YetiMoose
@mistwell.bsky.social
Husband; Dad; Business Owner; Lawyer; LA Clippers fan; and Nerd for Comic Books, RPGs, Sci-fi, and Fantasy
" 0% APR first-time homeowner mortgages with no required down payment. " is a terrible idea.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
" 0% APR first-time homeowner mortgages with no required down payment. " is a terrible idea.
Thank you so much! I'm definitely going to try this out.
September 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thank you so much! I'm definitely going to try this out.
True, but they'll find it's not how they think of it, and very beautiful. Portland is one of my favorite cities. I used to live in Salem and drive up often.
September 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
True, but they'll find it's not how they think of it, and very beautiful. Portland is one of my favorite cities. I used to live in Salem and drive up often.
They paint Los Angeles that way as well. Fortunately our city is so huge they left when they realized it was impossible to patrol.
September 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
They paint Los Angeles that way as well. Fortunately our city is so huge they left when they realized it was impossible to patrol.
The idea that you think "righteousness" is one of the two highest ideals here answers the question as to where we differ.
September 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The idea that you think "righteousness" is one of the two highest ideals here answers the question as to where we differ.
Your view also usually results in a snowball effect. Because what is "hate speech" inevitably expands to fit the in-vogue progressive boogeyman of the moment, and never contracts, thus always encompassing more and more thought without every communicating about that thought.
September 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Your view also usually results in a snowball effect. Because what is "hate speech" inevitably expands to fit the in-vogue progressive boogeyman of the moment, and never contracts, thus always encompassing more and more thought without every communicating about that thought.
Banning hate speech drives it underground and generates a forbidden fruit phenomenon. Even modern AI can't keep up with easy variations for all hate speech such that all you do is generate more of it for your foolish attempt to ban bad thoughts. You beat bad speech with good speech.
September 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Banning hate speech drives it underground and generates a forbidden fruit phenomenon. Even modern AI can't keep up with easy variations for all hate speech such that all you do is generate more of it for your foolish attempt to ban bad thoughts. You beat bad speech with good speech.
LOL the marketplace of ideas has not been "thoroughly discredited by decades of research." That is an incredibly absurd extremist claim. It remains the dominate philosophy of western civilization.
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
LOL the marketplace of ideas has not been "thoroughly discredited by decades of research." That is an incredibly absurd extremist claim. It remains the dominate philosophy of western civilization.
I've given you really strong arguments for why allowing hate speech is valuable to society. You won't watch the video, you won't read the philosopher, you just keep repeating "Hate speech bad, therefore ban bad." This isn't a conversation, you expect to be a lecturer who gets no dissent.
September 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I've given you really strong arguments for why allowing hate speech is valuable to society. You won't watch the video, you won't read the philosopher, you just keep repeating "Hate speech bad, therefore ban bad." This isn't a conversation, you expect to be a lecturer who gets no dissent.
If you've considered them, then why have you not presented a single argument which amounted to anything other than "Bad people bad, therefore bad?"
September 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If you've considered them, then why have you not presented a single argument which amounted to anything other than "Bad people bad, therefore bad?"
O'Neil lists rights you have right now due to offensive speech. One of them is THE RIGHT TO SAY OUT LOUD THAT YOU'RE GAY. You have offensive speech to thank for BEING ABLE TO READ without permission from the state.
Do better at this argument man. You're just emoting.
Do better at this argument man. You're just emoting.
September 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
O'Neil lists rights you have right now due to offensive speech. One of them is THE RIGHT TO SAY OUT LOUD THAT YOU'RE GAY. You have offensive speech to thank for BEING ABLE TO READ without permission from the state.
Do better at this argument man. You're just emoting.
Do better at this argument man. You're just emoting.
You rejected it out of instinct, out of hand, without serious consideration, thought, or challenge to your biases. You're being unserious about a topic you claim to be serious about. The answer to John Stuart Mills "On Liberty", a giant of our civilization, is not "Nuh uh!"
September 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You rejected it out of instinct, out of hand, without serious consideration, thought, or challenge to your biases. You're being unserious about a topic you claim to be serious about. The answer to John Stuart Mills "On Liberty", a giant of our civilization, is not "Nuh uh!"
I encourage you to watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWr...
Brendan O'Neill | Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend | Proposition
YouTube video by OxfordUnion
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I encourage you to watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWr...
