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.

[Lancey Howard]

Har! You write just like a pompous, dime-a-dozen, blowhard professor. (Tip: For your next rant, avoid phrases like this:"....the only 'res publica' of interest is of acting in conspiracy to screw the public good for private gain...." because it gives away to us more astute veterans here that you are a socialist and you likely support the Democrat agenda of turning the United States into a Euro-style welfare state.) You'd best stick to the college classroom where you're in charge and the bored-to-death kids will nod at everything you say, regardless of what they are thinking.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

[Rocko]

Love that cat.

[vpintheak]

a true tard.

[Darksheare]

You sign up to post drivel, claim to have been here before, and give no real clue as to who you were previously?
And you want to be taken seriously?
Excuse me while I laugh maniacally and crush some Dems with a Diebold machine.

[muleskinner]

IB4Z?

[School of Rational Thought]

Appears he has the same attitude as some have about spelling and grammar.

[meanie monster]

[George - the Other]

Oh, so now you're Socrates. What next, Napoleon?.

[Chanticleer]

He was a little hasty, wasn't he? Missed the zot again. :-(

[Chanticleer]

I'm here for the Official Friday Silliness Thread, chili recipes and David Hasselhoff posts.

[Delta 21]

.And just exactly what do you know about militaristic pornography, Numbnuts?

[hiredhand]

Wow...I'm impressed with your long winded departure, but you get no credit for it. We're not impressed. We are impressed simply because you are now departed.

ZOT!


We hope you enjoyed the ride while you were here at FreeRepublic!




We know how you must be feeling right about now. :-) ...

[mojito]

"The site in inherently for and about raving egomaniacs."

It certainly is in your case.

[blackie]

Poor baby ~ he had too many laxatives.

[Billthedrill]

My gracious, a fellow who can throw around citations to Kant and the Enlightenment and use big words like "cognitive dissonance." Haven't run into that heavy a thinker since high school.

[RightWhale]

Have you read James' Pragmatism? Many have, but few have gotten the point.

[LurkedLongEnough]

! Poof !

[McGavin999]

Good Lord, is this thread STILL up? LOL

[darkangel82]

The troll got the zot though.