Candace and TuCa

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Can we unpack exactly what it means for Candace Owens to ‘wager her entire professional credibility’?

Is that like me wagering my entire collection of Super Bowl rings?

[Horace]

That's a rhetorical trick they pull. It should have a name. Posture as if it's a given that you have credibility, then put that credibility on the line for a question that you can always claim some truth about without engaging with any honest pushback. I've heard Bret Weinstein pull the same trick, putting his credibility as a biologist on the line, over some question about the COVID vaccine. He openly challenged the world to rebut him, and some other biologists did so, and he never responded, last I checked.

[jon-nyc]

Tucker will build bridges with anyone as long as they hate Ukraine.

[jon-nyc]

If Charles Manson were still alive and anti-Ukraine, Tucker would probably get him on the show too. "Okay, you may not agree with disemboweling a pregnant Sharon Tate, but wait until you hear what Charlie has to say about Ukraine!"

[Horace]

There is nothing inherently wrong with believing ideas a la carte rather than as a tribal basket.

[Mik]

Interesting piece. I would like to listen to the rest of it and read the book.

[Mik]

Just bought it on Kindle for a buck.

[Renauda]

@Horace said in Candace and TuCa:

There is nothing inherently wrong with believing ideas a la carte rather than as a tribal basket.

Depends what’s on the menu and how insatiable the appetite might be.

[Renauda]

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[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Candace and TuCa:

There is nothing inherently wrong with believing ideas a la carte rather than as a tribal basket.

But if he has a bunch of stupid ideas about some things, isn't he likely to have a bunch of stupid ideas about other things too? Ice cream notwithstanding.

Also, is ice-cream making ability in some way tied to expertise in Eastern European politics?

If not, why should I care what he thinks about things other than Ye Olde English Fudge and Cherry Garcia?

[Renauda]

Once again, Cohen and his mentor, John Mearsheimer, conveniently ignore facts.

One, Gorbachev himself confirmed there was never any promise by the US or NATO not expand eastwards.

Two, that beginning in the 1990s with the Partnership For Peace initiative, Russia had every opportunity to coordinate and even integrate its armed forces with NATO.

Third, in 2004 Putin himself requested the NATO Sect’y General, Lord Robertson, to invite Russia to become a member of NATO. Robertson informed Putin that NATO membership is not by invitation, but rather by application and that there was no impediment for Russia to undertake the application process. Putin however did not feel that as a permanent member of the UNSC and nuclear super power that Russia should be forced to submit an application like any other non founding member of the Alliance.

Four, Putin knows full well that NATO is a purely defensive alliance and poses zero threat to Russia’s security.

Cohen lives in a world of ideological make believe and probably believes that Russia remains the proletarian paradise of Soviet times. FuCa, on the other hand, lives with his head up his arse.