News, Politics, and Orthodoxy with Michael Sisco

[Justin-H.S.]

Just a discussion between two Orthobro's about current events and what retrograde Orthobro's (and sisters) should be doing. TL;DR - Be Orthodox, but live like the Amish, or perhaps the Mennonites. Don't go full Neo-Luddite.

 

[gzt]

Is this guy even Orthodox? The Church fo the Eternal Logos twitter feed is, like, actually anti-semitic and he sells weird neo-Confederate stuff in his store.

EDIT: the podcaster is, in fact, not Orthodox, unless something has changed in the last couple weeks.

 

[Justin-H.S.]

Is this guy even Orthodox? The Church fo the Eternal Logos twitter feed is, like, actually anti-semitic and he sells weird neo-Confederate stuff in his store.

So, is he a Nazi for advocating...*shuffles deck, pulls card*....homesteading?

 

[gzt]

No, it's not necessarily on this stream, which I am not going to listen to, but he has, for instance, responded to some random Paul Krugman tweet with "Typical Jew," to give just one example.

 

[gzt]

I see better now the point of the suggestion somebody recently had to make a separate "politics" forum.

 

[Justin-H.S.]

No, it's not necessarily on this stream, which I am not going to listen to,

Okay, then why are you posting on a thread about this stream?

but he has, for instance, responded to some random Paul Krugman tweet with "Typical Jew," to give just one example.

I don't know who Paul Krugman is nor do I have twitter, and if I did I wouldn't be following people I ideologically disagreed with anyway.

 

[gzt]

To call into question why this random, uncredentialed person with potentially radical politics is somehow a worthy person to listen to on the subject of Orthodoxy.

 

[Justin-H.S.]

To call into question why this random, uncredentialed person is somehow a worthy person to listen to on the subject of Orthodoxy.

Why are you a worthy person to listen to on the subject of Orthodoxy?

 

[gzt]

I'm not asking anybody to listen to me talk for an hour and a half, advertising a youtube channel, or anything like that.

 

[gzt]

I'm also, and this is important, not, for instance, an anti-semite.

 

[Justin-H.S.]

I'm not asking anybody to listen to me talk for an hour and a half, advertising a youtube channel, or anything like that.

But, you sure do like coming in and kicking over other peoples sand castles.

 

[gzt]

Yes, I do.

 

[Justin-H.S.]

I'm also, and this is important, not, for instance, an anti-semite.

Congratulations.

 

[Justin-H.S.]

Yes, I do.

So, I can just ignore you then. Cool.

 

[Anhelyna]

OK guys - quit the argument please - we really do not need this

 

[Justin-H.S.]

OK guys - quit the argument please - we really do not need this

My fault...

 

[gzt]

OK guys - quit the argument please - we really do not need this

I think the entire post should be removed.

 

[Platina]

I am glad to see this forum going in a good direction!

 

[Justin-H.S.]

I am glad to see this forum going in a good direction!

I wasn't even aware it was going in a bad direction. (do you mean CF or TAW?)

I like the idea they brought up about finding like minded people in your own Church communities and starting small population centers in which to pool money together to buy land to build on.

 

[Xenophon]

I wasn't even aware it was going in a bad direction. (do you mean CF or TAW?)

I like the idea they brought up about finding like minded people in your own Church communities and starting small population centers in which to pool money together to buy land to build on.

I know a priest who has almost done that with his extended family. Haven't checked out the stream yet, but the idea of making communities like that is a good one - and Orthodox people have done so before.