People only have the luxury of expressing such views when they haven't suffered from mental illness. Archived Message
Posted by Twirlip on April 24, 2019, 7:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,,"
I don't want to defend Peterson - I have much the same impression of him as John Monro, and I don't want to get into a discussion about him in particular - but I do want to defend the concept of the individual, and the concept of absolute values such as truth, justice, and reality. When you have lost yourself, and face a daily stuggle to recover fragments of your lost being, you know that these concepts do matter! Far from this being an arrogant presumption of the powerful and uncaring, it is a necessary belief of the powerless, and those in need of care. This is too big a subject! I don't know any forum in which it can be discussed adequately. Moreover, I know I don't belong in the Lifeboat (I'm only visiting, briefly, because of the current crisis in Assange's affairs); and there is a real danger of the thread going completely off-topic. But I couldn't just say nothing.
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- Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? - Adamski April 24, 2019, 2:11 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? - turtleman April 24, 2019, 2:42 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - John Monro April 24, 2019, 7:06 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - dovetailjoint April 24, 2019, 8:29 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - Adamski April 24, 2019, 8:51 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - John Monro April 24, 2019, 8:55 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - turtleman April 24, 2019, 2:50 pm
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - Thomas Newfield April 24, 2019, 2:57 pm
- Stewart Lee - Keith-264 April 25, 2019, 9:39 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - margo April 24, 2019, 9:53 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - turtleman April 24, 2019, 2:53 pm
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - johnlilburne April 24, 2019, 3:56 pm
- Well said, John (nm) - Ed April 24, 2019, 10:51 am
- Commendable analysis John ... - Tomski April 24, 2019, 11:17 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - johnlilburne April 24, 2019, 11:40 am
- People only have the luxury of expressing such views when they haven't suffered from mental illness. - Twirlip April 24, 2019, 7:55 pm
- Money - Keith-264 April 25, 2019, 9:43 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - turtleman April 24, 2019, 2:46 pm
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - johnlilburne April 24, 2019, 4:22 pm
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - Adamski April 24, 2019, 7:54 pm
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - turtleman April 25, 2019, 12:21 am
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? A thought or two,,,, - John Monro April 25, 2019, 12:34 pm
- Re: Zizek presses Peterson. " where are the Marxists"?? - johnlilburne April 24, 2019, 11:45 am
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