity to concentrate is important. Maybe a bit of both would make the costs to the state, and hence taxpayers but also remember the parents of the students, would be cheaper? Maybe the extra tax money saved could be used to create a pathway for those who want apprenticeships or other practical schools?
    1
  1989. 1
  1990. 1
  1991. 1
  1992. 1
  1993. 1
  1994. 1
  1995. 1
  1996. 1
  1997. 1
  1998. 1
  1999. 1
  2000. 1
  2001. 1
  2002. 1
  2003. 1
  2004. 1
  2005. 1
  2006. 1
  2007. 1
  2008. 1
  2009. 1
  2010. 1
  2011. 1
  2012. 1
  2013. 1
  2014. 1
  2015. 1
  2016. 1
  2017. 1
  2018. 1
  2019. 1
  2020. 1
  2021. 1
  2022. 1
  2023. 1
  2024. 1
  2025. 1
  2026. 1
  2027. 1
  2028. 1
  2029. 1
  2030. 1
  2031. 1
  2032. 1
  2033. 1
  2034. 1
  2035. 1
  2036. 1
  2037. 1
  2038. 1
  2039. 1
  2040. 1
  2041. 1
  2042. 1
  2043. 1
  2044. 1
  2045. 1
  2046. 1
  2047. 1
  2048. 1
  2049. 1
  2050. 1
  2051. 1
  2052. 1
  2053. 1
  2054. 1
  2055. 1
  2056. 1
  2057. 1
  2058. 1
  2059. 1
  2060. 1
  2061. 1
  2062. 1
  2063. 1
  2064. 1
  2065. 1
  2066. 1
  2067. 1
  2068. 1
  2069. 1
  2070. 1
  2071. 1
  2072. 1
  2073. 1
  2074. 1
  2075. 1
  2076. 1
  2077. 1
  2078. 1
  2079. 1
  2080. 1
  2081. 1
  2082. 1
  2083. 1
  2084. 1
  2085. 1
  2086. 1
  2087. 1
  2088. 1
  2089. 1
  2090. 1
  2091. 1
  2092. 1
  2093. 1
  2094. 1
  2095. 1
  2096. 1
  2097. 1
  2098. 1
  2099. 1
  2100. 1
  2101. 1
  2102. 1
  2103. 1
  2104. 1
  2105. 1
  2106. 1
  2107. 1
  2108. 1
  2109. 1
  2110. 1
  2111. 1
  2112. 1
  2113. 1
  2114. 1
  2115. 1
  2116. 1
  2117. 1
  2118. 1
  2119. 1
  2120. 1
  2121. 1
  2122. 1
  2123. 1
  2124. 1
  2125. 1
  2126. 1
  2127. 1
  2128. 1
  2129. 1
  2130. 1
  2131. 1
  2132. 1
  2133. 1
  2134. 1
  2135. 1
  2136. 1
  2137. 1
  2138. 1
  2139. 1
  2140. 1
  2141. 1
  2142. 1
  2143. 1
  2144. 1
  2145. 1
  2146. 1
  2147. 1
  2148. 1
  2149. 1
  2150. 1
  2151. 1
  2152. 1
  2153. 1
  2154. 1
  2155. 1
  2156. 1
  2157. 1
  2158. 1
  2159. 1
  2160. 1
  2161. 1
  2162. 1
  2163. 1
  2164. 1
  2165. 1
  2166. 1
  2167. 1
  2168. 1
  2169. 1
  2170. 1
  2171. 1
  2172. 1
  2173. 1
  2174. 1
  2175. 1
  2176. 1
  2177. 1
  2178. 1
  2179. 1
  2180. 1
  2181. 1
  2182. 1
  2183. 1
  2184. 1
  2185. 1
  2186. 1
  2187. 1
  2188. 1
  2189. 1
  2190. 1
  2191. 1
  2192. 1
  2193. 1
  2194. 1
  2195. 1
  2196. 1
  2197. 1
  2198. 1
  2199. 1
  2200. 1
  2201. 1
  2202. 1
  2203. 1
  2204. 1
  2205. 1
  2206. 1
  2207. 1
  2208. 1
  2209. 1
  2210. 1
  2211. 1
  2212. 1
  2213. 1
  2214. 1
  2215. 1
  2216. 1
  2217. 1
  2218. 1
  2219. 1
  2220. 1
  2221. 1
  2222. 1
  2223. 1
  2224. 1
  2225. 1
  2226. 1
  2227. 1
  2228. 1
  2229. 1
  2230. 1
  2231. 1
  2232. 1
  2233. 1
  2234. 1
  2235. 1
  2236. 1
  2237. 1
  2238. 1
  2239. 1
  2240. 1
  2241. 1
  2242. 1
  2243. 1
  2244. 1
  2245. 1
  2246. 1
  2247. 1
  2248. 1
  2249. 1
  2250. I'm surprised by that last answer, Kyle. I would've thought you could at least entertain that one. I'm a New Zealander, and have come to realize New Zealand is very similar to the U.S. in many ways, it's very different in many also, but it's very similar regarding the general ignorance and lack of education among our populations, and as such we have a right-wing parliament destroying our once better, striving for egalitarianism country. Because of that, I have thought of leaving, places I wouldn't mind would be, Scotland, but only because they're English speaking and I have ancestry there. The Netherlands, because I have ancestry there, and the Netherlands are just fuckin' awesome. Canada, because I see similarities to New Zealand, except they've finally turned their back on their Tories and voted for Labour. Greenland, because like New Zealand it has a native population that has been subject to European imperialism and should really separate official ties with said and create a republic, something I've wanted for NZ but isn't likely due to the general stupidity of the population, but I think the population of Greenland is small enough to be swayed away from Denmark. Also, I imagine Greenland will get much greener as climate change takes effect, so there's that, it could easily become a much greater nation as a result of arable lands diminishing elsewhere and increasing in Greenland. And I've even considered California, Oregon or Washington, but preferably if there was some sort of western seaboard secession or the U.S. being split into a few smaller nations, because, ya know, legal weed, and I imagine there's less rednecks in these states than the rest of the U.S. and indeed NZ. Although I suppose your response is probably a joke given that that question followed the one regarding nationalism.
    1
  2251. 1
  2252. 1
  2253. 1
  2254. 1
  2255. 1
  2256. 1
  2257. 1
  2258. 1
  2259. 1
  2260. 1
  2261. 1
  2262. 1
  2263. 1
  2264. 1
  2265. 1
  2266. 1
  2267. 1
  2268. 1
  2269. 1
  2270. 1
  2271. 1
  2272. 1
  2273. 1
  2274. 1
  2275. 1
  2276. 1
  2277. 1
  2278. 1
  2279. 1
  2280. 1
  2281. 1
  2282. 1
  2283. 1
  2284. 1
  2285. 1
  2286. 1
  2287. 1
  2288. 1
  2289. 1
  2290. 1
  2291. 1
  2292. 1
  2293. 1
  2294. 1
  2295. 1
  2296. 1
  2297. 1
  2298. 1
  2299. 1
  2300. 1
  2301. 1
  2302. 1
  2303. 1
  2304. 1
  2305. 1
  2306. 1
  2307. 1
  2308. 1
  2309. 1
  2310. 1
  2311. 1
  2312. 1
  2313. 1
  2314. 1
  2315. 1
  2316. 1
  2317. 1
  2318. 1
  2319. 1
  2320. 1
  2321. 1
  2322. 1
  2323. 1
  2324. 1
  2325. 1
  2326. 1
  2327. 1
  2328. 1
  2329. 1
  2330. 1
  2331. 1
  2332. 1
  2333. 1
  2334. 1
  2335. 1
  2336. 1
  2337. 1
  2338. 1
  2339. 1
  2340. 1
  2341. 1
  2342. 1
  2343. 1
  2344. 1
  2345. 1
  2346. 1
  2347. 1
  2348. 1
  2349. 1
  2350. 1
  2351. 1
  2352. 1
  2353. 1
  2354. 1
  2355. 1
  2356. 1
  2357. 1
  2358. 1
  2359. 1
  2360. 1
  2361. 1
  2362. 1
  2363. 1
  2364. 1
  2365. Charley Panda You consider THAT a "rant"?! You are the height of anti-intellectualism. You were always inferior to me. Your impertinent replies demonstrate a wicked and malicious attack upon your betters. You're an unhappy man. One other commentor has given you so much. Who else would reply to you, Charley? When was the last time one of your comments resonated with other viewers? Here's the reality, Charley, you live in the shadow of the Kulinski fans. You live in the shadow of an Ahole, Charley. Consider the following, Charley.. I'm more attractive than you. I'm more intelligent than you. I have a greater grasp of reality than you. And fuck, Charley, I'm even a better pan smoker than you. This list could go on infinitely, but we don't have until the heat death of the universe, so let's proceed forward.. Charley, look, it's time to bow to your betters. DP, as you state, are such good internet patrons, while your attempts at internet stardom have come to nothing but failure and disappointment, this is how Po must feel every time your gay, fat, Panda ass lumbers through the bedroom doorway. While DP's success soars, yours is bogged down in the cesspit you've inhabited for years. Where you are winter, I am the first day of spring, and DP is the height of summer. Charley, the truth is, you must look up to even see us, because we are placed so high above you. Go ahead sing another poor Brett Keane impersonation. To be honest, you are but fodder for my amusement, if I was to never speak to you again, I would not fucking care. Charley, my only hope is that you and David can stop living in my shadow, in Kulinski's shadow, and in the DP's shadow. You are a landlocked manatee, doomed to wander the backwaters of the internet. Thank you, Charley, and I hope you have an amazing day.
    1
  2366. 1
  2367. 1
  2368. 1
  2369. 1
  2370. 1
  2371. 1
  2372. 1
  2373. 1
  2374. 1
  2375. 1
  2376. 1
  2377. 1
  2378. 1
  2379. 1
  2380. 1
  2381. 1
  2382. 1
  2383. 1
  2384. 1
  2385. 1
  2386. 1
  2387. 1
  2388. 1
  2389. 1
  2390. 1
  2391. 1
  2392. 1
  2393. 1
  2394. 1
  2395. 1
  2396. 1
  2397. To so many of you commenting here... Many of you don't understand politics very well. You fail to understand that Left wing(Liberals) people ask for evidence that the leaders they are electing are doing the job well. Meaning they wish to have more government to regulate the economy better so everyone is getting a fair deal, and they expect to see evidence of that. Right wing(Conservatives) believe in "Free Market" ideology and neoliberal economics which has no evidence backing it up whatsoever. So really they are accepting this on the AUTHORITY of other people who say it's true yet have no evidence to back it up. ... And that's just economics side of politics... On social policies, Left wingers or Liberals are Liberal, we don't care what you do as long as it doesn't mess with other people's Human Rights. They do this because it is a logical thing to do, it doesn't assume that they have the authority or power to tell people what they can and can't do as long as it doesn't mess with other people's Rights. Conservatives, on the other hand, are socially conservative and they take their AUTHORITY on these matters from illogical places that have no evidence to back them up, like the Bible or the Koran, so they think they have the right to tell other people what they can and can't do and have less problem with the authorities charged with upholding their ignorant fascist laws. Simply because they do not know how to question authority, probably because they do not realize who authority actually is, and that is Conservatives. Liberals are not authority. We are the scientific method, we challenge authority. We especially challenge the authority of the rich who buy the political process and hence power, and also run the financial system and all the major corporations who are mostly, if not all, exponents of the "trickle down" myth.
    1
  2398. 1
  2399. Roland White No. The status quo would be the conservative politicians, hence the name "conservative", because they're trying to conserve antiquated classist values. They believe in "fee market" ideology, along with Libertarians, which is whay Rand Paul runs on the Republican ticket, and why parties like the ACT Party in New Zealand, which is Libertarian in nature, work with the conservative Right-wing parties. Why? Because they have the same economic ideology, making the rich richer and the poor poorer.  The Left-wing are the one's who follow evidence, like the evidence for climate change, for one example. They may not change their overall ideology, but they will change some aspects around their policies when evidence suggests they should, and for that, they are not the status quo. They are also not the status quo, because they're also called "progressives." Why? Because we like to see things move forward towards egalitarianism, which is a big part of Marxism/Communism/Socialism. We're also not for the status quo because the Left are the one's who advocate the government ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING, whereas the Right wish to undo anything the government is doing to help the people to the point where the government is doing fuck all.  Also, I noticed you say something about the American education indoctrinating kids. You really think they're making them subservient? To whom? Left-wing government? You have to look at the U.S. and see who is in control of that country, look at the state of their politics. It is being run by the wealthy for the wealthy, hence why even the Democrats are Right-wing. In fact, I don't know how you even came up with this ignorant little piece of rhetoric you're throwing around. If you look at it the whole U.S., from their pledge of allegiance, to their Police and military industrial complex to even their schools is all authoritarian, and authoritarianism is distinctly Right-wing. So if they are trying to make people "subservient" it is not the Left who are doing so.  I can't believe I had to waste my time explaining that to you. How do you not know this shit?
