Forum: USA Politics
Yesterday, 10:41 AM
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Maybe for the defense, but not for the...
Maybe for the defense, but not for the prosecution. If the prosecution learns that the defendant is innocent, they are obligated to drop the case, even if they think they can win it.
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st July 2022, 12:32 PM
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I didn't want to have a conversation with you...
I didn't want to have a conversation with you about this, but I will give you this reply:
I was merely trying to explain in the best possible terms, as a steel-manning, what a "valid, lived...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st July 2022, 11:20 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st July 2022, 08:28 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 03:08 PM
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It is when EC wondered what LC meant by "valid...
It is when EC wondered what LC meant by "valid lived experience."
Obviously, public policy is an important issue. We can, in this thread, talk about more than just public policy. We can talk about...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 03:05 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 02:29 PM
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But you as much admit that there might be an...
But you as much admit that there might be an organic basis for gender dysphoria, and that is distinct from whether the person claims they are actually the sex they aren't, which is distinct from...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 02:24 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 01:47 PM
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It's the difference between merely feeling and...
It's the difference between merely feeling and being: feeling like a woman - actually having the sensation and perception that you are a woman, but not being deluded to think that you are actually a...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 01:44 PM
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Who knows? Accident of biology?
Doesn't...
Who knows? Accident of biology?
Doesn't this issue just come down to whether gender dysphoria is - I hesitate to use the word, but for lack of a better one - real, in the same sense that...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 01:36 PM
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But
That's what I was responding to.
I'm...
But
That's what I was responding to.
I'm happy to have pain be an example, not an analogy.
I imagine - again, trying to straw man his position - is that, if we sometimes accept some internal...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 01:22 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 01:19 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 11:54 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 11:45 AM
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I hope I was careful with my qualifiers. My...
I hope I was careful with my qualifiers. My analogy doesn't need to say *all* pain must believed in order to identify some cases in which pain is believable but cannot be objectively verified.
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 11:27 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 11:24 AM
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Sure. But there are also times when someone...
Sure. But there are also times when someone feels pain but not severe enough to elicit some involuntary reaction, and it was those times that are then not objectively verifiable if the doctor can't...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 10:23 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 10:05 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th June 2022, 10:03 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
29th June 2022, 08:17 AM
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My analogy to pain was merely an attempt to...
My analogy to pain was merely an attempt to define and understand what the term "genuine/valid lived condition" might mean, because some were questioning what it could possibly mean. The analogy to...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
29th June 2022, 08:12 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
28th June 2022, 02:46 PM
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Forum: USA Politics
28th June 2022, 10:07 AM
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Views: 2,735
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Forum: USA Politics
28th June 2022, 07:14 AM
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Forum: USA Politics
27th June 2022, 09:09 PM
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Maybe, but so what? What's more important is...
Maybe, but so what? What's more important is that there is an articulable, reasoned argument why it's worth being in an uproar when Christians, Muslims or any religion does the same, so who cares...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th June 2022, 06:50 PM
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Views: 9,519
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
25th June 2022, 10:21 AM
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Thomas’ rejection of substantive due process is...
Thomas’ rejection of substantive due process is absurd. It would allow - wouldn’t it? - the majority to decide to kill everyone who can curl their tongues, and as long as the procedure was proper -...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th June 2022, 11:46 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th June 2022, 11:43 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th June 2022, 10:15 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th June 2022, 07:34 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
18th June 2022, 08:38 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
18th June 2022, 07:11 AM
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I'm not aware of anything about democracy that...
I'm not aware of anything about democracy that gives anyone in particular the right to participate in consultations, presumably between legislators and lobbyists, interested parties, etc. This is...
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Forum: USA Politics
15th June 2022, 12:53 PM
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Forum: USA Politics
15th June 2022, 11:52 AM
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Forum: USA Politics
15th June 2022, 09:10 AM
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If there was any justice in the world, he'd be...
If there was any justice in the world, he'd be charged, convicted, and the key thrown away. But there isn't, because here's the consideration:
If you charge him, something between what we have...
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Forum: USA Politics
14th June 2022, 03:11 PM
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Views: 2,849
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
13th June 2022, 07:57 PM
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Views: 1,667
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Forum: USA Politics
12th June 2022, 01:53 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
12th June 2022, 01:44 PM
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I took your charge of paternalism to be...
I took your charge of paternalism to be substantive and factual, not merely tactical. Some statement or position can be paternalistic beyond whether it is tactical or politic to hold that position...
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Forum: USA Politics
12th June 2022, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 3,068
Views: 161,163
I mentioned two factors that must be taken...
I mentioned two factors that must be taken together.
Also, those two factors are not devoid of context (10,000+ lies Trump told during his presidency, his scams, like Trump Univ., etc., etc.).
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
12th June 2022, 01:11 PM
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This appears to be a statement of the position...
This appears to be a statement of the position that someone can not be blind to their own interests, nor fail to judge them accurately. Now, of course, there is a long and unfortunate history of...
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Forum: USA Politics
12th June 2022, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 3,068
Views: 161,163
But Trump's confidence was based on nothing,...
But Trump's confidence was based on nothing, which makes it an odd type of confidence.
So we have
being confident of something without a shred of evidence
doing so allows you to play both...
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Forum: USA Politics
12th June 2022, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 3,068
Views: 161,163
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Forum: USA Politics
12th June 2022, 12:18 PM
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Views: 161,163
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Forum: USA Politics
12th June 2022, 11:01 AM
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Forum: USA Politics
12th June 2022, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 3,068
Views: 161,163
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Forum: USA Politics
11th June 2022, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 3,068
Views: 161,163
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Forum: USA Politics
10th June 2022, 06:50 PM
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Views: 161,163
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