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I think the presence of visual imagery provides a mimetic response Roland00 Send a noteboard - 27/05/2022 11:52:32 PM

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You know this far better than I, surely, but isolation and hatred are not new problems in human society. However, I think it's hard to really argue that hatred and isolation are now much, much more common.

I think the presence of visual imagery provides a mimetic response, aka mimetic the greek word for "imitation" where we get the English words mimicry and memes.

TV and Internet changes the mimetic response of mimicry for the visual signfier is in our faces and we can learn about things 5 to 25000 miles away in real time.

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That said other cruelties used to exist in the past that are less frequent (they still occur.) A mob is a form of mimetic group psychology which is not like humans thinking as individuals. When a mob becomes a pogrom, lynching, or witch hunt I hope is less common in today's society. (still happens)

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If no one else wants to open this can of worms, I guess I’ll have to do it damookster - 26/05/2022 02:07:18 AM 2043 Views
Unfortunately, there's not much to say. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 04:26:10 PM 719 Views
You are not going to get a non emotional discussion about guns, it will never ever be rational Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:04:55 PM 761 Views
Re: You are not going to get a non emotional discussion about guns, it will never ever be rational Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:36:34 PM 735 Views
There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:03:10 PM 683 Views
Unfortunately every time there is a mass shooting, gun sales spike. damookster - 26/05/2022 09:26:09 PM 761 Views
Yes Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:55:14 PM 667 Views
Re: There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 09:56:23 PM 702 Views
You understand two things can both be true, right? damookster - 26/05/2022 10:19:56 PM 685 Views
In such a way Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:27:52 PM 696 Views
What Mookie said, Sense and Sensibility with Perspective Roland00 - 26/05/2022 10:29:04 PM 745 Views
Oh yes, everyone is to blame, and hence no one fionwe1987 - 26/05/2022 04:58:37 PM 707 Views
You obviously don't know anything about Canada's gun laws. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 05:20:25 PM 792 Views
Remarkable fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:55:54 AM 702 Views
4% PAL acquisition is, in essence, a ban. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:13:45 AM 695 Views
Well, that was a load of chickenshit fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:08:29 AM 696 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:19 AM 789 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:20 AM 647 Views
You are the RAFO poster child for inability to hold a rational discussion that includes disagreement damookster - 26/05/2022 06:50:11 PM 752 Views
No, we're just disagreeing on what is rational, that is all... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:42:23 AM 680 Views
You just don’t get it. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:22:55 AM 765 Views
I think the same of you... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:05:43 AM 690 Views
Article VI, Clause II damookster - 27/05/2022 05:17:40 AM 745 Views
You're like a broken record. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:23:52 AM 732 Views
Bro you literally come from a country that plays nuclear chicken with Pakistan. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:40:07 AM 709 Views
And? fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 02:24:09 PM 678 Views
Lol Parody account confirmed. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:04:56 PM 705 Views
Your repertoire of insults needs expansion. Keep trying. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 04:27:35 PM 640 Views
He said, not coming up with any retort of his own. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:30 PM 775 Views
whooops *NM* Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:03 PM 371 Views
Oh, fuck off. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:21:45 PM 735 Views
Why is liking the Constitution a binary thing? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:36:12 PM 755 Views
As you point out, it isn’t binary at all. damookster - 27/05/2022 09:16:18 PM 675 Views
*NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 09:55:28 PM 352 Views
Loyalty is to God, Family, Community, and only then State. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 09:55:58 PM 711 Views
The founding fathers have a dream, where dreams start and reality begin Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:39:07 PM 700 Views
This is wonderfully meandering and thought-provoking, but woefully insubstantial for understanding. *NM* TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:10:04 AM 406 Views
It is not fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 07:19:32 AM 671 Views
Re: Oh, fuck off. fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 06:53:38 AM 683 Views
That's a lot of words to say absolutely nothing. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 06:56:05 PM 671 Views
When you shut your eyes, of course you can only see nothing fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 09:43:13 PM 675 Views
A dead child for freedom is the choice made every abortion. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:16:18 PM 664 Views
Oh really? Then explain to me... fionwe1987 - 31/05/2022 08:41:09 PM 689 Views
That baby isn't a baby, but that man is a woman TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:57:40 AM 749 Views
How would the world be different Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:03:22 PM 726 Views
Yes and if my aunt had balls she would be my uncle damookster - 26/05/2022 07:14:08 PM 823 Views
I do not believe the original thread was made with curiosity or charity in mind. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:24:20 PM 675 Views
Well isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:33:12 PM 743 Views
Well it is about respectability politics you see Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:38:59 PM 680 Views
You're one of those men. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:27:53 PM 741 Views
Hypocrisy Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:42:17 PM 649 Views
I don't know whether English is your first language Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:00:04 PM 678 Views
