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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Regarding your questions: they are usually posed as a way to sidetrack the conversation.
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You posted this:
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It shouldn't come as a surprise that the natural conclusion of neoliberalism is a disproportionate distribution of wealth to the extent that it destabilizes the whole system.
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Read more:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/newrepl...#ixzz1Oc8vra6a
In the context of this thread and what you and Roach have posted in the past I simply asked what is neo-liberalism?
Not hardly a side track!
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I think you tend to ask questions when you either a) don't agree with the premise, or b) can't defend your own position. Sometimes it's c) you don't understand something. But I don't think this is usually the case.
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Item B is incorrect. I always have a defense for my position. And when my position is emotion based or simply a gut feeling I will clearly say so.
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You ask questions as a way to turn the conversation into something about you or about something you'd rather talk about.
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What is neo-liberalism as a question, is about me? I never introduced this vague, il-defined concept in any thread. Wrong again.
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It's a bit distracting, so forgive me if I respond to your questions in ways that either nip something in the bud or otherwise keep the topic on course.
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Thinking outside your box is distracting, I understand. I agree that many find challenging the limits of what they believe to be true or looking at an issue from a different perspective can be pretty uncomfortable. Is your only purpose here to validate what you already think?
Do you not realize the level of your intolerance to those who attempt to challenge your strongly held conventions? you do not mock to the level of some here, but you do partake in it. Are you unaware of your intolerance? Do you find it acceptable? If I am in fact every negative thing that you believe, are you handling the situation in the best possible way, are others?
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In case you haven't noticed, this isn't a thread about neoliberalism and what it means to the world.
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I did not introduce that concept into this thread, did I?
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If you don't know what neoliberalism is, then look it up. If you disagree with anyone's position about neoliberalism, then challenge it.
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I will say it again.
You and Roach have different views on neo-liberalism.
That is my challenge statement to you and Roach. Prove I am wrong, and I move on. You can not, but for some reason can not say so, why?
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Be forthright about it for fuck's sake. But I'm not sure that will even matter, considering roachboy's not sure you even read his posts.
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I have read plenty of what Roach writes and some of the sources he has provided. He has never responded in a mature fashion to questions or responses. I no longer take his posts seriously. I thought that had been made clear a long time ago. All I will ever do with a Roach post is to take some extreme, illogical or indefensible portion of it, and point that out. I recall telling him that at one time or another, and I have also offered to engage in a serious discussion if he ever chooses to do so. Yet, the personal attacks never stop, so I give a few in return here and there. Pretty sophomoric, isn't it? At least I know when and why I do it.