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|content=Many of you have picked bad terms for a set of arguments: | |content=Many of you have picked bad terms for a set of arguments: | ||
Ethnonationalism | Ethnonationalism</br> | ||
Identity Politics | Identity Politics</br> | ||
Free Speech Absolutism | [[Free Speech|Free Speech Absolutism]]</br> | ||
Political Correctness | Political Correctness</br> | ||
Rationality v Bullshit | Rationality v Bullshit</br> | ||
Tribalism | Tribalism | ||
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|content=This saddles many of us w/ a set of āconvenience productsā that donāt really work. Very simple bumper sticker ideas that are incredibly powerful rhetorically...right up until they backfire due to: | |content=This saddles many of us w/ a set of āconvenience productsā that donāt really work. Very simple bumper sticker ideas that are incredibly powerful rhetorically...right up until they backfire due to: | ||
A) Exceptions invalidating the rule | A) Exceptions invalidating the rule</br> | ||
B) Inconsistency in application | B) Inconsistency in application | ||
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|content=If you want the spirit of free speech absolutism you have to admit to some restrictions or you lose free speech due to the egregious corner cases you will encounter. I donāt want to see swastikas, but I have to admit they crop up in cultural non-Nazi contexts. Thatās reality. | |content=If you want the spirit of [[Free Speech|free speech absolutism]] you have to admit to some restrictions or you lose [[Free Speech|free speech]] due to the egregious corner cases you will encounter. I donāt want to see swastikas, but I have to admit they crop up in cultural non-Nazi contexts. Thatās reality. | ||
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|content=A proper theory of oppression by Islamic veiling and covering must take into account: Ā | |content=A proper theory of oppression by Islamic veiling and covering must take into account: Ā | ||
Christian Covering | Christian Covering</br> | ||
Jewish Orthodox Modesty-wear | Jewish Orthodox Modesty-wear</br> | ||
Coercion both explicit and implicit | Coercion both explicit and implicit</br> | ||
Brainwashing vs Projection | Brainwashing vs Projection</br> | ||
Niqab vs Headscarves Ā | Niqab vs Headscarves</br> | ||
Etc. | Etc. | ||
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|content=And please donāt condesend to me. The great danger with Islam today isnāt the Hijab. Or any of a host or thorny issues. Itās that forms of Islam together with North Korea are among the few potent remaining totalizing forces left in the š. Itās *totalizing* that must be fought. | |content=And please donāt condesend to me. The great danger with Islam today isnāt the Hijab. Or any of a host or thorny issues. Itās that forms of Islam together with North Korea are among the few potent remaining totalizing forces left in the š. Itās [[Totalizing Ideologies|*totalizing*]] that must be fought. | ||
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|content=I would be against World totalitarian Judaism if it existed. But it does not. I was against imperial totalitarian communism, but I donāt see much left. If there were totalitarian Prius owners Iād be opposed to them. Iād much rather fight totalizing beliefs than all these proxies. | |content=I would be against [[Totalizing Ideologies|World totalitarian Judaism]] if it existed. But it does not. I was against [[Totalizing Ideologies|imperial totalitarian communism]], but I donāt see much left. If there were [[Totalizing Ideologies|totalitarian Prius owners]] Iād be opposed to them. Iād much rather fight [[Totalizing Ideologies|totalizing beliefs]] than all these proxies. | ||
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|content=My problems with Islam all stem from its desire to provide way way too many answers and entertain too few questions from outside. Honor killings, FGM, religious message killings, etc are coming from a totalizing cultural and belief system. | |content=My problems with Islam all stem from its desire to provide way way too many answers and entertain too few questions from outside. Honor killings, FGM, religious message killings, etc are coming from a [[Totalizing Ideologies|totalizing cultural and belief system]]. | ||
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|content=No. Tolerance of totalizing ideology is fueling excuses. Madness isnāt made better if it co-travels with religion. | |content=No. Tolerance of [[Totalizing Ideologies|totalizing ideology]] is fueling excuses. Madness isnāt made better if it co-travels with religion. | ||
Religion isnāt the problem. France isnāt the problem. Madness and excuse making (like this) for totalizing thinking is fueling the problem. | Religion isnāt the problem. France isnāt the problem. Madness and excuse making (like this) for [[Totalizing Ideologies|totalizing thinking]] is fueling the problem. | ||
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/opinion/france-terrorism-muslims.html | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/opinion/france-terrorism-muslims.html | ||