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by mieseratte 7y ago
See the final sentence of the comment to which you have replied: > You don't have a right to force someone to create something they do not wish to create. I responded to a comment painting this case as an example of conservatives re
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by mieseratte 7y ago
It is as relates to compelling someone to create custom content on your behalf, to express your views. I can't use a religious belief to refuse a rote service, but I can to refuse bespoke work that expresses your views. This case was
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> Let's be clear, that is not the request. Yes, it was the request. They wanted a custom cake celebrating a gay wedding, which was precluded by the baker's sincere religious belief. If you read TFA I linked to, you would have r
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> But the fact is that conservative politicians as a whole demonize LGBTQ "As a whole" they do not. There exists many who do, to paint it part and parcel of conservatism is incorrect. One could just as well claim it's not
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> For you to be consistent, you have to also defend the baker's right to refuse business to a black couple who requests a "bespoke cake". Entirely depends on the content of the cake, if a black couple comes along and asks
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by mieseratte 7y ago
"Mein Kraft" has a nice Hitlerian ring to it. I can see the criticisms now: "These racists are using Mein Kraft to achieve power through the joy of gaming!"
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> LGBTQ content censorship was celebrated by the same people now lamenting "conservative" demonetization. The "same people?" All of them? Since when does "Conservative" equal "anti-LGBT?" You do kn
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by mieseratte 7y ago
False equivalency? Yours is a non-existent equivalency.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Yes, which bears remarkable resemblance to the Bulgarian situation such that 30 years isn't going to allow for anyone to recover. And if you believe the Treuhand situation is the start and end of East German problems you are being over
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Even in prosperous Germany, the formerly communist East is well behind the capitalist West. One would assume for a nation with less means the problems would be more pronounced.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
It takes one blow from a bat to the head to die. Yours is asking someone to risk death death, not a beating. Were it simple fists I’d wonder what lack of training these officers have. Weapons are another matter.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Waxing nostalgic about Visual Basic like that, one might imagine you're also a hopeless romantic.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> A rubber bullet in lower body would have had enough stopping power. No, it wouldn't. I've sustained worse injuries than a rubber bullet and remained fighting. A bat to the head is a lethal assault. Using a firearm against suc
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Given that this is the second reply of its class, sounds like some of y'all have sketchier local councils than I do. Perhaps this disenfranchisement is more of a regional issue.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
And how likely are either of these?
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> Why should someone be ashamed of themselves for having an opinion? They should be ashamed for irrational fear-mongering.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
In my neck of the woods they are held in the evenings, well after a typical 9-5 working day.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> so much this, young americans are systemically disenfranchised by how local governments are run If by "routinely disenfranchised" you mean "regularly fail to show up to vote" then I would agree with you. Perhaps wit
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Well TFA is about MRR, so playing punker than thou is par for the course.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Nah, gotta burn it on a barge[0] [0] - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38120496
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Considering how man treats fellow man, I wouldn't get hopes up.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> To me these seem contradictory. If remote work is so transparent, location shouldn't matter. I don't understand what "transparency" has to do with anything here? Given that we know their algorithm for pay, based on
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> outlets for governments that hide behind a thin veneer of 'independent' ownership. Considering how much of US media regularly pillories Trump, I'm skeptical that of the claim of government control. I'm certain they
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> Personally I view Elon's action as a profound statement on why you shouldn't smoke cannabis. I'll bite, what is your take on why you shouldn't?
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> If more and more people are competing crimes then doesn’t that suggest the deterrent effect is minimal It's a multi-variable system. It could be that other conditions and effects override what is, in other circumstances, a solid d
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> So if there was no threat of punishment you would become a murderous, thieving, drug user? Many years ago I worked in a startup, as it turns out the primary owner of the business is what a typical person would likely consider a con-man
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Why would it be a poor idea? Unless he is actively a part of clandestine operations and units there is nothing materially damaging about this. No more than, say, folks like Chris Kyle, Dan Crenshaw, or Jocko Willink revealing they were SEAL
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> SE has always been a for-profit business, this makes Volunteering more like Free Labor and less like "doing something good for humanity". > If a business model can not pay for labor, then it needs to be a Non-profit Founda
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Well until someone comes forward with some concrete evidence we'll never anything beyond this he said, she said tale.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
"Someone could have been theoretically, emotionally harmed, therefore I must cause real-world harm!"

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