Comments by "A.J. Hart" (@cobbler88) on "JRE Clips" channel.

  1. Joe's solution: Republicans should just take up Democrat positions on all the high-profile issues. I'm not sure that's really a solution.
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  2. One minor correction: Steben A. Smiff isn't great at arguing. He simply enjoys doing it.
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  3.  @giancarloleon9983  As opposed to the font of non-Trump and Republicans-are-racist originality that comes fro the Left, right?
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  4. The counterculture movement did that itself. People don't seem to understand how incredibly unpopular that movement was until about the end of the Vietnam war. It was characterized as "counter" for a reason.
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  5.  @subg8858  The National Parks Service falls under the Department of the Interior, which is part of the executive branch. President Trump did not set the price for the sticker I put on my window last year. Neither does he know the best way to shovel up bear shit.
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  6. @Diamant Unfortunately, they get to write all the history books. :) People actually believe that it was student protests that ended the war, based on basically every movie put out since 1980. Oh well. As long as lack of knowledge doesn't harm others.
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  7. It's not a matter of whether VWs are reliable. It's whether they're more reliable than the Lambo has been, historically. :)
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  8. With the more successful speculators, the foundation of facts is solid. So much so that less ingenious people don't even notice the huge leaps in logic that are built upon that foundation.
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  9.  @malorie8557  Back in the day when Dems were liberals rather than "the Left," we could argue that both sides wanted the same ends but disagreed about the means. I don't think we can still say that anymore.
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  10.  @Luke-te2ez  If you can name one of those people who speaks about Lee whose reputations aren't enhanced by that contact - or by perpetuating his legend - let the class know. Jesse Jackson made a career off of simply being with MLK Jr. when he was killed. The Lee sycophants, unfortunately, may be no different.
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  11. That's assuming that Lee could land 3-10 shots to the face, and whether they'd actually do much damage. One thing people rarely factor in is that, while a fellow martial artist recognizes great speed in others, he doesn't see it as being as fast as civilians do when you're squaring off against it because you're used to speed. It's comparable to how a 95 mph fastball looks insanely fast to someone who is not used to stepping into the box against (and, in my case, catching) 95 mph fastballs. And Lee's got to keep a distance to land his shots. A grappler might not feel it's a good strategy to allow an opponent to remain at an ideal striking distance. :)
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  12.  @elikronen4024  The public absolutely can handle the truth. But as is evidenced in these comments, it's really piss poor at actually RECOGNIZING the truth.
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  13.  @elikronen4024  I think be default everyone believes they're good. Then they start hoarding toilet paper and screwing their neighbors over out of self-preservation. There's a movie streaming on, I believe, Netflix called "Platforms" or something that is a bit out there but kind of deals with similar themes to that and what some are predicting we have ahead of us in the near future. I think a lot of people believe they are good basically because they are rarely tested. It's like a person having never met a person of another race insisting that they are not racist. And, of course, not all people share the same morals/ethics. I guess to me, I don't worry as much about whether someone is good as much as whether they may be harmful.
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  14. If you want more from people who lay out a foundation of tiny facts, then lead you to conclusions that are huge leaps of logic and bullshit, there's Graham Hancock for ancient archaeology, Edward Snowden if you want opinions from someone completely owned by his Russian protectors, and Area 51's Bob Lazar, who has a knack of having very little proof, but he's very consistent about his very limited story and will try to convince you that a lack of evidence is, itself, evidence.
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  15. Oh God. Here comes the half-assed internet "research" and unsubstantiated stories from people who benefit from perpetuating/criticizing the Lee legend
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  16. That's assuming the CIA was doing so, which I seriously doubt.
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  17. What makes you believe JFK didn't have any hand it them, if indeed they existed to such an extent?
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  18.  @divanosoba9658  Not sure where "being fun at parties" is involved, beyond it being a hackneyed phrase that's been around forever so it required less thought on your part. And you didn't actually provide an example of me being dense, so was there a point to your comment or did you just feel compelled to chime in because you have trouble if people disagree with you?
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  19. @Diamant If we're going to take that route, I can claim that my birth helped bring about the end of the war, since it occurred during that time. It sounds good but it's pretty empty as an approach. Take care.
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  20. I think you should have to be funny to a more broad spectrum to actually be considered a comedian, not just to people who agree with you on anything. It tends to make people lazy.
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  21.  @c.galindo9639  Profit is more than financial, though. Of the people we commonly see in documentaries, etc., how many of them would we even be aware of today were it not for them regularly commenting on Bruce Lee about how things were back in the day? Acknowledgement can be a form of profit as well. Plus, you've seen up and down this comment board. What would happen to the rep of someone who actually said, "Bruce was a great martial artist. But he had no proven fighting background and would really have had to up his game to compete in modern MMA. Speaking of which, to a fellow martial artist, Lee's speed isn't nearly what it appears to the untrained eye watching generations-old films often played at questionable speeds." Would you rather live the life of the guy perpetuating the myth, or that of the guy who dared challenge it a little?
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  22. Good.
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  23.  @ilikethatboulder.thatisani5496  You were writing that sarcastically, right? Uygur is human garbage.
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  24. That's part of the theatre.
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  25. Ummm ... okay.
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  26. Rogan's got dozens of pounds on him. Anyone who ignores the role that size plays in combat sports reveals how ignorant they are on the subject.
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  27.  @mriconoclast13  And let's be honest. I think we all kind of expected it from him. We were just kind of hoping it could be tamped down by being surrounded by others. Once he felt isolated, though, that was all she wrote.
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  28.  Simon Dewitt  True. You have to sort of be in the comedian pod-verse or maybe a Steven Crowder fan to know who he is.
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  29.  @apokatastasian2831  Things do tend to drift toward what previous generations believed was the Left, but that doesn't mean there aren't genuinely conservative positions existing in that matrix. It also ignores the fact that where a position lies on the Left-Right spectrum is not static. Some of those positions considered to be extremely conservative 75 years ago aren't actually viewed as Leftist by today's standards. I mean, how often has the concept of free speech hopped back and forth throughout history? It may appear that the slouch toward the Left has become a race, but I think we're seeing symptoms instead of disease at this point. They leapt off the edge too fast without slowly building toward their aims. That left a HUGE gap between what they claim to want and where Americans actually are on many of those issues. It's why AOC, Bernie, Warren, etc., come off as complete nutjobs. And it's at least just as likely that the country as a whole will recoil from those positions as it is that we will get on board the next train going off the cliff.
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  30.  @JNYC-gb1pp  Exactly. It's like with terrorism. How do you meet a group who wants your kind extinguished from the planet "half way"? Do you allow them to kill a few million a year? Heck, if you're going to allow that a few million people being killed every year is necessary for a solution, it seems to make more sense to do that to the side that's causing the problem.
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  31.  @returnfreedom  So much wrong with that statement after the part where you call LR a fucking idiot.
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  32.  @j.kol3491  Ge it straight. Is it so clever that it's doing all sorts of things you can't begin to prove, or is it so stupid that it can't actually do all of these things you can't begin to prove?
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  33.  @elikronen4024  I think we all kind of romanticize what all is taking placed in smoke-filled rooms, etc., while we accept that we don't know everything that is going on. I don't sit in the camp that believes that a half dozen people are pulling the strings on everything, making fortunes rise and fall at their whim. I think we agree that it's laughable when people seem to believe that the general public should be completely informed about everything going on, though. As has been said. A person is smart. People are dumb and panicky. You can't trust people.
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  34.  @divanosoba9658  And sometimes there is only the illusion of smoke. :) Take care.
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  35.  James Tisdale  Wow. An ad hominem rather than anything substantive. Imagine my shock. Take care.
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  36. QUESTION: What are there a larger number of on YT comment threads: 1) People claiming to be MMA fighters or former acquaintances of Bruce Lee, whose posts reveal they know absolutely nothing about the variables involved in fighting, or ... 2) People claiming to have been Navy SEALs who insist that Jesse Ventura was also a SEAL, whose posts reveal that they don't know - or refuse to acknowledge that it matters - that Ventura did not go through SEAL training?
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  37.  @c.galindo9639  You still seem to be willing to buy into the hype a little, (and the stuff about implementing his mentality, etc. sounds good but doesn't really mean anything in general), but I think we can agree that, today, we cannot know much for sure. I'm not one of those people who wants to cut down Lee. I'm more of a, "wait a minute" type when it comes to some of the more fantastical stuff people try to put out there. Take care.