Your attempt at mind reading is an abject failure. damookster - 26/05/2022 07:58:07 PM 697 Views
You started with Foreclosure Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:08:36 PM 676 Views
Foreclosure, huh damookster - 26/05/2022 08:48:50 PM 675 Views
My advice is listen to the podcast I linked Dragonsoul *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:05:13 PM 338 Views
One more thing Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:25:22 PM 707 Views
And I guess this post proves my point, lol. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:34:48 PM 661 Views
Did I trigger you? damookster - 26/05/2022 07:50:02 PM 606 Views
You screaming get off my lawn is inherently causes an urge to egg your house *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:05:48 PM 377 Views
~soaks Roland with the jet nozzle as I hose the egg off my front porch~ *NM* damookster - 26/05/2022 08:50:22 PM 333 Views
Never owned a gun, but I support gun rights. But... TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 02:51:26 AM 664 Views
I pretty much agree. damookster - 27/05/2022 03:18:38 AM 735 Views
Yep, what Tyr said *NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:27:33 AM 323 Views
The NY Yankees are now tweeting about guns. Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:26:45 AM 653 Views
Bah damookster - 27/05/2022 04:25:25 AM 716 Views
Baseball twitter is bad Roland00 - 27/05/2022 04:29:15 AM 597 Views
UPDATE on the shooter, Salvador Ramos damookster - 27/05/2022 03:27:59 PM 727 Views
Can't be more of a disgrace than waiting an hour to go in and kill him. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:05:58 PM 661 Views
Re: Can't be more of a disgrace than waiting an hour to go in and kill him. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:15:22 PM 680 Views
I disagree. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 10:02:23 PM 646 Views
And if one of the fathers went in and accidentally killed another child and not the shooter? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:46:17 PM 646 Views
Thats a good point, and something I didn’t consider when I wrote my response. Dragonsoul - 28/05/2022 12:08:48 AM 614 Views
Understanding with Madness and all that stuff Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:50:35 AM 695 Views
It's funny how the left thinks only cops should have guns, but also ACAB. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:15:23 PM 701 Views
They already lost their balls. damookster - 27/05/2022 06:52:52 PM 675 Views
I am glad you protect your family Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:46:05 PM 657 Views
But see, this is why the death of community and religion is bad for America. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 10:12:49 PM 678 Views
Charles Whitman took his rifles to the tower at UT Austin in 1966 and killed 14 random people. damookster - 27/05/2022 10:21:42 PM 709 Views
And in May 1928, a maniac bombed a school in Michigan, killing 44. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 11:46:34 PM 725 Views
I think the presence of visual imagery provides a mimetic response Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:52:32 PM 676 Views
Reasonable, but even then, that's merely another condemnation for the modern world. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:06:30 AM 691 Views
I agree Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:56:10 AM 653 Views
I haven't said "bAn GuNs!1" Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:33:43 PM 694 Views
This is taken from the late Justice Scalia’s majority opinion in 2008’s DC vs. Heller damookster - 27/05/2022 11:50:40 PM 776 Views
Please do not relitigate Heller with me Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:59:21 PM 642 Views
I wasn’t and will not. damookster - 28/05/2022 01:01:59 AM 647 Views
We would scare them off that is what Roland00 - 28/05/2022 01:43:11 AM 623 Views
You chose wisely damookster - 28/05/2022 02:59:47 AM 674 Views
You did not. My apologies. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:03:43 AM 653 Views
Why not 'harden' all schools and kindergartens with armed guards ? AgentApple - 30/05/2022 03:40:06 PM 672 Views
You're completely right and I hate it. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:24:29 PM 650 Views
Another podcast I enjoyed Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:26:56 PM 653 Views
This thread is reminiscint of the classic Wotmania debates from the aughts. damookster - 29/05/2022 12:22:47 AM 754 Views
Nobody would like my idea, but personally, I think Korea's 2 year mandatory service would do us good TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:30:37 PM 687 Views
Yep there is zero chance that will happen. Roland00 - 31/05/2022 10:32:06 PM 753 Views
Interesting damookster - 31/05/2022 10:56:53 PM 675 Views
Re: Yep there is zero chance that will happen. TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:50:37 AM 692 Views
Believe it or not I am not always a Grump Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:38:16 AM 626 Views
Hot damn, Moolin Rouge was fantastic! *NM* entyti - 01/06/2022 09:36:04 PM 643 Views
What about trans-men entyti - 31/05/2022 10:07:21 PM 702 Views
an intriguing question damookster - 31/05/2022 10:34:39 PM 680 Views
It's all tongue-in-cheek, and isn't that dumb? TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 02:01:04 AM 672 Views
Can the 21 year olds Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:44:08 AM 669 Views
You know, fair enough. If they're old enough to smoke, and they have a doctor that'll rx it, sure. *NM* TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 03:59:17 AM 345 Views
Something tells me this won't factor in anyone's favor... entyti - 01/06/2022 09:08:31 PM 679 Views
Wait, the *late* conservative Justice Alito? fionwe1987 - 01/06/2022 03:56:19 PM 725 Views
my bad damookster - 01/06/2022 05:09:22 PM 687 Views
The Uvalde Police Department and the Uvalde Independent School District police force are no longer Roland00 - 31/05/2022 11:45:32 PM 695 Views
The Uvalde police incompetence is totally indistinguishable from a cover-up at this point Roland00 - 04/06/2022 07:50:04 PM 733 Views
Until the existing gun laws are actually enforced, I am not willing to entertain any new ones HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 09:55:41 PM 808 Views
Oh yeah, and I am sick of the hyperbolic gaslighting by both sides HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 10:02:25 PM 766 Views
Anarchy, the State, and UTOPIA ! Roland00 - 10/06/2022 08:25:05 PM 635 Views
It gets darker and darker Roland00 - 22/06/2022 02:10:08 AM 705 Views
It's so bad dude. So bad. Those poor souls... *NM* TyrReborn - 30/06/2022 05:04:56 PM 352 Views
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