I've given up on trying to teach anyone here anything (They gave Socrates hemlock, now this guy.)

[a true thinker]

There's no helping you. This site is now just a diversion -- like a train wreck. This site is inherently for and about raving egomaniacs, and Jim's site policies -- which amount to excluding reality and actual dialogue in favor of political/militaristic pornography -- is conducive to cognitive dissonance, which at the times your worldview is threatened leads you into psychotic breaks (on the political cognitive plane, that is, and just maybe in other realms too). Not to mention that your baseline politics is based in mythology about American demographics, science, economics, ethics etc. You spoonfeed each other in the first place, so rationality on FR is always constrained to small scope matters. (You try to make up for this by shifting rapidly to things on which you share prejudices.)

FR is a purist's dream illustration of Kant's opinion that "Most people claim to be thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." The name of the site is an Orwellian joke -- the only freedom truly here is the animal kind the uncivilized insist on, the only 'res publica' of interest is of acting in conspiracy to screw the public good for private gain, the only laws and people you truly like are the ones that permit/protect the anarchy, parasitism, and thievery you prefer, and immoralism is the true religion you espouse. FR is a mismanaged zoo, really, and I like coming here on occasion -- the sights are alternatingly horrifying and amusing, but always a reminder of what the Enlightenment was a fight against.

Best wishes.

[dighton]

It will arrive and teach

[Gucho]

Your time ran out true stinker.

[P.O.E.]

"A sheet I slit. I slit a sheet. And on that slitted sheet I sit."

[dead]

[shelterguy]

I believe everything that you have written and feel priveledged that I am being blessed with your superior intellect.

Now, go get your shine box!!!!!!!

[hollywood]

Luckily, I don't get Channel 0.

[dead]

[Dog Gone]

Egg planted on bekonie!!

[Reactionary]

Ah, we have Diogenes with his tub, his Alexander, and his lantern. We have a liberal who, since he's had a smattering of idiot unversitity "philosophy," now knows with utmost certainty the nature of the true, the good, and the beautiful. And? Wouldn't you know! The little moralist can't wait to tell everyone about it!

Shut up and read, little monkey. Your petulant little outbursts and moral preening have nothing to do with "civilization."

[Lady Jag]

[TNdandelion]

Why can't some folks just leave? Ego?

[JimboUSofA]

You shore got a purty mouth.

[anton]

I hope this means you're leaving for good. Now don't be foolin with us by signing up with a new name. Just be good to your word and be gone and stay gone.

[Dudesdad]

Bu-bye.

[Reactionary]

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

[humblegunner]

Sing the Wee!

Deep there above the greenery
Meddle and mischief sing the Wee
Hidden among the greenery
"We are the Free-Folk," sing the Wee

Nettles and nuisance bring the Wee
Tingle and tangle sing the Wee
Under the forest canopy
"We are the Free-Folk," sing the Wee

Tatter and scatter bring the Wee
Freckle and fumble sing the Wee
Getting you from behind a tree
"Fun is a wonder," sing the Wee


We are the Wee
As you can see
So wild and free
So sing the Wee

[Caipirabob]

3...2...1...ZOT!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

[righttackle44]

I'm not really sure that A True Thinker is a name-dropping, philosophy-quoting hysteric who is apparently not able to write lucid, clear thoughts, and who thinks that ranting is a sign of true thinking.

I suggest you get on a good diet of bran flakes, bran muffins or anything else that will get you regular so that you're just not so miserable all the time. Because, let's face it, you are just a miserable human being.