Comments on: Help Me Join the June 6 Veteran’s Rally in DC! https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552 Announcing appearances, publications, and analysis of questions historical, philosophical, and political by author, philosopher, and historian Richard Carrier. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:33:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40799 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:33:07 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40799 In reply to Dana Harbaugh.

Propaganda.

Apply your critical thinking skills to identify the premises there (each claim to fact that they say supports their thesis) and fact-check each one. You will find they don’t pan out. If you need advice of how to do that reliably, see A Primer on Actually Doing Your Own Research.

And also, apply your critical thinking skills to avoid being “framed,” i.e. being pushed to only consider the fact-claims they make, rather than checking to see what the fact-claims of the actual organizers are (there will often be facts in there that this propagandist is steering you away from and thus concealing from you).

But the general rule is: stop just believing what people say. Check first. Only then can you tell who is telling the truth, and who is not.

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By: Dana Harbaugh https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40796 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:09:06 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40796 “This June 6th rally is not about defending veterans.

It’s about securing a chokehold on one of the most bloated, unaccountable bureaucracies in American government.”

An Operational Truth Report on the Political Weaponization of the VA Extortion Loop.

https://danafharbaugh.substack.com/p/this-june-6th-rally-is-for-power

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40673 Wed, 14 May 2025 20:52:01 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40673 In reply to Thomas Aquinas.

How do you know I haven’t said anything positive about Trump?

It’s hard to find anything in that category, I admit, since even his good ideas are attached to shit execution. So, we kind of have to scrape the bottom of the barrel, like, “He’s probably too impotent to rape a child.” But peruse my scoring of his pre-election platform for things that are at least not “all” bad.

As for your dumb joke, I’m tired of that. Act more seriously here. You aren’t any good at being flippant. It just comes across as annoying. Please leave jokes here to people who actually are humorous.

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By: Thomas Aquinas https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40672 Wed, 14 May 2025 17:33:33 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40672 All you ever do is criticize! Why don’t you say something positive about trump for once??? Who cares about lousy ‘veterans’, real estate agents actually serve our country!

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40630 Sat, 10 May 2025 17:51:53 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40630 In reply to RightOn.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40627 Sat, 10 May 2025 17:26:22 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40627 In reply to Mat F.

Thank you!

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By: RightOn https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40621 Thu, 08 May 2025 14:26:46 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40621 In reply to Richard Carrier.

Glad you got what you needed. I won’t bother my DC relatives unless something changes & you let me know. Hope I get a chance to meet up with you someday. It’s good to find people I agree with on key issues. If you’re not rich already, I hope you get rich. Would love to work with others who have the same goals.

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By: Mat F https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40620 Thu, 08 May 2025 11:44:20 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40620 Done. Good luck!

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40582 Wed, 07 May 2025 01:05:06 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40582 In reply to RightOn.

Thank you. Very kind.

I’ll need to drive (and deal with parking costs).

And I have a place now to stay in MD nearby. Though I definitely would prefer one in DC (closer to venue the better). If you can work that contact me privately.

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By: RightOn https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/34552#comment-40579 Tue, 06 May 2025 23:21:40 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=34552#comment-40579 I have a home in Northern VA & one with relatives in PG County, MD that I’m sure could give you a place to stay if that’s close enough. I also have relatives in Northwest DC that I can check with if you need to be even closer. The VA location is closest to the metro if you prefer walking rather than driving in DC. Please let me know if I can help.

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