It's easy to envision the formerly self-professed libertarians wringing their hands over the True Things you've said here, Ian. They bought a lie that they have to agree with everything on the right or not at all, but only need be in agreement on a few things with the left to side with them. It's all in the spirit of fair-dealing even-handedness, you see. They allowed themselves to be carved off as efficiently as a sheep ever was. Baaad choice.
Myself, I'm defaulting to avoiding crowds and potentially volatile situations altogether. You think you know someone, but life can surprise you.
Hubby and I are in Texas, so I feel safer than when living on the east coast. But 9/11 shook me in ways I didn’t realize. I started changing little things, for instance no more high heels, flat, sneakers and an extra pair in the car. Because I live in Texas, always bottles of water in the car. Look at where I am at all times, be situationally aware, multiple ways to get home, gas in car, avoid cities, malls, stay happy being small in a big world. Stay away from universities that are big, if they are surrounded by city, what is the city like, go 1 to 3 miles in any direction do you feel safe? Wha does security look like at the university. What is going on that day, find out via social media and use information to make plans.
Have extra food on hand if doable. Same with medical supplies. If you are out in the boonies. Realize your limits, and prepare to help neighbors and family, unless they are part of the problem.
Hey, Libertarian/Conservative/Constitutionalist here! I agree 110% with Ian's advice and your choice to avoid crowds and volatile environments. Also idiots on your security detail could easily turn a nasty shouting match in to a full on Riot, complete with rampant Arson, Vandalism and Seriously Injured People. Not my idea of a fun time these days.
Universally, I believe the Halloween candy bowl is being filled with stupid pills; they are swallowed by those of certain persuasion by the handful. Not Good for Peace & Harmony.
I'll stay in my rural area and when the need arises to ponder the Mysteries of Today's World; grab a favorite shooter and head in to the woods to find some table fare. No need to head to the Centers of Civilization to debate present situations.
Um.. libertarian here. What are you talking about? How about clearly stating your gripe with libertarian thought. Im confused as im not seeing where what Ian has said would cause me to wring my hands. On the contrary i mostly very much resonate with much of Ians thoughts. Maybe you meant progresive liberal and got confused? Or maybe we are using different definitions for the same words. Any way your declaration was unclear and as a libertarian left me wondering how it could apply to me.
Now if you are adressing the modern fake libertarians i might agree. The are to libertarians as progresive liberals are to true liberals.
Something I discuss with my children a lot is being careful of generalities in classifying people and the need to use language with precision.
My 14 year old asked me for a charger for her phone and i handed her a rectangular object you plug into the wall to provided the correct current to you phone. I was bewildered when she said "no, i need a charger." After a lot of back and forth it was discovered that she was talking about a USB charging cable. Her and her friends had started to just call them "chargers". This necesitated a long conversation on the need to be precise in using language to convey your meaning in a way that everyone understood what you mean.
This was maybe the third topic where her peer group has created shorthand or slang for technical terms that totally break the correct information flow when speaking with anyone not in that peer group.
Sadly I think this now means she thinks dad is hopelessly out of date.
This is just to illustrate the importance of precision and clarity in language to convey your meaning in a way ithers can understand. Lol so thus us me sayung im confused.
Every time I am forced to go thru intrusive airport "security" checks, it reinforces the idea that the bad guys seem to be winning. I absolutely understand the need for security, but, in true fashion, the over-reactive crowd seems to have won.
For a more detailed look at the executive protection world "How to be your own bodyguard" is a great book on the subject. Keep in mind a team has additional considerations.
I’m reminded of the “Straightforward in a Crooked World” series of blogposts that were up fifteen-ish years ago. I miss those, and don’t think the series was ever finished.
The faux signature thing? It's because the images that they train the models on, many have signatures (because scraped from real paintings). So, when it's rebuilding the image, the signature is part of the "expected" experience that it builds based on how prominent the signature of the artist's style it is imitating. So, depending on the model you are using (Flux, etc) and the style it was trained on, and then the additions you ask for, which digs into its database to fulfill, you will get signatures on some and not on others. Hope that helps, as you have asked several times now.
Tangentially related; would describing Charlie Kirk as a "Christian Apologist" instead of a 'conservative activist" change perspectives, narratives, or anything at all?
Consider that a lot have gone carefully through all his words to cut & paste up a narrative to make him into a mean & ebil racist who got what's coming to him- well, the label doesn't actually matter.
Most folks have no idea what an "Apologist" actually is or could make note of the 'difference' in the labels. Of course, I haven't read Plato's apology since the mid 1970s.
