(October 20, 2016 at 4:35 pm)abaris Wrote: Oh, it's one of the rightwing talking points. It's the narrative circulating among his ilk. So I do think that's real. Uninformed real on an imbecile level, but still real.
It's to make them feel better over their own resentments if they can push the Old Ultra brutal to the other side. So as not having to run for the nearest mirror.
Perhaps, but there are plenty of other things he clearly says to agitate people, like how he conveniently started arguing cultural relativism in order to argue over rape, or how he admitted that he called people bigots just to provoke them. He gets off on it, and if he doesn't fall under the "no trolling" rule, it's useless IMO.
In fact, I'll bet if he reads this thread or sees how he has stirred the pot, he'll have to go jerk off.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
