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Excuse me. What? Why is there a church in the same building as a synagogue?

@rohrkrepierer @Mr_Mister I have been greatly enjoying Louis ripping on the current state of NYC commercial real estate. Most overrated city ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3yc0k_SeTE

@mutageno Oh, and they got real mad for being called what they are.

Almost 10 years old, but it still applies. This anon is correct about the Muslims being more reasonable than the western progressive leftists. They are certainly the better option, so if I have to choose between the two, I will side with the Muslims.

Not saying I would be happy about the end result, but I will take their harsh but consistent rules over the incoherent standards of the left.

@mutageno Even if I was drinking alcohol these days, Jack Daniels would certainly not be my go to whiskey. That would have to be Knob Creek.

I really do not know what is going on with the marketing these days with cases like these. Maybe there is some sort of The Producers type of scheme going on behind the scenes.

@LouisConde Yeah, I don't think they are all that big on freedom of speech when they are doing everything short of calling for state censorship in articles like this:

https://archive.is/as0wb

Just call everything that does not conform to their libshit narrative "misinformation" and you can still call yourselves "pro-free speech."

https://merovingian.club/@houseoftolstoy/110041939166500777

I will end with a statement inverting Vaush's scenario.

If you were given all the provisions you would need to live, but you were forced to live in a 10x10 room and never leave it, would you have freedom?

The answer is no, because I just described a prison.

Another thing, when we no longer can even agree on what "freedom" really means, we see all sorts of abuses of the term.

"Those immigrants coming here are American as you are because they came here for freedom!" In many cases, they are here for economic reasons and really could not care all that much about freedom. Yes, they have a better standard of living and have the means to be more successful, but again, that is not the same thing as freedom.

One thing to note is that most people could not define themselves as being 100% about freedom. That indeed would be lawlessness. Most people want at least SOME laws in place. How many you want shows how much you do or do not prioritize freedom.

The same people who claim that they want homosexual marriage legalized because they are about freedom would scorn at the idea that someone could refuse to decorate a cake for a gay wedding. It shows that they are not as big on freedom as they claim.

You are also not guaranteed to be happy if you have full freedom. I recall a clip where Vaush and Charlie Kirk were on someone else's show (not remembering at the moment), and Vaush asked Kirk if someone would have freedom in a lawless desert with no food and water. Kirk incorrectly answers no, which not so coincidentally was what Vaush thought too.

Yes, you do have total freedom in this scenario. Because freedom is not about being happy or having provisions.

When it comes to prosperity, we see far too much conflation. Yes, you need freedom to be able to make money. But freedom itself does not guarantee success, it only provides a chance of that success. Yes, many people will credit that they are "more free" because they are able to earn more than in many other countries. But the high earnings themselves are also not equivalent to freedom itself. To equivocate the two means that those who are not successful will resent any talk about freedom.

There are many ways the word "freedom" is misused. Often, it will be considered synonymous with happiness, prosperity, success, and other positive outcomes. When these terms are conflated with freedom, we only invite criticisms of all the wrong kinds as well as word games to twist what it means to want freedom.

Example: "Why do you say you are 'for freedom' if you are opposed to free healthcare?"

Free healthcare, of course, is not "free," but requires mechanisms that are anti-freedom.

@PapaPole @WashedOutGundamPilot Sounds like a case of women complaining about something no one asked them to do but insist that it is not a self imposed issue. Many such cases.

@deprecated_ii Perhaps he means to imply that it is like a controlled demolition, where all the damage is planned out and they will in theory be able to enact their plans.

But given the retards in charge, I am doubtful their plans will go according to their expectations.

@bronze @WashedOutGundamPilot Placing any amount of blame on women is a cardinal sin in our sacred democracy.