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Topic: Liberal Logic
sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Sat 05/17/14 04:02 AM
The OP of this thread has nothing to do with liberalism, but it sure is funny. Im not proud that we and our media have to give something as broad as stupidity a political label but it does make for amusing fodder hey take it easy on baseball fans willya Harmony...lol

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alnewman Joined Sat 12/14/13 Posts: 4009	Sat 05/17/14 03:58 PM
Im not proud that we and our media have to give something as broad as stupidity a political label but it does make for amusing fodder "stupidity, noun : the state of being foolish or unintelligent : the condition of being stupid : a stupid idea or action" stupid, adjective : not intelligent : having or showing a lack of ability to learn and understand things : not sensible or logical : not able to think normally because you are drunk, tired, etc." The idea of being stupid has to do with a lack of ability of a person to learn, sometimes referred to as a "simple person" because of a mental inability to learn complex things. This is no fault of the person, it is but a mental disability that the person has no control over. But the other side of the coins is ignorance, from the root verb ignorare: to not know even though necessary information is present, because that information has been willfully refused or disregarded. But that image goes way beyond the misconstruction as posted, way beyond. I'll have to remember this one.

alnewman Joined Sat 12/14/13 Posts: 4009	Sat 05/17/14 04:02 PM Edited by alnewman on Sat 05/17/14 04:09 PM
Well you would be correct in one thing, assume because you haven't been correct without an assumption. Especially when your total response to an argument is an image about assuming something of which the something is missing. Nice try but if that is all you got out of that, pathetic. Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead. Thank god I not usual, never been, never want to be so I'll just add the extra ir- a double negative.

alnewman Joined Sat 12/14/13 Posts: 4009	Sat 05/17/14 04:09 PM
I believe I agree with you, open to interpretation.

alnewman Joined Sat 12/14/13 Posts: 4009	Sat 05/17/14 04:10 PM
And that would designate not having a clue but just needing some straw to grasp.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 05/18/14 12:35 AM
And that would designate not having a clue but just needing some straw to grasp. no, this is the not having a clue emoticon however this is the finding something funny emoticon more freely used amongst those not suffering from **** wooden implements,,,,

alnewman Joined Sat 12/14/13 Posts: 4009	Sun 05/18/14 06:08 PM Edited by alnewman on Sun 05/18/14 06:08 PM
And that would designate not having a clue but just needing some straw to grasp. no, this is the not having a clue emoticon however this is the finding something funny emoticon more freely used amongst those not suffering from **** wooden implements,,,, Really, so you run around with little question mark signs and when things mystify you, you pull then out and wave them over your head? Use then a lot do you? Perhaps that is something indoctrinated during entitlement training, don't know, haven't been there. Landis was correct about smiles in one regard: not all of them are genuine expressions of happiness. In addition to the Duchenne smile, Ekman described seventeen other types of smiles in his 1985 book, Telling Lies. Herman Melville understood this, once calling a smile "the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities." People smile when they're frightened, are flirting, horrified, or mortified. An embarrassed smile reveals itself through an averted gaze, a facial touch, and a tilt of the head down and to the left. People also smile when they're lying, a fact not lost on Shakespeare: Hamlet marvels at how "one may smile, and smile, and be a villain." In the late 1960s, Ekman and Friesen theorized that a trained expert could discern a lying face from an honest one. To put this idea to the test, the researchers asked a group of young nurses to watch a disturbing video then tell an interviewer that they had actually seen a pleasant one. Their facial expressions during this lie were videotaped and FACS analyzed. Having dealt with the majority of Asian and Pacific Rim ethnicities, you learn the expression of a smile and laugh normally means confusion and lack of understanding. So you pretend and I will respond with the smile and square on look of understanding just what transpired, see quote above. And freely, at whose expense?

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 05/18/14 07:53 PM Edited by msharmony on Sun 05/18/14 07:53 PM
lol,,newsflash Im not Asian Pacific,, didn't realize you were in AMERICAN CULTURE< its common for people to laugh or smile when they find something funny or it makes them happy ,, just a cultural misunderstanding, apparently,,,

alnewman Joined Sat 12/14/13 Posts: 4009	Tue 05/20/14 03:10 PM
lol,,newsflash Im not Asian Pacific,, didn't realize you were in AMERICAN CULTURE< its common for people to laugh or smile when they find something funny or it makes them happy ,, just a cultural misunderstanding, apparently,,, That's obvious, Asian/Pacific Rim people are very proud and moral people. And you can try to instill some trash about cultural differences but they don't fly, human nature is human nature. And you can twist and turn all you want, you usually do, but doesn't really change things, does it?

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Tue 05/20/14 03:16 PM
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msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Tue 05/20/14 03:31 PM
lol,,newsflash Im not Asian Pacific,, didn't realize you were in AMERICAN CULTURE< its common for people to laugh or smile when they find something funny or it makes them happy ,, just a cultural misunderstanding, apparently,,, That's obvious, Asian/Pacific Rim people are very proud and moral people. And you can try to instill some trash about cultural differences but they don't fly, human nature is human nature. And you can twist and turn all you want, you usually do, but doesn't really change things, does it? no, cultures have NO Differences,, that's why we have the term, its just one CULTURE, all inclusive of all beliefs and customs cause we know NORTH AMERICAN Culture is IDENTICAL to Asian culture,, explain to me again how laughing, smiling, eye contact are just 'human nature' that mean the same things in all contexts, situations and cultures, and how me not knowing about such 'human nature' makes me less than proud or 'moral'?

isaac_dede Joined Sat 11/24/07 Posts: 10632	Tue 05/20/14 03:46 PM Edited by isaac_dede on Tue 05/20/14 03:54 PM
Here is one example of cultural differences... In America we tend to affirm our agreements, you lay out a proposal and someone in the room says "That sounds good, let's do that" if no one says anything you just stand there thinking it didn't go over very well. In Japanese culture silence is agreement, you lay out a proposal and if no one objects, then it is assumed that everyone agrees. And you can take it as a sign that it went well. For those of us that choose to learn,(with an open mind), and those of us that stayed in school long enough to have an inter-personal communications class that focused on cultural differences in not only speech, but also gestures would understand that Human Nature<>One Culture

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Tue 05/20/14 04:05 PM
I remember those things from cultural diversity classes in college,,,, its one of the most interesting and cool things about human beings, those little cultural differences amidst all the human commonalities,,,

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Dodo_David Joined Fri 08/13/10 Posts: 48948	Tue 05/20/14 04:41 PM
I find it amusing that someone would claim that msharmony is Asian in a feeble and failed attempt to discredit her.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Tue 05/20/14 05:00 PM
I find it amusing that someone would claim that msharmony is Asian in a feeble and failed attempt to discredit her. I actually think he was implying Im not 'moral' or 'proud' and therefore obviously not Asians, who so obviously are both ,,,

Dodo_David Joined Fri 08/13/10 Posts: 48948	Tue 05/20/14 05:17 PM
I find it amusing that someone would claim that msharmony is Asian in a feeble and failed attempt to discredit her. I actually think he was implying Im not 'moral' or 'proud' and therefore obviously not Asians, who so obviously are both ,,, The next time you want to laugh at something he says, then use this emoticon: That way the meaning is clear.