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  38.  @ActionHero29  I have to disagree regarding eyewitness testimony. No one's going to get anywhere bad-mouthing Lee. And, let's face it, if someone says he was anything less than immortal, it would be considered bad-mouthing, or "bullshit" not to mention it would diminish those who have worked so hard to keep themselves associated with his name over all of these years. If the sort of footage or hard evidence existed to back up the claims regarding Lee's superior abilities as an actual fighter - including a few actual fights - it would be much tougher to hold a view outside of the mainstream. But such footage does not appear to exist. We HAVE seen footage of him sparring with willing accommodating students, and looking less than stellar hitting a fairly small "heavy bag." That's not really a surprise. Striking in non-boxing martial arts is a bit different than what we do in boxing. I have no problem acknowledging Lee's prowess regarding his knowledge and demonstration of martial arts forms and in mixing things up. It's what we all should do if we want to improve. But the main bone of contention is his abilities/performances as an actual fighter, and if the proof is out there, it's apparently being kept hidden. I'm sure you recognize that the argument that disagreement means ignorance can be claimed by both sides of an argument ad infinitum.
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  39.  @stuartleggat7176  Yeah, I"m pretty sure I've addressed the shaker of salt you have to take when hearing accounts from people with an interest in maintaining a role as part of the Bruce Lee myth/legend, so I'm gong to have to take a hard pass. Take care.
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  40.  @pinkyhotmessx69  So you're saying the CIA was around in the late 19th century? Because that's when the phrase "conspiracy theory" first appears.
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  41.  @pinnacleproductions6275  You do realize that the phrase "most conspiracy theories are based on facts" means absolutely nothing, right?
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  42.  @elikronen4024  You are doing a great disservice to these people and what they want to believe. I've always found that those who are best at laying out conspiracies - especially on Rogan - lay out a foundation of very solid facts or things that there is no means to disprove. They do it so well that you're still marveling at their facts while they try to contextualize them - in ways that may not be fact - to lead you to come up with the conclusion they wish you to come up with. That way, they can claim they're not actually espousing any particular conclusion. And if the person is claiming first-hand knowledge of ... I don't know ... aliens at Area 51, for example, they are smart enough to make their stories very small, never change them, and try to convince you that a lack of evidence is, itself, evidence.
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  43.  @TroubadourAdamRoad  It absolutely compromises the veracity of what he's uncovered. It demonstrated intellectual laziness and once that's been revealed, you can no longer give credence to anything else the person says. It doesn't have to be intentional or lazy either. Regardless of the reason, if a lapse in judgement or knowledge shows itself, the consumer has no choice but to wonder if it represents a pattern.
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  44.  @breezzyboy7603  It's important to never forget that some people ARE conspiracy loons and/or ARE insane. :)
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  45.  @jamesfreeman7954  And that's why a lot of these guys - not necessarily this guest - throw things like that out there. Then they wait for you to raise the issue that it can't be confirmed and reply that makes it even MORE credible because, you know, the Illuminati, Rothschilds and Red Hat ladies are engaged in a cover up. "Isn't it suspicious that there's NO proof of what I'm saying" Yeah. That's what I just said. :) Another key with many of these guys is to keep the stories pretty small. They don't have a lot of threads and they're all tied up even if it's that they can't be proved. Then they stick with the story, don't elaborate, and feign a kind of humility. "I was told by Gen. Smith - who died of dementia in 1976 - said they performed an alien autopsy and I have no reason to not believe him." is the "Unnamed sources say" of the conspiracy trade.
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  46. Blame the UFC. It is in charge of putting the narratives out there for the disinterested media to latch on to.
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  47. Careful now. This is the sort of comment that usually reveals inexperience. Lee was a tiny man. That means a great deal when it comes to trying to take away an opponent's strengths. And there is the issue of scant evidence of any substantive fighting background on Lee's part.
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  48. We're never really going to know when Tyson's prime actually was. For better or worse, he didn't have great fighters in the field to test him. He had a run of pretenders just like Roy Jones Jr. and, to a slightly lesser extent, Holmes had. We don't know if these guys were better when they were plowing through fairly unremarkable opponents or a half dozen years later when they finally had some competition and weren't as young, but might have been more skilled. You don't necessarily have to be in your physical prime to be in your prime as a performer. Then again, you can be Mayweather and avoid your one potentially dangerous opponent for at least a decade, and in the meantime fight a lot of name fighters who are clearly past their primes and about to retire, or are a few years from hitting their primes.
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  49.  @matepavic6929  Opinions apparently vary on Tyson's peak, but that's part of the fun. Take care.
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  50.  @WomBatMan223  I've never heard him make any solid argument that wasn't obvious and/or already being made by many other people. I worked in the media in Pa. about 20 years ago and we had contact with the people who edited his column in Philly. They swore up and down that they deserved a co-byline for basically having to rewrite everything he gave them, it was always written so poorly. Maybe they needed someone who REALLY knew how to spell "loquacious." 🤣
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