tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post2599092062462911320..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: What If? AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-77502959621059017422019-02-09T09:19:45.710+00:002019-02-09T09:19:45.710+00:00Eoghan - Barry would rather be compared with Morri...Eoghan - Barry would rather be compared with Morrison than with a prison bitch. You and I would not because we have a very different insight into what the man actually is. <br /><br />I was comparing the persuasiveness of your explanation with his not the man with the man in the hope that you might see the paucity (not the dishonesty) in your explanation. <br /><br /><br />But yeah, it would AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15236416371764773962019-02-09T02:39:41.211+00:002019-02-09T02:39:41.211+00:00Anthony, for the most part, all fair points except...Anthony, for the most part, all fair points except you comparing me to Danny M.<br /><br />I never lied or denied here, I simply clarified or tried to. Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-86810753030822928782019-02-07T09:46:08.339+00:002019-02-07T09:46:08.339+00:00This is my final contribution on this thread. I s...This is my final contribution on this thread. I support calls for free and fair elections in Venezuela; not externally imposed regime change through armed intervention.<br /><br />Leftists (including myself) cannot remain silent when professed "socialist" regimes abuse power, violate separation of powers, rig election and shoot demonstrators in the street. For me to turn to blind eye Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-8394403691964730572019-02-06T22:11:06.563+00:002019-02-06T22:11:06.563+00:00Eoghan,
But why too isn’t it fine to call somebod...Eoghan,<br /><br /><i>But why too isn’t it fine to call somebody an Imperialist if their politics can be described as imperialist?</i><br /><br />It is perfectly fine. <br /><br /><i>And doesn’t it also follow that we can make the same ethical argument that it is wrong to avoid calling them imperialist if we believe they are imperialist?</i><br /><br /><br />Absolutely.<br /><br /><i>And don’t AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-54156973374649997522019-02-06T13:34:02.131+00:002019-02-06T13:34:02.131+00:00Anthony,
Generally speaking I think you’ve made s...Anthony,<br /><br />Generally speaking I think you’ve made some fair points here.<br /><br />But why too isn’t it fine to call somebody an Imperialist if their politics can be described as imperialist? <br /><br />And doesn’t it also follow that we can make the same ethical argument that it is wrong to avoid calling them imperialist if we believe they are imperialist?<br /><br />And don’t people Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52789686946723914812019-02-06T07:01:40.696+00:002019-02-06T07:01:40.696+00:00Eoghan - people often characterise others as imper...Eoghan - people often characterise others as imperialists so they can easier get away with calling them names. It is the abuse that attracts them not the politics of the other. The buzz put down today is "racist". People are labelled racist for merely expressing a concern or having an opinion that the great and the good do not approve. <br /><br />I rarely if ever follow links AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-88307632086488156082019-02-06T05:04:08.159+00:002019-02-06T05:04:08.159+00:00Anthony, glad we got that cleared up!
And I gener...Anthony, glad we got that cleared up!<br /><br />And I generally agree that debate should be more about clarity than abuse.<br /><br />However, we should never give imperialists or their amen chorus an even break.<br /><br />Gore Vidal explains this in his classic magazine article he wrote in 1969:<br /><br /><b>A DISTASTEFUL ENCOUNTER WITH WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.</b><br />By GORE VIDAL, ESQUIRE Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-50029484544590499872019-02-06T00:07:57.322+00:002019-02-06T00:07:57.322+00:00Wolfe Tone,
Ideas have no protection from offence...Wolfe Tone,<br /><br />Ideas have no protection from offence. People can think whatever they want of the Provisional IRA regardless of who it offends. People should be protected from personal abuse. Barry G is entitled to offend any opinion he chooses. And people are free to offend any opinion of his. He should not be free to personally abuse people. There is no parity here between those with theAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45672179026853292182019-02-05T19:10:07.648+00:002019-02-05T19:10:07.648+00:00I am sorry to interject but yer man whose name I d...I am sorry to interject but yer man whose name I dare not mention is permitted to label anybody and any group whatever his heart desires, for eg labelling the provisional IRA as "thuggish" is deeply offensive to some people and yet he is given a bye? Me thinks he likes to provoke but doesn't like it back at him. Cringeworthy stuff; I wish I was a brave as him by not 'hiding Wolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-88567798157708820732019-02-05T13:59:01.564+00:002019-02-05T13:59:01.564+00:00Eoghan - that is fine - as the email explained to ...Eoghan - that is fine - as the email explained to you, we were not aware that the Eoghan was in fact the TPQ Eoghan who we have a long established relationship with. The problem was compounded by you not being able to post your comments for a while and getting me to do it for you using your full handle. As you have never had a desire to conceal your identity and work from behind a moniker, none AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45289902356844389912019-02-05T13:11:03.909+00:002019-02-05T13:11:03.909+00:00Eoghan - all you have to do is reply to the email ...Eoghan - all you have to do is reply to the email verifying that you got it and we will know it is the same guy who we have no problem with by the way. In fact we have a very good relationship. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80435962210051198242019-02-05T12:58:22.254+00:002019-02-05T12:58:22.254+00:00Anthony, you talk a better free speech game than y...Anthony, you talk a better free speech game than you play. <br /><br />You have my full name and contact information. <br /><br />Eoghan is not a moniker, it is my name, and you know this. <br /><br />You have even published my full name and what I do for a living in the U.S.