The second part of my series on conversational gambits and habits that are annoying, funnily enough, happened in the first Gambits post I made. Go check out the comment section as I will be pulling my example for this post directly from the text of a commentor. “Guilt by
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Writings of J. Todd Ring: Socialism, Capitalism, Corporatism, & The Future Of Humanity: Ideology vs Reality
A few thoughts on the recent, very thoughtful and interesting discourse and debate, between Professors Brookes and Wolff, linked in the video below: To Professor Wolff:Bravo – brilliant crystalization. To Professor Brookes:Great respect for your human decency and moral sentiment of basic justice and compassion, certainly, but are you not
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Anything I Disagree with is “Far Right” – Douglas Murray
We need to be able identify thought terminating cliches and deal with them appropriately. We need to encourage not suppress speech in society.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Douglas Murray & Cenk Uygur – On the Hamas/Israel Conflict
Douglas Murray has a hard rule about public debates. He will treat you with respect – until you cross the line of politeness and decency. Then, the gloves come off. Very close to a master class is put on by Cenk Uygur on how not to hold your own in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Measured Victory for Free Speech in Canada – Carolyn Burjoski
Canadians are guaranteed the freedom of expression by our Charter of Rights. The self appointed sacred caste of trans has issues with people critiquing and discussion their vacuous ideology. The TQ+ community, because it doesn’t have a rational argument to stand on, then must rely on defamation, coercion, and social
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Oxford Union Hosts Ben Shapiro on the Conflict in the Middle East
Sorry for the incovenience of having to go to youtube to watch the happenings at the Oxford Union. It was quite a raucous affair. Compare and contrast with the lecture at Cambridge where students as opposed to radicals came out and a productive mostly civil debate and conversation resulted. The
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Saskatchewan Controversy – The Canadian Charter and the Notwithstanding Clause
This just in from retired lawyer justdad7. 1/ The current controversy in Saskatchewan shows how the gender debate has become the perfect storm for loss of confidence in the Charter. The Charter has never commanded universal respect among Canadians but in recent years these doubts have increased. 2/
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Where do we stop? – The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
Have you ever been bullied by someone from the reparations crowd? Perhaps there are a few possible answers in here.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: We Should Not Implicitly Trust the Mainstream News Media – Douglas Murray
This was Douglas Murray’s closing statement in the Munk Debate over whether one should trust the mainstream media. It should be required viewing over at the CBC and CTV. Also, see the full debate here where you can watch Douglas Murray and Matt Taibbi crush the opposition and especially Malc
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trying to Have Conversations on a University Campus
Universities should be places where the hard discussions can be had. Contentious issues are what Universities are made for… or at least what they were made for. Once you meet the interloper please observe his tactics. He is attempting to provoke a reaction using mid level violence techniques. His goal,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Kathleen Stock at Oxford University
Calm, reasoned, and sensical. Listen to Professor Stock engage with the debate around gender identity and self ID.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trans “Existence” – The Motte & Bailey Tactic Illustrated.
Know it when you see it. “A very common (and newly-named) informal rhetorical trick I’ve been observing, both online and in real life, is this one right here. The motte-and-bailey fallacy (also known as the ‘motte-and-bailey doctrine’). Although it is often found in arguments made by supporters of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Thought Terminating Cliches – “The Far Right”
Discussing issues about our society in the online world is almost always a contentious affair, but lately it seems that people are particularly unwilling to engage in conversation and debate. One of the terms that is getting thrown around liberally is the “the Far Right”. Any point of disagreement once
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: No means No: Smith and the Ethics Commissioner’s Report
Yes, I watched the debate. No, I’m not going to write about it except to say Danielle Smith’s closing comment illustrates how slick she is. Smith said, “My commitment to each of you is to serve you with everything I have and to the best of my ability, however imperfect
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Activist Left Cannot Argue – Name Calling and Social Shaming Though…
This is a critical thinking exercise. It exists to help people understand why they say and support the things they say and support. It fails utterly for the activist students who take up the camp on the ‘strongly agree’ side. What is most telling is when Dr. Boghossian asks them
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why Conservatives Oppose Drag Queen Story Hour – Christopher Rufo
Strip away the activist hyperbole over the opposition to DQSH and get a very reasonable argument.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Motte & Bailey Fallacy – A CRT Example – “Lived Experience”
Being able to freely discuss and share one’s thoughts in the public sphere is one of the hallmarks of a society that embraces freedom and freedom of speech. We, as responsible concerned citizens, should not be afraid to examine, discuss, and delve deeply into any topic that is important or
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The New Puritans – Andrew Doyle Interview by Peter Boghossian
This book is on my Xmas list.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Of Course Racism is Wrong! – How Social Justice Activists Have Changed the Game
The words of a teacher currently under investigation for wrongthink. “For example, “racism is wrong” is an obvious, non-controversial statement, and what it means in the eyes of most people is that we should not judge others by the colour of their skin; everyone should be treated the same
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