    1
  2400. 1
  2401. 1
  2402. 1
  2403. 1
  2404. 1
  2405. 1
  2406. 1
  2407. 1
  2408. 1
  2409. 1
  2410. 1
  2411. 1
  2412. 1
  2413. 1
  2414. T Myte It's funny you say "protecting the rights of minorities" when Lefties and Socialists are usually all for that. And why do you consider it "stealing." Paying tax should be something we all like doing, because it gives us, or should at least, great things that we all use, even if we don't directly use them, we often get the benefit of it's use.  You say "Also if the majority says one thing it does not make it moral." Which is exactly my point, people's right to life should be a priority over other people's property rights, i.e. infringing on on someone's property rights via demanding taxation when it does not impede that persons right to life, and could facilitate someone else's right to life. You also say, "This type of argument could try to make it legal to rape women when they get 50.0001%  of the population." But that is incorrect. That is exactly my point. Human rights should not be the plaything of majorities. Socialists usually agree with that, which is why if the majority were socialist, they'd be looking out for the needs of minorities, because we are generally in favour of human rights, and human rights in the way I've explained, where some are more prioritized over others. Because even if we were demanding higher taxation, we would still be allowing for firstly that person's right to life, but also secondly their property rights in that we would not want to tax too much so the person still had fiscal freedom and disposable income.  This is the problem with many of the fascist governments of developed first world nations. They think people's right to life is a plaything to be used to garner slaves for the corporate class pyramid. They think nothing of our right not to be arbitrarily arrested, detained or punished. It's a shame that you sound like you're in the majority on their side.
    1
  2415. 1
  2416. 1
  2417. 1
  2418. 1
  2419. 1
  2420. 1
  2421. 1
  2422. 1
  2423. 1
  2424. 1
  2425. 1
  2426. 1
  2427. 1
  2428. 1
  2429. 1
  2430. 1
  2431. 1
  2432. 1
  2433. 1
  2434. 1
  2435. 1
  2436. 1
  2437. 1
  2438. 1
  2439. 1
  2440. 1
  2441. 1
  2442. 1
  2443. 1
  2444. 1
  2445. 1
  2446. 1
  2447. 1
  2448. 1
  2449. 1
  2450. 1
  2451. 1
  2452. 1
  2453. 1
  2454. 1
  2455. 1
  2456. 1
  2457. 1
  2458. 1
  2459. 1
  2460. 1
  2461. 1
  2462. 1
  2463. 1
  2464. Red Lion Regressive? Dude, you don't know what you're talking about! You're the one drinking the Kool-aid. Libertarians like you are the best allies of the authoritarian right. "Authoritarian" leftists aren't all the authoritarian because the only authority they wish to exert is one in which people should adhere to anyway. The idea that all individuals right to life is held in a higher regard than and one individuals property rights, so therefore taxing a rich person is not wrong, because it doesn't affect their ability to survive, not taxing the rich and helping poor people is directly affecting their ability to survive.  I suggest you read this, you regressive, backwards, fool..  Homo sapiens, we have a mind for the abstract, which sets us apart from our closest primate relatives. It gave us art and language, which enabled us to communicate in greater definition. With better communication came a greater ability to cooperate and coordinate.  Surely, this has contributed to the successes that members of our species have had, in enduring the elements of the environment, and conquering those members of our species who communicate, cooperate, coordinate and do diplomacy with less efficacy.  Ever since the neolithic revolution our species has lived by farming the arable land available to them. Only to have the spoils of such siphoned off to those who contributed the least and were the least in need. Those who controlled the social and economic structure of the group simply because they held the resources to exert their will, domesticating the physical might of Homo sapiens as Homo sapiens had domesticated the might of other mammals.  This was as such for centuries, for millennia, until slowly, increment by increment, innovation by innovation, communication by communication, revolution by revolution, our technologies and ideas evolved. The industrial revolution and the age of enlightenment brought forth socialists and republicans all over the world who organised. Who cooperated and coordinated. Eventually realizing an ancient idea. Enter democracy. Enter Governments.  Enter fiscal conservatives. The remnants of aristocracy. Those who did not wish to relinquish the rule and superiority enjoyed by those of their genealogy. Enter those confused about their place in this antiquated economic class structure. Those confused about what is morally correct and fair. Those opposed to realistic meritocracy, yet proclaim it's existence from rooftops and soap boxes. The Doublespeak, the transparent cognitive dissonance.  Seeking to minimize governance, minimize, or eliminate, democracy, the fiscal conservatives are winning. The more tumultuous society is, the more they are winning. Cooperation and coordination do not seek dysfunction. Those who oppose macro cooperation and coordination seek dysfunction.  Is that disingenuous? Maybe. It is likely fiscal conservatives do not seek dysfunction, they seek their own success. Determined to believe individual success is dependent upon individual merit alone. Determined to deny determinism. Determined to deny ecological limitations. Dysfunction can be the only result.  The socially liberal branch of fiscal conservatives call themselves "Libertarian." They have many among their numbers who are nonreligious, and refer to socialists and social conservatives as "statists." Despite that not actually being a word. The term is usually used to insinuate that those in said categories have a dogmatic belief in the state, a word which actually does exist. An assertion which is delightfully dissonant. When the facts are the "Free market" is basically the same as any described deity. It is not tangible, and is supposed to be omnipotent enough to realize meritocracy. While a state is an organized democracy. As in proportional representation as democratically willed by all the people. It is tangible, and it bends to the will of the people, rather than requiring dogmatic apathetic determinism. Which, like religion, will only maintain and manufacture top-down authoritarianism.  When we give up our democratic rights, we allow our government to be neglected. The only people that gain from this, at least temporarily, are fiscal conservatives. It puts many social services in the hands of people who are motivated by profit, rather than efficacy and the greater good.  It's not that fiscal conservatives won't cooperate and coordinate, either. They're simply more likely to cooperate and coordinate in the pursuit of denigrating and exploiting proletarians and the poverty stricken for a few individuals to profit, than they are to cooperate and coordinate to ensure the comfort and success of the whole group. This micro cooperation. This is negative cooperation. Divide and conquer. "Us" against "Them." We, as a nation, as a species, can continue to lie to ourselves and to each other, to continue this micro cooperation, this conservative cooperation, this negative cooperation. Or, we can be truthful and transparent, and we can achieve macro cooperation, positive cooperation, progressive cooperation. ... Oh, and one more thing, not all SJWs are opposed to free speech, we actually take Kyle's stance on that. 
    1
  2465. 1
  2466. 1
  2467. 1
  2468. 1
  2469. 1
  2470. 1
  2471. 1
  2472. 1
  2473. 1
  2474. 1
  2475. 1
  2476. 1
  2477. 1
  2478. 1
  2479. 1
  2480. 1
  2481. 1
  2482. 1
  2483. 1
  2484. 1
  2485. 1
  2486. 1
  2487. 1
  2488. 1
  2489. 1
  2490. 1
  2491. 1
  2492. 1
  2493. 1
  2494. 1
  2495. spinosauruskin Wow! the stupid is strong in you, isn't it?  "There is evidence against her claims." That's ridiculous. There wasn't enough evidence to convict, that's not evidence there was evidence to the contrary. ""Not saying they are assuming it did in fact happen" They were." I disagree. I don't think that's what they were doing at all. "But they'd be the first to argue that a man convicted was definitely a rapist." Probably, because if he was convicted there was likely more evidence. Duh. "Conflicts with the feminist idea that rape victims are traumatised by reliving their rapes and that's why they don't go to the police." Not every case is the same, and in this case she is likely more traumatized by the fact that her accused got away with it, if it did in fact happen. So her art is a way of expressing to others the ways in which some people get away with rape.  "Not what the media here is discussing. And Cenk put it best. "we all agree"" Maybe because they missed the fucking point all together, much like most of their audience. "Why bring identity politics into the conversation? Oh yeah because you're a bigot."  Because this obviously has a lot to do with identity politics when Cenk is making such an ignorant, gender biased argument. The fact I'm bringing up gender politics when gender politics are clearly applicable because it IS applicable and because Cenk made it applicable, is not evidence I am a bigot! In fact, it is clearly evidence to the contrary! What, an, idiot! Do you not have any knowledge regarding privilege in all it's forms? I suggest you acquire some.  "And let's face it, this whole bullshit about campus sexual assault is focused around female victims and male perpetrators for a reason. And it's not because that's the most common form (it isn't) or the most condoned form (it's the least)"  Again, while what you said there might be true, your ignorance of privilege is clouding your perspective. 
    1
  2496. 1
  2497. 1
  2498. 1
  2499. 1
  2500. 1
  2501. 1
  2502. 1
  2503. 1
  2504. 1
  2505. 1
  2506. 1
  2507. 1
  2508. 1
  2509. 1
  2510. 1
  2511. 1
  2512. 1
  2513. 1
  2514. 1
  2515. 1
  2516. 1
  2517. 1
  2518. 1
  2519. 1
  2520. 1
  2521. 1
  2522. 1
  2523. 1
  2524. 1
  2525. 1
  2526. 1
  2527. 1
  2528. 1
  2529. 1
  2530. 1
  2531. 1
  2532. 1
  2533. 1
  2534. 1
  2535. 1
  2536. 1
  2537. 1
  2538. 1
  2539. 1
  2540. 1
  2541. 1
  2542. 1
  2543. 1
  2544. 1
  2545. 1
  2546. 1
  2547. 1
  2548. 1
  2549. 1
  2550. 1
  2551. 1
  2552. 1
  2553. 1
  2554. 1
  2555. 1
  2556. 1
  2557. 1
  2558. 1
  2559. 1
  2560. 1
  2561. 1
  2562. 1
  2563. 1
  2564. 1
  2565. 1
  2566. 1
  2567. 1
  2568. 1
  2569. 1
  2570. 1
  2571. 1
  2572. 1
  2573. 1
  2574. 1
  2575. 1
  2576. 1
  2577. 1
  2578. 1
  2579. 1
  2580. 1
  2581. 1
  2582. 1
  2583. 1
  2584. 1
  2585. 1
  2586. 1
  2587. 1
  2588. 1
  2589. 1
  2590. 1
  2591. 1
  2592. 1
  2593. 1
  2594. 1
  2595. 1
  2596. 1
  2597. 1
  2598. 1
  2599. 1
  2600. 1
  2601. 1
  2602. 1
  2603. 1
  2604. 1
  2605. 1
  2606. 1
  2607. 1
  2608. 1
  2609. 1
  2610. 1
  2611. 1
  2612. 1
  2613. 1
  2614. 1
  2615. 1
  2616. 1
  2617. 1
  2618. 1
  2619. 1
  2620. 1
  2621. 1
  2622. 1
  2623. 1
  2624. 1
  2625. 1
  2626. 1
  2627. 1
  2628. 1
  2629. 1
  2630. 1
  2631. 1
  2632. 1
  2633. 1
  2634. 1
  2635. 1
  2636. 1
  2637. 1
  2638. 1
  2639. 1
  2640. 1
  2641. 1
  2642. 1
  2643. 1
  2644. 1
  2645. 1
  2646. 1
  2647. 1
  2648. 1
  2649. 1
  2650. 1
  2651. 1
  2652. 1
  2653. 1
  2654. 1
  2655. 1
  2656. 1
  2657. 1
  2658. 1
  2659. 1
  2660. 1
  2661. 1
  2662. 1
  2663. 1
  2664. 1
  2665. 1
  2666. 1
  2667. 1
  2668. 1
  2669. 1
  2670. 1
  2671. 1
  2672. 1
  2673. 1
  2674. 1
  2675. 1
  2676. 1
  2677. 1
  2678. 1
  2679. 1
  2680. 1
  2681. 1
  2682. 1
  2683. 1
  2684. 1
  2685. 1
  2686. 1
  2687. 1
  2688. 1
  2689. 1
  2690. 1
  2691. 1
  2692. 1
  2693. 1
  2694. 1
  2695. 1
  2696. 1
  2697. +Rob Wilson You can walk down the street and pull your cell phone out of your pocket without having to worry about whether a nearby cop is going to think it's a gun and fucking shoot you. That's what this whole "white privilege" thing means, you don't have to think about issues that people of colour DO have to think about, like the cops treating you like you're always armed and extremely dangerous, prospective employers making judgments based on your name etc. etc. etc. There's scientific studies that will educate you to the fact that people have unconscious bias towards those that look like us. It's how our species is wired to look out for our family, and then our tribe etc. That itself manifests into a reality in which white people are naturally going to be slightly more privileged if they're are the majority of the population, which they are. This leads to white people on average, and note that I say "on average" there, if you don't understand averages then leave this conversation, you don't have the intellectual capability to understand any of this, being more economically privileged than people of colour. Which, again, continues the cycle since slavery ended of African-Americans being generally confined to the class of proletarian because it's the bourgeoisie who have the resources therefore they have the jobs, and they also have that unconscious bias to people who look like them meaning white proletarians have more chance of becoming petty bourgeoisie or bourgeoisie. Not that they have that much more chance because history tells us that white proletarians too are being oppressed by the white bourgeoisie, and class ascension is very rare. You say, "try opening a history book." I would advise you to do the same. Only this time try a bit of historiography and at least attempt to comprehend historical dialectical materialism. You people that can't intellectualize any of this shit and keep denying white privilege exists are idiots of the intellectual level of kindergarteners. You don't seem to understand abstract concepts. Go back to school.
