President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining steam

[Reincarnate]

I'm using a proxy and somehow it's not showing the full URL


http://www.thedailyshow.com
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[DotKritic]

Originally Posted by devonin

...FFR has 1.8 million members.

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[devonin]

Originally Posted by DotKritic

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Well you're literate enough to read SOME of the words I said, but apparantly not all of them?

[massflavour]

why does this stupid thread get so much attention. less than 1 million retards making pointless online petitions to "secede from the united states" is not worth 10 pages of discussion. there are separatist parties everywhere, and almost always, none of them constitute a majority, or even come close to it.

...and this is a prime example. there isn't even a majority in an individual state.

[DotKritic]

Originally Posted by devonin

Well you're literate enough to read SOME of the words I said, but apparantly not all of them?

This?:

Originally Posted by devonin

Jesus there are some stupid people on this forum.

[adlp]

Originally Posted by massflavour

why does this stupid thread get so much attention. less than 1 million retards making pointless online petitions to "secede from the united states" is not worth 10 pages of discussion.

liberals dominate this website and like to splooge all over each others' bare chests

conformation bias, etc.

[devonin]

Originally Posted by DotKritic

This?:

That's not what you quoted the first time.

[All_That_Chaz]

Originally Posted by massflavour

why does this stupid thread get so much attention. less than 1 million retards making pointless online petitions to "secede from the united states" is not worth 10 pages of discussion. there are separatist parties everywhere, and almost always, none of them constitute a majority, or even come close to it.

...and this is a prime example. there isn't even a majority in an individual state.

At some point every year we have a tradition here on FFR of tar and feathering madmatt. He announces the time for the ritual to begin by posting some asinine thread that reaffirms everyone's knowledge that yes, they are a better person than madmatt. Then we all get together and celebrate our collective intelligence by telling madmatt how wrong he is over the course of a week or two.

It's a cathartic, uplifting, and entertaining ritual that brings us all together.

[Ninty64]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

Otherwise you wind up with a society that is more and more anti-intellectual... case in point:

Haha! Amazing video. My mom watches Fox News every night, so I am exposed to it. There are many parallels between that video the O'Reilly Factor. Good stuff!

I am also jealous of your ability to eloquently express your viewpoint.

[adlp]

Wow Rubix Ur Rly Good With Words!! (Fox News Sucks!)

[All_That_Chaz]

I don't really get your point. Even if Rubix is being needlessly eloquent, nothing about fox news is defensible.

[Reincarnate]

"Needlessly eloquent" how?

[Ninty64]

Originally Posted by adlp

Wow Rubix Ur Rly Good With Words!! (Fox News Sucks!)

Haha, that's pretty good.

Your acknowledgement of conformation bias was also something to think about. I don't see it as a basis for validity of either side of the argument, but it's relevant. I know I like reading viewpoints of people here most of the time because they agree with mine.

[All_That_Chaz]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

"Needlessly eloquent" how?

I said, "even if." It was what he was implying.

It's a little ironic that you're giving credence to his side of the argument when the argument is over the value of giving credence to an incorrect fabricated stance on an issue.

I mean I guess the subtlety would have been lost on most people if you just said, "lol."

[Reincarnate]

Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz

I said, "even if." It was what he was implying.

It's a little ironic that you're giving credence to his side of the argument when the argument is over the value of giving credence to an incorrect fabricated stance on an issue.

I mean I guess the subtlety would have been lost on most people if you just said, "lol."

I'm not giving credence to any one particular argument -- I'm explaining the dangers of giving credence to patently bad arguments, so I don't see the irony here. It's a concept worth explaining in detail, IMO.

[dragon890x]

I thought I ended this discussion. Why are people still arguing over, wait...what are you guys even arguing about?

The obvious answers that come from science?
The obvious ignorance that comes from religion?
The obvious illiterates that come from this thread?

I think my dinner has finished cooking.

Hmm, I have a decent topic that has more significant importance than anything previously brought up in this thread.
Time to come to gather evidence, come to conclusions, and pick sides people!

How should I eat my dinner? (fancy bowl of rice with steak pieces)

Let's get this debate rolling, GO!

[SK8R4LY]

Originally Posted by adlp

conformation bias

Originally Posted by Ninty64

conformation bias

Correct spelling: confirmation bias

[robertsona]

also: bringing up "confirmation bias" in this case is fairly ridiculous in this case, sorry adlp

[gnr61]

he might have actually meant 'conformation bias' which as far as i know is not an actual logical concept but fits connotatively

[adlp]

for the record im not a huge fan of fox news

robertsona im just a sorry case myself what else can i say