<br /><br />And apparently you are now protecting Ted Black too. <br /><br />If you'd like we can carry on this Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-63291072215779958232019-02-05T09:56:48.859+00:002019-02-05T09:56:48.859+00:00Eoghan - if you wish to insist on personally abusi...Eoghan - if you wish to insist on personally abusing Barry none of your future comments will feature here. If you do wish any comments to feature from here on in you are free to send us your full name and contact details. Once we verify, your comments will appear. It is our mechanism for protecting named authors against the bullying of monikers. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-25717855562661673732019-02-05T01:03:05.746+00:002019-02-05T01:03:05.746+00:00Anthony, yes, I think well-placed insults can leav...Anthony, yes, I think well-placed insults can leaven analysis and argument.<br /><br />Especially when dealing with defenders of dominant imperial narratives.<br /><br />They are almost always proto-fascists and so why not call a spade a spade?<br /><br />Because they are generally impervious to contrary reason and evidence. <br /><br />Notice Barry has not answered my questions or bothered withEoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82287804127294938392019-02-04T19:09:05.954+00:002019-02-04T19:09:05.954+00:00Barry - that is fine: I accept that you were provo...Barry - that is fine: I accept that you were provoked but we prefer an exchange of ideas rather than an exchange of infantile names. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-70248918876915189882019-02-04T17:29:36.233+00:002019-02-04T17:29:36.233+00:00AM
I totally agree. I far rather prefer vigorous...AM<br /><br />I totally agree. I far rather prefer vigorous debate based on evidence and good research (Venezuela a prime example) rather than descending into personal exchanges which I acknowledge my culpability in. But because I have been subject to quasi-racist, quasi-homophobic insults and false assumptions about my supposed academic tenure when the truth is so painfully different, i will Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-35989820223676256122019-02-04T17:11:29.015+00:002019-02-04T17:11:29.015+00:00Barry,
Was Clinton not a pathological liar? ...Barry,<br /> Was Clinton not a pathological liar? Did she not attack alleged rape victims, stand by an alleged rapist Christopher Hitchens did good investigation work on this. Are you saying Trump was the first to attack on a whim? Oiver stone did great work exposing that history. Rachel Maddow cnn, etctell us daily about collusion but with no proof. Buisness meetings are not proof. WhereDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39375566819579770112019-02-04T06:31:39.702+00:002019-02-04T06:31:39.702+00:00Does personal abuse ever enhance the quality of a ...Does personal abuse ever enhance the quality of a discussion? It detracts from the quality of the exchanges. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-49233934242438547362019-02-03T23:38:06.375+00:002019-02-03T23:38:06.375+00:00David
Well I am bothered because a pathological l...David<br /><br />Well I am bothered because a pathological liar, sexual predator and dangerous narcissist who is tearing up arms control treaties, climate change agreements and talks about attacking other countries on a whim occupies the highest office in the world's second largest democracy because of assistance from a gangster, kleptocratic ex KGB operative who is dedicated to bringing Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-88835057047444100562019-02-03T23:09:16.263+00:002019-02-03T23:09:16.263+00:00Eoghan
It is clear that you are a "prison bi...Eoghan<br /><br />It is clear that you are a "prison bitch" for the Russian Empire; its lackeys and for thuggish organisations such as the Provisional IRA and successors.<br /><br />You may dispute what I have just said but if you choose to direct personal insults at me without ever having met in lieu of reasoned, evidence based arguments then do not be surprised if if I repay your Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2365700969130398592019-02-03T22:08:12.769+00:002019-02-03T22:08:12.769+00:00Barry:
What’s your proof that Chomsky made excuse...Barry:<br /><br />What’s your proof that Chomsky made excuses for the Khmer Rouge and Serb Nationalists? <br /><br />Or is this just something you have to say to get hired somewhere? <br />Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85843655921479697952019-02-03T17:04:07.853+00:002019-02-03T17:04:07.853+00:00Barry,
You've some insight into Pu...Barry,<br /> You've some insight into Putin and Trump's conversations. It doesn't really bother me if Trump's guilty i've no agenda in American politics. Democrats, Republicans all one to me. It amuses me though when people like you scoff at conspiracy theories while trumpeting your own with just as little evidence Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-7968085290046601132019-02-03T15:46:14.715+00:002019-02-03T15:46:14.715+00:00Am
I don't think he will, maybe he doesn...Am<br /> I don't think he will, maybe he doesn't deserve to. It's almost funny to watch progressives convince themselves that this time, this time the slaughter is justified while convincing themselves they're moral superior to past empires<br /> Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13009118793911787972019-02-03T15:41:00.856+00:002019-02-03T15:41:00.856+00:00Don't believe everything the media wants you t...Don't believe everything the media wants you to hear I.e there may well indeed be opposition building to Maduro within his country, as demonstrated by images of the coup leader rallies, but what the media are ignoring is the even bigger rallies in support of Maduro. A kind of conditioning of the public is happening much like the conditioning that paved the way for NATO hijacking Libya for itsWolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66024249601413037632019-02-03T15:26:52.503+00:002019-02-03T15:26:52.503+00:00Barry, heal thyself.
US Presidents often impose...Barry, heal thyself. <br /> <br />US Presidents often impose violent regime change for other countries they want to control.<br /><br />They rig elections, detain political opponents, violent repress opposition and ravage economies.<br /><br />See Italy, Greece, Iran, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam…<br /><br />All to the tune of "What we say goes!" -Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.com