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by _yb2s 1y ago
Absolutely insane Orwellian doublespeak... being against fascism, what our country fought for in WWII, is now "terrorism" and equal rights regardless of skin color, as guaranteed by the US constitution is now "race extremism.
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Cultural attitudes about that vary a lot by locale I think. That is not how most American consumers think, at least where I live… people largely consider older cars, especially German ones to be too unreliable to count on and they are (wron
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by _yb2s 1y ago
It’s more complex than that- initial drafts of the declaration of independence were more explicit about literally covering all people, and even had a rant about how slavery was unethical, and they compromised by cutting these in order to ge
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Per thousands of videos on social media, it doesn’t matter what your rights are anymore, if you try to ask for them ICE will just become even more sadistic and violent, and the DOJ/government will refuse to cooperate in bringing them t
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Fiberglass sailboats last forever and the hobby is dying as people age out of it. I’m in the sailing community and get offered nice free boats in usable condition every year, but already have 2 so refuse any more. This year alone I’ve turne
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by _yb2s 1y ago
It’s a doable common hobby for middle class Americans. I grew up in a rural area with a dirt airstrip and everyone owned planes- even people that could barely afford a reliable used car. You can sometimes find something like an old Cessna f
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by _yb2s 1y ago
The comment was true, but political suicide
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Why would you say I am falling into that trap? My comment specifically addressed the issue that it might not work, and included a specific strategy for how to not get stuck too long on the idea of working if it does not.
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by _yb2s 1y ago
holy crap, that is hilarious
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by _yb2s 1y ago
I never claimed it works for everyone, I am doubting that it is a provable fact that it works for only a minuscule fraction of people- I am not sure exactly what fraction of people this would potentially work for. You are effectively implyi
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by _yb2s 1y ago
> I disagree the basic idea of CBT or ACT is leaning into discomfort. In the senses articles suggest David Goggins and Wim Hof advise even less. I am somewhat baffled by your statement, as I feel it is largely self evident being familiar
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by _yb2s 1y ago
I'm coming from the same basic perspective as you describe, and always tried hard to see people in the best light and sympathize with their concerns, but am no longer finding that possible in this situation, and it is disheartening. Th
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Ah, you might have seen my reply to someone else addressing the free will question from a philosophical angle, but despite also being in the life sciences, I never expected you were thinking about it biochemically. I think it's obvious
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by _yb2s 1y ago
I agree with all of what you said, and I'd argue that the stoics including Aurelius probably would have as well. Leaning into discomfort is just a step that can help you actually do things like get therapy and be present and engaged in
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by _yb2s 1y ago
I think for this to work psychologically, it just needs to be something difficult or uncomfortable that you can do an awful lot of in a way that is sustainable, and doesn't actively harm you... all the better if you actually benefit di
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by _yb2s 1y ago
The free will question seems to be a red herring- philosophers and physicists can argue all they want about if something like free will is physically possible or not, but for all intents and purposes, even without free will, the path of som
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by _yb2s 1y ago
That dehumanizing rhetoric is so weird and surreal, it boggles my mind that it seems to actually work... there was a horrific video on Facebook of the Wilder raid in Idaho, and many people were basically commenting things like "this is
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Not doubting your expertise, but I am skeptical of the idea that this method of intentionally leaning into discomfort only works for some minuscule abnormal subset of people that are just wired differently. Instead, I suspect it's tapp
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Seems very plausible but how can we be sure of that? There definitely were two groups, one had thoughtful counterpoints, and also histories of insightful comments on other topics, and could usually be persuaded eventually with some extended
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by _yb2s 1y ago
I think this is a valid point, and the reason I haven’t tried these drugs and don’t plan to. There are huge benefits to developing the mental strength and discipline to lean into discomfort consistently and just do what needs to be done- an
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by _yb2s 1y ago
I expected a lot more pushback on here for calling this out as terrorism than I got… I took a several month hiatus from this site and before I left it was all “you’re just being hyperbolic, Trump is just going to enforce the immigration law
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by _yb2s 1y ago
I am not a lawyer, but might it be possible to do entirely within a state using state law, in a way that fundamentally cannot be escalated to the supreme court because it does not involve federal law in any way? I expect this might require
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by _yb2s 1y ago
We need states to step in and encourage local police to arrest federal agents breaking the law, and allow victims to sue in state courts.
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Thank you for doing this! Great work.
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by _yb2s 1y ago
The supreme court has effectively removed all of the possible mechanisms to sue ICE or DHS and hold them accountable, with the sole exception of having the DOJ prosecute them on your behalf, which is of course never going to happen. The onl
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by _yb2s 1y ago
What I wrote isn’t about democrats vs republicans- it’s about calling out terrorism from white supremacists for what it is- the fact that plenty of democrats are also extremely racist does not change what is actually happening here. They ar
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Actually I was very active in criticizing both the Obama and Biden administrations, attending town halls, etc. to criticize their blaming of problems on immigrants. However what they were doing was literally enforcing the immigration laws a
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Don’t fall for the lie that this is at all about illegal immigration- that is just an excuse for what has become state sponsored KKK style racial terrorism operating completely outside the law. Videos all over the Internet show them violent
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by _yb2s 1y ago
There is zero genuine interest here in dealing with illegal immigration issues, it’s just a very thin veil over state sponsored KKK style white supremacy terrorism. Videos all over the Internet show them violently attacking and terrorizing
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by _yb2s 1y ago
Well, other agencies have mostly used things like this to collect evidence against real crimes. ICE is using it to enforce Orwellian "thought crimes" where they are revoking visas and green cards, and then often just minutes or ho

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