Bran_son

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by Bran_son 3y ago
Sorry, I phrased my question poorly. What I meant was, does the linked article also count as discouraged ideological battle (even if, on its own, it doesn't merit a ban)?
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Is the article itself also disallowed, or only my factual rebuttal?
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by Bran_son 3y ago
> the shock of the event they quickly labeled a “massacre.” implies they did consider it morally wrong. Or do you mean only the society perpetrating the war crime should be the one to judge?
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Before European colonization, the indigenous peoples of the Americas had developed customs for dealing with captives. Depending on the region, captives could either be killed, tortured, kept alive and assimilated into the tribe, or enslave
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by Bran_son 3y ago
> someone coming from a different culture, a culture that is less refined than one's own culture, and so the migrant would make everything in one's homeland worse Why should one have to think a different culture and people are
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Annual. Which is 80% over 80 years, a single lifetime. Unless there's a plague or the Mongols invade, such shifts rarely happen.
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Apologies. The original title contained "to be", which did not fit in the 80 character limit. In any case, UK's population is already larger than the European parts of France, which is what most people think of, so while the
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UK population bigger than France for first time ever after record migration(gbnews.com)
11 points by Bran_son 3y ago|17 comments
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Maybe "We may have been fighting the wrong enemy all along." - https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/36062/did-gen-p...
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Yes, that's what a racist, white supremacist country would do: 82% non-white immigration. > Its just now a certain segment of "got mine, scr w you" America wants to call those same people as illegal immigrants. It's c
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by Bran_son 3y ago
I thought allowing dissent was what made the Free West different from authoritarian countries.
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by Bran_son 3y ago
> Today, you show up with a passport and a visa, which is easy to get if your skin color is the right shade of white Only 18% of immigrants to the US were white in 2015 [1], and the preference towards immigration from white countries was
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by Bran_son 3y ago
"Illegal" refers to a person's presence in the country, not any specific action. If you would prefer to call them "trespassers", be my guest. But "undocumented" is deceptive - it implies they're allow
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by Bran_son 3y ago
If he wasn't so biased, he would have seen that merger benefits both consumers and market competition! /s
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by Bran_son 3y ago
> bias I couldn't help notice most of the games examined focus on piracy (Monkey Island), various military acts (Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Elder Scrolls..), or exploration (most games to some degree)[1]. Before we accuse games o
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by Bran_son 3y ago
So you're not disputing any factual claims he made, got it.
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by Bran_son 3y ago
> Good luck finding that article today. Do you happen to have a link?
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Perhaps not, but by instilling guilt in your victim, you can prevent them from defending themselves, if you convince them they "deserve it". Keep an eye out for this tactic - it is very common.
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by Bran_son 3y ago
In contrast, censorship requests by open, freedom-loving governments are so obviously a good thing and in the best interest of their citizens, that they don't even merit mentioning.
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by Bran_son 3y ago
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by Bran_son 3y ago
> As far as I can tell, there really isn’t anyway for a chicken to have a “happy death” "Freerange" refers to how they lived, not died.
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Azure Content Safety, a new AI service that helps create secure online spaces(azure.microsoft.com)
1 points by Bran_son 3y ago|1 comments
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by Bran_son 3y ago
You forgot "but what about white-collar crime?"
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by Bran_son 3y ago
I propose that even if the government (indirectly) owns the utility pole, using them for espionage by a different government agency is still an infringement of rights. The government also owns schools, libraries, and hospitals, yet (I wou
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Did you somehow miss the vast protests and grassroots campaigns for even stricter copyright laws and enforcement? /s
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Sorry I thought we were talking about deliberate and illegal anticompetitive business practices, not how well MS treats compliant consumers that spend money on it and help further its network effects by using Windows.
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by Bran_son 3y ago
> It's not fair or reasonable to get mad at them about this stuff. It's more that we should be clear about where they're coming from. You're describing a wild animal: "It's not fair to get mad at the wolf fo
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Not serving on the US Department of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board would be a good start. To be fair, Katherine Maher took that role after her time as Wikimedia CEO. But landing such a role implies one is well connected, and sh
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by Bran_son 3y ago
Page 7: How easy or difficult is it for the following people to use their free speech rights without consequence in America today? [0: very difficult, 10: very easy] According to Democrats, it's very easy for white supremacists (5.6),
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by Bran_son 3y ago
> "major AI product used to do* <bad thing>" *say

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