Comments by "André" (@Andre-qo5ek) on "The Onion" channel.

@doughewitt3362 "meaningful" ... please do tell what a "meaningful" topic is to a conservative? if their points have any basis in reality? and if their points have any reason to be respected?
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@doughewitt3362 that's the first question.... now the other 2 if their points have any basis in reality? and if their points have any reason to be respected?
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you had a chance to call it a Funyun Fact
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@doughewitt3362 i guess we have to add "scared of questions and answering questions" to this Onion video.
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@Ethelberd through merit? that's how you pick your friends? what does that even look like? you put them to work and and if they achieve high marks on your test you brand them yours? it's great to have friends that are on the political spectrum.... but do they all treat eachohter with respect? or do they want the others to bow down to them? do you have Klan member friends telling you minority friends they are subhuman? do you have religious friends trying to shame your LGBTQ friends? are any of your friend trying to remove the rights of your other friends? politics right now are not about policy... they are about harm.
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someone from the Mandala Effect Movement just freaked out about this new thread being revealed to is.
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@antonialeigh yupyup... like so many other concepts, maga misses the mark. A "meaningful conversation" to maga seems to be vomiting rhetoric their golden calf has told them to repeat that week. i like to get to root beliefs, not just soundbites. but i often find maga , once countered with facts about their misinformation, then resort to name calling like you said, tone policing, or they start discussing the conversation itself saying they are not getting a chance to talk instead of engaging with the topic of the conversation. it almost feel like a lesson in fallacies because their is so much bad information to correct before getting anywhere. there is generally a lit of intellectual dishonestly too. words have meanings; opinions / beliefs / facts / narratives / lies are all different. people have not taken the time to think about why they believe what they believe and if it is a good reason to believe.
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The Onion only does hard facts buddy.. what is this satire you speak of?
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i feel bad for confused people. i wish we had support systems and community for these people. but instead we keep voting in the party that wants to cut Medicare/Medicaid , support programs , the DOE. can we please learn our lesson this time and NOT vote republican... let's at least lay the foundation for a better society by voting Democrat. at least we can work with that to get somewhere better. it would be exponentially harder to get to a better society under a totalitarian-white-Christian-nationalist regime.
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perfect... now use that to resist.
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@BjornHarrier personal meaningfulness... is not the same as meaningful to a society. -Color example is is meaningful to a person that their child is dressed in blue... it is ultimately meaningless... - Math example it is meaningless to say 5+3= 35 this equation lacks any significance... it is just wrong. and not wrong in your judgmental moralistic way. it is factually wrong by the derived principles of mathematics. -Astrology example as far as we can tell, being a taurus or a libra has no actual effect on anything. it is only "meaningful" on a personal level to people part of their personal narrative, not reality. -"politics" example it might be "meaningful" to call a fetus a baby... to call forced birth "good" ... but their is no intrinsic meaning or goodness is birth, pregnancy, or a fetus. it is a personal belief. - to make something actually meaningful it has to become grounded in reality. meaning is not just thought. it a transitional form of a thought BECOMING an action through intent. now if we are at the point that meaning is just a feeling.. .then there is no resolution because we are working on fundamentally different levels of reality. or at the least have 2 entirely different conversations. if your point is that some people like something other people don't... sure i agree... that is a terribly useless conversation. - do you get what i am saying here? - i believe people do not use quantifiers and qualifiers enough to express what they mean. they use words that they hold personal meaning with instead of ensuring to articulate their ideas with specificity and intention to not be vague. that is to say, if they intend to communicate with other. must people talk AT people and only care to express themselves, not to actually resolve things. - you misunderstand the word "meaningful". you prove my point when you say "you think they're wrong" .. no... what i think is meaningless... there are facts and there are things that are not facts.... you are using "wrong" is a non empirical way. i find a lot of people have issues with separating feels from facts. resolving existential nihilism, the fear of "meaninglessness" as defined how you seem to use it, feelings, inherent significance.
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if only Jan 6th was an attempt at something good like eliminating national debit.
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that's what happens when you stand in front of The Onion cameras. the veil falls. the kernels of truth bubble forward. The onion cameras have They Live lenses
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where are the trolls that complained The Onion is too mean to conservatives in the video 'Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything' ? 😆 that tehy need to make fun of liberals to make it 'fair' ?
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they always have. its satire , not parody.
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@doughewitt3362 oh.. you're one of those people that can't answer question... good job ... i do not believe for a second you have conversations with conservatives.. stop being butt hurt and answer the questions instead
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@enterpassword3313 1) no, his point was not made... he couldn't even answer the questions completely.. this is why having conversations win conservatives (or any idiot) so hard. they only answer the parts they want to. 2) as far as fox entertainment... no i do not watch it for news because it is not a news channel. it has been a sh*t channel for years and has only gotten worse. i catch all the highlights of them saying their dumb@ss shot unfortunately. they have bad journalism, in that it is nearly non existent. it is right wing sensationalism not news. if you want to play the "you like to say xyz is bad, but you also never do it." it game... you really shouldn't. it is a stupid method in this application. there are plenty of things we do not do but know is bad simply by being in its periphery.
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@BjornHarrier bad ideas as not something that "must be listened to" . this reaching across the aisle BS does not work with people that are so far gone that they are supporting fascism; i.e. white-Christian-nationalism that the rightwing loves so much. misinformed people.. sure... there is a chance to talk to them. a person that can see this Onion video and be honest with themselves that there is a lot of truth to it... -- "the problem at its root. " is the general , usual stuff ... racism, a lack of diversity, being in an echo chamber, religion, the false idea of meritocracy, being a temporarily embarrassed millionaire, an unrealized desired to be ruled over, a deep seeded desire to rule other, fear, obedience. all the normal traumas that religion and capitalism scar people with. - people who change their minds, are people that were already predisposed to have their minds changed. there is no ONE event that changes someone's mind. it is a culmination of events that evenly have a tipping point. i support shaming people for their bad takes i support countering people with facts there are other people that can be listeners and sound boards and be delicate with people. everyone has their own strategies. -- you've made no substantial point.
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@Ethelberd there were Nazis that were friends with Jews.... what's your point.... ? if i have friends that are cool with me on an individual bases.. but then vote for people that want me exterminated.. they are not my friends.
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@albertchurchill4845 you got joke... now sit down and let the adults talk. unless you have something to converse about.. how scared are you? of what? why? why do you need an authoritarian to speak for you?
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@FountainOfLamneth exaclty. when trying to talk to conservatives they break down when they get asked something that is not in their script. nuance? empathy? "big words"? nope.. maga can't handle ACTUAL conversation.
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@albertchurchill4845 from what i can tell from your channel.. your a dying old man.. i am sorry you are so bitter and hate the generations of people you are leaving behind. i hope you didnt vote red ... but your comment does not give me confidence that you did the right vote of blue. your are lucky you are not going to live through the horrible choices you have made for the rest of us. i honestly hope the vote bites you. and on your death bed you realize how bad your red vote was.
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when has the onion ever been "both sides"? it just calls out nonsense through satire. which is just critical thinking + tragic comedy. conservative/republicans just say more nonsense. IMO, this is not rude to republicans.
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what do you mean the lefties? if you want to dig on the left, go to the other satire channel Fox "News" -- you think this is a dig on the right? no... this is satire. it brings the kernels of truth to a absurdist point to emphasis their important. satire exposes truths. it is not "making fun of". you have a gross misunderstanding of what The Onion is. they call out all sides that have dangerous nonsensical cores. "lefties" right now are not doing anything major to be satire. The Onion is not SNL, it is news.
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