tetrometal

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by tetrometal 6y ago
The quality of the evidence presented by challengers to the election is what is being examined in the courts. You can certainly assert that there hasn't been any concrete and sound evidence, but someone else can come along and assert t
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by tetrometal 6y ago
What challenges are you referring to, specifically? I have been following most of them and nothing seemed water-muddying to me.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
The trial in the court is a legal challenge. I don't really have a problem with Trump (or Biden) supporters being rallied. Why does "rally his base" have a bad connotation in your mind?
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by tetrometal 6y ago
I don't really care what legal straws he grasps at, though. I say go for it. Any challenge only serves to strengthen our democracy, excepting any that succeed in spite of being wrong. I have so far seen no reason to worry about the lat
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by tetrometal 6y ago
I think I mostly agree with your first statement. I have a different take on the legal proceedings (there's still the vote count, at which point congress can make challenges, etc.) But certainly there are limits to how far the challeng
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by tetrometal 6y ago
No, they are challenging the validity of the election and have so far failed. This is an ongoing process. You don't get to declare it a one-and-done just because you don't like that it's happening.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
No human has the right to threaten or use violence against another human for communicating data. American free speech isn't extreme, it's simply ethical.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
1. I don't think so. Not in the "free speech" sense. Twitter owns itself and should be permitted to do as it pleases with its property. 2. I don't think it's okay, but I think a proper response to it lies in the soc
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Challenging the validity of an election is not a "coup". We need these challenges to keep our elections secure. I cheered Hillary for telling Biden not to concede under any circumstances. The left-biased media was worried about el
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Challenging elections to ensure they're fair and legal is hardly undermining them. It forces them to be strengthened against fraud. I don't think Bush/Gore undermined anything. I don't think Hillary undermined them when
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Contrary to the hypocritical ravings of the left, I think election challenges are healthy for democracy. I wish they happened every time. I don't have a lot of trust in them as-is, and whatever the outcome of Trump's challenges, o
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Being "not racist" - AKA the unfairly-maligned philosophy of "color blindness" - is a perfectly reasonable aspiration. I shouldn't be any more concerned with skin color than hair color or eye color. I find the &quot
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by tetrometal 6y ago
The NYT has long been complicit in promoting the divisive and racist woke/CRT cult. I can't imagine either side of this genuinely believes they are an impartial party.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
And yet you'll find numerous comments in this thread using disproportionate population statistics to erroneously declare bias and bigotry. Sure sounds like quotas are what is desired.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
If you measure some quantity using biased sampling, you're invariably going to see biased results. The assumption that the biased results in this scenario are due to lack of opportunity, racism, etc are unfounded. Correlation is not ca
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by tetrometal 6y ago
If you and I get marooned on an unclaimed island and I construct a spear for hunting crabs, you have no right to my spear. I am within my natural rights to defend my property should you try to take it by force.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
No, like the founders of the USA, I believe in natural rights. The right of people to be secure in their persons and their property being one of those rights. If you and I get marooned on an unclaimed island and I construct a spear for hunt
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Of course there are other ways. I don't understand this myopic perspective. Society has a problem: poor people exist. There are a UNIVERSE of possible solutions. Charitable organizations, churches, help from family - the list goes on a
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Best possible? Someone could probably do better, but off the top of my head, "if we aggregate metrics from populations using a sampling method other than a uniform random distribution, we should expect to see differences" probably
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by tetrometal 6y ago
> They also stopped Ebola from spreading, which is at least an order of magnitude worse than COVID. Pure unmitigated ignorance.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Re: Nestle - Corporatist structures twisting the state to do their bidding isn't property rights. Property rights and human needs are both real things. I never argued otherwise.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
You took the worst possible interpretation of the former and the best possible interpretation of the latter. In what world do you think anyone believes this was done in good faith?
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Take a free market society with no taxes. There is no slavery there. Now add 100% taxes. That's full-blown slavery. Now cut the taxes to 50%. That's 50% slavery.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
If he believes it is invalid, I'm not sure what else I'd expect him to say. The fact that the left has been absolutely out of their minds with hatred for the man for the last four years makes it very, very difficult for people to
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by tetrometal 6y ago
This is such a blatantly false framing that it's impossible for me to believe you're presenting it in good faith.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Government restriction is aggressive force or the threat thereof. It's unethical. That's the difference. I have no problem with people redistributing wealth. Just don't use aggressive force or the threat of it to do so.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
It's amazing to me that you frame it that way and probably think you're doing so in good faith. Anyway, I'm reasonably confident that if we tallied the deaths resulting from racism and collectivism, collectivism would win han
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by tetrometal 6y ago
I don't think something that requires others to labor can ever be a right. I would call that slavery.
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Distribution of wealth is a metric, it can neither provide nor deprive of liberty. People protecting their property is an ethical action. People trying to take it from them against their will is not. This can't be reasoned away. Fortun
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by tetrometal 6y ago
Well, they've been presenting him as a fascist authoritarian for four years, so if that were true I'd be inclined to believe their response was appropriate.

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