    1
  2698. 1
  2699. 1
  2700. 1
  2701. 1
  2702. 1
  2703. 1
  2704. 1
  2705. 1
  2706. 1
  2707. 1
  2708. 1
  2709. 1
  2710. 1
  2711. 1
  2712. 1
  2713. 1
  2714. 1
  2715. Eric Camacho Neither do I, but I understand the varying degrees and manners in which a nation can organize it's governance and be considered Left-wing or Socialist. I find it funny him querying my Marxism. I'm an atheist, hence a materialist. Check. I'm all for the regulation of economy. Check. I'm in favour of public ownership of at least one or more organizations that provide necessary amenities. Check. I'm all for egalitarianism. Check. I'm against the militarization of the police force. Check. I'm against foreign military intervention in almost, if not all instances. Check.  I am pro private ownership, as I believe one of the precursors of Marxism is not just the bourgeoisie being able to hold the means of production over the proletariat in order to exploit them, but the inequality among the people. People want things, but they especially want the security of having a means to feed, house and clothe oneself and their family. Above all they want these things in a self actualized fashion. In other words, we all want to successful an for most that means being the owner of the means of their own production after earning it via selling their labour to the bourgeoisie until the decent wages afforded to them by decent governmental regulation gives them the upward economic mobility to become an owner themselves. Or at least if their profession doesn't allow for that(and I'm not talking because of monopoly, more because their whole industry is publicly owned etc.), that they have Union representation that allows them a salary that sets them up for a good living. I.e. being able to buy a residential property at a relatively young age, being able to take holidays, having disposable income to enjoy consumer products and recreational activities. Bottom line: we all want a little bit of something to call our own, so I'm not for 100% Communism, but we need something close that still allows for some private ownership. 
    1
  2716. 1
  2717. 1
  2718. 1
  2719. 1
  2720. 1
  2721. 1
  2722. 1
  2723. 1
  2724. 1
  2725. 1
  2726. 1
  2727. 1
  2728. 1
  2729. 1
  2730. 1
  2731. 1
  2732. 1
  2733. 1
  2734. 1
  2735. 1
  2736. 1
  2737. 1
  2738. 1
  2739. 1
  2740. 1
  2741. 1
  2742. 1
  2743. 1
  2744. 1
  2745. 1
  2746. 1
  2747. 1
  2748. 1
  2749. 1
  2750. 1
  2751. 1
  2752. 1
  2753. 1
  2754. 1
  2755. 1
  2756. 1
  2757. 1
  2758. 1
  2759. 1
  2760. 1
  2761. 1
  2762. 1
  2763. 1
  2764. 1
  2765. 1
  2766. 1
  2767. 1
  2768. 1
  2769. 1
  2770. 1
  2771. 1
  2772. 1
  2773. 1
  2774. 1
  2775. 1
  2776. 1
  2777. 1
  2778. 1
  2779. 1
  2780. 1
  2781. 1
  2782. 1
  2783. 1
  2784. 1
  2785. 1
  2786. 1
  2787. 1
  2788. 1
  2789. 1
  2790. 1
  2791. 1
  2792. 1
  2793. 1
  2794. 1
  2795. 1
  2796. 1
  2797. 1
  2798. 1
  2799. 1
  2800. 1
  2801. 1
  2802. 1
  2803. 1
  2804. 1
  2805. 1
  2806. 1
  2807. 1
  2808. 1
  2809. 1
  2810. 1
  2811. 1
  2812. 1
  2813. 1
  2814. 1
  2815. 1
  2816. 1
  2817. 1
  2818. 1
  2819. 1
  2820. 1
  2821. 1
  2822. 1
  2823. 1
  2824. 1
  2825. 1
  2826. 1
  2827. 1
  2828. 1
  2829. 1
  2830. 1
  2831. 1
  2832. 1
  2833. 1
  2834. 1
  2835. 1
  2836. 1
  2837. 1
  2838. 1
  2839. 1
  2840. 1
  2841. 1
  2842. 1
  2843. 1
  2844. 1
  2845. 1
  2846. 1
  2847. 1
  2848. 1
  2849. 1
  2850. 1
  2851. 1
  2852. 1
  2853. 1
  2854. 1
  2855. 1
  2856. 1
  2857. 1
  2858. 1
  2859. 1
  2860. 1
  2861. 1
  2862. 1
  2863. 1
  2864. 1
  2865. 1
  2866. 1
  2867. 1
  2868. 1
  2869. 1
  2870. 1
  2871. 1
  2872. 1
  2873. 1
  2874. 1
  2875. 1
  2876. 1
  2877. 1
  2878. 1
  2879. 1
  2880. 1
  2881. 1
  2882. 1
  2883. 1
  2884. 1
  2885. 1
  2886. 1
  2887. 1
  2888. 1
  2889. 1
  2890. 1
  2891. 1
  2892. 1
  2893. 1
  2894. 1
  2895. 1
  2896. 1
  2897. 1
  2898. 1
  2899. 1
  2900. 1
  2901. 1
  2902. 1
  2903. 1
  2904. 1
  2905. 1
  2906. 1
  2907. 1
  2908. 1
  2909. 1
  2910. 1
  2911. 1
  2912. 1
  2913. 1
  2914. 1
  2915. 1
  2916. 1
  2917. 1
  2918. 1
  2919. 1
  2920. 1
  2921. 1
  2922. 1
  2923. 1
  2924. Shepsu Tera Netchebmaa "You got a subject to debate ass hole?" Well, being as you are the one who seems to be defending Alex Jones, I assume you agree with much of his assertions, and being that they are his assertions, the burden of proof is on him, and anyone else who also chooses to assert these things as facts. So, being as they are his assertions and you're defending him, maybe you know of which of his assertions you would like to debate? "Let's you and I discuss issues right now." Sorry, it's taken me some time to reply, but let's..   "I doubt if you you can complete a coherent sentence." Well, prepare to be proven wrong on that assumption. I did well in English all through school, top of my class in high school, and my country regularly ranks highly in OECD Reading Comprehension rates.  "What we have now is crony capitalism/fascism/socialism and it's not working." You might as well just call it fascism. It's capitalism as far as it's classist and authoritarian. It's only socialist in that fascism incorporates some minor elements of socialism, while rejecting the egalitarianism of actual Marxist socialism, which most fascists vehemently denounce.   "You just don't understand a free market society.  That worked for 200 years here." Most people who argue against the free market actually do understand. There are many reasons that free market capitalism "worked"("worked" because it obviously didn't provide freedom and liberty to all, i.e. slaves, native populations, and was basically might equals right, bullies get to dictate to the weak) in the "New World" for all that time. Context is important, and that context has changed.  "Show me where socialism has worked and I'll vote for him." Socialism has been working all across the developed world since the middle of last century. The U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, all have had socialist programs for a long time, most of which are effective, although some could still get better, and might. "Socialistic/Fascistic/Communist government" It sounds like you have a misguided idea of some of these concepts. Are you aware of what the political compass is? "Do you know what conspiracy "theory" is?  It's only a question until one or more facts of the or a conspiracy is put forth.  Then it's no longer a theory." LOL. A conspiracy theory is not the same a scientific theory, and what conspiracy theorists consider credible and verified facts would not hold up to scrutiny.  "I am not a believer but a "knower."" Have you ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect? "We are in an oligarchy/fascist as well with socialistics and communism too." Do you even know what communism actually is? I agree with you on the Federal Reserve. But that is more reason to vote for the most economically left candidate. 
    1
  2925. ***** "Property taxes = you never own your property because you're always paying for it" That's not what that means at all.  "as long as the FEDERAL RESERVE continues to produce INFINITE FIAT MONEY" Okay, it's not good that the Federal Reserve is controlled by private persons, but the problem with that is not that the currency is not backed by anything, it's that the reserve bank usually sets interest rates and influences how banks are regulated, which allows for fractional reserve lending, which causes inflation and debt. Fiat currency is the way forward. It need not be be backed by anything because money doesn't need to be a representation of all the physical resources available to a person/country because markets include things that are not physical resources such as arts and services. You might say, well that then makes the prices of physical commodities arbitrary and artificial. And I would say, yes, and that makes all the more reason to have a democratic socialist government that regulates effectively for the benefit of all.  "Oh yeah, Sanders allegedly hates the Federal Reserve, but he "'sold out' on a measure to audit the Federal Reserve. Sanders agreed to modify the measure in a way that requires audits of the Fed during the financial crisis but not of the bank's monetary policy "" What you don't seem to understand about this is that politics, and democratic government is subject to diplomacy, a dialogue between ideas and ideals. You don't always get exactly what you want. Sometimes you have to compromise to make some small ground, and bide your time until you can make more. Say, until the public votes for more senators and congress reps. that are of his stripe, that are willing to help him. That's politics, sometimes progress is slow and painful.  "Even with all this freely available information proving how dangerous it is?" What some consider "proof" others would not. Dare I say that what people like you that consider such things as proof are usually ignorant of much context, when knocking down opposing ideologies, and when promoting their own.  "In theory, socialism is nice. In reality people are motivated by greed; that's not cynicism, that's fact?"  Yes, and idiot right-wingers don't realize that the left-wing have a more holistic approach to their greed. They realize that if as a society they try to take care of everyone all the time, people are going to take care of them personally all the time. Everyone is going to have a relative amount of prosperity. Notice I said "relative" there, I'm not talking about everyone having exactly the same amount.  "..renewable energy and automated technology" You realize socialists are all about clean energy, right? You understand what needs to happen when everything is automated, right? We're going to have to move all these unqualified workers onto Universal Basic Incomes. That's socialism. You might want to ignore that fact. But that is what is going to need to happen. These people are going to become consumers, artists, and citizen journalists etc.  "Yeah, violent savages (aka "refugees") are financially exploiting the countries that they're invading" What the fuck is wrong with you? That is categorically false. The fact they are refugees proves that they are not in fact "savages", because they trying to escape the violence in their region. What a fucking idiot! "Invading"? You know that implies military force, right? You know there's none of that, right? You fucking idiot. 
