I am Virtuoso. Jewish * Democratic Socialist * Aspie. AMA

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Here's another:

In your OP, and in your profile pic, and based on my knowledge of you in general, you display five layers of identities: (1) Jewish, (2) Aspie, (3) democratic socialist, (4) potentially goth/emo, and (5) gay.

What role do these identities play in your understanding of yourself, and why?  As you conceive of yourself, are you the sum of your overlapping identities, and, if so, do you agree that the set of them and their intersection indicates the degree of your own individuality?  If so, why?  Further, if the overlapping intersection of those or other identities or groups to which you belong, do you also believe that the individual must therefore be the fundamental social unit (as opposed to the groups, themselves)?  Are identity-based groups social units of relevance? 

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@David
Why do you hold a stupid ideology? Why not give some throught as well as research to belief systems before adopting them? 
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@David
What is it about "aloha" that you choose it as a greeting even though you're not from Hawaii? 
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He probably got it from Bsh, who used to do it as President of DDO.
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It seems so.  I was just wondering what the reason was.
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@David
Reminder to continue your AMA.
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How do you feel and think that having Aspergers impacts you?  Do you think there are advantages?  If so, what?  Disadvantages?  If so, what?  If not, why?

There are several ways. First, a lot of people with Aspergers/Autism spectrum also have sensory processing disorder. There are certain textures, sounds, tastes, and smells that I absolutely cannot stand and sometimes have a bit of a mini panic attack if I come in cross with them.

I have a tendency to talk about the same thing and get stuck on one topic.

Also I tend to get too emotionally attached to someone too quickly, and often times it's with the wrong person.

Not sure if there are any advantages/disadvantages.
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Why democratic socialism, and, more interestingly, why NOT anything else?  I may be misremembering, but I seem to recall that you were not always a democratic socialist, or even politically on the left.  What changed, and why?  Why have you stuck with this?

I've noticed that you've had a lot of debates about whether Jesus is the messiah, here and elsewhere.  Do you feel that validation of your religious beliefs requires the invalidation of Christianity?  If so, why Christianity in particular?  Further, if you believe that Christianity would need to be invalidated in order to validate your own religious beliefs, do you also feel this way about other Abrahamic religions, namely Islam? If you do not believe that Islam or other Abrahamic religions would need to be invalidated, why Christianity in particular? Beyond Abrahamic religions, have you similarly considered and rejected (as you have with Christianity) other world religions? Namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism? 

How do you feel about Ben Shapiro?

How do you feel about Noam Chomsky?

How do you feel about the current situation between Israel and Palestine? 

I feel like Democratic Socialism has the best policies. That being said, I do disagree with certain democratic socialist and have some issues with the Green Party, the party that I feel is closest to my ideology.

My political views have certainly changed and evolved over the years. I grew up in a conservative household and was exposed to Republican/Libertarian ideologies. After looking at the evidence and viewing the results of their policies, I just don't feel like their policies can work in the real world.

I grew up a fundamentalist Christian so that's kinda why I'm focuse my debates mostly around Christianity vs. Judaism. Further Christians spend millions of dollars each year to convert Jews to Christianity.

No real thoughts on Shapiro or Chomsky.

Israel and Palestine is way too broad of a question.
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In your OP, and in your profile pic, and based on my knowledge of you in general, you display five layers of identities: (1) Jewish, (2) Aspie, (3) democratic socialist, (4) potentially goth/emo, and (5) gay.

What role do these identities play in your understanding of yourself, and why?  As you conceive of yourself, are you the sum of your overlapping identities, and, if so, do you agree that the set of them and their intersection indicates the degree of your own individuality?  If so, why?  Further, if the overlapping intersection of those or other identities or groups to which you belong, do you also believe that the individual must therefore be the fundamental social unit (as opposed to the groups, themselves)?  Are identity-based groups social units of relevance? 

1) Jewish is my religious identity and the faith that I choose to follow.
2) Having aspergers/autism has definitely affected who I am
3) DS is my political ideology. Interestingly I feel that DS goes hand in hand with Torah/Judaism values.
4) I'm actually not a goth. I just thought this was a cool pic.
5) 100% gay and not ashamed about it.



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I get the feeling you were not arguing dsvil's advocate in our debate. I may have a few questions about your beliefs. You seemed to think it was stupid when Donald Trump threatened Kim Jung Un , on Twitter. I get the feeling that a lot of Democrats don't understand the concept of grand strategy and look at each event and judge it on a very short term basis. Why do you think his insinuated threat was stupid, when it literally brought North Korea to the table and got them to negotiate deweaponizing and playing more nicely with the global community? 

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When I debate, there's almost at least one argument that I don't necessarily believe in real life. 
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Oh, I thought that might be the case as well.
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I recently did a debate with blamonkey on the death penalty. I am totally against the death penalty but I think I argued my case pretty well. 

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I feel like Democratic Socialism has the best policies. 

Can you elaborate on this a bit? 



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@David
Why do you think there are so many Aspies on this site?
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@David
Who's really dictates U.S. policy?
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Z4----Who's really dictates U.S. policy?
What percentage of any correct answer  ---to Z4s question---  is based upon, or directly associated with  $ $ $ ?

99% is correct answer.