Amazing Blur

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@JakeCan72 The left does embody those principles more than the right though.

Most people who call themselves liberals aren’t. Classical liberalism means individual rights, free markets, limited government, free speech, and equality before the law. That describes the American right. Not the American left. The left believes the group outweighs the individual. Government should engineer outcomes. Speech should be regulated. Race should be central to policy. And the West should be deconstructed. That’s not liberalism. That’s a different ideology with a borrowed name. Here’s what liberalism actually looks like. Free speech — including speech you hate. Equal treatment under law regardless of race. Limited government. Free markets. Western civilization as something worth defending. If that’s what you believe, you’re a liberal. You’re just not welcome in the party that took the word.

@BoneyDanza @ChrisMartzWX The arguments I hear from socialists are all about how workers create wealth and owners extract that wealth from their workers, argue against that instead of a straw man

Billionaires don't make your life miserable. Government, however, does because of burdensome regulations and ever-increasing taxes. Most billionaires are CEOs of companies that provide products and services that have improved the quality of life. You don't really hate billionaires for having money. You envy of them because you're a loser who has accomplished nothing in life.

@ChrisMartzWX “You’re just jealous” is usually what people say when they can’t defend the system itself.

@jasantono @jonbrooks Where I live it’s difficult to find rent under $1300 and wages above $45k, it costs at least hundreds of dollars to move far enough where things are different and not uncommon to take a year applying everyday to get anything you can get much less have a choice, you’re outta touch

@RealAmazingBlur @jonbrooks Look at my previous question on grok - There's very affordable, low unemployment, high standard of living areas all over the country. You can make choices or have a lower standard of living.

My friends in their 30s are deciding not to have kids They’re saying two things: They don’t have the money It’s inconvenient to their lifestyle This is not good. What do we do?

@BobGolen That’s what selling out the future generations for a quick profit does

Most boomers are homesick for a time and place that no longer exists.

@jasantono @jonbrooks But they do live frugally and can’t. Go on LinkedIn, look up starting wages and the cheapest rent you can find and do the math. How do people even become couples if they can’t afford to date?

@RealAmazingBlur @jonbrooks A DINK couple should be able to fix that shortly, if they live frugally.

@WendyDXP @jonbrooks Everyone I know wants to have kids but they are living paycheck to paycheck. If they get sick too long their debt spirals out of control.

Nothing. They are too far gone. The only way to fix it is to change the next generation. Not gen Z, but Gen alpha. Teach them that having kids isn't a burden, but a blessing, that kids don't cripple your finances, they can enhance them, they aren't the death of your social life, the bring out a different side of it. Make the parent life seem like something desirable, instead of a death sentence. That's the only way to change course.

@jonbrooks We should make a law were a business owner can not pay any employee less than 10% what they make

@jasantono @jonbrooks Everyone I know in their 30s lives paycheck to paycheck and is in debt

The money argument is dumb - unless you have it stuck in your brain that they must go to expensive schools, expensive universities and they all must have their own bedroom. It's very true they are inconvenient to your lifestyle, at first. Eventually, imagine having three good friends who you can make follow you around the world on trips and ski vacations.

@MichaelARothman I think the only jokes that make people feel uncomfortable are one that make fun of people’s identities which are lazy and out of date anyway.

𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐀 𝐊𝐔𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐖 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐘𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐘 The 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 star told 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 that new sitcoms are unwatchable because the industry is “𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦”. “𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴”. She’s describing what killed comedy. The same industry that produced 𝘚𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘥, 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 30 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬, and 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘣 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘮 — shows that built NBC’s empire by making audiences laugh 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 it was uncomfortable — now produces sanitized, pre-approved content designed to offend no one and entertain no one. Kudrow put it simply: “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦” — the kind where an audience thinks “𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵”. That reaction is now classified as a liability. Studios run scripts through sensitivity readers before they run them past focus groups. The result is shows that feel like corporate HR training with a laugh track. This is what happens when an entire industry surrenders creative freedom to the loudest complainers on social media. The audience didn’t stop wanting edgy comedy — the ratings for reruns of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 and 𝘚𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘥 on streaming prove that every single quarter. The 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 stopped having the spine to greenlight it. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐭. variety.com/2026/tv/news/l…

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn That’s an assertion, not an argument. Many fields—evolutionary biology, psychology, and moral philosophy—offer explanations for empathy and cooperation. If you think Christianity uniquely explains them, you’d need to show why those other explanations fail, not just say they do.

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn Begging the question I see. We agree that this is true about human experience. Only Christianity can explain why. There is no expression of atheism that grounds this experience or can explain it.

It’s the truth and they’re still here complaining!

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn It’s circular reasoning

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn It actually doesn’t. It’s basic logic. If the contrary to A is impossible, then A. Not a logician I see. It’s basic logic.

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn Well that tracks with what I was saying

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn Nah. Christians can take up arms and be soldiers. I spent 6 years in service to the country.

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn Humans are a highly social species capable of reasoning, empathy, and cooperation. Concepts of right and wrong largely reflect behaviors that promote well-being and social stability versus those that cause harm.

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn Explain what humans are, how you know, and right and wrong in your worldview.

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn Claiming Christianity is true because the contrary is impossible just assumes what it’s trying to prove. To make that argument work, you’d have to show why empathy, social cooperation, philosophy, or other ethical systems cannot ground human value or morality.

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn Christianity is true because the contrary is impossible, logically speaking. Humans have value because they are created in God's image. Morality is grounded in God's nature. It is absolute. We can know these truths because God has revealed them to us in nature and in Scripture.

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn Maybe explain how values, principles and morals require Christianity to exist first so I can understand if you’re stuck in circular explanations, pressuptionalism, a self-sealing belief system or closed epistemic system

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn The most plausible expression of atheism is Naturalism. Are you telling me that you reject the most plausible expression of atheism and embrace a less plausible one? Put your worldview up. 1. Metaphysics; 2. Epistemology; 3. Ethics. How does it explain human experience?

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn You sound too bloodlusty to be a Christian, I think you’re a troll trying to make Christian’s look stupid, violent and immoral

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn If it means preserving law and order and keeping men out of women's bathrooms, sports, and locker rooms, putting criminals where they belong, and preserving free markets, then we fight. Your side is lost. Socialism and Communism will end in blood. We've been here before.

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn You don’t even know what I believe, I don’t even know what you would assume it to be, but you have to be brainwashed to think just because someone doesn’t think like you, you know how they must believe

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn I am. You see, Christianity contradicts materialism and naturalism. My worldview coheres: my metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics all inform one another and are internally consistent. Moreover, it has explanatory power. It can explain human experience. Yours does not and cannot.

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn Why did Trump pardon them then? Why did he say for months leading up to the insurrection that they needed to take back the country and stop Mike Pence from swearing in Biden? Based on Trumps rhetoric people were talking about an insurrection Jan 6th before it even happened

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn Please. There were all kinds of innocent people attacked by the Democrats over this, and it was a grand scheme cooked up by the Democrats. We have a choice right now: the GOP or socialism/communism. That's the fact of the matter.

@ReformedRant @heyitsmeCarolyn If free will exists, and you remove religion, do you think free ceases to exist too? I don’t know what layer of brainwashing you’re on

@RealAmazingBlur @heyitsmeCarolyn Free will has everything to do with human experience and philosophical debate and therefore, religion.