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Liberal bias? Ridiculous article. Show me the republican version then we can reconcile.
by dev360 11y ago
Liberal bias? Ridiculous article. Show me the republican version then we can reconcile.
- drewrv 11y agoReality has a well known liberal bias.
- tsotha 11y ago... observable only by leftists.
- robertwiblin 11y agoWhat do you think conservatives would regard as the most harmful careers?
- drewrv 11y agoProfessors, scientists, and school teachers are regularly demonized by the republican party.
- robertwiblin 11y agoMuch as I would love to be a contrarian it's pretty implausible that they are the most harmful careers.
- gd1 11y agoIt's pretty implausible that farming is a harmful career as well. But, oh look, there they are at number 2.
- robertwiblin 11y agoOnly factory farming of animals is on there, and given the suffering of the animals involved I think it's a complete no-brainer that it overall does harm.
- gd1 11y agoNo it fucking doesn't. It feeds the human race.
- temujin 11y agoIn the repeated game of life, you can end up ahead if, by forswearing extreme cruelty toward others even when it's locally "efficient", you significantly reduce the probability of others behaving so cruelly toward you. This is a major reason civilization exists at all. It is not unreasonable to believe that someone who is used to being exceptionally cruel to animals, when it is not terribly expensive to avoid that cruelty, will on average be more willing than usual to be cruel towards other humans. "Avoid hurting beings that can experience pain" is arguably a more compelling Schelling point to organize 21st century civilization around than "avoid hurting other humans, but do whatever the hell you want to other species". I disagree with Wiblin about this being a "no-brainer", but I mostly agree with his final judgment of the desirability of phasing out this type of factory farming.
- robertwiblin 11y agoIf people stop eating meat we would have more food for each person rather than less. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10062999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10062999. It's completely wrong to say that anyone would go hungry because we stopped farming meat. The market would easily adjust and provide other foods at a lower cost.
- dev360 11y agoExactly! If you don't see the political agenda behind this one, you are blind. But I was doomed to be down voted when I made the comment above anyways given the demographics on hackernews.
- DanBC 11y agoYou should probably have quoted the previous comment which would have given more context.
- tsotha 11y agoOh? By whom, exactly?
- drewrv 11y agoRick Santorum has accused universities of "indoctrination" and "killing religion". http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rick-santorum-left-uses-college-for-indoctrination/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rick-santorum-left-uses-college-... https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201203/college-kills-religion-santorum-says https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201203/... James Inhofe has written a book about how climate science is supposedly a hoax. http://www.amazon.com/The-Greatest-Hoax-Conspiracy-Threatens/dp/1936488493 http://www.amazon.com/The-Greatest-Hoax-Conspiracy-Threatens... Chris Christie said that a national teachers union deserves a “punch in the face” http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/chris-christie-to-teachers-union-you-deserve-a-punch-in-the-face/2015/08/03/86358c2c-39de-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/chris-christie...
- tsotha 11y ago>Rick Santorum has accused universities of "indoctrination" and "killing religion". The universities are heavily in the business of indoctrination. That's why millennials are so much more pro gay marriage and anti free speech than their elders. The "killing religion" part is overblown. >James Inhofe has written a book about how climate science is supposedly a hoax. Much of it is. There is evidence to suggest the earth is warming, but anyone who tells you he can predict the global surface temperature in 20 years is selling you something. I don't know where people got the idea wild statements based entirely on demonstrably wrong models are Teh Science. >Chris Christie said that a national teachers union deserves a “punch in the face”. It does. Note there's a huge difference between teachers and the AFT. In most places you don't don't get to decide whether or not part of your paycheck goes to the union, so it's a bit disingenuous to characterize that as an attack on teachers. I don't know how we reached the point where to work as a teacher I would have to pay money to a third party that's going to support political candidates and educational policy I oppose. I'd also point out regardless of what they say or don't say governors of both parties across the country are looking ofr ways to curtail the power of public employee unions.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago"Community organizer."
- dev360 11y agoIm willing to wager that abortion doctor is at the top of the list!
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