pauldenton

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by pauldenton 3y ago
People say the second amendment was made in the era of muskets so obviously an automatic rifle isn't what the founders were talking about While the first amendment was made in the era of newspapers, so obviously the right to speech doe
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Thanks CNN for informing us about the largest known online disinformation operation harassing Americans Next up, China and Saudi Arabia chairing the United Nations Human Rights Council informing us about how the rights of humans are being t
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by pauldenton 3y ago
A lot of people who are supposed to be held in high status are actually held in contempt. Republicans hating Fauci and Biden no matter how much of an expert high status they are. And Democrats calling Trump or Bush #notmypresident means the
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Those are out of sight out of mind companies As long as those rare earth mines are in Africa and they are assembled in China it doesn't count as environmental damage. It's only if those mines or factories are in our country do we
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Seeking of suppression of desire and sexual deviants, is that what you would tell to people who want to change their gender? Would you tell them it would be healthier for society if they didn't become transgender?
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by pauldenton 3y ago
This just seems like a very natural back and forth You complain on social media about your employer and how they mistreated you They fire you for making them look bad by describing how they treated you Your view of them as a bad employer
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Punishing people who were never victimizers and promoting people who were never victims for the sake of equity doesn't address the problems of a single parent household and the consequences it has for children, but that is proposed for
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Media can thrive on negativity and the economy can be in rough shape with young people not being able to buy a home or start a family. Just look at American fertility, it's more dramatic if you exclude first and second generation immig
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by pauldenton 3y ago
So what does their data say about the cost of a house in 2019 vs today? The cost of a vehicle in 2019 vs today? it could just be the BLS not fully capturing inflation
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Government is how we got into this mess by limiting the supply of housing through zoning. Allow people to build up the unit in their backyard or in their garage and you'll unlock a whole new section of housing supply that will drive th
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by pauldenton 3y ago
When did he praise Hitler and support antisemitism?
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Standards are optional Diversity is mandatory
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by pauldenton 3y ago
If they wanted Israelis to be slaughtered wouldn't you be hearing evangelicals saying we need to cut all military aid to Israel, and wouldn't we see these Evangelicals teaming up with left wing progressives who also want to cut mi
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Just don't say anything controversial or work in any controversial industries or have any controversial friends
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by pauldenton 3y ago
instead of speculating what Jewish people who are Republican or Democrat think of the ADL, couldn't we actually poll them?
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by pauldenton 3y ago
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/04/politics/kavanaugh-protests-u... Let's just treat everyone who storms the capital and disrupts the function of government the same.
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by pauldenton 3y ago
The Spanish American war seemed to have a lot of lies and a journalistic duopoly controlling access to information which had one bent or another
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Techdirt/ Mike Masnick also repeatedly claims there is no disproportionate censorship and that Democrats and Republicans get censored an equal amount. He's very much been in a Silicon Valley bubble since 2016
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by pauldenton 3y ago
It seems like it would be better to resolve those disputes in the court instead of dismissing them all on procedural grounds like the doctrine of laches
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Hey maybe they're just treating Donald Trump like Hilary Clinton or Stacey Abrams. Claiming elections are rigged when you lose didn't start in 2020 or even 2000
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by pauldenton 3y ago
There's also a pathologizing of human behaviour, or things we could call Personalities. Boys at a certain age can have difficulty sitting in a classroom and focusing on classes for 6 hours like their female counterparts, and can be dia
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Doesn't that treatment mean medication they want? Mind altering drugs. Some ADHD medication seems to be a weaker version of Speed
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by pauldenton 3y ago
There's an equal percentage of women who are awful prospects for marriage and/or raising children. Men are the breadwinners and feeding them, even if there is a divorce through child support. Why aren't the women dating and m
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by pauldenton 3y ago
I suppose there's a difference when many educational programs in the US leave students with 6 figure debts that saddle them with the equivalent of a mortgage before they ever enter the labor force.
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by pauldenton 3y ago
That's credential inflation. Saying we require any degree to do this job means the degree is irrelevant. It's like Occupational licensing. Putting up barriers between people with low paying jobs to pursuing higher paying jobs whic
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by pauldenton 3y ago
And yet if you look at teachers, parents and the general milieu, there is an idea that everyone should go to college, and that going into the trades or working immediately after completing highschool makes you lesser than.
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Actually it's the Federal Government who is ultimately backing these student loans, and it is the Federal Government that made student debt non-dischargeable in bankruptcy. The best way to deal with it would put colleges on the hook f
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by pauldenton 3y ago
So is maxing out your credit card and going on an epic Spring Break, but we don't pretend that those kinds of vacations should be subsidized by the state and given special tax privileges like Colleges.
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Considering how elites handled things since March of 2020, can you really blame them?
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by pauldenton 3y ago
Don't knock Cliff Diving until you try it https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nOzJETxv2yI

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