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@Juan Yes, I think most users here already know you're sort of making a living with your Tik Tok. Tough, but this thing's getting more and more unethical by the months. Get ready, prepare to find another outlet for your artistic talents. Tik Tok either will be banned from the USA, or will be regulated severely. Don't be like Destiny or these toxic influencers and streamers. Did you know that he was doxxed by a kid about a decade ago, and later threatened to kill that kid and his Dad? Over being blocked, without considering other alternative avenues of gaining income? Do you want to grow like that, treat life over dramatically like that?

@Leo Gura In regards to the Buddha though, wasn't he renowned for his debate and argument skills? He was able to convince the majority of spiritual masters of Buddhism on his side, which required some critical thinking on his part? Is there also a tradeoff here, of having more systems thinking and less mystical/spiritual experiences? And Vice versa?

@How to be wise Of course, higher consciousness and spirituality /=/ good political takes and understanding governments and how to lead people. These are, to me, two distinct developmental paths, both seperate and sometimes overlap with each other.

@Hardkill 5. Also, Just because Tik Tok has marginally helped with voting for the left against Trump, as AOC and TYT claim, doesn't mean that it justifies not banning Tik Tok, as this is favoritism and bias. Why? Because if it happened to be that Tik Tok had way more right-wingers, that is voting for Trump and the Republic that happened to be in the right morally speaking, that just happens to be fighting against evil corrupt lizard lefties ruling the establishment, wouldn't AOC and TYT then for banning Tik Tok?. See how the syllogism and logic of this makes it more selfish that a person would just oppose Tik Tok just because it helped you?

@Hardkill Okay, here's what I think: I think Tik Tok should be banned for the following: 1. A historic moment in America's history in recent decades, of a social media platform being banned. Also, the USA government does shut down websites as well, like illegal drug trafficking, sex trafficking sites and other perverse and potentially harmful websites from time to time, of course these websites aren't social media sites. Why not make history and BAN TIK TOK and be the first country to do so? 2. While this AOC politician argues from the legal standpoint, I argue from the psychological harm standpoint. In fact, in the very design and formatting of Tik Tok, from automated facial beautification, to time distortion(no time marks in Tik Tok screen=lose of time spent), and to Algorithm hyper efficient in tailoring and catering content per user's bias more so than any other algorithm out there, and the controversy of kiddie porn being recommended in Tik Tok feeds, there's a convincing case for banning Tik Tok due to psychological degradation of the user, as well as enough studies and research so far to show the ADD/ADHD symptoms that develop from prolonged social media usage of Tik Tok. Can we tolerate Tik Tok and the corrosive effects it has for the brains of young people? 3. National security risks. AOC is incorrect to saying that the USA's data laws, privacy laws and protection laws are being violated by big tech and USA based tech companies that collect your data, and drawing a false equivalency to the data collection, privacy and protection laws in China and the CCP, which is none existent or minimal in comparison to USA based companies, as these USA based companies collect information to improve their services and products offered digitally to customers and users, whilst the CCP collects data from users of Tik Tok to actually spy more on every user and to use data nefariously for whatever aims the CCP has in store. 4. Creates an opportunity to actually question the Amendments and constitutional rights in the USA, and to finally open reviews to modify these amendments to better suit the modern world. Does banning Tik Tok violate the 1st amendment? Let's revise the 1st amendment then. Why? Because some people abuse and misuse the 1st amendment to kingdom come! Finally, a truly pivotal moment in history, to question and revise these amendments right Americans?! Finally some forward progress.

@Leo Gura Will you start to trademark the word AWAKE, or AWAKENING from now on, in this forum?

Interesting, I might try this out: There's something interesting when spirits and other entities of this type use energy to communicate like this.

@Hello from Russia Okay, what type, and nationality, and religion, and nationalism of conservative should we start comparing the Russian equivalent to?

@How to be wise So, because he sounds like Don Beck, says the left-wing is an unhealthy version of a higher level, and today's right-wing as a healthy version o a lower level, that we shouldn't take Ken Wilbur seriously? Is this what you mean?

@Hardkill What do you think? Should Tik Tok be banned or not in America? Regulated more or less, if not banned?

@Hardkill The argument to not ban Tik Tok is weak in this case. She has not raised enough sufficient evidence to make a compelling and persuasive case for her side. It's stupid and silly to defend this Tik Tok app at this point.

@Tanz This is pretty true for the most part. Left will not take accountability for the Transgender ideology part, and the right will not take accountability for more looser gun controls and legal processing and access to firearms. The Progressive/socialist/communistic ideology confounded and confused this shooter, and the more right leaning laws around gun regulation in Nashville allowed this person easier access to these firearms. Both left and right are in blame mode, the right pouncing on and capitalizing on hating trans more, and the left on defensive mode deflecting.

