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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 2067 Views
Unfortunately, there's not much to say. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 04:26:10 PM 733 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 773 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 748 Views
There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:03:10 PM 694 Views
Unfortunately every time there is a mass shooting, gun sales spike. damookster - 26/05/2022 09:26:09 PM 774 Views
Yes Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:55:14 PM 679 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 721 Views
You understand two things can both be true, right? damookster - 26/05/2022 10:19:56 PM 700 Views
In such a way Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:27:52 PM 714 Views
What Mookie said, Sense and Sensibility with Perspective Roland00 - 26/05/2022 10:29:04 PM 759 Views
Oh yes, everyone is to blame, and hence no one fionwe1987 - 26/05/2022 04:58:37 PM 719 Views
You obviously don't know anything about Canada's gun laws. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 05:20:25 PM 817 Views
Remarkable fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:55:54 AM 715 Views
4% PAL acquisition is, in essence, a ban. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:13:45 AM 707 Views
Well, that was a load of chickenshit fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:08:29 AM 713 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:19 AM 803 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:20 AM 659 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 769 Views
No, we're just disagreeing on what is rational, that is all... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:42:23 AM 690 Views
You just don’t get it. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:22:55 AM 786 Views
I think the same of you... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:05:43 AM 701 Views
Article VI, Clause II damookster - 27/05/2022 05:17:40 AM 766 Views
You're like a broken record. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:23:52 AM 751 Views
Bro you literally come from a country that plays nuclear chicken with Pakistan. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:40:07 AM 719 Views
And? fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 02:24:09 PM 689 Views
Lol Parody account confirmed. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:04:56 PM 715 Views
Your repertoire of insults needs expansion. Keep trying. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 04:27:35 PM 650 Views
He said, not coming up with any retort of his own. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:30 PM 793 Views
whooops *NM* Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:03 PM 379 Views
Oh, fuck off. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:21:45 PM 752 Views
Why is liking the Constitution a binary thing? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:36:12 PM 771 Views
As you point out, it isn’t binary at all. damookster - 27/05/2022 09:16:18 PM 692 Views
*NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 09:55:28 PM 357 Views
Loyalty is to God, Family, Community, and only then State. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 09:55:58 PM 729 Views
The founding fathers have a dream, where dreams start and reality begin Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:39:07 PM 710 Views
This is wonderfully meandering and thought-provoking, but woefully insubstantial for understanding. *NM* TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:10:04 AM 415 Views
It is not fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 07:19:32 AM 686 Views
Re: Oh, fuck off. fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 06:53:38 AM 691 Views
That's a lot of words to say absolutely nothing. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 06:56:05 PM 681 Views
When you shut your eyes, of course you can only see nothing fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 09:43:13 PM 685 Views
A dead child for freedom is the choice made every abortion. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:16:18 PM 676 Views
Oh really? Then explain to me... fionwe1987 - 31/05/2022 08:41:09 PM 699 Views
That baby isn't a baby, but that man is a woman TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:57:40 AM 767 Views
How would the world be different Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:03:22 PM 737 Views
Yes and if my aunt had balls she would be my uncle damookster - 26/05/2022 07:14:08 PM 837 Views
I do not believe the original thread was made with curiosity or charity in mind. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:24:20 PM 686 Views
Well isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:33:12 PM 762 Views
Well it is about respectability politics you see Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:38:59 PM 693 Views
You're one of those men. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:27:53 PM 757 Views
Hypocrisy Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:42:17 PM 659 Views
I don't know whether English is your first language Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:00:04 PM 690 Views
Your attempt at mind reading is an abject failure. damookster - 26/05/2022 07:58:07 PM 714 Views
You started with Foreclosure Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:08:36 PM 692 Views
Foreclosure, huh damookster - 26/05/2022 08:48:50 PM 688 Views
