Where do smart men hang out?

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print out posters seeking smart men, need apply for husband, father and hugs and kisses. in your village.

Well, this is what's "so what?" about it:

It's not like this is the only thread where "liberals" receive a bashing from you - it seems to be a common theme with many of your posts here so please, tone it down and address the issues instead of parading your opinions of the people discussing them.

Woah wth? This is love and dating not PPR.

So according to you, to "prejudice" someone according to an lawful trial should not be done, but prejudicing according to some stereotypes is good?

You remember my question of the other thread, where I asked if those opinions of you, come pretty quickly, according to how useful they actually are to you?

Stereotypes are ridiculous so back on topic any place that doesn't involve multiple men stereotyping! Hmm a museum would be a great place if your into scientists like geologists archeologists and paleontologists!

Basically, a stereotype is something that is frequently true, but not always. Therefore, any proposition we make concerning something that isn't true one hundred percent of the time, or zero percent of the time, that proposition is a stereotype. As such, we all use stereotypes. The question is the purposes we use them for, and how well we use them.

Please consider the following stereotype: Men are taller than women. Unless I say ALL men or NO men are taller than women, it is a stereotype, or something that is usually, though not always, true. Of course, you could retort by pointing to too-tall Sally, as the tallest person in the room. And you would be right; it's the nature of stereotypes. But usually, the tallest person in the room will be a man. It's a stereotype.

In fact, there is an entire mathematical discipline founded on stereotypes: Probability and Statistics, since this is the quantification of things that are not absolutes.

People don't understand stereotypes well because of postmodernism's obsession with the marginalized and the exception over the rule. The other reason is low intelligence, with intelligence being defined as the ability to entertain and manipulate abstractions. All or none aren't abstractions; even animals easily understand the difference. The difference between all, some, and none is an abstraction. This is why the less intelligent and poorly educated are much more likely to play the lottery than the intelligent and well educated. The former just don't understand how low the probability of winning is, and will spend their last dollars on lottery tickets.

So, I don't object to stereotypes being applied to me, though I would prefer they be well thought out.

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Don't worry, Genius. AspieOtaku is still correct in saying you can meet smart men on WrongPlanet.

Back to topic, maybe creating a 2nd email for people to contact you on would be worth a shot if you decide to try out making posters

I notice you are short on specifics. Can you show me where I have made a personal attack? Convince me that is the case, and I will offer profuse apologies. This is not my intention.

Since you present no evidence of a personal attack, or any other violation of the aforementioned rules, is it the case that my input here is not welcome? Is this site only for liberals? Since I believe in property rights, including yours, if only liberal posting is allowed, just tell me. I accept your right to discriminate against me for good reasons, bad reasons, or no reasons at all. If I'm not welcome here, I won't come back.

I asked you why you referred to ME as a Liberal. On what grounds?

As for the bolded bit, it seems you misread what I originally wrote or it is so inherent in your attitudes that it doesn't even register as a difference. Either way, you have failed to explain yourself in regard to this original comment you made to me. I couldn't care less what your interest in Halfmadgenius is, the conversation I commented on was between you and Smudge. Are you not even aware that you are referencing two different people? Please don't get annoyed with me off the bat, we are all mostly on spectrum here and you are bound to have your issues like all of us have ours. When all is said and done though, you may need to examine whether you may be prone to exactly the type of behaviour you most often object to from others.

I say you are a liberal from reading your posts in the past. If you want specifics, you will need to unlock your posts on your personal identity page, and I can supply you with plenty.

Out of curiosity, would you consider yourself anything but liberal? Do you consider yourself to be a conservative?

As far as the comment to Smudge, please paste specifically what you are referring to.

on the internet duh

He uses the liberal label in order to "other" you. Make it clear that you and your views are simply inferior to his by reinforcing his own streotypes. For narrowminded people who can only use stereotypes to explain their views, liberal can mean whatever he wants it too. It's just another word for Demon in his eyes.........Doesn't matter if it's a political discussion or not either. Once you're labelled you become part of his stereotype.

So, really, how is this not an ad hominem?

As for the comment to Smudge it's been pasted and re-pasted more times than I can count now. If you are going to continue avoiding this issue there is nothing I can do about it (other than apologise AGAIN for my part in derailing of this thread)

So, I'm guilty of "othering", huh? Is this some kind of new transgression against Political Correctness? Do you think if I were to drop dead that the rest of the world would join together and hold hands, smoke pot, and sing "We Are the World" in perfect harmony?

Tell me, are my views as good as yours, or would you consider my views to be "inferior" to yours?

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Politics and the measurement of how socially liberal or conservative someone's views are have no place in this discussion.
It's a discussion about where to find smart men. Someone's suggestions on where to find smart men have nothing to do with politics. Leave it out.

So, really, how is this not an ad hominem?

It's simple. An ad hominem attack is a personal attack in lieu of an argument. Even if liberal were an insulting term, it's not an ad hominem attack when it is the result of an argument.

As for the comment to Smudge it's been pasted and re-pasted more times than I can count now. If you are going to continue avoiding this issue there is nothing I can do about it (other than apologise AGAIN for my part in derailing of this thread)

You would have to know how high you can count, but I want to know specifically what you are referring to. I don't want any room for miscommunication.

If you are apologizing for asking these questions, why did you ask them? As for me, if somebody here cares to ask me a civil question, I feel obligated to respond, especially when it is a request for clarification, or in defense of something I said.

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