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A comment on George Carlin's "Soft Language". Parent comment

Re:George Carlin's "Soft Language" by Eumenes on Sunday October 22, 2023 @08:46AM (#37974889)
Carlin has only ever been a "philosopher" to juveniles. He was right on corporate America and the American war machine, but he was a self-loathing misanthrope and nihilist
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Re:George Carlin's "Soft Language" by newswasboring on Sunday October 22, 2023 @08:54AM (#37974957)
Nihilism and misanthropy are valid philosophical positions though.
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Re:George Carlin's "Soft Language" by Eumenes on Sunday October 22, 2023 @09:06AM (#37975034)
No doubt but he's a comedian, not a philosopher. Carlin's crusty curmudgeon personality never did much for me. I'm an atheist but his whole anti religion shtick really turned me off.
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Re:George Carlin's "Soft Language" by nedrylandJP on Sunday October 22, 2023 @09:23PM (#37980580)
I recommend consulting his early/middle material... 1967–1990 maybe. You're only really referring to his last 10–15 years or so.
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