Y
HN Search
Hacker News Search
new
|
comments
|
top
|
jobs
seabta
searching PlanetScale…
1.
▲
2.
▲
3.
▲
4.
▲
5.
▲
6.
▲
5 ms
·
1.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
All I'm trying to get you to understand is that as far as this topic is concerned, it doesn't matter how you want people to behave. What matters is how people actually behave.
2.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
Demeanor. Oh, and the small matter of their political positions.
3.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
If you wanted gravity to not exist, would you jump off of a tall building?
4.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
>Justice, Equality for all, everything is a vague concept. So then you understand there is plenty of room for bias to create disagreement, which can have real world consequences, as I've been saying? >The issue is that you think
5.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
>The issue is you're stuck thinking that any other race is your enemy. I am certainly not "stuck" thinking anything, and I never suggested anyone was my enemy. All I've suggested is that different policies will benefi
6.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
>This is a democracy. You and I do. Right, a whole bunch of biased people. You're making my argument for me. They don't all agree on what fair governance means. Even if they all say they support it, and they mean what they say,
7.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
Your solipsism is preventing you from understanding my point. It does not matter what policies you support. It does not matter who you give a middle finger to. You are not the supreme emperor. What you support does not become law. Laws come
8.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
>The side that is working on making sure EVERYBODY wins is the side I'm on. What side are YOU on? I think this gets at the root of what you're not understanding, so I'll just address this. It doesn't matter what side
9.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
>I'm generally against rules and regulations where one race benefits over another. Sure, but you don't make the rules. Do you have evidence to suggest everyone is opposed to such policies? And I don't just mean they say th
10.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
Are you scared of everything you don't think is in your interest?
11.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
It sounds like it put her at risk of losing her visa, not at risk of being deported. If she lost her visa, and then made the decision to break our laws by staying, only then would she be at any risk of being deported. Saying she was at risk
12.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
I assure you I'm not trying to justify anything. I'm just speculating on the consequences of people behaving in certain ways. Would you agree that white men have lost at least some of their control over the levers of power as you
13.
▲
by
seabta
9y ago
Interesting, I hadn't thought of it that way. I wonder if white people are the only racial group that demonstrate some kind of a preference for other members of their racial group, and if not, what the implications would be if one raci