Terell Kirby

That is fair, you did not mention Charlie Kirk specifically, my bad. I do hear you on the relativity of political violence, however-I can't see this recent event turning out to be good US democracy and political discourse, at least in short to mid term. But that's me- maybe my view is too limited. MLK was assassinated in similar fashion- was that a good? Depends on who you talk to-for white supremacist, yes. Did it strengthen the civil rights movement? To a degree it did- but what if he survived, would we have more progress? All these are open questions.

Maybe good for folks living in Japan today Relatively speaking ... if we were in Japan in 1945, I'm sure we wouldn't think this way

Are you insinuating that Charlie Kirk's assassination will lead to some positive progressive change in US democracy?

What worldview? Seems like you are making a charitable case for political violence, but i don't want to assume. What is your position?

in the spirit of truth seeking, and existential inquiry- is this actually true? God's hands are in everything. Even tragedy is LOVE in the end!

Surprised why it isn't obvious to people that political violence is not a good look-no matter what cause behind it, is not a good look for any country looking to preserve its democracy. Trump laid the groundwork for this with the Jan 6 invasion on Capitol Hill-but not a single MAGA head will admit Charlie Kirk's death is a result of the corruption of US politics which they contribute greatly. We have long lost the days of respectful political discourse.

Sounds pleasant- but when fascist come knocking at your ready to take you to the gas chambers, its a different story. Not saying that will happen, but you get my point

Seems like the equivalent of putting your head in the sand. Truth is we are in a very tumultuous situation in our current political environment. We are in the beginning phases of the erosion of American democratic values. Charlie Kirk being shot and killed is a bi-product. Sad and unfortunate, but it's the reality nonetheless.

Trump confirms Charlie Kirk dead on Truth Social: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206zm81z4gt?post=asset%3A7e2f698a-fcc0-41b0-84ac-b7e01c1d6d56#post

People feel like they have no alternative. We live in a country where 77 million citizens casted a vote for this buffoon. That leaves a scar on democracy that will almost never heal (very, very challenging at best case).

Better to frame it as there are multiple styles and approaches to truth. One approach is through the masculine, the other is feminine. Two different ships headed to the same island. Masculine is able to traverse certain terrains more easily than the feminine and vice versa. What is common is the desire and value of Truth to the individual captains onboard. Each will have to make sacrifices in their own unique way, that is inconvenient to both masculine survival and feminine survival.

Watch out for Ritchie Torres- he's a self proclaimed "Pro-Israel progressive" and Zionist (start at 41 mins): People like David Pakman are endorsing this guy as the face of Progressivism- which is joke. I love how Adam Friedland calls him out on his BS

there are cases of weed expanding consciousness- so who's to say. Each mind is unique and sovereign to itself

this is depressing stuff, is there even a such thing as independent journalism anymore? There's no more incentive .. At the bottom of the barrel of corruption lies profit motive

@Carl-Richard may as well get used to it- it'll be legal globally sooner than later. Especially with dispensaries becoming the new cash cow as marijuana is going through mass commercialization.

How can we be so sure though?

@Leo Gura - please consider posting this on your blog: Good example of challenging belief systems and dogmas of your tribe/culture- have you seen her in Vegas?

Difference in that one is more aligned with empirical evidence and technological discovery? What is the distinguishing factor?

Isn’t this the same view that is leading to the erosion of democratic institutions in the US and globally? Most ignorant populist would share the same view (not calling you a populist Leo, you know how dumb they can be). But it sounds the same. Politics can be a dirty business, but how else do we change the world for the better than through the democratic process of electing officials? We should not demonize politics so much that it demotivates people-leaving the door wide open for autocrats and tyrants. It may already be too late to turn things around, our society lacks the education on how to use politics for the common good, probably bc they never cared to.

Maybe bc we’ve misunderstood what going off the deep end really is. After all, how could we properly understand without going off the deep end ourselves? Not saying I’m for any of this insanity shit tho

@Leo Gura On cosmic horror: Assumes one state beings of being has dominion over another due to sheer vastness . Assumes being that’s being dominated by the dominator being can never know that it’s being dominated. Assumes there are Infinite ways to be dominated at Infinite degrees of vastness. Is a Being/Mind ever truly sovereign given these assumptions (let’s just say they are true-hypothetically). Great thought provoking blog post!

Seems like a limiting take on reality.. to say reality is ONLY a thing, excludes a whole host of manifestations reality could take.. to be ONLY a thing Also note that it’s possible that your understanding of nothing can be largely conceptual, based on ideas, assumptions and beliefs. Do you really know what nothingness is? How would we know that you know? How would you know what we know? There is a lot being taken for granted. Solipsism is primarily a conceptual notion in the human mind. Our existence cannot be validated by anything outside of it, but we constantly make appeals to authority in an effort to find something out about why we exists as we do without the hard work of contemplation to gain insight into the nature of our existence. Humans have constructed the idea of solipsism and applied many negative connotations to it as a distraction to investigating what is True.

God is also NOT nothingness. Stop dividing yourself

Solipsism as humans understand it is largely conceptual. No one really knows what it means 😂

@Leo Gura so humans have some value, eh? Thanks for your contributions to the forum