The Philosophy Discussion Forum

That question is The Question. The larger question is Why do people who have strange inclinations feel that they have a right to pull the world into their stuff?

That’s a cat that you cannot put back in the bag, Flash. Castration I guess it will be!

[Transvestites] Why are you freaks so obsessed with them? What do they awaken within you? :::raises hand::: I can help you here, Flash. Ultimately, it all has to do with forced transvaluation of values. The “queering” of normalcy is a type of radical activism notable everywhere. Queering is a stran...

Care to give a reference for that*? Chabad is almost certainly the most accessible of the Hasidic sects. They are about the only ones that will have anything to do with non-Orthodox or even non-religious Jews. I only go so far as to assert, with zealous pride, that a properly prepared Matzo Ball So...

It's all just trees, not forest now and power. The only place I hear this coming from in the US is the religious right, which is one of the most banal versions of it. You simply can't have Trump here. Though he does seem to have a sacred messiah, a Jewish one, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who ...

Allah be praised!

It's all just trees, not forest now and power. The only place I hear this coming from in the US is the religious right, which is one of the most banal versions of it. You simply can't have Trump here. Though he does seem to have a sacred messiah, a Jewish one, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who ...

Look at the lies, blasphemy and immorality embraced by conservatives today. There seem to be hardly any Weaver-style conservatives left. Well, you guys seem to want to go fast through material that should be lingered over. However, that being said, there is a major opinion about the impossibility o...

Well, this description would probably alienate most US conservatives, but let's hop past that. Where are these people in the US? Are there any public figures who are in this group? What are some of their positions in current politics? One interesting thing that Richard Weaver wrote about in Ideas H...

My view at this point is that we can define an ur-conservatism. Maybe a base for all conservative thought, social practice, ethics and political organization. My understanding is that all conservatism is rooted in a conceived metaphysical order. In India “Ṛta” is a term denoting “cosmic order”. Wel...

I’m on it!

Well, you seem to distinguish some group or other from liberals. So, whatever that is, I'm skeptical there less knee-jerk hysterical. Are you interested in working out a sensible definition? I make all sorts of distinctions. Please do My view at this point is that we can define an ur-conservatism. ...

The fact : they need extra help. And it's not provided by giving tax breaks to the rich and cutting social programs. I unnerstan your point. It is not without some merit. But in the end it goes like this: You and I and the next person must hve the presence of mind to take full responsibility for th...

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 5:55 pm Probably both of us are "indoctrinated", we have different priorities and different outlooks on the world.

Probably? Or definitely?

Team Conservative. I think we would have to define what each of us means by that term: Conservative. Well, you seem to distinguish some group or other from liberals. So, whatever that is, I'm skeptical there less knee-jerk hysterical. Are you interested in working out a sensible definition? I make ...