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damagedcake
11y ago
That's a very reasonable response for the most part, thank you. I still take exception to the terminology "brain-washed" and the general premise. Your point about Obama's advertising award actually makes my case for me
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damagedcake
11y ago
"Evangelical" is a pretty broad term. You seem to have cherry-picked some sets of beliefs and characteristics to support your belief. For example, not all evangelicals are young earthers. Also not all, and probably not even most
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damagedcake
11y ago
Evangelicals aren't any easier to brainwash than so called "Progressives," Libertarians, White people, Asian people, Athiests, Republicans, or any human being categorized by any social group, demographic or other criteria you
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damagedcake
11y ago
Just because there's "no systematic evidence that cash transfer programs discourage work" doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Speaking from personal experience there is a whole branch of my family (and it's spread
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damagedcake
11y ago
Not that I completely disagree; but the problem with this definition, on a practical level, is that it seems to cause more harm than good. Identity politics have prevented our country from having an actual conversation on race since those
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damagedcake
11y ago
So much wrong with this statement it's hard to even know where to start.
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damagedcake
11y ago
So interesting thought here...but C# might be a better comparison. This is a language that has seen a lot of change and a lot of added features. But at least some of the earlier features that were part of the language are no longer used m