My advice is listen to the podcast I linked Dragonsoul *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:05:13 PM 347 Views
One more thing Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:25:22 PM 716 Views
And I guess this post proves my point, lol. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:34:48 PM 671 Views
Did I trigger you? damookster - 26/05/2022 07:50:02 PM 618 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 384 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 340 Views
Never owned a gun, but I support gun rights. But... TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 02:51:26 AM 676 Views
I pretty much agree. damookster - 27/05/2022 03:18:38 AM 750 Views
Yep, what Tyr said *NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:27:33 AM 329 Views
The NY Yankees are now tweeting about guns. Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:26:45 AM 670 Views
Bah damookster - 27/05/2022 04:25:25 AM 731 Views
Baseball twitter is bad Roland00 - 27/05/2022 04:29:15 AM 608 Views
UPDATE on the shooter, Salvador Ramos damookster - 27/05/2022 03:27:59 PM 743 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 679 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 690 Views
I disagree. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 10:02:23 PM 658 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 657 Views
Thats a good point, and something I didn’t consider when I wrote my response. Dragonsoul - 28/05/2022 12:08:48 AM 626 Views
Understanding with Madness and all that stuff Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:50:35 AM 710 Views
It's funny how the left thinks only cops should have guns, but also ACAB. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:15:23 PM 714 Views
They already lost their balls. damookster - 27/05/2022 06:52:52 PM 686 Views
I am glad you protect your family Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:46:05 PM 672 Views
But see, this is why the death of community and religion is bad for America. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 10:12:49 PM 690 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 727 Views
And in May 1928, a maniac bombed a school in Michigan, killing 44. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 11:46:34 PM 740 Views
I think the presence of visual imagery provides a mimetic response Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:52:32 PM 686 Views
Reasonable, but even then, that's merely another condemnation for the modern world. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:06:30 AM 706 Views
I agree Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:56:10 AM 662 Views
I haven't said "bAn GuNs!1" Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:33:43 PM 715 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 799 Views
Please do not relitigate Heller with me Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:59:21 PM 653 Views
I wasn’t and will not. damookster - 28/05/2022 01:01:59 AM 657 Views
We would scare them off that is what Roland00 - 28/05/2022 01:43:11 AM 635 Views
You chose wisely damookster - 28/05/2022 02:59:47 AM 689 Views
You did not. My apologies. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:03:43 AM 663 Views
Why not 'harden' all schools and kindergartens with armed guards ? AgentApple - 30/05/2022 03:40:06 PM 690 Views
You're completely right and I hate it. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:24:29 PM 662 Views
Another podcast I enjoyed Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:26:56 PM 664 Views
This thread is reminiscint of the classic Wotmania debates from the aughts. damookster - 29/05/2022 12:22:47 AM 770 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 704 Views
Yep there is zero chance that will happen. Roland00 - 31/05/2022 10:32:06 PM 775 Views
Interesting damookster - 31/05/2022 10:56:53 PM 691 Views
Re: Yep there is zero chance that will happen. TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:50:37 AM 705 Views
Believe it or not I am not always a Grump Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:38:16 AM 637 Views
Hot damn, Moolin Rouge was fantastic! *NM* entyti - 01/06/2022 09:36:04 PM 654 Views
What about trans-men entyti - 31/05/2022 10:07:21 PM 717 Views
an intriguing question damookster - 31/05/2022 10:34:39 PM 691 Views
It's all tongue-in-cheek, and isn't that dumb? TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 02:01:04 AM 691 Views
Can the 21 year olds Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:44:08 AM 680 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 353 Views
Something tells me this won't factor in anyone's favor... entyti - 01/06/2022 09:08:31 PM 693 Views
Wait, the *late* conservative Justice Alito? fionwe1987 - 01/06/2022 03:56:19 PM 744 Views
my bad damookster - 01/06/2022 05:09:22 PM 705 Views
The Uvalde Police Department and the Uvalde Independent School District police force are no longer Roland00 - 31/05/2022 11:45:32 PM 707 Views
The Uvalde police incompetence is totally indistinguishable from a cover-up at this point Roland00 - 04/06/2022 07:50:04 PM 750 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 828 Views
Oh yeah, and I am sick of the hyperbolic gaslighting by both sides HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 10:02:25 PM 780 Views
Anarchy, the State, and UTOPIA ! Roland00 - 10/06/2022 08:25:05 PM 646 Views
It gets darker and darker Roland00 - 22/06/2022 02:10:08 AM 718 Views
It's so bad dude. So bad. Those poor souls... *NM* TyrReborn - 30/06/2022 05:04:56 PM 364 Views
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