    1
  2926. 1
  2927. 1
  2928. 1
  2929. 1
  2930. 1
  2931. 1
  2932. 1
  2933. 1
  2934. 1
  2935. 1
  2936. 1
  2937. 1
  2938. 1
  2939. 1
  2940. 1
  2941. 1
  2942. 1
  2943. 1
  2944. 1
  2945. 1
  2946. 1
  2947. 1
  2948. 1
  2949. 1
  2950. 1
  2951. 1
  2952. 1
  2953. 1
  2954. 1
  2955. 1
  2956. 1
  2957. 1
  2958. 1
  2959. 1
  2960. 1
  2961. 1
  2962. 1
  2963. 1
  2964. 1
  2965. 1
  2966. 1
  2967. 1
  2968. 1
  2969. 1
  2970. 1
  2971. 1
  2972. 1
  2973. 1
  2974. 1
  2975. 1
  2976. 1
  2977. 1
  2978. 1
  2979. 1
  2980. 1
  2981. 1
  2982. 1
  2983. 1
  2984. 1
  2985. 1
  2986. 1
  2987. 1
  2988. 1
  2989. 1
  2990. 1
  2991. 1
  2992. 1
  2993. 1
  2994. 1
  2995. 1
  2996. 1
  2997. 1
  2998. 1
  2999. 1
  3000. 1
  3001. 1
  3002. Argya Wanaditya "notice how her stories don't add up AT ALL." No, I don't. "She even asked him to put it in her butt after the rape!"  What does that have to do with it. You do not know her intentions behind asking that question, which could range anywhere from attempted entrapment to a lonely young female with Stockholm syndrome. "If she had talked to everybody during the 8 months, does it make sense to you, two psychiatrist parents would not go and report on her behalf?" BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING SELF INDULGENT, UNINTELLIGENT IDIOTS! What planet are you living on?! "Remember the famous quote that you can prosecute (not convict, mind you) a ham sandwich?"  I have no idea what you are talking about. "what does it say about an allegation of rape that failed to even get prosecuted?" Probably little to nothing. "He wasn't cleared because of "a" He was cleared because it was already 8 months after the dates." Yeah, and it was 8 months after the dates because of 'a.' What are you stupid? "Furthermore, circumstantial evidence like her changing stories and her raunchy texts show the prosecutor that there was no case to be made." The texts could be sen as evidence in her favour, by anyone with half a brain that is, because, to quote myself from above; "You do not know her intentions behind asking that question, which could range anywhere from attempted entrapment to a lonely young female with Stockholm syndrome." Furthermore, his nonchalant response to that text is almost evidence of guilt, if you ask me. "You have to understand the more false/weak allegations are made, the more trivialised real rape victims are." Completely disagree. You have no evidence for this assertion, other than your own, and maybe your own assumptions about other's, inability to analyse on a case-by-case basis. You'd rather be intellectually lazy about it, and assume others wish to be also.  "Her message is good though. No matter what once the man or the woman says no, it should be over." Glad you agree. So why are we even talking about her story, not only talking about her story, talking about it as if it's completely untrue and her some sort of charlatan? It's disgusting the amount of judgment being thrown at her without seemingly any attempt to understand her position.  "Don't these feminists get disgusted that such thing as rape being trivialised by this woman and the other famous fake rape case?" Probably not, because they don't see her as trivializing it. Only idiots think things like this are being "trivialized" simply by being mentioned. It's not "trivializing" it, it's putting focus on the issue. "Right, sorry I did not grow up in a feminist country (Indonesia*) and am not currently living in a country where people fall into either "obnoxious feminists" or "men's activist" (NZ)." Wait, what? Are you saying there are both "obnoxious feminists" and "men's activists" don't reside in New Zealand? I haven't seen too many "obnoxious" feminists here, but we do have feminists. And we do have men's rights activists. Even I have spouted rhetoric that one could attribute to MRA's. But it's not a common thing I do. Why? Because for the most part the men already have the privilege over women. Maybe the fact you are from such a backward country, and now living in a semi-backward country, is the reason you are on the internet being nonsensical. 
    1
  3003. C/Gw "feminists dont want equality, they want special treatment. they want to be above the law, above objectivity and common morality." Nice Strawman. Oh, I'm sorry, am I invoking a "No True Scotsman" fallacy? Actually no, I'm not. Groups are defined by the people in them and what they believe, not what people outside of the group believe those people to believe. And the beliefs of a minority within such a group who have more extreme views are not representative of that group, and are, in fact, not true to the ACTUAL ideals of the larger group. Hence, they are not true "Scotsman" and that is not a fallacy. You are making a false claim. Feminism is about equality. Nothing else. Get your fucking facts straight.  "americans (and our european pets)"  What a fucking arsehole.  "feminists are not noble people, they are shysters. if they were serious, they would join charity organizations, they would work for the red cross, planned parenthood, trauma rehabilitation centers, etc." You're an idiot. Charity is sham. It is the rich convincing the poor to give to the poorer while the rich get richer. State socialism is far superior.  "they would reach out to ALL women all over the world, professionally and passionately." It doesn't work like that, at least half the women on the planet would likely be, and in many obvious cases are, too stupid to to show solidarity with other women.  "they do none of that, they bitch and whine on the internet like a bunch of self-righteous self-entitled cunts who do not realize just how good they have it in the western world." Again, you're an idiot. Saying to a poor person in a western nations; "oh, you know what, you have it so lucky, look at those poor people in developing nations" does not eliminate that persons economic underprivilege. The same goes for male privilege/female underprivilege. How are females supposed to reach out "professionally and passionately" if they're busy ignoring their own underprivilege. That doesn't help the underprivileged in developing nations in any fucking way what-so-ever.  "they do not sympathize for other groups of women who are REALLY oppressed, only for themselves." Bullshit. Idiot. "feminism is a useless term. it implies itself, it is for women only. egalitarianism is what were talking about." No it is not. Feminism IS egalitarian, despite what people like you think, simply because a few nutcases consider themselves part of the same group. The reason it is called "feminism" and not simply "egalitarianism" or humanism" is because the title acknowledges the current social conditions in which the female is underprivileged. "reason and rationale are more important than emotions and opinions." Reason should include emotions as emotions are biological facts. If someone is feeling an emotion, there is an evolutionary reason for it, and it is likely reasonably acquired due to outside influences. Ignoring them is NOT rational or logical. It is an ignorant right-wing idea, stemming from the stupidity of those too self absorbed and intellectually lazy to consider other people.  "i am not a feminist or a "MRA" or sjw, i am an egalitarian." Quite clearly you are not, otherwise you would take more time to understand all the forms of privilege/underprivilege.  "numbers mean nothing, opinions mean nothing, being offended means nothing, only the facts." Numbers are often representative of facts. Opinions can be based on facts. Being offended and other emotions are facts themselves of the field of evolutionary biology, and are usually based on external facts. Dismissing people's perspectives is really easy isn't it? Which is why the only thing you said that made any sense is correct, society IS a poor source of authority, because idiots like you are really, really poor at interpreting reality, and really ready to dismiss other people's concerns because you are too concerned about how their concerns will affect you, or attack the problem from an ignorant or biased position. If we are talking about Muslims wanting to kill apostates, fair enough, the charge doesn't equal the crime. But, if we're talking about other things then tolerance of tolerable ideas should be a given, while tolerance of intolerance shouldn't be allowed. And what you have done above, in invoking Islam, is to assert that we shouldn't tolerate intolerable ideas. Yet, you are railing against egalitarianism like you think it's intolerable, yet it fits into the "tolerance" category, so therefore should be tolerated. That whole comparison of Islam and feminism is a complete false equivalency. 
    1
  3004. mstraney "Delusional dolts like you make it harder for actual rape victims to be believed." Disagree. Not going to justify why, such a baseless claim doesn't warrant refutation.  "The adjudication was to a preponderance of evidence. Since you clearly don't know the facts or what that even means, I'll explain it for you. It means that the MAJORITY of evidence showed there was NO sexual misconduct by the accused[ it was NOT to the harder to prove beyond a reasonable doubt standard.] The accused established with over 50% certainty that it didn't happen [that's what preponderance of evidence means]" Doesn't seem to be any difference than a reasonable doubt verdict. I have already addressed above why such evidence would not be found. "As to what Cara said, yes she answered Cenk's question "how do you KNOW she was raped?", and Cara said, " because she said so". That very much means Cara KNOWS she was raped, and he raped her." She also said; "benefit of the doubt." You know why? Because it makes logical sense. With her; "who would make it up" as evidence for it being a logical conclusion. That is not to say that false rape allegations are not made, but it is to say, maybe, that those allegations are usually so transparently false. In this case, there seems to be reason to believe her story, such as the fact she didn't go to police for months because she wasn't sure whether to label it rape or not due to her uncertainties concerning consent. The fact the panel here on TYT were so split by it, and along gender lines, might indicate that both Cara and Hannah, and Cenk, were on differing extremes of interpretation. Now, I'm not saying Cara and Hannah are 100% correct, but I am saying that maybe those observing this story need to try their hardest to put their gender bias aside. 
    1
  3005. 1
  3006. 1
  3007. 1
  3008. 1
  3009. 1
  3010. 1
  3011. 1
  3012. 1
  3013. 1
  3014. 1
  3015. 1
  3016. 1
  3017. 1
  3018. 1
  3019. 1
  3020. 1
  3021. 1
  3022. 1
  3023. 1
  3024. 1
  3025. 1
  3026. 1
  3027. 1
  3028. 1
  3029. 1
  3030. 1
  3031. 1
  3032. 1
  3033. 1
  3034. 1
  3035. 1
  3036. 1
  3037. 1
  3038. 1
  3039. 1
  3040. 1
  3041. 1
  3042. 1
  3043. 1
  3044. 1
  3045. 1
  3046. 1
  3047. 1
  3048. 1
  3049. 1
  3050. 1
  3051. 1
  3052. 1
  3053. 1
  3054. 1
  3055. 1
  3056. 1
  3057. 1
  3058. 1
  3059. 1
  3060. 1
  3061. 1
  3062. 1
  3063. 1
  3064. 1
  3065. 1
  3066. 1
  3067. 1
  3068. 1
  3069. 1
  3070. 1
  3071. 1
  3072. 1
  3073. 1
  3074. 1
  3075. 1
  3076. 1
  3077. 1
  3078. 1
  3079. 1
  3080. 1
  3081. 1
  3082. 1
  3083. 1
  3084. 1
  3085. 1
  3086. 1
  3087. 1
  3088. 1
  3089. 1
  3090. 1
  3091. 1
  3092. 1
  3093. 1
  3094. 1
  3095. 1
  3096. 1
  3097. 1
  3098. 1
  3099. 1
  3100. 1
  3101. 1
  3102. 1
  3103. 1
  3104. 1
  3105. 1
  3106. 1
  3107. 1
  3108. 1
  3109. 1
  3110. 1
  3111. 1
  3112. 1
  3113. 1
  3114. 1
  3115. 1
  3116. 1
  3117. 1
  3118. 1
  3119. 1
  3120. 1
  3121. 1
  3122. 1
  3123. 1
  3124. 1
  3125. 1
  3126. 1
  3127. 1
  3128. 1
  3129. 1
  3130. 1
  3131. 1
  3132. 1
  3133. 1
  3134. 1
  3135. 1
  3136. 1
  3137. 1
  3138. 1
  3139. 1
  3140. 1
  3141. 1
  3142. 1
  3143. 1
  3144. 1
  3145. 1
  3146. 1
  3147. 1
  3148. 1
  3149. 1
  3150. 1
  3151. 1
  3152. 1
  3153. 1
  3154. 1
  3155. 1
  3156. 1
  3157. 1
  3158. 1
  3159. 1
  3160. ***** Right and wrong. I'm a New Zealander by citizenship. Therefore, I am either a European Polynesian, or a European New Zealander, because I am not of an aboriginal ethnicity to New Zealand or Polynesia, but I was born here, it is all I know, the same as an African American, therefore I am a New Zealander and a Polynesian. "If you're offended by being reminded of the country you were born in, then too fucking bad." I'm not. That's why have no problem with European New Zealander, and I think you'll find, that that is the exact term used in New Zealand census forms. Not that I tick that because the whole thing is divisively racist, I'm a Homo sapiens sapiens. As we all are. "anything more is unwelcome and unnecessary." Then how do you discuss racial issues, which clearly still exist? I mean, I say that I tick "Other" and put Homo sapiens sapiens in the space provided, because often statistics are cited by the Right-wing to incorrectly stereotype and negatively characterize, because they don't understand the causes of anything, so put false causes on things like "race".Those same statistics usually prove there is racism in the system, such as both in the U.S. and in New Zealand, African Americans and Maori make up only 14% of the population and make up 53% of the prison populations. Which clearly shows that low socioeconomic status, and police racial profiling lead to more violent crime in areas where people of these ethnicities live, while having the same amount of drug use as other sectors of society, yet are imprisoned more for such offences.  "Oh, and I am aboriginal in the country of my birth, not that it fucking matters or should ever matter." Well, it matters to some, and I can see why. I think they should let go of it a little too, but that's going to take some time, especially when populations like Maori and Native Americans have been largely of low socioeconomic status since imperialist white people came along and stole a vast majority of the land they lived on.
