Society/Culture Hypocrisy of The Left - part 3

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I’m not suggesting that they do.

They obviously don’t.

My issue, is with the likely double standard in terms of response to the behaviour of the protester.

If a member of the public was to slam a beverage or an egg over the head of as I said, a Sarah Hanson Young type figure, do you genuinely believe outlets such as The Guardian would be applauding that behaviour as an positive and effective means of protest?

I for one doubt it. And I would almost guarantee SHY and Di Natale would be wanting the individual charged.

You either condemn aggressive physical contact between politicians and the public, or you don’t.

If you can’t see the slippery slope the normalisation of such behaviour is liable to lead us down, that’s a real shame.

This ought to be a bi-partisan position.
Its a clear double standard in the media. Some people are more egg worthy than others.

*SHY and Di Natale are authoritarian by nature so naturally they would want punishment dished out
 
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Well it seems we can agree the far left and far right are both full of s**t.

For mind, it’s scumbags like this that are the real problem.

 

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Proud Boys started off as a harmless group for beer drinking and lols. It grew too quickly, resulting in Nazis and other violent nutters getting on board due to zero vetting or oversight. It's the horseshoe theory, they and Antifa are now essentially the same thing. Disaffected people who think they can fix the world, and go about it in an absurd and dangerous way.
It's completely counter to Jordan Peterson's message of getting your own house in order before trying to change the world. Miserable people think that going out and punching a nazi or commie will help the world and themselves. Tell them to put down the batons and clean their room!
The Proud Boys are founded by Gavin McGuiness, which I briefly followed on Rebel Media until some crude comments on women and other controversial topics, turned me away from him but I acknowledge that from a balance PoV, he prolly hasn't been doing such a bad thing. For example; the Proud Boys being the counter to Antifa and the Far Right stances being the counter to the Far Left insanity. Just one form of extreme for a balancing account of the Far Left extremism that is more broadly accepted. Ultimately, my ideal would be to bring us to the middle of the spectrum for the sake of humanity and that could possibly be Gavin's also? But I've heard him say some really alarming things at a Proud Boys gathering that give the impression that he could have some delusions of grandeur.
 
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Just one form of extreme for a balancing account of the Far Left extremism that is more broadly accepted.
This is the thing I don't like. It's not considered socially acceptable or PC for people to wear a maga hat in the US, even though Trump won the election and is president f f s. Antifa have MSM support and are allowed on social media, when their mirror images PB etc are banned.
 
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Proud Boys grew too quickly, resulting in Nazis and other violent nutters getting on board due to zero vetting or oversight.
I told you this last year. I plainly pointed out that there was no vetting.
You stated that there was a high level of vetting.
A true alpha would admit they were wrong and I was right. You're always desperate to pretend you're an alpha, so what will you do now?

Are you still a proud ProudBoy?
 

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I told you this last year. I plainly pointed out that there was no vetting.
You stated that there was a high level of vetting.
A true alpha would admit they were wrong and I was right. You're always desperate to pretend you're an alpha, so what will you do now?
Are you still a proud ProudBoy?
why would it surprise me that nobody listens to you? I doubt that you know how to maintain a plain discussion when all your energy is geared towards trolling.
 
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why would it surprise me that nobody listens to you? Somehow, I doubt that you know how to maintain a plain discussion when all your energy is geared towards trolling.
Welcome to BigFooty.

If you have a problem with trolls, please report those posts.

If you have any intention of engaging in discussion, please feel free to quote me again.
If you'd just like to attempt to troll and insult me, as you've just done, please don't quote or tag me.

damp regards.
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I told you this last year. I plainly pointed out that there was no vetting.
You stated that there was a high level of vetting.
A true alpha would admit they were wrong and I was right. You're always desperate to pretend you're an alpha, so what will you do now?

Are you still a proud ProudBoy?
Yeah I stuffed that one up. Originally McCinness had control, kept them away from Unite the Right and other bad stuff. But he lost control quickly, particularly of international chapters.
 

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Yeah I stuffed that one up. Originally McCinness had control, kept them away from Unite the Right and other bad stuff. But he lost control quickly, particularly of international chapters.

I don’t see any shame in being or formerly being a Proud Boy.

Certainly no more than being affiliated with Antifa.
 
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Could you summarise?

Without giving an argument we don’t know what this article is being posted for.
What the article points out is that the left side of politics (or, at the very least, people who are progressive in mindset and/or possess a belief in the idea of progress) is faced with a conundrum created by the inequalities within society: that some individuals are superior to others (either by dint of superior intellect or athletic ability, which are genetic insofar as can be proven at them moment) or that it is the inherent structures within that society that create the inequalities. It then goes on to demonstrate - via surveys conducted within academia - that people of a left wing bent are more likely to blame those inequalities then the inherent superiority of individuals; dismissing the scientific.

It then points out how completely at odds that point of view is with the left wing's full endorsement of climate change action.

It's worth a read, if you've got the time.

As far as things go, I don't think this is an either-or proposition. Individuals are perfectly capable of being smarter/stronger/thinking faster etc than anyone else is, but it's completely pot luck most of the time determining this kind of thing from a genetic level, or attributing things to race or to gender. Per capita, men might be physically stronger than women, yet that does not immediately entail that I could beat Rhonda Rousey in a no holes barred smackdown. However, that this is true does not detract from the embedded inequalities that can be proven exist within most governmental systems. A mixture of both - individuals of superior attributes rising to the top, regardless of where they're from, and status and/or money creating an easier path to the upper classes than experienced by someone of different attributes/beginnings - seems to me to be a more reasonable take.
 

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What the article points out is that the left side of politics (or, at the very least, people who are progressive in mindset and/or possess a belief in the idea of progress) is faced with a conundrum created by the inequalities within society: that some individuals are superior to others (either by dint of superior intellect or athletic ability, which are genetic insofar as can be proven at them moment) or that it is the inherent structures within that society that create the inequalities. It then goes on to demonstrate - via surveys conducted within academia - that people of a left wing bent are more likely to blame those inequalities then the inherent superiority of individuals; dismissing the scientific.

It then points out how completely at odds that point of view is with the left wing's full endorsement of climate change action.

It's worth a read, if you've got the time.

As far as things go, I don't think this is an either-or proposition. Individuals are perfectly capable of being smarter/stronger/thinking faster etc than anyone else is, but it's completely pot luck most of the time determining this kind of thing from a genetic level, or attributing things to race or to gender. Per capita, men might be physically stronger than women, yet that does not immediately entail that I could beat Rhonda Rousey in a no holes barred smackdown. However, that this is true does not detract from the embedded inequalities that can be proven exist within most governmental systems. A mixture of both - individuals of superior attributes rising to the top, regardless of where they're from, and status and/or money creating an easier path to the upper classes than experienced by someone of different attributes/beginnings - seems to me to be a more reasonable take.
Some people are superior in intellect or ability but its true some others suffer because of inequality... given an equal chance those suffering inequality could also showcase some superior attributes. Many of those with superior abilities will rise upwards anyway.
Its not inequality hilding many people back. Its their lack of abilities
 
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