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Does the left exhibit moral nihilism?

Does the left exhibit moral nihilism?

  • Im a right leaning American, yes.

    Votes: 9 39.1%

  • Im a left leaning American, yes.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Im not American, yes.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Im a right leaning American, no.

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • Im a left leaning American, no.

    Votes: 12 52.2%

  • Im not American, no.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    23
US Conservative said:
I have no idea what this means.
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It means the pre-conditions you placed before the possible question leaves the poll basically unanswerable to me. And others I bet.
 
Bethlehem Bill said:
i think there are plenty of liberals who believe in good and evil; i'd say that belief system is more appropriately labeled "moral relativism"

some times its okay to raise taxes, other times not, depends on the context.

not unique to liberals though in my opinion
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Liburuls fear no weevil.
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TheDemSocialist said:
THE LEFT IS THE WORST! THEY SUCK! OH YEA AND DONT GET ME STARTED ABOUT THAT OBAMA! HE SUCKS TOO!


We get it. Anyone to the left of you is the worst thing ever.
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Just another hack.
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Mavis said:
It means the pre-conditions you placed before the possible question leaves the poll basically unanswerable to me. And others I bet.
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This forum is rife with examples of the left and right debating the moral ramifications of certain actions. There are literally millions of posts discussing what is the most moral action to take. Just take one look at the abortion, gay marriage, waterboarding threads. The OP then asks whether the left exhibits "moral nihilism". The two possible conclusion one can arrive at after knowing all these facts is that the OP doesn't know what moral nihilism means or he is yanking our chains for giggles. A person with 12 years of education, as per the OPs admission, can't possibly lack that many critical thinking skills.
 
Hatuey said:
This forum is rife with examples of the left and right debating the moral ramifications of certain actions. There are literally millions of posts discussing what is the most moral action to take. The OP then asks whether the left exhibits "moral nihilism". The conclusion one gathers after knowing all these facts is that the OP doesn't know what moral nihilism means or he is yanking our chains for giggles. A person with 12 years of education, as per the OPs admission, can't possibly lack that many critical thinking skills.
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I bet if he had just asked if we thought leftist were nihilist he would get a lot more answers. And some Lebowski jokes. ;)
 
US Conservative said:
Not at all.
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The fact that you would ask whether the left exhibits moral nihilism, after discussing the morality of certain actions with many leftist, says otherwise. Do you believe that leftists are moral nihilists pretending to be moral? :lol:
 
Mavis said:
I bet if he had just asked if we thought leftist were nihilist he would get a lot more answers. And some Lebowski jokes. ;)
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He lacks a lot of basic critical thinking skills. He has 18,000 posts many of which discuss the morality of things like waterboarding, gay marriage, abortion and yet he asks whether the left cares about morality at all. A person with a basic understanding of what it is they've been discussing for over a year wouldn't ask such a thing.
 
Hatuey said:
The fact that you would ask whether the left exhibits moral nihilism, after discussing the morality of certain actions with many leftist, says otherwise. Do you believe that leftists are moral nihilists pretending to be moral? :lol:
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I didn't ask if all leftists were moral nihilists. Is that what you read? :lol:

You seem touchy, or...inflamed.
 
US Conservative said:
I didn't ask if all leftists were moral nihilists.
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You are correct, you asked if "the left" exhibits signs of moral nihilism. Do you believe 'all leftists' aren't part of the 'the left'? Are there some leftists who aren't part of the left? As I said, critical thinking skills, you seem to lack a few of them. Observation and analysis for starters.

Is that what you read?

You seem touchy, or...inflamed.
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Still going with this? Lol, you really don't understand what inflamed means, do you?
 
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Hatuey said:
You are correct, you asked if "the left" exhibits signs of moral nihilism. Do you believe 'all leftists' aren't part of the 'the left'? Are there some leftists who aren't part of the left? As I said, critical thinking skills, you seem to lack a few of them. Observation and analysis for starters.



Still going with this? Lol, you really don't understand what inflamed means, do you?
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I love watching this dance. Keep it up. :lol:
 
I think that is true. However I think the same can be said of Goldwater conservatives, at least how I read them. Frankly, in terms of the relationship between citizens and the government, with all of the ignorance that is mixed up with religion these days, that is probably a good thing. Because while I do believe in God, I don't want some ignorant person shoving their beliefs down my throat through government activity.

Here's a quote from Goldwater

“I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? ”
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Political preachers! Dang, that is an oxymoron!!!! :lamo
 
Does UsConservative post endlessly stupid bait polls that always make him look bad?

Yes
Absolutely
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You betcha


More bait wank from the OP.
 
US Conservative said:
You are all over the place. Jesus as king is metaphorical-there isn't a local on earth where he is physically king.
And politics dont exclude people? Conservatives are constantly told they are evil, racists, sexists, bigots, homophobes, etc by the left for its personal political benefit.

So do tell, how do you reconcile that?
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You make a thread calling liberals moral nihilists, and you have the audacity to, in that very thread, to whine that conservatives are called names?
 
Redress said:
You make a thread calling liberals moral nihilists, and you have the audacity to, in that very thread, to whine that conservatives are called names?
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C'man... inferring liberals are borderline sociopathic is not calling them names... :lol:
 
US Conservative said:
What brought up the idea for this post was a clip I viewed today. Molyneux (an atheist libertarian) makes some great points.

Stefan Molyneux is a misogynist that has a bunch of week minded teenage boys as a following. Anyone that thinks he "makes some good points" joins that week minded cult.
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Cabanaboy1313 said:
US Conservative said:
What brought up the idea for this post was a clip I viewed today. Molyneux (an atheist libertarian) makes some great points.

Stefan Molyneux is a misogynist that has a bunch of week minded teenage boys as a following. Anyone that thinks he "makes some good points" joins that week minded cult.
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How so
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US Conservative said:
Morality is a constant topic in politics. All sides seek to appear moral to an extent (for votes) but politics and reality aren't often the same.
Word games, moral equivocation, speech policing, a lack of objectivism are all factors here.

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Moral nihilism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Does the left exhibit moral nihilism?
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The Republocrats in general exhibit moral nihilism, and only break out morality so much as it can be used as a talking point. But none of them walk that walk. They'll do what they want, when they want, and damn everyone else.
 
Ikari said:
The Republocrats in general exhibit moral nihilism, and only break out morality so much as it can be used as a talking point. But none of them walk that walk. They'll do what they want, when they want, and damn everyone else.
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Exactly... it amounts to two different flavors of mental illness.
 
Cabanaboy1313 said:
US Conservative said:
What brought up the idea for this post was a clip I viewed today. Molyneux (an atheist libertarian) makes some great points.

Stefan Molyneux is a misogynist that has a bunch of week minded teenage boys as a following. Anyone that thinks he "makes some good points" joins that week minded cult.
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An association fallacy is an inductive informal fallacy of the type hasty generalization or red herring which asserts that qualities of one thing are inherently qualities of another, merely by an irrelevant association. The two types are sometimes referred to as guilt by association and honor by association. Association fallacies are a special case of red herring, and can be based on an appeal to emotion.[citation needed]

Association fallacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ikari said:
The Republocrats in general exhibit moral nihilism, and only break out morality so much as it can be used as a talking point. But none of them walk that walk. They'll do what they want, when they want, and damn everyone else.
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This thread is about the left. :2wave:
 
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