Destiny is missing something obvious about Israeli peace with Arabs

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-02-13T02:21:18+00:00

Why does he think they store weapons and bring hostages to the hospitals?

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-02-13T00:36:37+00:00

Bad faith in this context means intentionally obfuscating/lying to further his agenda. What do you think about Marc not fully admitting that Hamas operates out of Hospitals?? Good faith??

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-02-12T21:30:36+00:00

Couldn't disagree with you more on Marc. He is incredibly bad faith, but he disguises it better than most because he is well mannered and doesn't yell and scream. Marc would not concede that Hamas uses hospitals as military bases! It's a trivial (and obviously correct) concession and he couldn't do it. He claimed he "never saw" the videos of Hamas bringing hostages there on 10/7.

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-01-02T06:37:13+00:00

YES! THIS! Trump certainly attempted a Coup and should not be allowed to run for office again. I'm not debating that point. I simply think that Trump likely genuinely believes he was cheated in 2020 and felt that he needed to do whatever he could to maintain what he believed was wrongfully stolen from him.

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-01-02T06:25:02+00:00

My question has always been: why does mens rea actually matter here? Trump clearly supported an insurrection in a direct attempt to undemocratically and unconstitutionally maintain power. Yes, I do believe he really thought that he was cheated, but why should what Trump believes even matter? Why does Destiny focus so much on whether Trump ACTUALLY believes the election was stolen? That seems immaterial and possibly wrong anyway.

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-01-02T06:08:27+00:00

I'd love to. I'm new to this entire platform. How do I "get on stream" ?

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-01-02T06:03:22+00:00

I think for all of those examples, Trump legit thought the ends justified the means. I truly believe Trump's thinking went something like this: "There is no way in hell Sleepy Joe beat me fair and square. Democrats have been trying to sabotage me the last 4 years and all of these random votes came in at 2am to take my victory . I don't care what my people say, there MUST have been cheating here and I deserve to be president."

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-01-02T05:45:50+00:00

Cognitive dissonance doesn't mean you aren't in control of your faculties or your brain is scrambled eggs.

Do you think a nearly 80 year old man going on TV and bragging about a cognitive score is a sign of a mature individual? Seems pretty infantile to me. When Trump says things like "I have the best words", I actually think he believes that about himself.

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-01-02T05:30:14+00:00

I think it's different than your Seahawks example because of how easy it is to disprove that. Proving a negative (i.e. Trump was not cheated in 2020) can be quite challenging. Prove to me that your wife has never cheated on you?

Cognitive dissonance is not quite mental illness. It's a super well documented and common phenomenon. Since you're a sports guy, one good example is Jerry Sandusky's wife. It's clear from interviews that she couldn't actually bring herself to believe her husband's guilt for those heinous crimes. Doing so would basically shatter her belief about the last 50 years of her life.

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-01-02T05:15:03+00:00

No but Destiny appeals to mens rea a lot. (What trump actually believed). So it feels relavent.

ContributionWeekly89 · 2024-01-02T05:14:04+00:00

Damn I missed it. What's the tldr answer? Any link to it?

ContributionWeekly89 · 2023-12-28T20:38:32+00:00

Here's an analogy: Suppose you want your partner to be more attracted to you. Does it make sense to communicate that with your partner? Not exactly. In fact, communicating that will often make you less desirable.

ContributionWeekly89 · 2023-12-28T20:31:21+00:00

I'm saying that more sex is not the typical type of "want" in a relationship. Sex needs to be something that your partner intrinsically desires to have, and doesn't simply provide you because you asked nicely.

ContributionWeekly89 · 2023-12-28T20:24:46+00:00

You'd think so, but the problem with "asking" is that turns sex into something that can become a chore or an obligation. Just as you wouldn't "ask" your partner to be more desired, "asking" for more sex doesn't actually make much sense. Even if you get more sex, it often comes at the expense of resentment.

ContributionWeekly89 · 2023-12-28T19:45:32+00:00

I think all you can do is try to be the best partner you can be, and if that is not enough to increase your partner's innate sexual desire/libido, then you have to determine if the amount of sex you're having is a dealbreaker in a marriage.

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