    1
  3161. 1
  3162. 1
  3163. 1
  3164. 1
  3165. 1
  3166. 1
  3167. 1
  3168. 1
  3169. 1
  3170. 1
  3171. 1
  3172. 1
  3173. 1
  3174. 1
  3175. 1
  3176. 1
  3177. 1
  3178. 1
  3179. 1
  3180. 1
  3181. 1
  3182. 1
  3183. 1
  3184. 1
  3185. 1
  3186. 1
  3187. 1
  3188. 1
  3189. 1
  3190. 1
  3191. 1
  3192. 1
  3193. 1
  3194. 1
  3195. 1
  3196. 1
  3197. 1
  3198. 1
  3199. 1
  3200. 1
  3201. 1
  3202. 1
  3203. 1
  3204. 1
  3205. 1
  3206. 1
  3207. 1
  3208. 1
  3209. 1
  3210. 1
  3211. 1
  3212. 1
  3213. 1
  3214. 1
  3215. 1
  3216. 1
  3217. 1
  3218. 1
  3219. 1
  3220. 1
  3221. 1
  3222. 1
  3223. 1
  3224. 1
  3225. 1
  3226. 1
  3227. 1
  3228. 1
  3229. 1
  3230. 1
  3231. 1
  3232. 1
  3233. 1
  3234. 1
  3235. 1
  3236. 1
  3237. 1
  3238. 1
  3239. 1
  3240. 1
  3241. 1
  3242. 1
  3243. 1
  3244. 1
  3245. 1
  3246. 1
  3247. 1
  3248. 1
  3249. 1
  3250. 1
  3251. 1
  3252. 1
  3253. 1
  3254. 1
  3255. 1
  3256. 1
  3257. 1
  3258. 1
  3259. 1
  3260. 1
  3261. 1
  3262. 1
  3263. 1
  3264. 1
  3265. 1
  3266. 1
  3267. 1
  3268. 1
  3269. 1
  3270. 1
  3271. 1
  3272. 1
  3273. 1
  3274. 1
  3275. 1
  3276. 1
  3277. 1
  3278. 1
  3279. 1
  3280. 1
  3281. 1
  3282. 1
  3283. 1
  3284. 1
  3285. 1
  3286. 1
  3287. 1
  3288. 1
  3289. 1
  3290. 1
  3291. 1
  3292. 1
  3293. 1
  3294. 1
  3295. 1
  3296. 1
  3297. 1
  3298. 1
  3299. 1
  3300. 1
  3301. 1
  3302. 1
  3303. 1
  3304. 1
  3305. 1
  3306. 1
  3307. 1
  3308. 1
  3309. 1
  3310. 1
  3311. 1
  3312. 1
  3313. 1
  3314. 1
  3315. 1
  3316. 1
  3317. 1
  3318. 1
  3319. 1
  3320. 1
  3321. 1
  3322. 1
  3323. 1
  3324. 1
  3325. 1
  3326. 1
  3327. 1
  3328. 1
  3329. 1
  3330. 1
  3331. 1
  3332. 1
  3333. 1
  3334. 1
  3335. 1
  3336. 1
  3337. 1
  3338. 1
  3339. 1
  3340. 1
  3341. 1
  3342. 1
  3343. 1
  3344. 1
  3345. 1
  3346. 1
  3347. 1
  3348. 1
  3349. 1
  3350. 1
  3351. 1
  3352. 1
  3353. 1
  3354. 1
  3355. 1
  3356. 1
  3357. 1
  3358. 1
  3359. 1
  3360. 1
  3361. 1
  3362. 1
  3363. 1
  3364. 1
  3365. 1
  3366. 1
  3367. 1
  3368. 1
  3369. 1
  3370. 1
  3371. 1
  3372. 1
  3373. 1
  3374. 1
  3375. 1
  3376. 1
  3377. 1
  3378. 1
  3379. 1
  3380. 1
  3381. 1
  3382. 1
  3383. 1
  3384. 1
  3385. 1
  3386. 1
  3387. 1
  3388. 1
  3389. 1
  3390. 1
  3391. 1
  3392. 1
  3393. 1
  3394. 1
  3395. 1
  3396. 1
  3397. 1
  3398. 1
  3399. 1
  3400. 1
  3401. 1
  3402. 1
  3403. 1
  3404. 1
  3405. 1
  3406. 1
  3407. 1
  3408. 1
  3409. 1
  3410. 1
  3411. 1
  3412. 1
  3413. 1
  3414. 1
  3415. 1
  3416. 1
  3417. 1
  3418. 1
  3419. 1
  3420. 1
  3421. 1
  3422. 1
  3423. 1
  3424. 1
  3425. 1
  3426. 1
  3427. 1
  3428. 1
  3429. 1
  3430. 1
  3431. 1
  3432. I'm a white 37YO hip hop fan from Aotearoa New Zealand, and I've got a few things to say. Let's get this one out of the way straight away, not including the SSLP up there or better than the MMLP is a crime. The idea that the Eminem Show is his best album is far too prevalent so I love that you correctly identify it as being mid, but put some respect on the SSLP please. It has some good class social commentary on If I had and Rock Bottom. Plus just bars on some of those other tracks. Also, RATM should get more respect here with their class social commentary. I'm surprised, I mean, I get classing them as white, even though Zach is latino and Jewish, and Tom is black. Their music style does appeal a bit more to white audiences. The main thing I wanna talk about though is a white rapper, Tom Scott(Home Brew, @Peace, Average Rap Band, Avantdale Bowling Club) from here in Aotearoa that I think is respectful of hip hop culture and authentic to kiwi culture, a little bit more so with regards to the latter comparative to some other kiwi rappers that were around a bit before him during the same period. Some of which had a little bit too much American style in their vocal performances and their fashion choices. (That's not to say that Tom and his counterparts in any of his groups don't have American style influences, because I think we all do in the English speaking realm.) I wanna also speak to this through experience though, being a white dude and wanting to rap. I was quite interested in doing that throughout my later teens and early 20's. But I eventually decided I was probably getting too old and I wasn't getting anywhere trying to do it my way(which was admittedly very dumb and too shy). Then my younger brother introduced me to Home Brew around 2010, right before they dropped their self titled full length album, and a little after they'd just dropped about 3 different EP's from 2007-2009. And it was like some Lauryn Hill Killing Me Softly shit, because dude was rapping about all the things I would have wanted to rap about. Songs like Monday, Tuesday and Sunday from the Last Weak EP, Same Shit, Different Day from Taste Test, basically the whole of the Summer Ale EP, but particularly Good God, State Of Mind, Dark Intro, 55 Stories, Basketball Court, from the Home Brew album, and a song called Just Another. So needless to say I felt like there was no need to try to rap when dude was already making all the songs I wanted to make. He continues to too, with his latest release TREES from Avantdale Bowling Club almost literally telling the story of my life over the past 5 years. It's also very Jazz influenced. They're dope as. And the live performance of three of the songs from this album on YT sort of shows what I mean about being respectful of the culture, as they fly Tino Rangatiratanga flags above the bowling club they're playing at. The significance being they're the flag associated with Maoridom, and Maori sovereignty over Aotearoa, with some of the band members being Maori and polynesian, and Maori and polynesians being the pioneers of hip hop in Aotearoa, having an affinity with black people being minorities also. I personally think his music is better than Eminem's, and as far as lyricism and that he's not far behind or perhaps even on par too. The only thing I think might be an issue is some of the kiwi cultural elements, but we as non-Americans have the same thing with some American rappers and I think we fill in the spaces or Google the terms so it shouldn't be too much of a barrier. I think F.D. and others who may not have heard of him should check him out.
    1
  3433. 1
  3434. 1
  3435. 1
  3436. 1
  3437. 1
  3438. 1
  3439. 1
  3440. 1
  3441. 1
  3442. 1
  3443. 1
  3444. 1
  3445. 1
  3446. 1
  3447. 1
  3448. 1
  3449. 1
  3450. 1
  3451. 1
  3452. 1
  3453. 1
  3454. 1
  3455. 1
  3456. 1
  3457. 1
  3458. 1
  3459. 1
  3460. 1
  3461. 1
  3462. 1
  3463. 1
  3464. 1
  3465. 1
  3466. 1
  3467. 1
  3468. 1
  3469. 1
  3470. 1
  3471. 1
  3472. 1
  3473. 1
  3474. 1
  3475. 1
  3476. 1
  3477. 1
  3478. 1
  3479. 1
  3480. 1
  3481. 1
  3482. 1
  3483. 1
  3484. 1
  3485. 1
  3486. 1
  3487. 1
  3488. 1
  3489. 1
  3490. 1
  3491. 1
  3492. 1
  3493. 1
  3494. 1
  3495. 1
  3496. 1
  3497. 1
  3498. 1
  3499. 1
  3500. 1
  3501. 1
  3502. 1
  3503. 1
  3504. 1
  3505. 1
  3506. 1
  3507. 1
  3508. 1
  3509. 1
  3510. 1
  3511. 1
  3512. 1
  3513. 1
  3514. 1
  3515. 1
  3516. 1
  3517. 1
  3518. 1
  3519. 1
  3520. 1
  3521. 1
  3522. 1
  3523. 1
  3524. 1
  3525. 1
  3526. 1
  3527. 1
  3528. 1
  3529. 1
  3530. 1
  3531. 1
  3532. 1
  3533. 1
  3534. 1
  3535. 1
  3536. 1
  3537. 1
  3538. 1
  3539. 1
  3540. 1
  3541. 1
  3542. 1
  3543. 1
  3544. 1
  3545. 1
  3546. 1
  3547. 1
  3548. 1
  3549. 1
  3550. 1
  3551. 1
  3552. 1
  3553. 1
  3554. 1
  3555. 1
  3556. 1
  3557. 1
  3558. 1
  3559. 1
  3560. 1
  3561. 1
  3562. 1
  3563. 1
  3564. 1
  3565. 1
  3566. 1
  3567. 1
  3568. 1
  3569. 1
  3570. 1
  3571. 1
  3572. 1
  3573. 1
  3574. 1
  3575. 1
  3576. 1
  3577. 1
  3578. 1
  3579. 1
  3580. 1
  3581. 1
  3582. 1
  3583. 1
  3584. 1
  3585. 1
  3586. 1
  3587. 1
  3588. 1
  3589. 1
  3590. 1
  3591. 1
  3592. 1
  3593. 1
  3594. 1
  3595. 1
  3596. 1
  3597. 1
  3598. 1
  3599. 1
  3600. 1
  3601. 1
  3602. 1
  3603. 1
  3604. 1
  3605. 1
  3606. 1
  3607. 1
  3608. 1
  3609. 1
  3610. 1
  3611. 1
  3612. 1
  3613. 1
  3614. 1
  3615. 1
  3616. 1
  3617. 1
  3618. 1
  3619. 1
  3620. 1
  3621. 1
  3622. 1
  3623. 1
  3624. 1
  3625. 1
  3626. 1
  3627. 1
  3628. 1
  3629. 1
  3630. 1
  3631. 1
  3632. 1
  3633. 1
  3634. 1
  3635. 1
  3636. 1
  3637. 1
  3638. 1
  3639. 1
  3640. 1
  3641. 1
  3642. 1
  3643. 1
  3644. 1
  3645. 1
  3646. 1
  3647. 1
  3648. 1
  3649. 1
  3650. 1
  3651. 1
  3652. 1
  3653. 1
  3654. 1
  3655. 1
  3656. 1
  3657. 1
  3658. 1
  3659. 1
  3660. 1
  3661. 1
  3662. 1
  3663. 1
  3664. 1
  3665. 1
  3666. 1
  3667. 1
  3668. 1
  3669. 1
  3670. 1
  3671. 1
  3672. 1
  3673. 1
  3674. 1
  3675. 1
  3676. 1
  3677. 1
  3678. 1
  3679. 1
  3680. 1
  3681. 1
  3682. 1
  3683. 1
  3684. 1
  3685. 1
  3686. 1
  3687. 1
  3688. 1
  3689. 1
  3690. 1
  3691. 1
  3692. 1
  3693. 1
  3694. 1
  3695. 1
  3696. 1
  3697. 1
  3698. 1
  3699. 1
  3700. 1
  3701. 1
  3702. 1
  3703. 1
  3704. 1
  3705. 1
  3706. 1
  3707. 1
  3708. 1
  3709. 1
  3710. 1
  3711. 1
  3712. 1
  3713. 1
  3714. 1
  3715. 1
  3716. 1
  3717. 1
  3718. 1
  3719. 1
  3720. 1
  3721. 1
  3722. 1
  3723. 1
  3724. 1
  3725. 1
  3726. 1
  3727. 1
  3728. 1
  3729. 1
  3730. 1
  3731. 1
  3732. 1
  3733. 1
  3734. 1
  3735. 1
  3736. 1
  3737. 1
  3738. 1
  3739. 1
  3740. 1
  3741. 1
  3742. 1
  3743. 1
  3744. 1
  3745. 1
  3746. 1
  3747. 1
  3748. 1
  3749. 1
  3750. 1
  3751. 1
  3752. 1
  3753. 1
  3754. 1
  3755. 1
  3756. 1
  3757. 1
  3758. 1
  3759. 1
  3760. 1
  3761. 1
  3762. 1
  3763. 1
  3764. 1
  3765. 1
  3766. 1
  3767. 1
  3768. 1
  3769. 1
  3770. 1
  3771. 1
  3772. 1
  3773. 1
  3774. 1
  3775. 1
  3776. 1
  3777. 1
  3778. 1
  3779. 1
  3780. 1
  3781. 1
  3782. 1
  3783. 1
  3784. 1
  3785. 1
  3786. 1
  3787. 1
  3788. 1
  3789. 1
  3790. 1
  3791. 1
