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October & November 2011 Post Round-up


A little something to tide all of you over until I can actually write again. Yes, hardly anything new – but it’s organized! With pretty formatting! And links! And all of my blog content since the revival back in September!

Full listing after the jump. See that underlined ‘read more’? Click it. Now. You know you want to.

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Response to an Occupy Sympathizer – PART THREE


[UPDATE 11/20/2011] New arrivals – please visit this story!  it details the incidents of occupy so far that I will put up in my next post that is CURRENTLY in progress! Thanks!

-Dougem

My initial impression of occupy. Please read!

Sneak peek of the photos I will use next post – occupy San Diego’s current presence. Quite small.

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Part 1

Part 2

What’s this? A twist?

“More bias. Blocked. I’ll be in tinychat.com/debate @ 7pm on Monday. Lets see how many people you can get to meet there.”

No, drysift, I’m not going to roll unless enough of my audience wants me to. I’ve brought up my concerns, fleshed them out in agonizing detail, and you’re leaving it all hanging unchallenged. Not only that – but you name a time and place – without even checking to see if I am able to go! Are you maximizing my chance of not being able to show, drysift, so that you can claim an empty victory?

My audience are free to go. I won’t encourage them to because I am willing to bet good money that it will just descend into a flame war – know this ahead of time folks. It’s your choice and yours alone.

So, audience – what do you think? I think it’s time for some direct democracy!

[UPDATE] This is what democracy looks like! The majority, 4 voters, felt drysift needs to respond to my rebuttals like any serious debater would. Thanks folks for putting up with this exercise in Drama. I promise we’ll be moving on shortly.

Quick Update – Plans for a Follow up on Occupy San Diego


Something I was considering from the start, and that has been given validity in my mind owing to feedback from a number of friends –

I fully intend to return to Occupy San Diego after they’ve had a full week to come up with an agenda and message. I’ve expressed a number of concerns regarding them and the national movement – will these concerns ring true or will will they be temporary and fleeting in nature like what usually happens with the ‘professional protesters’ that love to try to steal and hijack protests?

Update [10/14/2011]: The plans got disrupted! Hit ‘Read more’ for…more!

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Full-on Revival


For reasons of convenience, I am briefly reviving this blog to act as a host for citizen journalism efforts I am planning to undertake over the next several months.

Those of you who follow me actively, consider this my supplemental blog for the Skeptic Conservative Podcast.

Those of you stumbling upon this – Hello! I am TheDougem, an independent conservative/gaming vlogger currently pursuing a history degree at UCSD. I like sharing my love of strategy games and my take on current events on my youtube channel. I try to be receptive to all points of view, and encourage a healthy skepticism of all political creeds. If you wish to get in touch with me, leave a comment here 🙂