@Schizophonia I have a problem when you say I'm saying nonsense, meanwhile justifying your enslavement under French rule and frying poor little foggy unjustly all the time. Nonsensicality is the best policy, past-present-future tenses sentencing residents with modern peasants thinking exchanging current curtsies and pleasantries makes you more Germanic and less Frenchy, and not dramatic and flaccid, high on Sulphuric acid cloud nines, while being insightful in. There is no pint, flint rhyme and reason for why my mind thinks reason is treason, equivalent to the air windmills spinning within the Motherland, landing landmarks that x out treasure spots. And the French are probably drench in fluids, from Parris with love yours truly, romantic in language and anguish, open ended perv relations, poly just to justify heated cheated abusive beatings, even Omnipresent liberals limber on town bicycles actively luring the best mates inside this drama and view farming shipping game per views.

@Epikur What I think? At the moment, my arguments are in my brain, I will later fact check. So you wish you were younger? Miss your youth? Time flies by.

@Carl-Richard @UnbornTao WAH, I don't want my two favorite moderators to argue! Can we find a happy middle?

@at_anchor LOL, then go and vacation there. Actually, go and visit Germany and France and see for yourself.

@Thought Art Yeah, I agree there's a disproportionate amount of mental illness in most specific communities and in general in the western hemisphere, some in eastern hemisphere too. Now after this event, there's some political ramifications with gun ownership laws in Nashville, and the weapons were legally obtained by the shooter. One problem I'll anticipate, is Biden stating how he'll plan on banning specific classes of firearms after this. However, the real issue is the legal process of obtaining a firearm, and the processes of obtaining a gun legally. I think he'll have to campaign a way for more restriction via psychological testing first, and either annual review or every 6 months of reviewing the gun owner's psychology and capacity, similarly to doing a vehicle or motorcycle test annually. Also, nice profile pic. Are you happy with the change?

@trenton That's true, I agree that they did have to add the word homosexual as there were no Hebrew equivalents for same sexual intercourses, as far as I know. Yes, when the preacher was calling gays by Sodomites, that's another example of misusing and misapplying language, using a word too often out of context that it distorts and erodes the intended and original meaning of a word. Lost in translation, erosion of intended meaning, and the philosopher phone message game, all that are examples of language losing meanings. I could be wrong, but isn't Sodomite and Sodomy very similar in the original? Going by what you've said of Romans chapter 1, since we don't have the Hebrew equivalent the argument is very hard to resolve in the grounds of accurate translation by original sourcing. With the Greek translation it's interesting, because keeping in mind that in that time period the Greek culture were pretty liberal when it comes to sexual relations, as well as the Roman cultures too, I think prior to Emperor Nero making Christianity the official religion? So, because most Romans and Greeks were polytheistic in their worldview then, it's safe to assume that by worshipping multiple deities they're likely to practice open relationships too, as most Paganist tribes/cultures have more polyamorous relationships out of survival. So, it's likely that the Greek translation is condemning sex in temple grounds rather than homosexuality. Either case it's ironic to condemn homosexual sex or sex in a sacred temple or even any sex wherever and however, as some will have sex if discreet, also coming from Greek/Roman culture when they're mostly perverts back then.

@Epikur So you believe that all progressives believe that all conservatives are Fascists and Nazi?

@Romanov Firstly, we don't know enough to conclude that this shooter was retaliating to Christian hateful speaking of his/her identity, as the TYT was alluding to here, so does it justify using this video to explain what just happened? Secondly, TYT lacks sufficient evidence to claim that this Christian preacher has directly caused this mass shooting to happen. So, any claim from TYT on this specific point, is irrelevant until further investigation. Thirdly, how does this video connect to the mass shooting at all? Again, all TYT has is emotional appealing and preaching to the progressive/social masses. For all we know, this mass shooter could later be found to be motivated by a different reason or motivation. We don't know enough that the mass shooter is religiously motivated to shoot.

@Romanov Also, this Nashville shooter is Caucasian, so playing the race card in defense of this shooter's actions isn't applicable, nor is saying that this shooter was high on drugs is applicable yet. Second, we don't enough yet why this mass shooter decided to shoot up this school, so we can't justify and defend his action based on psychological abuse or bullying or even gender identity discrimination yet by the Christian school. So, how does this justify and shields the shooter's actions?

@Romanov Wait, what does this have to do with BLM and George Floyd now??? Why are we pivoting and including a separate situation to contextualize this mass shooter's actions? George Floyd is a criminal and resisted arrest, had Fentanyl in his system, and died of cardiac arrest due to both lack of oxygen and fentanyl in his system. How is Floyd's situation, and BLM, have to do with explaining and justifying this Nashville school shooter's actions?

Police haven't even confirmed whether this is a politically motivated shooting, or whether the person's gender identity had any bearing at all yet. So why are we jumping to a conclusion that this is a transgendered person, who may have been bullied or victimized?

@Jannes What do you mean they could have protested or bullied that individual in a million ways? Great support by the majority of the population? Are you saying that this shooter was a victim? Is there confirmation from police or other reports that this person was being victimized?

@Tobia Of course orgies and soup frogs, not damage, but give a country a strangeness to it. I ain't making OP come over to the UK either, @PurpleTree here asked me that thinking he's got gotcha moments on me just because he can't take a joke not directed at him but at OP, so he's white knghting and simping for her instead.