Episode 003 | Politely Up Yours - I Side With

04/25/16 • 49 min

Joe Macaluso and Dave Rael discuss common ground found in a free website providing the service of identifying where you align and disagree with ideologies, parties, and candidates. The discussion evolves into touching on fairness, rights, and the purpose of law.

Chapters:

0:01 - The podcast now has a name (but you already knew that)
0:19 - The Politely, Up Yours! book club
3:10 - Can groups be actors or only individuals?
6:07 - Democracy as a restaurant
8:39 - Encountering and experiencing isidewith.com and insights regarding common ground
11:09 - Governments forcing businesses to do things they don't want to do
15:04 - Finding those ideals we share
18:12 - Extremism
21:56 - Embracing imperfection and striving for improvement
22:44 - Fairness
27:43 - The suboptimal nature of a two-party system
32:46 - Yes and no questions in law - is there a third possibility?
33:44 - The nature of rights and guarantees, the purpose of law
47:24 - Freedom to be a jerk and freedom of association
48:26 - Discrimination in employment

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Chapters:

0:01 - The podcast now has a name (but you already knew that)
0:19 - The Politely, Up Yours! book club
3:10 - Can groups be actors or only individuals?
6:07 - Democracy as a restaurant
8:39 - Encountering and experiencing isidewith.com and insights regarding common ground
11:09 - Governments forcing businesses to do things they don't want to do
15:04 - Finding those ideals we share
18:12 - Extremism
21:56 - Embracing imperfection and striving for improvement
22:44 - Fairness
27:43 - The suboptimal nature of a two-party system
32:46 - Yes and no questions in law - is there a third possibility?
33:44 - The nature of rights and guarantees, the purpose of law
47:24 - Freedom to be a jerk and freedom of association
48:26 - Discrimination in employment

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Episode 002 | Politely Up Yours - Hacker Vitriol

Dave Rael and Joe Macaluso use reports that the hacker group, Anonymous, targeted Donald Trump as a starting point to discuss vitriol, discourse, power, and emotion

Chapters:

0:12 - Introduction of our topic - the level of discourse and attacks by Anonymous on Donald Trump
1:07 - Reactions to reports of Anonymous attacking Donald Trump - would such actions be a fight for freedom or an immoral act?
3:40 - Thoughts on the nature of Donald Trump
4:21 - Nuance regarding the Trump rhetoric and statements regarding Islam and Muslims
9:05 - Trump supporters and the ignorance of American voters - Trump's statements and the presence or absence of content (any different from any politician?)
11:25 - Is there a difference between Donald Trump's preying on fear and the underlying draw of other politicians? Is there a difference between the parties?
15:31 - Bernie Sanders - is he different?
16:33 - The thoughts of Scott Adams on Donald Trump as the master persuader and the primacy of emotion in decisions
20:11 - "Vitriol rules" - the absence of civil discourse
23:38 - Are personal attacks justified?
25:25 - Breaking the law, the nature of law, and the morality of attacks
27:34 - Batman, justice and penal systems, and vengeance vs. defense
29:48 - The Electoral College, protection from self, and the utility/futility of trying to contribute to the determination of representatives

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Episode 004 | Politely Up Yours - Discrimination

Dave Rael and Joe Macaluso discuss the nature and acceptability/unacceptability of discrimination. The discussion touches on freedom of association, remedies for unreasonable discrimination, and becoming that which we claim to oppose.

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