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It's time: Eudaimonia

Posted by Eudaimonia 9 years, 8 months ago to Politics
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There's a certain gulch user who pops up from time to time, and to be completely blunt, I've had it up to my gills with him.

I am speaking, of course, of Eudaimonia.

I often wonder what kind of a poor impression he gives to people who are new to the site.

This concern is well founded as has been made plain by at least one other gulcher:

**** Eudaimonia has no regard for civil rights :
Posted by $ Eudaimonia 2 weeks, 4 days ago
When McD's came out with that campaign, I would often respond to it, "I'm heavin' it!"
Nothing against their product, I just didn't like the campaign.

Posted by $ Maphesdus 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Of course. Expecting you to support the idea of equal rights would just be too much...


****Eudaimonia cites, knowingly or not, sources linked to infamous white supremacist David Horowitz - leaving no other option but to conclude he is either: stupid, racist, or both.
Posted by $ Maphesdus 19 hours, 3 minutes ago
And you've used sources which were likely fronts for white supremacist groups, though you didn't realize it.

Posted by $ Eudaimonia 18 hours, 16 minutes ago
Wow, I just got back from grocery shopping to find this.
I'm really interested in what these source are which you refer to.

Posted by $ Maphesdus 17 hours, 42 minutes ago
I don't remember what the name of the site was, as it was a while ago, but it was that one page which you linked to accusing the Southern Poverty Law Center of being a hate group. The site never openly revealed itself as such, but the attitude and political stances it advocated just absolutely stunk of white supremacy in nearly every sentence.

Posted by $ Eudaimonia 17 hours, 39 minutes ago
That site was discoverthenetworks.com
Discover The Networks is one of many sites founded and run by David Horowitz.
Mr. Horowitz would find your assertion that he fronts for white supremacists to be... amusing.

Posted by $ Maphesdus 46 minutes ago
Just read through a few of the article there, and from that my belief that David Horowitz advocates white supremacy is only strengthened.

Posted by $ Eudaimonia 13 minutes ago
Then I suggest you take it up with Mr. Horowitz.
You can contact him either here
http://www.discoverthenetworks.com/conta......
or here
http://www.frontpagemag.com/contact-us/
And, *please* do post your emails with him here.
I've got a lot more popcorn.


