State of the Discussion

The posts in play...

Un morceau de blog
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Precursors
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Gnarly knot, dude!
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Indefinitely isn’t what it used to be
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Precursors continued
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Rule Six, there is NO … Rule Six!…
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The comments...

novakant
+ Ages ago I took part in a seminar at uni that looked at autism within the context of the philosophy of mind, specifically the old [. . .]
bc
+ TP: Most of it has to do with race. Frex: 1) I get his point about the DEI/merit debate. He went [. . .]
nous

The Ur scene for "What Would Brian Boitano Do" - from South Park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNJmfuEWR8w

+ Hartmut, Etymon online has this 1912, from German Autismus, coined 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler from Greek autos "self" (see auto-) + -ismos suffix of [. . .]
Tony P.
+ In the "Kuzushi and Charlie Kirk" thread I wrote: I give Saint Charles of Kirk credit for one thing: unlike the gun fetishists we used [. . .]
hairshirthedonist
+ Wonkie's last sentence reminds me of an old Steven Wright joke where someone points out that he's wearing mismatched socks because they're different colors, and [. . .]
`wonkie
+ It's ironic that this post is "uncategorized" because I wonder if the spectrum itself is a construct of the human predilection for categorizing rather than [. . .]
GftNC
+ You know, in the absence of video showing Kirk saying many of the things he is accused of saying (none of which have been exactly [. . .]
Hartmut
+ I'd say the word 'autism' stems from the same root as the original Greek 'idiot', i.e. a self-centered person and loner who does not take [. . .]
CharlesWT

...this youtube dialogue between the two is quite good

I listened to the whole video. It's interesting and informative.

+ lj: The Horst Wessel comparison came first. Ahhh, got it. I'll have to slap Hartmut on the wrist /joke/ In my defense, I was more suggesting that [. . .]
bc

GtfNC/Wonkie: I remember that too, and Wonkie's comment in particular about a campaign against her sister's church. I would be interested in that too.

nous
+ bc - AOC’s response starts out strong but then devolves and illustrates two things: 1) My point above, that it wasn’t really what was in [. . .]
GftNC
+ bc's point about AOC taking Kirk's comments (presumably that's what bc meant by "things"?) out of context reminds me. I think it was wonkie [. . .]
hairshirthedonist
+ And the FB poster’s joke was more an illustration of how I wouldn’t rely on him for information about Kirk... I wasn't relying on him for [. . .]
Michael Cain
+ Ah, topology. When I was in graduate school I took a topology class where the professor used the Moore Method. No textbook. [. . .]
bc
+ lj: The Horst Wessel comparison came first. And the FB poster's joke was more an illustration of how I wouldn't rely on him [. . .]
hairshirthedonist
+ HSH: I have a problem with jumping right to Hitler as a primary means of criticism, especially after an actual assassination. It is a form [. . .]
GftNC

AOC's response seems pretty good to me. I wonder what bc makes of it...

+ I did some surfing about this and I see what bc is getting riled up about was the proclamation that nous linked to and what [. . .]
nous

Imagine if Klobuchar, in her resolution, had said that Hortman was a devoted protector of women's reproductive freedom...

nous
+ BC - I disagree with many ideas on the left, and despise some. That doesn’t keep me from condemning, say, the murder of Melissa Hortman [. . .]
+ bc, maybe I'm misreading, but it looks like you brought up Hitler by talking about Godwin's law. I found the 'felon love' facebook post, but [. . .]
bc
+ HSH: I have a problem with jumping right to Hitler as a primary means of criticism, especially after an actual assassination. It is [. . .]
+ It's no surprise that this plugs into a belief of might is right. It also suggests that you can't deal with folks like that by [. . .]
GftNC
+ One thing that I’m struck by about Cruz’ defense of free speech (and Rand Paul’s I think) is not that we do this because strength [. . .]
+ Looking at the Disqus agreement, you retain the ownership of your comments, you give Disqus a license to handle them in order to provide their [. . .]
Michael Cain
+ I'm glad Disqus isn't being considered. The Lawyers, Guns & Money blog switched to Disqus because handling their large comment volume was beyond the [. . .]
+ This Politico piece talks about that. It’s clear the 54-year-old Texan is wagering that at some future date, when he’s still young enough to run for [. . .]
CharlesWT

Several people on this list are not on the above list.

Notable Japanese Americans Interned During WWII

CharlesWT
+ Several decades ago, I read To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu. It was interesting, though I don't remember much [. . .]
CharlesWT
+ The link reiterates some of the ideas about home touched on here. "The sense of home varies significantly between individuals and cultures, shaped by personal experiences, [. . .]
hairshirthedonist
+ Am I really going to be the first to mention that love makes a house a home? I've read that in more than one [. . .]
GftNC
+ What wj said. Although, in the case of e.g. Ted Cruz, his past record entitles us to suspect that there may be more to [. . .]
wj

"Home is where you hang your clothes."

Or, if you're an engineer, "Home is where your toolbox is."

wj
+ He make an excellent point that, among those with whom we massively disagree, there are (pardon me) nuances. Some had the virtue of opposing [. . .]
`wonkie
+ I used to make pilgrimages to Glacier National Park but no more: climate change and crowds. I used to go to Yukon Territory but no [. . .]
hairshirthedonist
+ Before ruminating, I will mention how odd I find it that Klein is lamenting the use of social pressure and shame in the aftermath of [. . .]
nous
+ One more response to Ezra Klein's response to the response that was given to his Charlie Kirk eulogy. https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/how-can-we-live-together/ But I am stuck on one bit in [. . .]
+ Interesting stuff, thanks everyone. I've never had a 'home', but have always felt that there should be some place that should function as that. This [. . .]
GftNC
+ CaseyL: it's hard to convey intonation in text! They said "home is wherever WE are", i.e. surely as long as your parents are [. . .]
wj
+ Bruce (Pete): "I vaguely recall a conversation a while back about relocating Israel to a carve-out in Baja California." You would probably have a better [. . .]
CaseyL
+ GftNC - Home is not "wherever we are," though being able to feel at home wherever you are is a gift. I have lived in Seattle [. . .]
novakant
+ I felt oddly at home while visiting London many years ago. While London can feel like you are permanently swimming upriver, oddly enough it also feels [. . .]
GftNC
+ I wish you did belong here, hsh! I was dragged around a lot as a child (4 countries), homes changed and parents said "but darling, surely [. . .]
hairshirthedonist
+ I felt oddly at home while visiting London many years ago. I haven't been back since. Aside from leaving a lot of people [. . .]
nous
+ As I have mentioned before, we’ve been thinking a lot about (early) retirement due to the combination of burnout, security concerns, and the right’s ongoing [. . .]