  3792. 1
  3793. 1
  3794. 1
  3795. 1
  3796. 1
  3797. 1
  3798. 1
  3799. 1
  3800. 1
  3801. 1
  3802. 1
  3803. 1
  3804. 1
  3805. 1
  3806. 1
  3807. 1
  3808. 1
  3809. 1
  3810. 1
  3811. 1
  3812. 1
  3813. 1
  3814. 1
  3815. 1
  3816. 1
  3817. 1
  3818. 1
  3819. 1
  3820. 1
  3821. 1
  3822. 1
  3823. 1
  3824. 1
  3825. 1
  3826. 1
  3827. 1
  3828. 1
  3829. 1
  3830. 1
  3831. 1
  3832. 1
  3833. 1
  3834. 1
  3835. 1
  3836. 1
  3837. 1
  3838. 1
  3839. 1
  3840. 1
  3841. 1
  3842. 1
  3843. 1
  3844. 1
  3845. 1
  3846. 1
  3847. 1
  3848. 1
  3849. 1
  3850. 1
  3851. 1
  3852. 1
  3853. 1
  3854. 1
  3855. 1
  3856. 1
  3857. 1
  3858. 1
  3859. 1
  3860. 1
  3861. 1
  3862. 1
  3863. 1
  3864. 1
  3865. 1
  3866. 1
  3867. 1
  3868. 1
  3869. 1
  3870. 1
  3871. 1
  3872. 1
  3873. 1
  3874. 1
  3875. 1
  3876. 1
  3877. 1
  3878. 1
  3879. 1
  3880. 1
  3881. 1
  3882. 1
  3883. 1
  3884. 1
  3885. 1
  3886. 1
  3887. 1
  3888. 1
  3889. 1
  3890. 1
  3891. 1
  3892. 1
  3893. 1
  3894. 1
  3895. 1
  3896. 1
  3897. 1
  3898. 1
  3899. 1
  3900. 1
  3901. 1
  3902. 1
  3903. 1
  3904. 1
  3905. 1
  3906. 1
  3907. 1
  3908. 1
  3909. 1
  3910. 1
  3911. 1
  3912. 1
  3913. 1
  3914. 1
  3915. 1
  3916. 1
  3917. 1
  3918. 1
  3919. 1
  3920. 1
  3921. 1
  3922. 1
  3923. 1
  3924. 1
  3925. 1
  3926. 1
  3927. 1
  3928. 1
  3929. 1
  3930. 1
  3931. 1
  3932. 1
  3933. 1
  3934. 1
  3935. 1
  3936. 1
  3937. 1
  3938. 1
  3939. 1
  3940. 1
  3941. 1
  3942. 1
  3943. 1
  3944. 1
  3945. 1
  3946. 1
  3947. 1
  3948. 1
  3949. 1
  3950. 1
  3951. 1
  3952. 1
  3953. 1
  3954. 1
  3955. 1
  3956. 1
  3957. 1
  3958. 1
  3959. 1
  3960. 1
  3961. 1
  3962. 1
  3963. 1
  3964. 1
  3965. 1
  3966. 1
  3967. 1
  3968. 1
  3969. 1
  3970. 1
  3971. 1
  3972. 1
  3973. 1
  3974. 1
  3975. 1
  3976. 1
  3977. 1
  3978. 1
  3979. 1
  3980. 1
  3981. 1
  3982. 1
  3983. 1
  3984. 1
  3985. 1
  3986. 1
  3987. 1
  3988. 1
  3989. 1
  3990. 1
  3991. 1
  3992. 1
  3993. 1
  3994. 1
  3995. 1
  3996. 1
  3997. 1
  3998. 1
  3999. 1
  4000. 1
  4001. 1
  4002. 1
  4003. 1
  4004. 1
  4005. 1
  4006. 1
  4007. 1
  4008. 1
  4009. 1
  4010. 1
  4011. 1
  4012. 1
  4013. 1
  4014. 1
  4015. 1
  4016. 1
  4017. 1
  4018. 1
  4019. 1
  4020. 1
  4021. 1
  4022. 1
  4023. 1
  4024. 1
  4025. 1
  4026. 1
  4027. 1
  4028. 1
  4029. 1
  4030. 1
  4031. 1
  4032. 1
  4033. 1
  4034. 1
  4035. 1
  4036. 1
  4037. 1
  4038. 1
  4039. 1
  4040. 1
  4041. 1
  4042. 1
  4043. 1
  4044. 1
  4045. 1
  4046. 1
  4047. 1
  4048. 1
  4049. 1
  4050. 1
  4051. 1
  4052. 1
  4053. 1
  4054. 1
  4055. 1
  4056. 1
  4057. 1
  4058. 1
  4059. 1
  4060. 1
  4061. 1
  4062. 1
  4063. 1
  4064. 1
  4065. 1
  4066. 1
  4067. 1
  4068. 1
  4069. 1
  4070. 1
  4071. 1
  4072. 1
  4073. 1
  4074. 1
  4075. 1
  4076. 1
  4077. 1
  4078. 1
  4079. 1
  4080. 1
  4081. 1
  4082. 1
  4083. 1
  4084. 1
  4085. 1
  4086. 1
  4087. 1
  4088. 1
  4089. 1
  4090. 1
  4091. 1
  4092. 1
  4093. 1
  4094. 1
  4095. 1
  4096. 1
  4097. 1
  4098. 1
  4099. 1
  4100. 1
  4101. 1
  4102. 1
  4103. 1
  4104. 1
  4105. 1
  4106. 1
  4107. 1
  4108. 1
  4109. 1
  4110. 1
  4111. 1
  4112. 1
  4113. 1
  4114. 1
  4115. 1
  4116. 1
  4117. 1
  4118. 1
  4119. 1
  4120. 1
  4121. 1
  4122. 1
  4123. 1
  4124. 1
  4125. 1
  4126. 1
  4127. 1
  4128. 1
  4129. 1
  4130. 1
  4131. 1
  4132. 1
  4133. 1
  4134. 1
  4135. 1
  4136. 1
  4137. 1
  4138. 1
  4139. 1
  4140. 1
  4141. 1
  4142. 1
  4143. 1
  4144. 1
  4145. 1
  4146. 1
  4147. 1
  4148. 1
  4149. 1
  4150. 1
  4151. 1
  4152. 1
  4153. 1
  4154. 1
  4155. 1
  4156. 1
  4157. 1
  4158. 1
  4159. 1
  4160. 1
  4161. 1
  4162. 1
  4163. 1
  4164. 1
  4165. 1
  4166. 1
  4167. 1
  4168. 1
  4169. 1
  4170. 1
  4171. 1
  4172. 1
  4173. 1
  4174. 1
  4175. 1
  4176. 1
  4177. 1
  4178. 1
  4179. 1
  4180. 1
  4181. 1
  4182. 1
  4183. 1
  4184. 1
  4185. These videos annoy me because they use the origins of the left/right spectrum to claim it isn't valid, but the left/right spectrum has evolved a bit over time to the point where the political compass was born, and the political compass has TWO spectrums, and the left/right spectrum is about economics. This is why the essentialist theory is wrong, because you can oppose immigration, because that is on the social spectrum, and also be an economic leftist. LOL. Tony Blair and Barrack Obama are not left wing economically. They're not even "left wing"(the libertarian end of the social spectrum) socially. But focusing more accurately on the economics of it all, the actual left/right spectrum, they are neoliberals, which is right wing. Bernie Sanders is center left economically, and immigration, as I noted above, is a social issue. The idea that tribalism forms most of our political opinions applies mainly to those who do not understand the actual political compass and don't focus on actual policy. For example, if you're actually on the center left and focus on policy, you would no like Obama or Blair, but you would probably hold your nose and vote for Obama anyway because you live in a two party system and he was the least bad option. Republicans/conservatives switching their opinions on the minimum wage based on their leaders opinion is because they are exactly the poorly educated, and poorly informed people who don't actually care about policy, and instead focus on their own political identity/label. This granular idea isn't a bad one, but it still doesn't mean we have to throw out the political compass. Ground News is shit because they're also still falling for an Americanized Overton window that is centered almost entirely over the authoritarian right quadrant of the political compass.
    1
  4186. 1
  4187. 1
  4188. 1
  4189. 1
  4190. 1
  4191. 1
  4192. 1
  4193. 1
  4194. 1
  4195. 1
  4196. 1
  4197. 1
  4198. 1
  4199. 1
  4200. 1
  4201. 1
  4202. 1
  4203. 1
  4204. 1
  4205. 1
  4206. 1
  4207. 1
  4208. 1
  4209. 1
  4210. 1
  4211. 1
  4212. 1
  4213. 1
  4214. 1
  4215. 1
  4216. 1
  4217. 1
  4218. 1
  4219. 1
  4220. 1
  4221. 1
  4222. 1
  4223. 1
  4224. 1
  4225. 1
  4226. 1
  4227. 1
  4228. 1
  4229. 1
  4230. 1
  4231. 1
  4232. 1
  4233. 1
  4234. 1
  4235. 1
  4236. 1
  4237. 1
  4238. 1
  4239. 1
  4240. 1
  4241. 1
  4242. 1
  4243. 1
  4244. 1
  4245. 1
  4246. 1
  4247. 1
  4248. 1
  4249. 1
  4250. 1
  4251. 1
  4252. 1
  4253. 1
  4254. 1
  4255. 1
  4256. 1
  4257. 1
  4258. 1
  4259. 1
  4260. 1
  4261. 1
  4262. 1
  4263. 1
  4264. 1
  4265. 1
  4266. 1
  4267. 1
  4268. 1
  4269. 1
  4270. 1
  4271. 1
  4272. 1
  4273. 1
  4274. 1
  4275. 1
  4276. 1
  4277. 1
  4278. 1
  4279. 1
  4280. 1
  4281. 1
  4282. 1
  4283. 1
  4284. 1
  4285. 1
  4286. 1
  4287. 1
  4288. 1
  4289. 1
  4290. 1
  4291. 1
  4292. 1
  4293. 1
  4294. 1
  4295. 1
  4296. 1
  4297. 1
  4298. 1
  4299. 1
  4300. 1
  4301. 1
  4302. 1
  4303. 1
  4304. 1
  4305. 1
  4306. 1
  4307. 1
  4308. 1
  4309. 1
  4310. 1
  4311. 1
  4312. 1
  4313. 1
  4314. 1
  4315. 1
  4316. 1
  4317. 1
  4318. 1
  4319. 1
  4320. 1
  4321. 1
  4322. 1
  4323. 1
  4324. 1
  4325. 1
  4326. 1
  4327. 1
  4328. 1
  4329. 1
  4330. 1
  4331. 1
  4332. 1
  4333. 1
  4334. 1
  4335. 1
  4336. 1
  4337. 1
  4338. 1
  4339. 1
  4340. 1
  4341. 1
  4342. 1
  4343. 1
  4344. 1
  4345. 1
  4346. 1
  4347. 1
  4348. 1
  4349. 1
  4350. 1
  4351. 1
  4352. 1
  4353. 1
  4354. 1
  4355. 1
  4356. 1
  4357. 1
  4358. 1
  4359. 1
  4360. 1
  4361. 1
  4362. 1
  4363. 1
  4364. 1
  4365. 1
  4366. 1
  4367. 1
  4368. 1
  4369. 1
  4370. 1
  4371. 1
  4372. 1
  4373. 1
  4374. 1
  4375. 1
  4376. 1
  4377. 1
  4378. 1
  4379. 1
  4380. 1
  4381. 1
  4382. 1
  4383. 1
  4384. 1
  4385. 1
  4386. 1
  4387. 1
  4388. 1
  4389. 1
  4390. 1
  4391. 1
  4392. 1
  4393. 1
  4394. 1
  4395. 1
  4396. 1
  4397. 1
  4398. 1
  4399. 1
  4400. 1
  4401. 1
  4402. 1
  4403. 1
  4404. 1
  4405. 1
  4406. 1
  4407. 1
  4408. 1
  4409. 1
  4410. 1
  4411. 1
  4412. 1
  4413. 1
  4414. 1
  4415. 1
  4416. 1
  4417. 1
  4418. 1
  4419. 1
  4420. 1
  4421. 1
  4422. 1
  4423. 1
  4424. 1
  4425. 1
  4426. 1
  4427. 1
  4428. 1
  4429. 1
  4430. 1
  4431. 1
  4432. 1
  4433. 1
  4434. 1
  4435. 1
  4436. 1
  4437. 1
  4438. 1
  4439. 1
  4440. 1
  4441. 1
  4442. 1
  4443. 1
  4444. 1
  4445. 1
  4446. 1
  4447. 1
  4448. 1
  4449. 1
  4450. 1
  4451. 1
  4452. 1
  4453. 1
  4454. 1
  4455. 1
  4456. 1
  4457. 1
  4458. 1
  4459. 1
  4460. 1
  4461. 1
  4462. 1
  4463. 1
  4464. 1
  4465. 1
  4466. 1
  4467. 1
  4468. 1
  4469. 1
  4470. 1
  4471. 1
  4472. 1
  4473. 1
  4474. 1
  4475. 1
  4476. 1
  4477. 1
  4478. 1
  4479. 1
  4480. 1
  4481. 1
  4482. 1
  4483. 1
  4484. 1
  4485. 1
  4486. 1
  4487. 1
  4488. 1
  4489. 1
  4490. 1
  4491. 1
  4492. 1
  4493. 1
  4494. 1
  4495. 1
  4496. 1
  4497. 1
  4498. 1
  4499. 1
  4500. 1
  4501. 1
  4502. 1
  4503. 1
  4504. 1
  4505. 1
  4506. 1
  4507. 1
  4508. 1
  4509. 1
  4510. 1
  4511. 1
  4512. 1
  4513. 1
  4514. 1
  4515. 1
  4516. 1
  4517. 1
  4518. 1
  4519. 1
  4520. 1
  4521. 1
  4522. 1
  4523. 1
  4524. 1
  4525. 1
  4526. 1
  4527. 1
  4528. 1
  4529. 1
  4530. 1
  4531. 1
  4532. 1
  4533. 1
  4534. 1
  4535. 1
  4536. 1
  4537. 1
  4538. 1
  4539. 1
  4540. 1
  4541. 1
  4542. 1
  4543. 1
  4544. 1
  4545. 1
  4546. 1
  4547. 1
  4548. 1
  4549. 1
  4550. 1
  4551. 1
  4552. 1
  4553. 1
  4554. 1
  4555. 1
  4556. 1
  4557. 1
  4558. 1
  4559. 1
  4560. 1
  4561. 1
  4562. 1
  4563. 1
  4564. 1
  4565. 1
  4566. 1
  4567. 1
  4568. 1
  4569. 1
  4570. 1
  4571. 1
  4572. 1
  4573. 1
  4574. 1
  4575. 1
  4576. 1
  4577. 1
  4578. 1
  4579. 1
  4580. 1
  4581. 1
  4582. 1
  4583. 1
  4584. 1
  4585. 1
  4586. 1
  4587. 1
