Category: memes

On Practicing and Preaching

  • February 29, 2016
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meme_paper_08c_practice_what_you_preachIf someone doesn’t practice what they preach, then someone else likely exists that does practice and preach what the hypocrite only preaches. Therefore, whether or not someone practices what they preach does not really have anything to do with the validity of what they preach.

Ironically, while modernity has ushered in a sort of consistency uber alles with its idealism uber alles and its apparent rejection of situational ethics, modern nihilism requires that people be hypocrites in order to live well. If someone believes that all value judgments are limited to being a matter of opinion, then they have to conclude, for example, that a piano teacher is only better than their students in like, someone’s opinion, man. But no one really lives their life that way since it would be absurd. These people must believe that it would be absurd to live according to reality–i.e. to practice what they preach.

Trump Can’t Build the Wall because of D’s in the Senate

  • February 26, 2016
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does_trump_know_03_cant_build_borderTrump can’t build the wall because even if he wins, the D’s will win the Senate or hold their ground. Any candidate will need a filibuster proof majority to get much of their agenda passed that doesn’t fall within executive power. The D’s are not going to make a deal to build the wall, and neither will R’s like Lindsey Graham.

The wall is only, you know, one of the main reasons people are supporting him.

ISIS, Islam and reductio ad absurdum

  • February 17, 2016
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meme_paper_02_ISIS_and_Islam

Although I don’t match her terms here exactly, this meme is a response to remarks such as this from Hillary:

Online or offline, the bottom line is that we are in a contest of ideas against an ideology of hate, and we have to win. Let’s be clear though: Islam is not our adversary. Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism.

Of course, I believe that there are fine Muslims, but if terrorism (i.e. ISIS) doesn’t have anything to do with Islam, then neither do the leaders of Iran or Saudi Arabia—and btw, Saudi Arabia is OG Islam central. So, it is at least not true that Islam has nothing to do with ISIS by reductio ad absurdum.