Zungaron

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by Zungaron 8y ago
Maybe academia would be less politically one-sided if the other side hadn't built their brand on ignoring science in all its forms.
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by Zungaron 8y ago
An even simpler and more effective solution would be to just stop voting for authoritarians. I don't think anything has served as a more consistent death knell for an American politician than being branded "soft on crime".
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by Zungaron 9y ago
You can make bad choices and still end up rich. That's the entire premise behind the lottery. You can also make good choices and end up poor. A great example of this is anyone who got a law degree before the recession.
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by Zungaron 9y ago
Social Security is an anti-poverty measure, and it's the most successful thing the US government has ever done. Turns out that giving people money is a great way to solve the problem of not having enough money.
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by Zungaron 9y ago
Are you really trotting out the tired old taxation equals violence argument?
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by Zungaron 10y ago
Here's the letter the DoJ sent to Berkeley. Note the lack of hard deadlines or requirements the content be removed. Also note the date. https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-08...
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by Zungaron 10y ago
The ADA already reconciles these viewpoints, by allowing for people who would otherwise be in violation to claim exemption because complying would cause an undue burden. So we shouldn't expect a random person on the internet to pay for
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by Zungaron 10y ago
Your interpretation of the law is incorrect, and there was no ruling, as this never went to trial. Berkeley removed the content instead of negotiating for a reasonable timeframe to update it.
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by Zungaron 10y ago
Or, possibly, terrorism means the use of violence or intimidation to achieve an ideological goal, which just so happens to sound exactly like several incidents detailed in the article.