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by rendall 2y ago
It was a metaphor, and the target is not "Democrats" but those who the MAGA crowd perceive as usurping law enforcement powers of government to support political aims. But I agree. That kind of talk is scary, polarizing, and unbeco
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by rendall 2y ago
No, there are people who believe it and care that it is true.
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I would agree with you if we were discussing some academic topic. The topic under discussion is why would anyone vote for Donald Trump? A Berkley sociologist writing about how Trump voters are resentful because minorities jumped the line is
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by rendall 2y ago
My story about it is that in Roman times, someone deeply revered or loved a person whose head or skull they possessed, perhaps of a family member, a mentor, or a romantic partner. The individual sought to restore dignity and completeness to
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by rendall 2y ago
> The left reads the earlier equivocations (in the quote, and the preceding events) and the talking point and discounts the condemnation as insincere. The left did not hear or read the condemnation at all, as we have established. Rathe
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by rendall 2y ago
> A careful, generous reading 'fine people' thing shows that he probably didn't _mean_ to include supremacists in the praise. Not all. No need to be careful or generous. A very straightforward, plain reading of his statem
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by rendall 2y ago
I did not say "use listening skills". If you go back and read carefully, I suggested going directly to the source because we live in an age of unprecedented direct access, and it is no longer necessary to have same-side "expl
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by rendall 2y ago
As someone who has listened to both (or many , since there are not just two ) sides, I can say for certain there is a severe disconnect between what Team Red says and what Team Blue writes about what Team Red says. If you are really inter
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by rendall 2y ago
> "A friend of mine just sent me an article from a Danish newspaper where they cover the reasons as to why people would want to vote for someone like Trump...." And this illustrates the problem. Hochschild is a professor emer
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by rendall 2y ago
There it is. I don't think it's ad hominem to point out that a financial services firm operating under the CCP regime may have a bias that could affect their analyses.
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by rendall 2y ago
I tried to find out more about Gavekal Research from their website, an About page or mission statement, got bupkis.
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by rendall 2y ago
I internalized not using just after having read this post, or something similar, several years ago. I do think it's helpful not to use just (nor simply ). Now, if I hear them, I'll probably ask questions. Often enough, OP is
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by rendall 2y ago
> The person "just"ing that has assumed... Indeed. "Just" implies an assumption has been made, but it's not clear what assumptions nor whether they are justified.
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by rendall 2y ago
https://archive.is/jGOUf
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by rendall 2y ago
I don't see it that way. It's a potential tool that adults can use together, like a bulletin board or index cards or pen and paper.
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by rendall 2y ago
>> Illicit trade and money laundering are the only real use cases for crypto. Full stop. > HSBC... Also a conduit for illicit trade and money laundering. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59689581
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by rendall 2y ago
The threat to innocent people posed by incompetent or tyrannical police is arguably much greater than by ordinary criminality. In small towns across America, corrupt police departments hassle outsiders and issue minor citations as a way to
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by rendall 2y ago
> When making software that's supposed to be used, you can't mess around that much. At the end of the day, someone has to use it and if its weird it'll be bad. More counter-examples: LaTeX, vim, Regex, Blender, SAP, most
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by rendall 2y ago
This was flagged. Whether you're pro- or anti-, be honest: does this contravene any guidelines? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41941235
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by rendall 2y ago
Reasonable questions. I wish I had answers.
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by rendall 2y ago
If you think of CNN as pro-Israel, no wonder you're so anti-Israel. Bypass the middle men altogether! Listen to Hamas directly! Listen to Israeli officials directly! Listen to everyone you can without preconceptions. Each party says ve
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by rendall 2y ago
> Or at least hiding in a tunnel under a UN base You should balance your news consumption, because here is a terror tunnel within view of a UNIFIL observation center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KPLphHpQfA This no
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by rendall 2y ago
This very post would seem to belie that. In fact, the only times Israel ever rises to the front page is when the article is biased and critical, as is this one. The only posts labeled "flagged" here are those who are nuanced about
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by rendall 2y ago
Probably not, at this point. Israel left it to the UN, which failed to maintain peace and order. I imagine the intent would be to smash Hezbollah like Hamas.
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by rendall 2y ago
You have it precisely inverted. Hezbollah, Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood are not "freedom fighters". They are a supremacist, revanchist, Islamist movement hiding behind the notion of "occupation", funded by the govern
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by rendall 2y ago
There have been thousands rockets fired from southern Lebanon into Israel. So, Israel doesn't need permission from the UN or the international community or the US to invade and take out Hezbollah. Certainly not UNIFIL, who have been en
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by rendall 2y ago
Me too, for giving context that the article elided. Flagging is supposed to mean "breaks guidelines" not "disagrees with my outlook". Strange that this is the only topic that inspires such zeal.
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by rendall 2y ago
Rough and cough have different sounds so... buses is the winner? Not seeing the connection.
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by rendall 2y ago
You're not addressing the most difficult point. The UN has failed spectacularly in their one single mission while giving cover to terrorists. You might disagree with Israel's response, but the scandal is with the UN. How is it pos
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by rendall 2y ago
The buses spelling looks to me like it should rhyme with fuses . Busses has the virtue of not... doing that.

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