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    Posted by strugatsky 9 years, 8 months ago
    An interesting exchange above: "infamous white supremacist David Horowitz" -- well, let's see -- his parents were card-carrying communists, he grew up as a communist, and all that was quite fine. Then, he actually grew up, got educated, in school and in life, and realized that communism, socialism and fascism are the same forms of tyranny. Furthermore, he spoke and wrote of his "discovery." Now, that is where he crossed the line and became a traitor that was a threat to the Party. Destroyed he must be, using any means possible or impossible - white supremacist, racist, the usual cocktail of poison... Maphesdus, since you brought this trash to a site that prides in using facts and logic, could you please back up your statement with facts?
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      Posted by 9 years, 8 months ago
      Ah yes, the *point* of the satire, that the troll and provocateur known as Maphesdus is here to sow discord, to pester, and to impugn members of this forum as bigots.
      +1
      Good job, Stru.
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    Posted by mckenziecalhoun 9 years, 8 months ago
    CROWD: A witch! A witch! A witch! We've got a witch! A witch!
    VILLAGER #1: We have found a witch, might we burn her?
    CROWD: Burn her! Burn!
    BEDEMIR: How do you know she is a witch?
    VILLAGER #2: She looks like one.
    BEDEMIR: Bring her forward.
    WITCH: I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
    BEDEMIR: But you are dressed as one.
    WITCH: They dressed me up like this.
    CROWD: No, we didn't... no.
    WITCH: And this isn't my nose, it's a false one.
    BEDEMIR: Well?
    VILLAGER #1: Well, we did do the nose.
    BEDEMIR: The nose?
    VILLAGER #1: And the hat -- but she is a witch!
    CROWD: Burn her! Witch! Witch! Burn her!
    BEDEMIR: Did you dress her up like this?
    CROWD: No, no... no ... yes. Yes, yes, a bit, a bit.
    VILLAGER #1: She has got a wart.
    BEDEMIR: What makes you think she is a witch?
    VILLAGER #3: Well, she turned me into a newt.
    BEDEMIR: A newt?
    VILLAGER #3: I got better.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 8 months ago
    And that Robbie guy - Total religious knuckle-dragging proselytizer, ignorant of IP and private property rights, AGW denier, and obvious commie-pinko LGBTQ hater. How the rest of those commonsense, level headed, tolerant Wisconsinites allow him to continue to reside within their midst is a wonder.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 9 years, 8 months ago
    And then there's that blatant government lackey, Susanne... you would think she's a mouthpiece for the dotgov, her and her hidden agenda crossposts all over the site... D@^^ned moocher... probably was a commie pinko rat at one time. Wouldn't surprise me if she tried to schmooze the illustrious future dear leader into some cushy dotgov job or the other...
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    • Posted by 9 years, 8 months ago
      I swear, it's like we're getting DDOS'd by Daily Kos!
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      • Posted by $ Susanne 9 years, 8 months ago
        I've also heard she's a Thom Hartmann fan and a closet spy for both the Huffington Post and RT (even quoting Lenin and Putin's speeches)... And she even eats at Subway ever since it's endorsement by the First Lady, with whom she's on a first name basis...
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        • Posted by 9 years, 8 months ago
          On a serious note, Mrs. Euda & I have boycotted Subway since The First Food Fascist's endorsement.
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          • Posted by $ Susanne 9 years, 8 months ago
            AHA!!! I bet DHS already has you on your radar. Next thing, you'll be denouncing ketchup as not being a vegetable, and praising the mandatory "juice-and-fruit-only" vending machine policies in schools, factory lunchrooms, and transportation hubs.
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            • Posted by mccannon01 9 years, 8 months ago
              Oh, Susanne! The thoughts you've put in my head! I'm going to have to throw a steak on the barbie tonight just to regain equilibrium! :-)
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              • Posted by $ Susanne 9 years, 8 months ago
                OOH!! That's in violation of the Anti-Halal, Anti-Vegan, Anti-Inedible Prohibition (as specified by Mrs. Dear Leader), not to mention breaking the Governmentally-Approved Substanceless Semi-Indigestible (GASSI) food items act of 2014! The TSA (Tasty Steak Abolitionists) in the DHS (Department of Hungry Americans) must be notified...
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                • Posted by $ Mimi 9 years, 8 months ago
                  Suzanne, you have reached your hyphen quota for the day. Expect a friendly visit from an armed representative of the DOE.
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                  • Posted by $ Susanne 9 years, 8 months ago
                    At least it's not an agent from the USPS... the Unnecessary Signage and Punctuation Squelchers. From their belt canister of combination dog spray and white out, to using blue pencils that have erasers on the wrong side, to those "safari" hats rumored to have razor edges and drop down magnifiers to catch potential over-punctuationizers, they're a scary lot. Add to this, there's a rumor that if they've had a "bad pen day", they might just go Punctual...
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 8 months ago
    Old, obsolete, filled with old fashioned ideas and morality. Out of touch and out of time. Every idea full of cobwebs. This guy Herb is so old fashioned that he believes in marriage. Hopeless.
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 8 months ago
    I'd heard from someone once that self flagellation could be good for the soul and even fun with the right mind set -- OWWIE, that hurts.

    OK, it's back to other flagellation for me.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 8 months ago
    I have no problem with defending oneself. And I also know that Maph is a one note band, and how he squeals offense at what he finds objectionable, but cannot see that others find his views objectionable (a typical liberal in my book).

    I'm merely commenting that offense is only something that the offended can determine. As I told my children, you have to choose to be offended - nobody can offend you. Likewise, as I commented to Xthinker below, there are also those who choose to be offended by anything - particularly anything of which they disagree - and in such a case, there can be no communication, since one party is going to claim everything is offensive.

    Take the Redskins football team. For 70 years, give or take, the name was fine, now suddenly it is offensive? I think not. Suddenly people are claiming offense for some other reason. In this case so that they can prove that they can bully a private owner into doing their bidding. Just to prove that they can.
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  • Posted by xthinker88 9 years, 8 months ago
    So if we allow ourselves to be offended by comments from someone whose opinion we don't value - aren't we doing what the left does?
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    • Posted by 9 years, 8 months ago
      No.
      The Left claims offense where there is none and then uses that claim as a political weapon.

      There *was* offense here.
      There has also been over a year of suggestions, made in a civil manner, that while debate is fine, agitation is not.