Feels like you're not listening to the response I made. Yes, offensive speech has empirically resulted in great strides in our rights. And Mills makes a very strong argument as to why. You saying "Nuh uh, it's just bad" is not as compelling for evidence or philosophy.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Feels like you're not listening to the response I made. Yes, offensive speech has empirically resulted in great strides in our rights. And Mills makes a very strong argument as to why. You saying "Nuh uh, it's just bad" is not as compelling for evidence or philosophy.
O'Neil has a pretty good rendition of the wide variety of freedoms which came about as a result of offensive speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWr...
Brendan O'Neill | Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend | Proposition
YouTube video by OxfordUnion
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
O'Neil has a pretty good rendition of the wide variety of freedoms which came about as a result of offensive speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWr...
If inviting anyone to challenge your views, and debating back and forth those views with all comers, is not "debate" then I don't know what is. It was absolutely debate, by any definition of that term. And the debates were always peaceful.
September 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If inviting anyone to challenge your views, and debating back and forth those views with all comers, is not "debate" then I don't know what is. It was absolutely debate, by any definition of that term. And the debates were always peaceful.
But it absolutely has value to a healthy society. John Stuart Mill made a superb set of arguments on this, and I've seen nothing which compares or meaningfully questions his logic. History bares this out: offensive speech was a foundation for many of our existing rights.
September 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
But it absolutely has value to a healthy society. John Stuart Mill made a superb set of arguments on this, and I've seen nothing which compares or meaningfully questions his logic. History bares this out: offensive speech was a foundation for many of our existing rights.
They do. It is not however justice to murder someone for speaking things you disagree with, even if they're hateful. That is an action which is far beyond the natural consequences of peaceful debate.
September 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
They do. It is not however justice to murder someone for speaking things you disagree with, even if they're hateful. That is an action which is far beyond the natural consequences of peaceful debate.
How many people have you killed for speaking things which you think are hate? If the answer is zero, and I surely hope and assume it is, then STFU in this internet badassery where you tell me it's the "right" for this thing to happen which you yourself would never do.
September 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
How many people have you killed for speaking things which you think are hate? If the answer is zero, and I surely hope and assume it is, then STFU in this internet badassery where you tell me it's the "right" for this thing to happen which you yourself would never do.
THEY DIDN'T EXECUTE THEM!
How is this distinction not immediately obvious? "Punch a Nazi" never meant "Vigilante Execution of People who Say Nazi-Like Beliefs".
How is this distinction not immediately obvious? "Punch a Nazi" never meant "Vigilante Execution of People who Say Nazi-Like Beliefs".
September 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
THEY DIDN'T EXECUTE THEM!
How is this distinction not immediately obvious? "Punch a Nazi" never meant "Vigilante Execution of People who Say Nazi-Like Beliefs".
How is this distinction not immediately obvious? "Punch a Nazi" never meant "Vigilante Execution of People who Say Nazi-Like Beliefs".
The WTF are you arguing with me about? My entire point is WE SHOUILDN'T KILL PEOPLE PURELY BASED ON THEIR BELIEFS AND THOUGHTS. Speech IN PARTICULAR of the kind of speech Kirk engaged in, which was peaceful back and forth debate, isn't violence. It's how we talk out complex issues.
September 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The WTF are you arguing with me about? My entire point is WE SHOUILDN'T KILL PEOPLE PURELY BASED ON THEIR BELIEFS AND THOUGHTS. Speech IN PARTICULAR of the kind of speech Kirk engaged in, which was peaceful back and forth debate, isn't violence. It's how we talk out complex issues.
We didn't execute anyone who merely agreed with the Nazi party. That would have meant executing almost the entire German population. Most of the Japanese and Austrian and Italian population too, along with many in other nations.
September 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We didn't execute anyone who merely agreed with the Nazi party. That would have meant executing almost the entire German population. Most of the Japanese and Austrian and Italian population too, along with many in other nations.
Yes it's a very bad belief. Yes, they were bad people. No, we don't murder all bad people with bad beliefs. We draw a line at certain actions by bad people. Execution is a very rare thing, and it's not applied to just "bad people with bad beliefs."
September 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Yes it's a very bad belief. Yes, they were bad people. No, we don't murder all bad people with bad beliefs. We draw a line at certain actions by bad people. Execution is a very rare thing, and it's not applied to just "bad people with bad beliefs."