OBJECTION!

I’m not sure I’d want to live in that world.

A moral code is something that you adopt because, in calm reflection and rational analysis, you have determined that it’s the best approach to producing desirable outcomes. The reason for having a code instead of just evaluating things in the moment is because of the recognition that your judgement can be compromised, by being tempted, by being angry, by not having time in the heat of the moment, etc.

Personally, I’d say that every rule has exceptions and that you should be willing to break a rule in extraordinary circumstances. For a recovering alcoholic, “don’t drink” is a good rule to have, but if there’s some convoluted hypothetical with a serial killer holding hostages demanding that you take a shot, then you can make an exception. But that exception does not invalidate the rule, which is generally a good thing to follow. And you should be extremely cautious about whether the exception is actually valid, or whether it’s just your brain inventing excuses.

I don’t think that being too rigid in upholding a code is “narcissistic” or “egotistical.” In fact, it’s often just the opposite. It may be precisely because Batman is aware of his own flaws that he doesn’t trust himself to break the rule, without his judgement becoming compromised.

Is it ethical for a doctor to kill one healthy person in order to harvest their organs to save five people in need of a transplant?

That kind of honesty on craigslist is a rarity.

Once Mississippi and Alaska are confirmed it’ll likely be 56-44. If you’re not familiar with how the US Senate works, only a third of representatives are up for election each time. A lot of states have been considered solidly red or blue for a long time (with little change even with all the shit Trump has done up to this point), with only a handful of states being seen as competitive, but Democrats broke that gridlock in many states that people would’ve thought impossible. Kansas hasn’t had a Democratic senator in nearly a century.

The senate was designed to limit popular momentum, but conversely, it also means that the senators that were elected yesterday won’t be up for reelection for another 6 years. It’ll be difficult if not impossible for the Republicans to regain control before then. If Democrats win the presidency in 2028 (which seems likely with Trump being unpopular), then we’ll be looking at a Democratic trifecta, which hasn’t happened since the first two years of Obama.

Also, Texas going blue is monumental. It has a bajillion 40 electoral votes in our stupid system so it fundamentally reshapes the path to a presidential win.

Lmao show us anybody claiming any of this shit.

I’m not so sure. I think they might need Americans to come civilize their countries by bombing their families and killing their children. Sure, some women will be killed in the process, but it’s all in the name of feminism. And yeah, we might take some oil and resources while we’re there, but surely we deserve a bit of compensation for carrying on the White Man’s Burden.

Who “forced” what “weird sexual stuff” on anyone?

Yeah makes sense Trump got elected after the Democrats forced every man to suck dick at gunpoint, except for the small detail that nothing like that ever happened.

It is the propaganda machine (or, machines, both chinese and russian ones

And everything negative said against Chinese government, is a psy-op by CIA

The absolute irony lmao.

Claiming that anyone voicing positive ideas about a country is a paid actor? Obvious facts. Claiming that anyone voicing negative ideas about a country is a paid actor? Deranged conspiracy theory. So deranged and so conspiratorial that it in fact proves that my deranged conspiracy theory obvious facts about them must be true.

I feel like you could’ve phrased that more clearly at the start but I apologize for the misunderstanding in that case.

Cool.

So, basically what I’m hearing is that I was created by natural phenomenon which I’m able to observe and comprehend, but somewhere out in the cosmos there’s some Great Old One whose being and plans are beyond my comprehension.

I think I’m gonna keep using my reason and senses to understand the observable world, instead of worrying about things that I have no ability to understand and no reason to believe exist.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

Yes, he’s desperately trying to convince people that he likes adult women.

Right, and “any dipshit” can run a campaign ad for a senate race they’re running in, and that doesn’t count as “news” because it’s in a video format. Have to give our corporate overlords the chance to process everything through their preferred lens, or to just ignore it entirely.

So news that’s not reported on by corporate media is just not allowed to be discussed.

Because there’s a lot of people on his side politically and who believe in helping the Dems win by any means. I had a lib on here openly tell me that lying to promote a Dem is fine, and even mock me for correcting misinformation.

No I’m admitting most people are too ignorant to engage with politics intellectually and it’s the job of those who will to simplify the positions for them.

If the other side is going to stand lock step against us; our divisions will be exploited.

You win an election or you lose it. Intellectual honesty doesn’t get a vote multiplier.

Lol can’t wait to see what the “Honesty Senate” accomplishes.

Most of them are smart enough to not be so blatant about it. More often, it takes the form of pretending that they care about things like genocide, because they believe they can more effectively reach people on the left that way, compared to voicing their actual opinions. The reality is they only care about their tribe.

Suppressing a negative story about someone in their tribe is par for the course. “The ends justify the means.”

PTB. We all know why it’s getting removed, the mods want to protect transphobic Dems against legitimate criticism.

I’ve never used AI in a post. Not here, not ever.

I swear, I try to concede a point, I get accused of being a bot. What, should just dig in and refuse to concede anything, even if I’m wrong, because doing so makes me sound like a bot? Y’all make it impossible to act in good faith.

Is it so unbelievable that I could be convinced that a particular line of argument I was using was wrong? I had never thought to apply the logic I was using to the specific case of Israel/Palestine, and when I tried to think of a rebuttal, I couldn’t. That’s that. Humans make mistakes, Jesus.

Also, fwiw: