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by trs8080 4y ago
> Notice how on that list none of South America countries appear after 1990s? This is regime change /that we know about/. Intelligence agencies haven't made a huge habit of discussing their covert successes. > Venezuela
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by trs8080 4y ago
Actually they remain mired in poverty largely because the US keeps meddling in their affairs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... So it's more like "they remain mired in poverty be
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by trs8080 4y ago
Bloggers aren't journalists.
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by trs8080 4y ago
How does one "neoliberalize" intersectionality? What parts of intersectionality are "capitalist-corporate-compatible"?
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by trs8080 4y ago
Doesn't need to be framed in a statistical context to be troubling. If cartels are murdering journalists for reporting on their activities, that is a serious problem.
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by trs8080 4y ago
> "Personal argumentation on the internet is the bastion of the shallow." ~ Me If you believed what you're saying above, then why respond? Also, you don't need to quote yourself; you can just write the sentence. >
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by trs8080 4y ago
"They" likely being "the other party" that got into power during that election. > You clearly don't work in a sector that requires clearance. By nature those fields tend to be more quiet publicly, but the cold ra
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by trs8080 4y ago
Here's some evidence (including reposting the links that OP provided). Enjoy! https://www.vice.com/en/article/88nd3z/gunshot-detecting-tec... https://www.vice.com/en/topic/shots
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by trs8080 4y ago
> OP's comment implied that it is a tool used by the majority(whites) to deploy in minority(black) areas, in order to oppress them. The OP said nothing like this. You're projecting a lot of personal biases onto their comment.
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by trs8080 4y ago
"[Office of Inspector General] Finds That ShotSpotter Alerts Rarely Lead to Evidence of a Gun-Related Crime and That Presence of the Technology Changes Police Behavior" - https://igchicago.org/2021/08/24&
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by trs8080 4y ago
If your technology is being used as justification for incarcerating people and as a way for law enforcement to circumvent the law and escalate routine encounters into violence, then yes. https://www.vice.com/en/article&
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by trs8080 4y ago
You win! The commenter made a grave semantic mistake by not adding "in the US" to "minority" and now their comment is completely meaningless and without merit.
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by trs8080 4y ago
If the officer lied about having probable cause (e.g., by telling ShotSpotter to fabricate alerts or to re-classify an alert after a stop to manufacture probable cause), the case can be thrown out.
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by trs8080 4y ago
> If someone is truly insulted by language and not intent they need to grow up. Spoken like someone who's never had to hear a slur about them in a joke. "But I was just joking!" - oh, then it's okay? Maybe the person
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by trs8080 4y ago
Doesn't seem like the person you're responding to is talking about vehicles "hauling crops" - rather, the lifted "rolling coal" vehicles that have been an integral part of rural masculine culture for some time
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by trs8080 4y ago
> 8kun, previously called 8chan, Infinitechan or Infinitychan (stylized as ∞chan), is an imageboard website composed of user-created message boards. An owner moderates each board, with minimal interaction from site administration.[1] The
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by trs8080 4y ago
Why is it always "blame the victim for being exploited" rather than blaming the multi-billion dollar corporation doing the exploiting?
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by trs8080 4y ago
Yes, perhaps more regulations would help the matter. Except Uber also (sometimes illegally) lobbies governments to prevent regulation, as this leak has shown.
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by trs8080 4y ago
There are methods of deescalating a situation that don't involve a firearm. There are also non-lethal means of subduing a non-compliant person.
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by trs8080 4y ago
An equally substantive counterpoint: no it isn't.
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by trs8080 4y ago
Beat reporting and investigative journalism are very different "genres" of journalism. > They only stop talking to you through official channels. There will always be leakers, disgruntled employees and others willing to talk to
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by trs8080 4y ago
> The fetus is a "living person" according to many biologists It's also not a "living person" according to "many" biologists.
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by trs8080 4y ago
You should stop taking potshots at people on a throwaway troll account.
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by trs8080 4y ago
But the United States can hardly be called a democracy with gerrymandering, unelected federal judges, unequal representation for populous states in congress, and the electoral college. The majority does want abortion rights, but those right
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by trs8080 4y ago
Thomas intentionally targeted contraception and same-sex marriages in his opinion. It's not a matter of debate - he stated that the rulings that allow contraception and same-sex relationships/marriage should be revisited. There&#x
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by trs8080 4y ago
> Stepping away from the metaphor of hopes and dreams, you can start to observe REM movement in utero at 28 weeks. So in a literal sense, it is likely fetuses do dream. > A clump of four cells isn't a person, but there is a very
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by trs8080 4y ago
Are you of the belief that the conservatives who support overturning Roe also support WIC, SNAP, Medicaid, and Section 8 housing? Because the traditional conservative viewpoint is that these programs should be completely eliminated. I belie
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by trs8080 4y ago
I've seen your comments in this thread questioning what the American public actually wants. You don't need to wonder - there have been countless polls over the past fifty years that will tell you in detail: https://news
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by trs8080 4y ago
> The relationship and obligations that a mother has to her child are fundamentally different to the relationship and obligations I have to a random stranger in the ER You define "child" based on a religious definition. That&#x
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by trs8080 4y ago
> And yes, I do think that human life trumps over bodily autonomy. So you'd be ok with government agents showing up at your door in the middle of the night and taking you involuntarily to the hospital to donate some of your organs t

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