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dO yOuR hOmEwOrK The standard retort of the YouTube "educated" culture warrior.

"Everything I don't like or don't want to believe I blame on the 'Left.'" - This Guy ^^^

Spencer, are you someone who opposes same sex marriage? If not, my comment has nothing to do with you. Are you someone who believes trans adults shouldn't be allowed to have transition surgery or that trans people should not have rights that protect them from discrimination in areas like employment and housing? Then my comment has nothing to do with you. My caveat speaks for itself and does not require a pages long rebuttal only to arrive at "we agree."

No. I acknowledged the biological pitfalls in dealing with children whose decision making centers of their brains are not yet fully developed. It is entirely possible to express bafflement about people who aggressively pursue anti-trans (e.g. "trans people don't exist" types of mottos) and anti-gay (e.g. "there are no gay members of the church") sentiments regarding adults and still be reasonable enough to note that there is an exception to the situation when it comes to children. If you continue to see the world through a black and white lens, you'll have nothing but conflict with people who can actually identify nuance.

I admit I continue to be baffled by the concern conservatives have about what other people do with their genitals. Whether it be same sex marriage or trans issues, the alleged societal concerns are weak, at best. FOR THE RECORD: I am not in favor of surgical solutions to trans matters for minors, with the exception of very rare intersex situations.

Interesting that you seem to think acting like you do is in any way appropriate.

You are aggressively rude and off putting. Your message doesn't get past your bile. Ever.

It's as fine an example of his gatekeeping efforts as exists.

Jacob has attacked Dan in the past, FYI -https://x.com/search?q=from%3AThoughtfulSaint Dan&src=typed_query&f=top

Seems to just be an idiotic Mike Lee thing.

This started with his response to Mike Lee stating that Nazis were "socialist" and agreeing with him -

It's an opinion based on my personal observations, man. Why you and Stargazer are so obsessed with my criticisms, or with defending Hansen for some reason, is completely beyond me. I don't know him personally, so I can't say I "don't like him," but I don't think he's very good at what he does and I don't think he has a firm grasp of many of the issues he tries to address. I'm sure you'll live through the tragedy of me criticizing his actions.

You suck at reading my mind.

Once again, you demonstrate how little you understand the lengths to which conmen will go to maintain their image as being in the right.

I'm not going to get into a lengthy debate about Jacob Hansen. I've interacted with him, I've argued with him about some of his more shallow assertions (e.g. Nazis were really "socialists" because the full name of the party was "National Socialist Party"), I've watched him harass Julie Hanks, and I've seen him engage in some of the worst bad faith polemics on social media (especially Twitter/X). He thrives off rage bait and he fancies himself a gatekeeper for the Church, in my opinion. If you enjoy his content, that's certainly your prerogative. I have formed my opinion over a number of years of direct observation and interaction and feel no need to revisit it in depth.

Part 2 is out. The grandiosity, the appeal to "conspiracy," the threats, the use of "God" to justify his actions. It's all part and parcel of the conman. The grift goes on.

Not really. I just have an opinion that might differ from yours. My observations are that Jacob likes to rage bait people, that he doesn't have in-depth knowledge of critical issues in Church History, and that when challenged he retreats into his sphere of control by saying "come on my show and debate me," which is a space where he can control the narrative. In my opinion, he is chasing clicks to monetize his Church membership and that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Jacob Hansen has never had an original thought of substance in his apologetic endeavors. Expecting him to solve the mystery of the Book of Abraham is nothing more than wishful thinking.

To say she was a less than credible narrator on this story would be a mild understatement.

Ahhhh, there you are! Surprised it took you so long to chime in!

Indeed. I should have marked my comment as sarcasm.

Sounds like he realizes he was a little too honest and now he's trying to avoid losing his LDS supporters. Candidly, he looks like he's trying to court two different groups of people with very different beliefs.

Pretty sure one of them (not you) is right here on this board....

This statement of yours is not supported by the stats you quoted. The question in the YouGov stats was whether it was okay to be happy someone was dead after the assassination, not whether the shooting was justified. Those are very different matters. The YouGov polling does ask that question though and states the following - Because the story doesn't publish the statistical significance of the difference between the groups, it's impossible to tell whether these alleged differences between/among the groups is meaningful or just noise in the data.