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[url][/url] O))) wrote on Nov 3 rd, 2015 at 5:30pm: Soren wrote on Nov 2 nd, 2015 at 2:23pm: O))) wrote on Nov 2 nd, 2015 at 2:03pm: Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Oct 31 st, 2015 at 4:56am: Karnal wrote on Oct 30 th, 2015 at 11:13pm: Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Oct 30 th, 2015 at 8:12pm: Karnal wrote on Oct 30 th, 2015 at 7:18pm: Meaning?
Oh, you mean things like Hello Kitty One Direction, fake Gucci, Ford and Holden, and the number one internet search of all time - angry cat.
Yes, these things give us meaning, just as back in the Middle Ages, fake Jesus thorns, nails or foreskins filled the number one relics list.
Meaning doesn’t actually mean anything. The question of meaning assumes its own answer. Meaning simply joins the dots of supply and demand, fulfillment and desire. These are economic things. You can’t mean something you don’t already have, or want, or are led to believe. You can’t believe something you don’t already mean.
This isn’t nihilism, it’s existential. You can’t have a paper cutter without the existence of paper.
There is no "meaning", Mistie. If there was, you could tell me what it is. It's little wonder you lefties are so pessimistic and miserable. And it's also no wonder you don't understand religious people or conservative people. Step outside all that rebellious literature you read and broaden your horizons. Broaden my horizons, Mistie. Tell me what you mean. All leftist literature lambastes the past and present - to them it's all one stinking pile of sh*t. What foundation does that give for a meaningful, or even happy, life? Zero. Why do you think conservatives place so much stock in the past and tradition? Because it tells them where they come from and who they are. Lefties sh*t on the past then wonder why life ıs crap. It's quite obvious you haven't read every shred of left-wing literature or know the thoughts and preferences of every single left-winger in existence, so why pretend like you have? Step outside of your house and partisan message boards and you'll find left-wing views are in fact very diverse and not monolithic at all. So what is the diverse left's view on transgender men? Are they men or are they women? Or are they a great variety of diverse things in between? I'm not sure what you mean. If the views of the left are diverse then it follows that they don't all think the same. Treating gender as a binary rather than a spectrum is part of the issue here. Interesting point, O))), but while gender may be a spectrum, sex is a binary. Bodies have either male or female genitalia, and in only a tiny minority of cases, both. Greer here is getting at the category of sex, not gender. But as she argues, nor is gender about lipstick and breast implants.
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