It's easy to envision the formerly self-professed libertarians wringing their hands over the True Things you've said here, Ian. They bought a lie that they have to agree with everything on the right or not at all, but only need be in agreement on a few things with the left to side with them. It's all in the spirit of fair-dealing even-handedness, you see. They allowed themselves to be carved off as efficiently as a sheep ever was. Baaad choice.
Myself, I'm defaulting to avoiding crowds and potentially volatile situations altogether. You think you know someone, but life can surprise you.
Hubby and I are in Texas, so I feel safer than when living on the east coast. But 9/11 shook me in ways I didn’t realize. I started changing little things, for instance no more high heels, flat, sneakers and an extra pair in the car. Because I live in Texas, always bottles of water in the car. Look at where I am at all times, be situationally aware, multiple ways to get home, gas in car, avoid cities, malls, stay happy being small in a big world. Stay away from universities that are big, if they are surrounded by city, what is the city like, go 1 to 3 miles in any direction do you feel safe? Wha does security look like at the university. What is going on that day, find out via social media and use information to make plans.
Have extra food on hand if doable. Same with medical supplies. If you are out in the boonies. Realize your limits, and prepare to help neighbors and family, unless they are part of the problem.
Hey, Libertarian/Conservative/Constitutionalist here! I agree 110% with Ian's advice and your choice to avoid crowds and volatile environments. Also idiots on your security detail could easily turn a nasty shouting match in to a full on Riot, complete with rampant Arson, Vandalism and Seriously Injured People. Not my idea of a fun time these days.
Universally, I believe the Halloween candy bowl is being filled with stupid pills; they are swallowed by those of certain persuasion by the handful. Not Good for Peace & Harmony.
I'll stay in my rural area and when the need arises to ponder the Mysteries of Today's World; grab a favorite shooter and head in to the woods to find some table fare. No need to head to the Centers of Civilization to debate present situations.
Um.. libertarian here. What are you talking about? How about clearly stating your gripe with libertarian thought. Im confused as im not seeing where what Ian has said would cause me to wring my hands. On the contrary i mostly very much resonate with much of Ians thoughts. Maybe you meant progresive liberal and got confused? Or maybe we are using different definitions for the same words. Any way your declaration was unclear and as a libertarian left me wondering how it could apply to me.
Now if you are adressing the modern fake libertarians i might agree. The are to libertarians as progresive liberals are to true liberals.
Something I discuss with my children a lot is being careful of generalities in classifying people and the need to use language with precision.
My 14 year old asked me for a charger for her phone and i handed her a rectangular object you plug into the wall to provided the correct current to you phone. I was bewildered when she said "no, i need a charger." After a lot of back and forth it was discovered that she was talking about a USB charging cable. Her and her friends had started to just call them "chargers". This necesitated a long conversation on the need to be precise in using language to convey your meaning in a way that everyone understood what you mean.
This was maybe the third topic where her peer group has created shorthand or slang for technical terms that totally break the correct information flow when speaking with anyone not in that peer group.
Sadly I think this now means she thinks dad is hopelessly out of date.
This is just to illustrate the importance of precision and clarity in language to convey your meaning in a way ithers can understand. Lol so thus us me sayung im confused.
Every time I am forced to go thru intrusive airport "security" checks, it reinforces the idea that the bad guys seem to be winning. I absolutely understand the need for security, but, in true fashion, the over-reactive crowd seems to have won.
It would help if it were actually useful, vs being security theater.
Security theater is the default for TPTB. And it is not just personal security either. They want people to feel safe rather than be safe.
For a more detailed look at the executive protection world "How to be your own bodyguard" is a great book on the subject. Keep in mind a team has additional considerations.
I’m reminded of the “Straightforward in a Crooked World” series of blogposts that were up fifteen-ish years ago. I miss those, and don’t think the series was ever finished.
The faux signature thing? It's because the images that they train the models on, many have signatures (because scraped from real paintings). So, when it's rebuilding the image, the signature is part of the "expected" experience that it builds based on how prominent the signature of the artist's style it is imitating. So, depending on the model you are using (Flux, etc) and the style it was trained on, and then the additions you ask for, which digs into its database to fulfill, you will get signatures on some and not on others. Hope that helps, as you have asked several times now.
Tangentially related; would describing Charlie Kirk as a "Christian Apologist" instead of a 'conservative activist" change perspectives, narratives, or anything at all?
Probably not a bit.
Consider that a lot have gone carefully through all his words to cut & paste up a narrative to make him into a mean & ebil racist who got what's coming to him- well, the label doesn't actually matter.
Most folks have no idea what an "Apologist" actually is or could make note of the 'difference' in the labels. Of course, I haven't read Plato's apology since the mid 1970s.
I already knew that Ian was a really sharp cookie. But it's always good to have it proven again.