tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143156594353039090.post162028026967274019..comments2013-09-21T23:07:12.888-05:00Comments on Thoughts on the Struggle: The Failure of Idealism, or Ron Paul and Barack Obama are EvilSetantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203926704262636983noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143156594353039090.post-29604832509236743692007-11-26T01:31:00.000-06:002007-11-26T01:31:00.000-06:00Just 'cause you don't understand the way I speak d...Just 'cause you don't understand the way I speak doesn't mean my points are wrong. I use the word because a lot of people think that way and it's basically useless.<BR/><BR/>I don't understand why this gets you so riled up. Another excuse to throw around epithets like "Marxist"? Fine by me. I forgot, the internets are serious business.Setantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203926704262636983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143156594353039090.post-6148614327099487982007-11-23T07:44:00.000-06:002007-11-23T07:44:00.000-06:00Yes and who the fuck besides Hegel and his small p...Yes and who the fuck besides Hegel and his small posse of dead Germans at the very edge of historical relevance actually line up with that definition?<BR/><BR/>I love Marxists and their ridiculous self-centeredness. No the entire world does not revolve around you. Granted, okay, my mother, for instance, is a Christian Scientist and therefore actually a member of your coming dread strawmen apocalypse of "idealists." But you're ranting about a fraction of the populace who at the very best estimate don't exist. Idealism in the practical people-who-you-deal-with-in-everyday-life sense means precisely what I said. And idealism in the philosophical tradition has very little to do with Hegel and even less to do with your accusations.<BR/><BR/>You're being an stuffy idiot about terminology and underhandedly attacking a huge number of people by aggressively *defining* them into the corner of shame. (Willing them there by sheer linguistic bullheadedness is a technique, I should point out, that is itself actually rather Idealist in a Hegelian kind of way.) But then, I suppose if you only have one tool of argumentation you gotta use it for all it's worth. I should be less hard on the Marxists.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00818379291904345272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143156594353039090.post-88018345814370446772007-10-25T12:04:00.000-05:002007-10-25T12:04:00.000-05:00Not so. Idealism in the Hegelian/Marxist sense is ...Not so. Idealism in the Hegelian/Marxist sense is basically what I described. It is opposed by materialism.Setantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203926704262636983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143156594353039090.post-39105292924172376142007-09-24T14:52:00.000-05:002007-09-24T14:52:00.000-05:00Sorry Brendan, Idealism (in politics/activism) mea...Sorry Brendan, Idealism (in politics/activism) means having concrete ideals and working to actualize them. Nothing more. And it has nothing to do with the tactics you use. Like ballots or bullets.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00818379291904345272noreply@blogger.com