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by asabjorn 9y ago
Facts support that this is a state-wide problem: The Cal budget center presents these facts: http://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/californians-parts-stat... * The problem is state-wide. Cost burdened or severely cost b
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by asabjorn 9y ago
As pointed out elsewhere there is a much simpler explanation available in the exclusionary zoning rules, that many feel in our daily lives. * 41 percent of San Franciscans spend 30 to 50 percent on rent, despite a lot of rent control for lo
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by asabjorn 9y ago
I agree that it is a shame everything has to be so politicized, both of the left and right, even when a good point is made. We clearly have a problem in California, but it is unlikely that this is because of a welfare system that support pe
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by asabjorn 9y ago
The reason why the welfare spend per capita went down might be because people without the means to pay for the high living costs move away, while we got more high-paying jobs. A snapshot of more recent U.S. Census migration numbers shows th
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by asabjorn 9y ago
You make a great point, so I would like to add some facts. * A snapshot of more recent U.S. Census migration numbers shows that nearly three-quarters of those who have left California for other states since 2007 earn less than $50k a year.
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by asabjorn 9y ago
Nice play with the word intended. I can agree that affirmative action is not intended to be racist or sexist. It’s a tool, with positive and negative consequences. I am not saying it’s a tool that we should not use. Unfortunately the number
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by asabjorn 9y ago
I think we both share that feeling. Best of luck working for what you believe in. I think we’ll work for different things. :)
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by asabjorn 9y ago
Making a false statement over and over doesn’t make it any more correct. This is just ugly rhetoric which is why I stopped interacting. As a liberal I think the left has a huge problem with this kind of narrow mindedness on what opinions on
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by asabjorn 9y ago
Although it is in your right to keep holding the same opinion when new evidence shows that it is probably wrong, that is not a virtue. Sadly this is a core part of discourse in the Bay Area and American society at this point, which I believ
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by asabjorn 9y ago
Yes, I think supply constraints on housing has in the last three decades only made the Bay Area worse. I donate to YIMBY and any other organization that fight to increase housing supply. I am tired of people claiming to fight for the poor a
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by asabjorn 9y ago
What did you switch to?
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I think being inclusive of viewpoints is incredibly important, even if they contain something factually incorrect, so I am not advocating some sort of thought police. There will always be some fringe elements, everyone has a crazy uncle&#x2
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by asabjorn 9y ago
Living in Oakland I wish I could replace my slow, expensive and high-latency Comcast broadband connection with Fiber. It is crazy that we in silicon valley practically have no competition.
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Thank you for the link! This one looks interesting.
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I think this is less about left and right, and more about extreme elements on both sides arguing for actions supported by rhetoric use of factual statements that are easily questioned and where studies are available that would put their vie
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I agree, but I think there is a solution that can help us all ask for and fight for proper discourse. Alt-right and social-justice warriors both have a hard time rejecting objections from people with the right identities. If we created tool
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by asabjorn 9y ago
Groups like alt-right or social justice warriors seem aware that what they advocate are sometimes based upon factually incorrect statements. I believe these groups are aware that they are fighting for an action through rhetoric that use fac
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by asabjorn 9y ago
People say things now in a social context in real life and then someone takes it out of context to rile up a mob online, making it dumb because it was taken out of context and used against them. As we are all humans most people with the co
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by asabjorn 9y ago
I think this comment is a bit off base as we are clearly not talking about physical violence. The violent intolerance I was pointing out is the pattern of seeking to ostracize and remove the livelihood of people that don’t agree with your v
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by asabjorn 9y ago
In a case study like this I was hoping for an understanding of how we on the left contribute to a climate where it is ok to be non-factual, as it is much easier to change yourself than others and NY Times audience is clearly the left. Espec
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by asabjorn 9y ago
As a liberal that subscribe to The NY Times I wonder why they always have to make these issues so politicized, even when they are making a good observation. The problem they describe, violent reaction to opposing views, seem present amongst
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by asabjorn 9y ago
In Norway I have not observed a propensity to seek extrajudicial measures or ostracisation of people that hold opinions different from the predominant view. Have you seen that?
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by asabjorn 9y ago
I disagree that it is disingenuous because of the reasons provided and I gave you easy ways for you to find examples of this yourself if you are interested, and also provided more ways in a comment in the above thread. I am uncertain if you
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by asabjorn 9y ago
As I said below I do not find it useful at all to try to list out the views that are not tolerated as there is no way that you can reduce a huge population groups opinions into neat categories, people can hold both conservative and liberal
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> I feel they are so used to having the government or authority telling them what to do that they are comfortable with authoritarian rules and don't understand the importance of having independent thoughts and diversity. In my opini
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by asabjorn 9y ago
Before I continue I would like to preface that personally I am a classic Norwegian social liberal that fight for people right to speak and a sense of justice, regardless of which group you belong to (e.g. social justice warriors, conservati
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by asabjorn 9y ago
I am a Norwegian in Silicon Valley that have spent most of my career with Chinese colleagues, both in academia and industry, and my anecdata seem to indicate that my highly talented China-born colleagues are sadly leaving because; - China h
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by asabjorn 9y ago
> It also appears that you're downvoting my comments, since all of my comments deep in threads responding to you are at 0, and most of my others in these threads are positive. If that's not the case, do let me know, but it make
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by asabjorn 9y ago
> Just because I find your arguments uncompelling does not mean that I find all arguments uncompelling. If when asking for proof of where employers declared that they believed the women before inspecting all evidence and hearing both sid
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by asabjorn 9y ago
> I'm familiar with the research about the harms of being a minority and the impact it can have on performance, but as far as my claims about segregation go, those arguments are irrelevant. I strongly disagree. You have to respect t

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