  4588. Firstly most of what you're saying is irrelevant or framed dishonestly. "The 7th century is the time when the Arabs began to expand their Lebensraum and colonize the world." What are you talking about? We're talking about part of Arabia. Ironic that you're using the word "lebensraum" there, for reasons I'll come back to later. "The Arabs and Muslims invaded and colonized the land, which later became Mandatory Palestine." So Arabs invaded part of Arabia? LOL wut? "During this period, Jews and Christians were considered second-class citizens at best. (So, no, they did not live in harmony or peaceful coexistence.)" Irrelevant. "A geographical entity called Palestine did not exist during the period of Arab and Muslim rule (634-1918)." Irrelevant. Germany didn't exist in the 19th century either. "Part of the territory of the British Mandate for Palestine (do not confuse it with Mandatory Palestine) was the territory of modern-day Jordan." Barely relevant. So Britain and France fucked up the modern day borders it created like it did elsewhere. So what? "On July 24, 1922, the League of Nations issued a formal recognition of the Jewish nation's connection to the Land of Israel and approved the decision to establish a Jewish national homeland in the territory of Mandatory Palestine." So a European driven international body decided to do some European colonialism so that makes it cool? Who is this "Jewish nation"? Why did they need approve the establishment of a "homeland" for Europeans who don't live, and have never themselves lived in that "homeland"? "In 1947, the UN proposed a plan for the partition of Mandatory Palestine into an Arab-majority state and a Jewish-majority state. The Arabs rejected it." Based and secular pilled. "According to the principle of international law known as Uti Possidetis Juris, the whole territory of Mandatory Palestine became Israel at the moment of the declaration of independence in May 1948. (In other words, Israel is not an occupying power.)" LOL. wE dEcLaRe LOL "The Arabs invaded Israel’s territory almost immediately after the declaration of Israel's independence because they wanted to erase it from the map." Based. "Side note: The Arabs of that time didn't self-identify as "Palestinians."" Irrelevant. Prussians in the 19th century didn't identify as Germans either but they were. "Side note: The so-called Palestinian ethnicity and the myth about the stolen Arab land of Palestine were invented by a handful of Arab leaders with some help from the USSR during the early 1960s. In other words, there's no scientific or historical evidence that supports this myth. For example, there's no archeological evidence that an ethnic group called Palestinians or a geopolitical entity (e.g., kingdom or state) with the name Palestine existed before the invention of this myth in the 1960s." The so called Jewish ethnicity is just Palestinian of a different name, and most Israelis are more German or Polish than they are Palestinian or "Jewish". Again, Prussians didn't call themselves German too but they were. Sidenote: you have a very smooth brain. "Neither the UN nor other organizations label those territories as occupied." LOL. "Side note: The 1949 armistice lines (aka "the 1967 lines," aka "the Green Line") were neither political nor territorial boundaries (aka official borders between Israel and its neighbors)." Irrelevant. "After the Arab defeat in the 1948 war, the Arabs expelled almost 100% of Jews (c.850k) from Arab controlled territories (e.g., north Africa and Judea-Samaria)." Are we talking native Jews or European colonizers? "In 1967, during the Six-Day war Israel legally captured territories from the Arabs." lEgAlLy LOL "Both of them show the silhouette map of "Palestine" (which they want to liberate). It is quite odd that it resembles the silhouette map of Mandatory Palestine. In other words, both Fatah and Hamas would love to erase Israel from the map and replace it with an Arab and Muslim majority state." Based and ACTUALLY Zionist. "As I said before, the Arabs had many opportunities for establishing an Arab state called Palestine. Instead of focusing their efforts to hinder the Jews from establishing and maintaining the only Jewish-majority state, the Arabs could have turned that energy into creating a peaceful Arab state, something like Singapore 2.0." Nonsense. The Nazi "Zionists"(Babylonians) wouldn't let them. "These are some of the most common tactics used by the Regressive and Control Left, Islamists, Religious Apologists, and other fascists and crypto-fascists:" I'm a libertarian leftist though.. And an atheist.. And "other fascists".. LOL This denotes a lack of understanding of political science, while also being hilariously hypocritical as you support an apartheid, white supremacist, European colonial, fascist state. LOL "1) If the facts are not on your side, use identity politics, cultural relativism, and projection against the opposition." Yeah, you followed that point well, but some of us aren't having it. "2) If that doesn't work, call them by names, e.g., racist, bigot, Islamophobe, mansplainer, etc." Yay! I can't wait to be called an anti-semite for, *checks notes*, taking the side of the actual semites. "3) Play the victim card." Poor you. "4) If that doesn't work, deny them access to discourse (e.g., block them)." I look forward to when you do this part. "5) Or, you can express your thoughts by replying to them (use as much as you can from points 1-3 in your reply), but then block them immediately" Can't wait for that one too. You can lawyer this up all you like, but what it breaks down to is, you're supporting a white supremacist, colonial settler state created by Germans and Poles who were told they were too brown for Europe, but that the white powers that be decided are perfect to make the Arabian diaspora more European.
    1
  4589. 1
  4590. 1
  4591. 1
  4592. 1
  4593. 1
  4594. 1
  4595. 1
  4596. 1
  4597. 1
  4598. 1
  4599. 1
  4600. 1
  4601. 1
  4602. 1
  4603. 1
  4604. 1
  4605. 1
  4606. 1
  4607. 1
  4608. 1
  4609. 1
  4610. 1
  4611. 1
  4612. 1
  4613. 1
  4614. 1
  4615. 1
  4616. 1
  4617. 1
  4618. 1
  4619. 1
  4620. 1
  4621. 1
  4622. 1
  4623. 1
  4624. 1
  4625. 1
  4626. 1
  4627. 1
  4628. 1
  4629. 1
  4630. 1
  4631. 1
  4632. 1
  4633. 1
  4634. 1
  4635. 1
  4636. 1
  4637. 1
  4638. 1
  4639. 1
  4640. 1
  4641. 1
  4642. 1
  4643. 1
  4644. 1
  4645. 1
  4646. 1
  4647. 1
  4648. 1
  4649. 1
  4650. 1
  4651. 1
  4652. 1
  4653. 1
  4654. 1
  4655. 1
  4656. 1
  4657. 1
  4658. 1
  4659. 1
  4660. 1
  4661. 1
  4662. 1
  4663. 1
  4664. 1
  4665. 1
  4666. 1
  4667. 1
  4668. 1
  4669. 1
  4670. 1
  4671. 1
  4672. 1
  4673. 1
  4674. 1
  4675. 1
  4676. 1
  4677. 1
  4678. 1
  4679. 1
  4680. 1
  4681. 1
  4682. 1
  4683. 1
  4684. 1
  4685. 1
  4686. 1
  4687. 1
  4688. 1
  4689. 1
  4690. 1
  4691. 1
  4692. 1
  4693. 1
  4694. 1
  4695. 1
  4696. 1
  4697. 1
  4698. 1
  4699. 1
  4700. 1
  4701. 1
  4702. 1
  4703. 1
  4704. 1
  4705. 1
  4706. 1
  4707. 1
  4708. 1
  4709. 1
  4710. 1
  4711. 1
  4712. 1
  4713. 1
  4714. 1
  4715. 1
  4716. 1
  4717. 1
  4718. 1
  4719. 1
  4720. 1
  4721. 1
  4722. 1
  4723. 1
  4724. 1
  4725. 1
  4726. 1
  4727. 1
  4728. 1
  4729. 1
  4730. 1
  4731. 1
  4732. 1
  4733. 1
  4734. 1
  4735. 1
  4736. 1
  4737. 1
  4738. 1
  4739. 1
  4740. 1
  4741. 1
  4742. 1
  4743. 1
  4744. 1
  4745. 1
  4746. 1
  4747. 1
  4748. 1
  4749. 1
  4750. 1
  4751. 1
  4752. 1
  4753. 1
  4754. 1
  4755. 1
  4756. 1
  4757. 1
  4758. 1
  4759. 1
  4760. 1
  4761. 1
  4762. 1
  4763. 1
  4764. 1
  4765. 1
  4766. 1
  4767. 1
  4768. 1
  4769. 1
  4770. 1
  4771. 1
  4772. 1
  4773. 1
  4774. 1
  4775. 1
  4776. 1
  4777. 1
  4778. 1
  4779. 1
  4780. 1
  4781. 1
  4782. 1
  4783. 1
  4784. 1
  4785. 1
  4786. 1
  4787. 1
  4788. 1
  4789. 1
  4790. As an expert in this shit myself, as someone who has worked in Burger King and Subway and considers himself a burger/sandwich expert, but coming from Aotearoa New Zealand where we only have less than half of these brands, I have to say, Kyle shouldn't be giving these shit companies advertising like this. As a lefty he should know better. I'll give him somewhat of a pass, as being an American, he probably doesn't see these chains as being obnoxious as they are, but he should want to see "mom'n'pop" fast food places everywhere instead of this garbage. Now, to the rankings he's given, starting from the bottom with the one's he hasn't tried, I've also not tried most of those, the only one I've had is Carl's Jr. and I hate to say it's pretty decent as far as fast food chains go, probably A tier. C tier: haven't had Papa John's or Popeye's, but I'm not hating on Subway's positioning here. B tier: haven't had Lil Caesar's, but Kyle is wrong about Burger King, it's A tier. KFC is a bit of weird one for me, because I feel like it's a little overrated by my own friends and other people in my immediate community, but I actually do rate the herbs and spices, but think they could do better with their menu selection. A tier: haven't had Arby's, Chik-fil-A, Chipotle, Panda Express, Taco Bell or White Castle, but what I would say about some of those is, I'm surprised by Kyle's rating of Arby's, Panda Express and Taco Bell given what I've heard, and also surprised about White Castle, considering I've heard pretty good things there and they're the O.G.. As for McDonald's and Dominoes, I'll tolerate McDonald's in A tier, because they have the best fries I've had from the places we have here in Aotearoa. And Dominoes should be at least B tier, if not C tier. But at least he's right about Pizza Hut being a whole tier above Dominoes. S tier: haven't had In'N'Out or Five Guys, but from what I've heard about the food, and the fact they've kept it to fewer locations closer to where they originated, I think he's 100% right about that. As for Pizza Hut and Wendy's, you gotta move those down a tier. Just one. In this tier I would also put kiwi brand Burger Fuel, and also Burger Wisconsin.
