What's the point of chatting about these things online if you're going to tell anyone who disagrees with you to shove off?

I'm sure there's a subreddit you could go instead where you wouldn't accidentally run into someone with a different view on the conflict.

One of the other things people seem to be ignoring is that there's a way of removing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it in a way that's good for the environment, running entirely off solar energy and being very compact. It's called photosynthesis and the chemical factories are called plants. Un...

It is arrogant to think man can change the climate. I don't know why you have that intuition. The natural carbon cycle creates and sequesters about 210 gigatons of CO2 per year. Human activities (mostly fossil fuel burning and deforestation) cause an additional 40 gigatons per year and we sequester...

There is a lot to unpick here. You're asking at least 10 separate questions. I'd like to comment on some of this. Putting a marker here to try to remind myself to reply later. My intention here was to offer some introductory thoughts on a complex issue + some discussion questions I thought were int...

I really must say that harry Potter has more complex character development and plot consistency. J.K. Rowling does a fabulous job of keeping the main cast short and memorable, whereas I am not sure LotR does the best job of managing all the characters. Just my opinion tho I agree with this, but it'...

Carbon capture from the air on the scale needed to achieve Paris targets is extremely unlikely. CO2 is less than a 10th of a percent of the air by volume, the energy and materials required to capture carbon from the air are themselves polluting, and the cost per dollar sequestered is abysmally high ...

Here in Canada I've noticed some bizarre inconsistencies in how the police, courts, and public opinion react to various protests. There seem to be deep disagreements about what methods of protest are acceptable. In recent years we've seen first nations and environmentalist activists block major rail...

I personally think LoTR is the better franchise. They're better books, better movies, better video games, etc. I think they'll have a deeper and longer lasting impact on the culture than HP, which is not to diminish how wildly popular HP is. That said, it seems like the owners of these intellectual ...

I think what MM sketched out above would be the perfect premise for a reboot of The Apprentice, which might be a good plan B for Trump if the election doesn't go his way. Tonight on NBC - The Apprentice: Lockdown Edition. Join hosts Major Mitchell and Brainbomb as they put Trump, Elon, and a roguish...

Looks like Nebraska could vote to legalize cannabis later this year, which might open up a whole new type of smoking.

It's hard to know the true capabilities of the Borg or Empire because both these badies were only destroyed by the "God's on my side" narrative advantage conferred on the self sacrificing good guys. With no Data to shut down the Borg and no Luke, Han, and friends to risk life and limb for the Rebell...

Why wouldn't God have also kept the Germans who became Nazis on track if he has this power? What a terrible thing it would be for God to save only "his own" from the fate of becoming genocidal murders - what did the ones who became Nazis do to deserve this punishment? Why weren't all Germans "his ow...

To add to Octs point, conservative parties are doing quite well in Italy, France, Netherlands, Canada, etc. It just doesn't seem correct to say that conservatives / right wing populists are doing poorly right now. Unfortunately Trump is the Reagan/Thatcher figure who finds himself at the centre of a...

I really doubt that it's fair to denigrate conservative gay men as non-political laggards who are merely riding on the coat tails of Queer activists, or as a group that uses their gay status cynically only when it benefits them. But otherwise your post gets to the crux of my question. LGBTQIA2S+ is ...

I think there is a more charitable view of why someone might be fiscally conservative. If I'm taxed more, is that money really going to go to Namibia? Or will it be used by my government to spoil its base before the next election? Even if that money were dedicated to foreign aid, is my government we...

Most people (at least in the US) support capitalism because they are influenced by propaganda (not necessarily from the government) claiming capitalism is effective. [Redacted because this is not the Politics sub-forum]. It's probably best to be a little more generous than this when making assumpti...

Broad stroke conversations like this always seem to fall apart due, in part, to misaligned definitions. Some folks seem to think capitalism = some sort of Scrooge McDuck economy where the rich literally sit on a pile of gold rather than investing, generating wealth, etc. Meanwhile, "socialism" seems...

Your perpetual failing is your desperate need to have your particular God at the centre of all good things. Attributing dissent to intellectual dishonesty makes you blind. I thought it was masturbation that did that? Attributing blindness to masturbation makes you intellectually dishonest? :?

“But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain” Titus 3:9 KJV ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'm genuinely confused by the Christian approach to politics. It seems like the common claim in this thread is that Christians should strive to be...

Esquire Bertissimmo: No government, not even the worst dictatorship, can function without ample public support, even if this comes from a minority of the population. Power dynamics within the governing coalition are beside the point. Every elected government serves its own coalition of voters/donor...