      I am sick to my teeth of the constant agitation and the constant use by the Left of their "ism" and "hate speech" cards in order to stifle debate.

      In short: if you spend over a year of agitation on this board, and then claim that I shill for white supremacists - don't be surprised when I go "all in" to push back.
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      • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 8 months ago
        Actually, since being offended is something that only occurs in one's head, they can actually be offended. It is illogical and irrational, but then who ever called a lefty logical or rational?
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        • Posted by xthinker88 9 years, 8 months ago
          That's my point. If I think nothing of you or your opinion, and I value it as worthless, then the fact that you share your opinion of me with me should cause no offense.
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          • Posted by 9 years, 8 months ago
            Whether or not you liked or agreed with GWB, to me his chief failing was that he never defended himself.

            I am a known entity to many on this forum, but I do "go dark" from time to time.
            This means that there are a lot of new people who have no idea what my opinions actually are.

            If there is a agent provocateur on the board smearing me as a crypto-racist, the people who know me will also know how unfounded the accusation is.
            However, the people who don't know me will have to take that smear as a possibility when they consider me.

            Am I offended?
            No, Maphesdus is a known quantity to me.

            Will I defend my character?
            You bet your ass I will.
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            • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 8 months ago
              OK. So this shows up again. Weird.

              I have no problem with defending oneself. And I also know that Maph is a one note band, and how he squeals offense at what he finds objectionable, but cannot see that others find his views objectionable (a typical liberal in my book).

              I'm merely commenting that offense is only something that the offended can determine. As I told my children, you have to choose to be offended - nobody can offend you. Likewise, as I commented to Xthinker below, there are also those who choose to be offended by anything - particularly anything of which they disagree - and in such a case, there can be no communication, since one party is going to claim everything is offensive.

              Take the Redskins football team. For 70 years, give or take, the name was fine, now suddenly it is offensive? I think not. Suddenly people are claiming offense for some other reason. In this case so that they can prove that they can bully a private owner into doing their bidding. Just to prove that they can.
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          • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 8 months ago
            Or the corollary; Since only you can determine what is offensive, then anything that I say could be considered offensive to someone else - thus, we must all cease all communication so as not to offend anyone.
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  • Posted by MattFranke 9 years, 8 months ago
    He who learns to laugh at himself.... shall never cease to be amused.
    Euda, if you don't like the SPLC you must be a racist and a hater and are subject to being sent to a tolerance camp immediately. We will not tolerate intolerance; and there's nothing contradictory about that whatsoever.
    This whole group of "un-cooperatives" should be reported so "somebody" can do "something" about all this unchecked aggression.
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  • Posted by DougJ 9 years, 8 months ago
    I personally like a free for all. It it bugs you then ignore him or expose his falsehood and just move on.

    The purpose of the site is to promote the Ayn Rand philosophy which in all honesty seldom do any of you do.
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    • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 9 years, 8 months ago
      Greetings DougJ,
      In truth this is a site to promote the movies, but the philosophy is also discussed. Some of us have been here for years and discussed the movies and philosophy ad nauseam and once in a while just want to lighten up and have some fun. Right now we are desperately awaiting new material as the new movie release is almost upon us. We hope our occasional satirical wanderings will encourage others to lighten up and have fun with us. We are not one trick ponies. Philosophy/philosophers need not be dull, do they? Many of us are well versed in Objectivism and will be happy to discuss any aspect of it you desire. We will also from time to time post threads doing just that, but most threads are about current events and the opinions of fellow followers, both novice and experienced. Please feel free to start a thread about Objectivist epistemology, metaphysics, or whatever strikes your fancy. We would like to hear what you have to say.
      Respectfully,
      O.A.
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    • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 8 months ago
      Awww. Someone needs a hug.
      What creative minds need:
      "The basic need of the creator is independence. The reasoning mind cannot work under any form of compulsion. It cannot be curbed, sacrificed, or subordinated to any consideration whatsoever. It demands total independence in function and motive." -- Ayn Rand
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    • Posted by khalling 9 years, 8 months ago
      your two statements are logically contradictory...if it's about promoting Objectivism then it cannot be a "free-for-all."
      btw, this is not an Ayn Rand bible study group, it's about applying reason to the world. Many have seen the movies, but not yet delved into Objectivism...so, turn them off why don't ya
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