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Is the left intellectually bankrupt?


Name calling..."(insert word here) denier", adding "phobic" to the end of whatever class you're seeking to shield from any criticism, calling people who oppose big government "Nazis", absurdly labeling people who support fracking, nuclear power, vaccinations, biological gender realities, genetically modified food, and the space program "anti-science" if they believe in God and/or dare to make observations about the nexus between the "climate change" agenda, politics, and massive government funding or if they want to discuss actual scientific evidence on global warming and other issues rather than repeat party lines, calling people "racist" for opposing racial discrimination against anyone (even whites and Asians) or wanting immigration laws enforced like every other country in the world does,...claiming conservatives hate old people/women/poor people etc. (at least when you're not dismissing conservatives as supposedly just being "old people")...putting enormous effort into rigging the language in petty ways while trying to shut down all public conservative speech, including with violent mobs.....you've been living in echo chambers for years and consequently your critical thinking and debating muscles have atrophied, but is that really all you've got left?

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Great thread.

So great, in fact, it looks like all the liberals deleted their posts because they didn't want to be embarrassed any further.

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All name-calling is bad, including the following . .

Squatter
Deserter
Strike
Immigrant
Refugee
Unemployed
Traitor
Leftist
SJW
Conservative
Racist
Sexist
Feminist
Liberal
Rich
Poor
Servant

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No, many of those terms are just descriptions, some embraced as self labels. The problem isn't just "name calling" per se but attempts to shut down or avoid substantive intellectual debate through a combination of bomb throwing, lying, and Orwellian terminology rigging (including seeking to ban or replace legitimate words for political reasons).

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I call poop doodoo because it sounds nicer

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The far left cannot answer a simple question put before them, cannot debate civilly, are unable to write why their ideology is better, etc. They then instead lob insults, resort to name calling, and spew venom at those who disagree with them. Their mind is a closed book which will not open to possibly see there may be a better way...they may be wrong in their narrative. The latter mostly comes from social media. In other words they will be a “Yellow Dog Democrat”...or used to be. Now they are the new Socialists/Communists. Soviet Unionist Nikita prophesied it years ago!

This thread is even more relevant today! It needed to be bumped!

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