tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post9102855575364068534..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: No One Has To Put Up With Your Double Standard Any More. A Response To Atheists Here And ElsewhereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-84720905077690201702015-07-18T09:59:07.326-04:002015-07-18T09:59:07.326-04:00Well, I fully agree with you there.Well, I fully agree with you there.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-24582330211983360422015-07-18T09:40:06.565-04:002015-07-18T09:40:06.565-04:00I figure with all of the time I spent reading them...I figure with all of the time I spent reading them and other background and their continued impact in politics and, well, what passes as culture these days, that I should keep on with refuting them. Their ability to dominate comment threads and to push the policy of online magazines that will produce click bait to please them can have a political impact, as well their usefulness to the right as a foil, foil they can wrap the "left" in and which naive leftists are quite willing to wrap themselves, to continued political damage. <br /><br />I'm convinced that vulgar materialism is always related to ideological materialism, the same habits of thought arise from valuing things over people and other living beings. All materialism is vulgar materialism no matter how prim and proper, another thing I learned from reviewing Russell. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-51416248474504500842015-07-18T09:09:48.151-04:002015-07-18T09:09:48.151-04:00True intellectuals (and mature adults; we really h...True intellectuals (and mature adults; we really have infantilized ourselves within our culture, but that's another diatribe) recognize both the strengths and weaknesses of their positions. From the most obnoxious on-line atheist right up to Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, the New Atheists are oblivious of anything except that they are "right" and anyone who doesn't think so is "wrong." <br /><br />And really, carrying on with them is just a mug's game. Nietzsche and Sartre understood the moral implications of their atheism. These children don't even understand Nietzsche and Sartre. All they understand are temper tantrums.<br /><br />I'm surprised their god isn't Donald Trump.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com