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> He said the officer is a man. This is an issue lots of people disagree about, and Twitter wanted to force their narrative. I think that violates the golden rule of tolerance (described in the prior post). If Banks won't tolerate t
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Thanks for the link. Here's the site's full Jim Banks story; it's not incidental but aggressive intolerance. On October 23, 2021, Twitter suspended Rep. Jim Banks' (R-Ind.) official account for fourteen days after he ma
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Plans for nuclear-powered merchant ships must confront risks(nature.com)
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Look, if you make a claim - that homeless people are dangerous - then the burden of proof is on you. A scientist doesn't say, 'there's life on Venus, prove me wrong'. A lawyer doesn't say 'you burnt down the ho
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I wonder why X waited until now to send cease and desist letters. I assumed the issue was resolved somehow - maybe they were unenforceable - long ago. I'm also surprised they don't already have their response prepared to this inev
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Instead of rehearsing the same old arguments like a ritual, we know the heart of the issue: (A) Freedom of speech is the highest value (that's applicable here), to simplify a bunch of stuff. (B) Limiting antisocial behavior is valid 1)
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> significantly improved once Musk took over At a certain point it's just words; what makes those meaningful? Musk bans and limits distribution for people he dislikes or who criticize him, intentionally directs hate mobs, promotes h
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Of 1712 (former) NFL players who died 2008-2021, 338 donated their brains. 315 were found to have CTE, of which 104 had stage IV CTE; 202 of brain donors were diagnosed with dementia. Given when they died, most played in the NFL long ago. I
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> "free speech" platforms like X are "technically" closed. Musk boots off and/or limits distribution of people he disagrees with. I can't fathom how you think that's 'free speech' - it's
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> Antisocial behavior is a huge problem in the US. You'll have to back that up. It's said a lot by people who want to take away freedom from those they dislike, trying to justify it by creating some state of emergency. Crime is
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> It's an old study, but Martell in Base-rate estimates of criminal behavior by homeless mentally ill persons in New York City found that "The rate of violent crimes was 40 times higher and the rate of nonviolent crimes 27 time
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As you mock them, notice that they again emotionally provoked the public, using words that disrupt people's feeling of safety and stability and therefore which bypass their cognitive processes and hit directly in their emotions and ala
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Lacking a house isn't a threat to others. I've rarely seen an unhoused people do harm. Annoying you isn't harm. Making rich people uncomfortable isn't a crime. > common good A term used to justify taking away liberty
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> drastically reducing traffic enforcement. I haven't heard of that, other than laws banning pulling people over for minor mechanical issues like broken tailights (used sometimes as coverup for prejudice). Could you give examples? &
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I see and interact with apparently unhoused people all the time, and I've never had a problem. > someone screaming in a pile of their own feces 20 or so feet away? This is a hypothetical, and follows a typical pattern of trying to b
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> massive population of antisocial people 'Social' isn't 'nobody annoys me '; it's empathy for, caring about, and helping others, especially those you don't like - otherwise it means nothing. I'm
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Yet all these educated people keep lauding and moving to Texas?
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In another headline, people under a certain age get most of their news from social media. It 'democratizes' it, said one person quoted. It is more important than ever that we teach people to think critically and skeptically, and t
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People will need to do both to win, and especially not shy away from crushing the other side in elections. I think the Dems are satisfied with losing, and just tell each other they're powerless so they don't feel too bad.
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> sue your own fans What an incredible strategy - and it worked! And in something that's entertainment and fandom-driven; it's not like the fans need a medication, job, or their auto warranty. How pathetic. The day rock'n&
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I think the confusion is that, afaict, you brought inflation into the conversation. Everyone else is talking about the deficit. ?
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Steps: 1) Stop spreading powerlessness 2) Stop worrying about your own feeling of powerlessness 3) Get to work Everyone facing a real challenge feels powerless and despair at times. 90% of the difference between success and failure is what
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> I remember when RIAA was shaking down 15 year olds for $7000 for a single Metallica download from Napster. Why didn't Metallica's fans rebel? That would have stopped it quickly and set a precedent and example for the rest.
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> Printing hundreds of billions of dollars is also inflationary. They borrow the money, but yes, inflationary is the point of doing it.
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Nothing is happening because you aren't doing anything and are even spreading hopelessness! Imagine someone at work or on a team who acted that way. It's psyops for the opposition. It is the behavior of losers (sorry). The main ob
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by mmooss 2mo ago
> I just don’t get why That behavior is the cause. The question must be answered, and if you haven't answered it after 8 (since 2016) or 26 (since 2000) or more years, you aren't trying. How does the Republican party do these t
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What does inflation have to do with the tax rate for the wealthiest? Also, IIRC I read the climate cooled a little in the 1970s - can we attribute that to the tax rate too?
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Biden also had to respond to the deflationary risk of the Covid pandemic.
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> the emitted power limits would be the same Dumb question: If the limit is L, why do regulators care if I have one device with two radios each outputting L or if I have two devices each with one radio outputting L. Either way, total out
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IIRC, there is no actual 'tree' biologically - there is no taxonomic group of 'trees'. It's a colloquial word for 'tall woody plant' or something like that.

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