    1
  4791. 1
  4792. 1
  4793. 1
  4794. 1
  4795. 1
  4796. 1
  4797. 1
  4798. 1
  4799. 1
  4800. 1
  4801. 1
  4802. 1
  4803. 1
  4804. 1
  4805. 1
  4806. 1
  4807. 1
  4808. 1
  4809. 1
  4810. 1
  4811. 1
  4812. 1
  4813. 1
  4814. 1
  4815. 1
  4816. 1
  4817. 1
  4818. 1
  4819. 1
  4820. 1
  4821. 1
  4822. 1
  4823. 1
  4824. 1
  4825. 1
  4826. 1
  4827. 1
  4828. 1
  4829. 1
  4830. 1
  4831. 1
  4832. 1
  4833. 1
  4834. 1
  4835. 1
  4836. 1
  4837. 1
  4838. 1
  4839. 1
  4840. 1
  4841. 1
  4842. 1
  4843. 1
  4844. 1
  4845. 1
  4846. 1
  4847. 1
  4848. 1
  4849. 1
  4850. 1
  4851. 1
  4852. 1
  4853. 1
  4854. 1
  4855. 1
  4856. 1
  4857. 1
  4858. 1
  4859. 1
  4860. 1
  4861. 1
  4862. 1
  4863. 1
  4864. 1
  4865. 1
  4866. 1
  4867. 1
  4868. 1
  4869. 1
  4870. 1
  4871. 1
  4872. 1
  4873. 1
  4874. 1
  4875. 1
  4876. 1
  4877. 1
  4878. 1
  4879. 1
  4880. 1
  4881. 1
  4882. 1
  4883. 1
  4884. 1
  4885. 1
  4886. 1
  4887. 1
  4888. 1
  4889. 1
  4890. 1
  4891. 1
  4892. 1
  4893. 1
  4894. 1
  4895. 1
  4896. 1
  4897. 1
  4898. 1
  4899. 1
  4900. 1
  4901. 1
  4902. 1
  4903. 1
  4904. 1
  4905. 1
  4906. 1
  4907. 1
  4908. 1
  4909. 1
  4910. 1
  4911. 1
  4912. 1
  4913. 1
  4914. 1
  4915. 1
  4916. 1
  4917. 1
  4918. 1
  4919. 1
  4920. 1
  4921. 1
  4922. 1
  4923. 1
  4924. 1
  4925. 1
  4926. 1
  4927. 1
  4928. 1
  4929. 1
  4930. 1
  4931. 1
  4932. 1
  4933. 1
  4934. 1
  4935. 1
  4936. 1
  4937. 1
  4938. 1
  4939. 1
  4940. 1
  4941. 1
  4942. 1
  4943. 1
  4944. 1
  4945. 1
  4946. 1
  4947. 1
  4948. 1
  4949. 1
  4950. 1
  4951. 1
  4952. 1
  4953. 1
  4954. 1
  4955. 1
  4956. 1
  4957. 1
  4958. 1
  4959. 1
  4960. 1
  4961. 1
  4962. 1
  4963. 1
  4964. 1
  4965. 1
  4966. 1
  4967. 1
  4968. 1
  4969. 1
  4970. 1
  4971. 1
  4972. 1
  4973. 1
  4974. 1
  4975. 1
  4976. 1
  4977. 1
  4978. 1
  4979. 1
  4980. 1
  4981. 1
  4982. 1
  4983. 1
  4984. 1
  4985. 1
  4986. 1
  4987. 1
  4988. 1
  4989. 1
  4990. 1
  4991. 1
  4992. 1
  4993. 1
  4994. 1
  4995. 1
  4996. 1
  4997. 1
  4998. 1
  4999. 1
  5000. 1
  5001. 1
  5002. 1
  5003. 1
  5004. 1
  5005. 1
  5006. 1
  5007. 1
  5008. 1
  5009. 1
  5010. 1
  5011. 1
  5012. 1
  5013. 1
  5014. 1
  5015. 1
  5016. 1
  5017. 1
  5018. 1
  5019. 1
  5020. 1
  5021. 1
  5022. 1
  5023. 1
  5024. 1
  5025. 1
  5026. 1
  5027. 1
  5028. 1
  5029. 1
  5030. 1
  5031. 1
  5032. 1
  5033. 1
  5034. 1
  5035. 1
  5036. 1
  5037. 1
  5038. 1
  5039. 1
  5040. 1
  5041. 1
  5042. 1
  5043. 1
  5044. 1
  5045. 1
  5046. 1
  5047. 1
  5048. 1
  5049. 1
  5050. 1
  5051. 1
  5052. 1
  5053. 1
  5054. 1
  5055. 1
  5056. 1
  5057. 1
  5058. 1
  5059. 1
  5060. 1
  5061. 1
  5062. 1
  5063. 1
  5064. 1
  5065. 1
  5066. 1
  5067. 1
  5068. 1
  5069. 1
  5070. 1
  5071. 1
  5072. 1
  5073. 1
  5074. 1
  5075. 1
  5076. 1
  5077. 1
  5078. 1
  5079. 1
  5080. 1
  5081. 1
  5082. 1
  5083. 1
  5084. 1
  5085. 1
  5086. 1
  5087. 1
  5088. 1
  5089. 1
  5090. 1
  5091. 1
  5092. 1
  5093. 1
  5094. 1
  5095. 1
  5096. 1
  5097. 1
  5098. 1
  5099. 1
  5100. 1
  5101. 1
  5102. 1
  5103. 1
  5104. 1
  5105. 1
  5106. 1
  5107. 1
  5108. 1
  5109. 1
  5110. 1
  5111. 1
  5112. 1
  5113. 1
  5114. 1
  5115. 1
  5116. 1
  5117. 1
  5118. 1
  5119. 1
  5120. 1
  5121. 1
  5122. 1
  5123. 1
  5124. 1
  5125. 1
  5126. 1
  5127. 1
  5128. 1
  5129. 1
  5130. 1
  5131. 1
  5132. 1
  5133. 1
  5134. 1
  5135. 1
  5136. 1
  5137. 1
  5138. 1
  5139. 1
  5140. 1
  5141. 1
  5142. 1
  5143. 1
  5144. 1
  5145. 1
  5146. 1
  5147. 1
  5148. 1
  5149. 1
  5150. 1
  5151. 1
  5152. 1
  5153. 1
  5154. 1
  5155. 1
  5156. 1
  5157. 1
  5158. 1
  5159. 1
  5160. 1
  5161. 1
  5162. 1
  5163. 1
  5164. 1
  5165. 1
  5166. 1
  5167. 1
  5168. 1
  5169. 1
  5170. 1
  5171. 1
  5172. 1
  5173. 1
  5174. 1
  5175. 1
  5176. 1
  5177. 1
  5178. 1
  5179. 1
  5180. 1
  5181. 1
  5182. 1
  5183. 1
  5184. 1
  5185. 1
  5186. 1
  5187. 1
  5188. 1
  5189. 1
  5190. 1
  5191. 1
  5192. 1
  5193. 1
  5194. 1
  5195. 1
  5196. 1
  5197. 1
  5198. 1
  5199. 1
  5200. 1
  5201. 1
  5202. 1
  5203. 1
  5204. 1
  5205. 1
  5206. 1
  5207. 1
  5208. 1
  5209. 1
  5210. 1
  5211. 1
  5212. 1
  5213. 1
  5214. 1
  5215. 1
  5216. 1
  5217. 1
  5218. 1
  5219. 1
  5220. 1
  5221. 1
  5222. 1
  5223. 1
  5224. 1
  5225. 1
  5226. 1
  5227. 1
  5228. 1
  5229. 1
  5230. 1
  5231. 1
  5232. 1
  5233. 1
  5234. 1
  5235. 1
  5236. 1
  5237. 1
  5238. 1
  5239. 1
  5240. 1
  5241. 1
  5242. 1
  5243. 1
  5244. 1
  5245. 1
  5246. 1
  5247. 1
  5248. 1
  5249. 1
  5250. 1
  5251. 1
  5252. 1
  5253. 1
  5254. 1
  5255. 1
  5256. 1
  5257. 1
  5258. 1
  5259. 1
  5260. 1
  5261. 1
  5262. 1
  5263. 1
  5264. 1
  5265. 1
  5266. 1
  5267. 1
  5268. 1
  5269. 1
  5270. 1
  5271. 1
  5272. 1
  5273. 1
  5274. 1
  5275. 1
  5276. 1
  5277. 1
  5278. 1
  5279. 1
  5280. 1
  5281. 1
  5282. 1
  5283. 1
  5284. 1
  5285. 1
  5286. 1
  5287. 1
  5288. 1
  5289. 1
  5290. 1
  5291. 1
  5292. The US should be divided into seven different nations(California(California, Oregon, Washington, western and southern Nevada, southern Arizona, southern New Mexico and south western Texas), Montana/Colorado/Dakota(?)(Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, the Dakotas, Nebraska, northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas panhandle, Kansas and Alaska), Texas(eastern Texas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, southern Arkansas and the Florida panhandle), Illinois(Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, northern Arkansas, Indiana and northern Ohio), Florida/Georgia(?)(Florida and southern Georgia), Appalachia(northern Arkansas, northern Mississippi, northern Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Carolinas, Virginias, southern/western Ohio, western Pennsylvania, south eastern New York) and New York(New York, New Jersey, Delaware, D.C., Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania)), and Hawaii should be part of the IWP(Nga Iwi Whakakotahi o Poronihia) along with Aotearoa, Fiji Samoa, "American" Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Tokelau, Tahiti, Rapanui and Rarotonga. Capital in Tamaki Makaurau(AKA Auckland), as much as I love Wellington and love it being our capital, Tamaki Makaurau would make more sense for the IWP. And before anyone says it should Honolulu, no, Tamaki Makaurau has a diverse Poronihia community and is closer to most of those other constituencies. Sorry, not sorry. Sort it out.
    1
  5293. 1
  5294. 1
  5295. 1
  5296. 1
  5297. 1
  5298. 1
  5299. 1
  5300. 1
  5301. 1
  5302. 1
  5303. 1
  5304. 1
  5305. 1
  5306. 1
  5307. 1
  5308. 1
  5309. 1
  5310. 1
  5311. 1
  5312. 1
  5313. 1
  5314. 1
  5315. 1
  5316. 1
  5317. 1
  5318. 1
  5319. 1
  5320. 1
  5321. 1
  5322. 1
  5323. 1
  5324. 1
  5325. 1
  5326. 1
  5327. 1
  5328. 1
  5329. 1
  5330. 1
  5331. 1
  5332. 1
  5333. 1
  5334. 1
  5335. 1
  5336. 1
  5337. 1
  5338. 1
  5339. 1
  5340. 1
  5341. 1
  5342. 1
  5343. 1
  5344. 1
  5345. 1
  5346. 1
  5347. 1
  5348. 1
  5349. 1
  5350. 1
  5351. 1
  5352. 1
  5353. 1
  5354. 1
  5355. 1
  5356. 1
  5357. 1
  5358. 1
  5359. 1
  5360. 1
  5361. 1
  5362. 1
  5363. 1
  5364. 1
  5365. 1
  5366. 1
  5367. 1
  5368. 1
  5369. 1
  5370. 1
  5371. 1
  5372. 1
  5373. 1
  5374. 1
  5375. 1
  5376. 1
  5377. 1
  5378. 1
  5379. 1
  5380. 1
  5381. 1
  5382. 1
  5383. 1
  5384. 1
  5385. 1
  5386. 1
  5387. 1
  5388. 1
  5389. 1
  5390. 1
  5391. 1
  5392. 1
  5393. 1
  5394. 1
  5395. 1
  5396. 1
  5397. 1
  5398. 1
  5399. 1
  5400. 1
  5401. 1
  5402. 1
  5403. 1
  5404. 1
  5405. 1
  5406. 1
  5407. 1
  5408. 1
  5409. 1
  5410. 1
  5411. 1
  5412. 1
  5413. 1
  5414. 1
  5415. 1
  5416. 1
  5417. 1
  5418. 1
  5419. 1
  5420. 1
  5421. 1
  5422. 1
  5423. 1
  5424. 1
  5425. 1
  5426. 1
  5427. 1
  5428. 1
  5429. 1
  5430. 1
  5431. 1
  5432. 1
  5433. 1
  5434. 1
  5435. 1
  5436. 1
  5437. 1
  5438. 1
  5439. 1
  5440. 1
  5441. 1
  5442. 1
  5443. 1
  5444. 1
  5445. 1
  5446. 1
  5447. 1
  5448. 1
  5449. 1
  5450. 1
  5451. 1
  5452. 1
  5453. 1
  5454. 1
  5455. 1
  5456. 1
  5457. 1
  5458. 1
  5459. 1
  5460. 1
  5461. 1
  5462. 1
  5463. 1
  5464. 1
  5465. 1
  5466. 1
  5467. 1
  5468. 1
  5469. 1
  5470. 1
  5471. 1
  5472. 1
  5473. 1
  5474. 1
  5475. 1
  5476. 1
  5477. 1
  5478. 1
  5479. 1
  5480. 1
  5481. 1
  5482. 1
  5483. 1
  5484. 1
  5485. 1
  5486. 1
  5487. 1
  5488. 1
  5489. 1
  5490. 1
  5491. 1
  5492. 1
  5493. 1
  5494. 1
  5495. 1
  5496. 1