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[ - ] Version6 0 points 2.8 yearsJun 19, 2021 11:06:08 ago (+0/-0)

They just prove his point.

[ - ] Metanoid 2 points 2.8 yearsJun 19, 2021 11:08:53 ago (+2/-0)

"To know who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise." Voltaire

[ - ] GrayDragon 0 points 2.8 yearsJun 19, 2021 16:09:31 ago (+0/-0)

Anyone says this isn't Voltaire is a kike.

[ - ] Metanoid 1 point 2.8 yearsJun 20, 2021 05:47:52 ago (+1/-0)

Its funny because I've read a lot of Voltaire and I know I saw this quote somewhere and I know I will dig it up again, when I do I'll make a post linking the original quote in French with source.

[ - ] GrayDragon 0 points 2.8 yearsJun 22, 2021 07:08:50 ago (+0/-0)*

Cool. Your comment was two days ago. I will be continuing with bated breath.

Truth and morality are above all in my simple mind ...

E: And exercise. Merely focusing on the mind is weak. The ancient Greeks and Romans knew ... mind, body, and soul.

E2: O/

[ - ] Metanoid 1 point 2.8 yearsJun 30, 2021 12:54:03 ago (+1/-0)

Never say I don't deliver.

So I did my research (which is still underway) and it would seem that this was NOT a quote by Voltaire, but rather by Kevin Alfred Strom, the details of which are available online. The misquote was first propogated by an as of yet unidentified entity (that is to say I haven't identified the source) during the Dieudonné affair and trial in 2014, which is probably where I got the quote since I followed that closely. It was again shared in 2015 by an Australian Senator named Cory Bernardi and was spread pretty widely.

So it would seem this is NOT a Voltaire quote. I stand corrected.

That being said, I am still reading Voltaires works regarding the JQ (he did not like jews at all) and might still come across something along these lines. If I do identify something similar that would indicate a paraphrasing, I'll make a post of it.

If you're interested, This is an uncensored online version of the Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire, which you have to really look to find because many versions both in print and online are censored, containing the chapter on the Jews.

https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/fleming-the-works-of-voltaire-vol-v-philosophical-dictionary-part-3

Very interesting reading. In fact, I think I'm going to make a post of it.

[ - ] GrayDragon 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 2, 2021 05:08:38 ago (+1/-0)

You definitely should make it a post. I bookmarked it. See if I get around to it ...

Also, I knew the quote that got us started was not by Voltaire. I just get uppity hearing over and over again that it is not by Voltaire, and so I take the opposite angle, haha!

Essentially, does it really matter who made a quote? The quote checkers are ultimately the greatest Appeal to Authority instead of accepting the substance of the meaning.

Anyway, cheers man!

[ - ] Metanoid 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 2, 2021 13:44:38 ago (+1/-0)

Hey man, yeah I actually made a post but it got little traction.

https://www.voat.xyz/viewpost.php?postid=60dca35d54ef5

I agree with you regarding the content of the quote being more important than the accuracy of the quoting. That being said, I want truth. Thats what drew me to Voat (the original). So when something is wrong, especially when the thing or person that is wrong is me, I want to correct it. Without truth, what is there?

Take care man, I'll catch you around.

[ - ] GrayDragon 0 points 2.8 yearsJul 4, 2021 05:30:05 ago (+0/-0)

I'm bleary-eyed drunk, but I went to your link to upgoat it.

I'm shit-faced drunk right now. I cannot carry on a normal conversation.

Cheers mate!

[ - ] Metanoid 0 points 2.8 yearsJul 4, 2021 05:58:46 ago (+0/-0)

LOL! Cheers Dragon. I'm about to pop open a Goudale

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.8 yearsJun 19, 2021 11:55:36 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] mikenigger 0 points 2.8 yearsJun 19, 2021 22:43:56 ago (+0/-0)

oy vey!

[ - ] Optional_Reading 0 points 2.8 yearsJun 24, 2021 23:11:52 ago (+0/-0)

Jewish media and jew controlled media are practically buzz words now.

Start saying Anti-Christian media and watch (((them))) have to defend it without saying the word anti-semitic.