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Your Top 5 People that influenced your thinking
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:08 pm
And I’m going with famous people, not people in your personal life (which would be Top 5 for almost everyone). For me:
1) Penn Jillette
2) George Carlin
3) Christopher Hitchens
4) Matt Stone and Trey Parker
5) Sam Harris
Penn Jillette got to me right into high school with “Penn and Teller’s bullshite” and the only episode I disagreed with them on was the death penalty, and I think I went from a big conservative to a hardcore libertarian thanks to him. Matt and Trey I’ve also almost entirely agreed with their line of politics and their philosophy connected with me at an early age as well.
The other 3 I found out about a bit later in life and made me cynical to the world around me.
What are your 5?
1) Penn Jillette
2) George Carlin
3) Christopher Hitchens
4) Matt Stone and Trey Parker
5) Sam Harris
Penn Jillette got to me right into high school with “Penn and Teller’s bullshite” and the only episode I disagreed with them on was the death penalty, and I think I went from a big conservative to a hardcore libertarian thanks to him. Matt and Trey I’ve also almost entirely agreed with their line of politics and their philosophy connected with me at an early age as well.
The other 3 I found out about a bit later in life and made me cynical to the world around me.
What are your 5?
This post was edited on 1/29/19 at 8:09 pm
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Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:13 pm to OMLandshark
In no particular order.
1. Ben Shapiro
2. Jordan Peterson
3. Sam Harris
4. Christopher Hitchens
5. Thomas Paine
1. Ben Shapiro
2. Jordan Peterson
3. Sam Harris
4. Christopher Hitchens
5. Thomas Paine
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:13 pm to OMLandshark
Julius Evola
Oswald Mosley
Miguel Serrano
Niccolò Giani
Sam Hyde
Oswald Mosley
Miguel Serrano
Niccolò Giani
Sam Hyde
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:14 pm to OMLandshark
Jesus
Emerson
Ayn Rand
NWA
Carlin/the Simpsons/South Park
Emerson
Ayn Rand
NWA
Carlin/the Simpsons/South Park
This post was edited on 1/29/19 at 8:19 pm
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:15 pm to OMLandshark
Some who I don't necessarily agree with in full (or even in large part) but who influenced my thought over time...
Neal Boortz
Antonin Scalia
Mark Steyn
Samuel Huntington
Neal Boortz
Antonin Scalia
Mark Steyn
Samuel Huntington
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:16 pm to OMLandshark
Aristotle
Plato
Sun Tzu
Descartes
Socrates
Plato
Sun Tzu
Descartes
Socrates
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:16 pm to Robin Masters
William Buckley
Whitaker Chambers
Ann Ryand
Joni Mitchell
Richard Prior
Whitaker Chambers
Ann Ryand
Joni Mitchell
Richard Prior
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:17 pm to OMLandshark
None.
People who seem to think the same as me.
Carlin
Carolla
Vacherie Saint
People who seem to think the same as me.
Carlin
Carolla
Vacherie Saint
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:17 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:17 pm to Pettifogger
quote:
Some who I don't necessarily agree with in full (or even in large part) but who influenced my thought over time...
Keep in mind, it can have something to do with something you are terrified by. I considered putting both Osama Bin Laden and Karl Marx as terrifying examples on where I want to do the exact opposite of what they want. I’m thinking about replacing Harris with one of them.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:18 pm to Robin Masters
The four sisters that moved in across the street and their dad
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:19 pm to GregMaddux
quote:
None
That’s bullshite. You are human and therefore a sponge. You absorb information outside of your control and often understanding, and that influences how you think in the future.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:19 pm to OMLandshark
I love this thread
1) Ronald Regan (when I was little I thought he would always be the POTUS).
2) Margaret Thatcher (Bad arse woman leader who helped end the Cold War).
3) Rush Limbaugh (so not intellectual I know, but Rush just has a way to put things and he got huge right when I was entering college)
4) Antonin Scalia (law school)
5) Malcolm Gladwell. (His books are fascinating).
1) Ronald Regan (when I was little I thought he would always be the POTUS).
2) Margaret Thatcher (Bad arse woman leader who helped end the Cold War).
3) Rush Limbaugh (so not intellectual I know, but Rush just has a way to put things and he got huge right when I was entering college)
4) Antonin Scalia (law school)
5) Malcolm Gladwell. (His books are fascinating).
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:19 pm to Wednesday
quote:
Malcolm Gladwell. (His books are fascinating
Great podcasts as well.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:20 pm to OMLandshark
John C. Calhoun
J.R.R. Tolkien
P.J. O'Rourke
Camille Paglia
Rush Limbaugh
J.R.R. Tolkien
P.J. O'Rourke
Camille Paglia
Rush Limbaugh
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:20 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
Matt Stone and Trey Parker
That’s a really good one and I haven’t bought about it until now but their influence on political thought especially amongst the young can’t be understated.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:21 pm to OMLandshark
1. Jesus
2. St. Francis of Assisi
3. Oscar Romero
4.Thomas Merten
5. Karl Marx
2. St. Francis of Assisi
3. Oscar Romero
4.Thomas Merten
5. Karl Marx
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:23 pm to OMLandshark
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This post was edited on 5/26/23 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:23 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
Keep in mind, it can have something to do with something you are terrified by. I considered putting both Osama Bin Laden and Karl Marx as terrifying examples on where I want to do the exact opposite of what they want. I’m thinking about replacing Harris with one of them.
Yeah I included people who've mostly "positively" influenced my thought in the sense that they've promoted a worldview that I've adopted in at least some part or that reinforced positions or ways of thinking I already held. Most of mine were just sort of the right voice to get to me at a particular, impressionable stage of life.
I tried to think of any that had "negatively" influenced my thinking to a similar degree, but none really reached that level. Maybe some combination of Derrida and Foucault, but not really.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:24 pm to DelU249
quote:
Fox Mulder
Trump is most certainly your #1.
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