banads

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by banads 6y ago
Please elaborate on how this comment is a political or ideological battle? A person asked a specific question about US history, and I replied with relevant historical documentation. How could I have answered their question in a way that doe
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by banads 6y ago
I'm more concerned with what that implies about the content of their character, rather than color
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by banads 6y ago
>"The National Museum of African American History & Culture wants to make you aware of certain signs of whiteness: Individualism, hard work, objectivity, the nuclear family, progress, respect for authority, delayed gratification
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by banads 6y ago
Yep, it's definitely not easy. Nothing worth doing is. Many prefer poisonous fast food to a healthy home cooked meal, just as many prefer to read twitter comments and click bait than to read a book
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by banads 6y ago
Studying human history and philosophy provides much greater insights into human affairs than reading click bait or partisan propaganda
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by banads 6y ago
As a thought experiment: are there any examples that you can personally think of where self proclaimed liberals used hate and fear to shape public discourse?
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by banads 6y ago
>alternative that does the work of collective discovery. The library
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by banads 6y ago
>How do I tell the difference between an honest citizen journalist, a propagandist, a liar, a lunatic, or a troll? Critical thinking skills, independent research, and open dialogue
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by banads 6y ago
How many examples would it take to convince you? And do you think it's possible for humans to claim they are driven by altruistic, while actually being primarily hateful, deceitful, divisive, and destructive?
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by banads 6y ago
Maybe if there weren't already countless other supporting, self-evident examples in recent history
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by banads 6y ago
You're assuming a false dichotomy in which one obscurely defined group is subjectively deemed to be marginally better than the other excuses the synergistic absurdity of both
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by banads 6y ago
Not surprising considering the extreme consolidation of mass media corporations over the past 50 years.
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by banads 6y ago
The irony is inherent in the ideology. This is just one of many examples of that irony on full public display, cannibalizing itself.
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by banads 6y ago
>it would be VERY hard to convince me that they have done it at the same level of concerted effort. What exactly would it take to convince you of that?
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by banads 6y ago
What's silly, precisely? Seat belts are cool, so no, you're wrong. Homemade masks (as opposed to N95) and handkerchiefs are only marginally effective against reducing transmission. Having a strong immune system is a scientifically
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by banads 6y ago
Why doesn't the state also mandate exercise, diet, and sleep?
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by banads 6y ago
>18 of those will have permanent heart damage for the rest of their lives. Adding critical context: Nearly half of americans are obese and/or have heart disease, and ~650,000 are killed by it each year. How much lower would all thos
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by banads 6y ago
>That jackboot that has been stomping my face in, I wonder if it fits me? "If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them.
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by banads 6y ago
Why do you focus so narrowly on "fighting" speech, rather than the ongoing actions that are dehumanizing humans of all types?
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by banads 6y ago
Nature abhors monoculture
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by banads 6y ago
Can you see how the former is a link in the same "chain of destruction"[1] as the latter? [1] https://youtu.be/c8N0TDsjpkE You may be disinclined to watch this short video, but perhaps you would be surprised to see
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by banads 6y ago
It's funny (and quite stupid) how people try to define slavery and racism as a uniquely white American problem from the past, and not a human problem of the present. Slavery still exists. There are more people living in slavery now tha
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by banads 6y ago
There is a comical irony to how those roles have flip flopped over these recent decades. Evidence of how we humans do in fact have so much more in common than we give ourselves credit for -- all the while these groups hyper focus only on ou
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by banads 6y ago
>I really don't understand this idea that speech doesn't have consequences that cause disparate impact. It seems you are tilting at windmills. Where in this discussion has anyone claimed that words do not have effects?
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by banads 6y ago
Perhaps a paradigm shift from a "thing" oriented society to a "person" oriented society. "We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When mach
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by banads 6y ago
>How do you get Americans to care about the health and welfare of other Americans? First, you have to get them to care about their own health. 42% of Americans are obese and heart disease kills ~650,000 Americans every year even though i
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by banads 6y ago
>Except that Google’s stock price is both in the hands of its employees and directly benefits its employees. They have a clear stake in it. Again, the same is true for democratic governments.
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by banads 6y ago
>the ad industry can disappear overnight, and I don’t think life would get worse without it If you're concerned about extreme materialism and the effect it has on the environment and mental health, then it seems life would not get w
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by banads 6y ago
>The other way to think about how to steel man the idea would be to think about how the government measures its success which is most likely by whether or not those in power keep staying in power? The same is true for Google or any corpo
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by banads 6y ago
>Tech companies have a defined purpose, and they’re a vehicle for achieving that purpose. Google wants to organize the world’s information, and turning a gigantic profit while doing so is one of their operating constraints... >But the

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