“...I need convincing that Molyneux even HAS philosophical views to debunk. He's mostly an endless daily vomiting of personal grievances mixed with justifications for treatment of others as worthless inferiors.”--Money Detonator
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Mr Molyneux heads the organisation Freedomain Radio, an online group that was described as a cult.
"best-selling author"?
You know, I'm all for free speech, I don't think Molyneux or absolutely anyone should ever be prevented from speaking, anywhere, if there's an audience who want to hear them - but I can't help laugh at all this, it's great to see Molyneux finally climb out of his tiny stay-at-home-mom bubble and experience, for himself, some of the shit he's been stirring up for years.
.@AklCouncil venues shouldn't be used to stir up ethnic or religious tensions. Views that divide rather than unite are repugnant and I have made my views on this very clear. Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux will not be speaking at any Council venues.
Let me be very clear, the right to free speech does not mean the right to be provided with an @AklCouncil platform for that speech.
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I bet he was livid seeing himself so relegated - in both the above linked articles - to little more than a footnote to Lauren Southern, one article describing the world's best ever 'philosopher' as "commentator Stefan Molyneux".
it's great to see Molyneux finally climb out of his tiny stay-at-home-mom bubble and experience, for himself, some of the shit he's been stirring up for years.
To be accurate, their visas were approved, so, they are free to physically go where they want in the two countries, and to spout what they want. They aren't prohibited from speech; They are prohibited from using their venue of choice in Aukland.
I might be a tiny bit more sympathetic if they weren't claiming the same right themselves as the mayor. In the "Terms of Service" on the ticket sales page of the Axiomatic, they themselves reserve the right to refuse entry to ticket holders
I think he hid behind the camera because he isn't very charismatic in person. His early podcasts were mostly about how no one liked him and everyone (esp. women and co-workers) kept rejecting him, and how he concluded that it must have been because they envied his intellectual and moral superiority. People who've met him at Libertarian gatherings say he's withdrawn and not impressive. After he gave the speech at Amsterdam (hilarious to listen to because you can hear a pin drop after he tried to crack jokes). . . .
he complained in his podcasts that at the mixers no one would talk to him or listen to him talk about his Masters degree and thesis (LOL!). I think he's more at home (literally) talking at a safe distance in front of a camera with complete control to browbeat or hang up on insecure callers, and performing for self selected adoring fans he can keep at a safe distance online, where he can hit the ban button if anyone bothers or challenges him.
Quote from: money detonator on July 14, 2018, 12:16:57 PMI think he hid behind the camera because he isn't very charismatic in person. His early podcasts were mostly about how no one liked him and everyone (esp. women and co-workers) kept rejecting him, and how he concluded that it must have been because they envied his intellectual and moral superiority. People who've met him at Libertarian gatherings say he's withdrawn and not impressive. After he gave the speech at Amsterdam (hilarious to listen to because you can hear a pin drop after he tried to crack jokes). . . . Do you have a link to that - or a title to search for . . . ?
Quote from: Lupus on July 14, 2018, 08:08:53 PMQuote from: money detonator on July 14, 2018, 12:16:57 PMI think he hid behind the camera because he isn't very charismatic in person. His early podcasts were mostly about how no one liked him and everyone (esp. women and co-workers) kept rejecting him, and how he concluded that it must have been because they envied his intellectual and moral superiority. People who've met him at Libertarian gatherings say he's withdrawn and not impressive. After he gave the speech at Amsterdam (hilarious to listen to because you can hear a pin drop after he tried to crack jokes). . . . Do you have a link to that - or a title to search for . . . ?https://youtu.be/joITmEr4SjY
https://youtu.be/joITmEr4SjY
Quote from: money detonator on July 15, 2018, 12:15:58 AMhttps://youtu.be/joITmEr4SjYQuick question for the North Americans, when you say 'graduate level' do you mean degree level, is Molyneux's claim at the start of the video that 'I’ve studied philosophy at ‘a graduate level’ a claim that he did a degree in philosophy ?I'm not 100% sure how education qualifications are graded in North America.This claim sort of caught my attention, because it's well known that he didn't study for a degree in philosophy, he's said so himself many times . . . example: "not one of us (here at FDR) has a degree in philosophy" (FDR 3162).?
Graduate-level just means masters level in America (same as postgraduate in England).
I believe he did take a class on Aristotle while in his masters program, but he completed a History maters, not Philosophy. So he's stretching the truth a bit by saying that.