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Don’t worry. It’ll pass. #killjoy
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I'm genuinely relieved that the inauguration proceeded without bloodshed
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The transition is complete. Democracy has survived and fortified. The words from this poet laureate at the inauguration today do far more justice to the shift than I possibly could:
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The phrase "tip of the iceberg" comes to mind...
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Incredible documentaries on worthwhile Human Endeavour:
iNow replied to beecee's topic in Ecology and the Environment
May not be appealing if you’re not an adrenaline junky. Mountain was really awe inspiring tho -
Incredible documentaries on worthwhile Human Endeavour:
iNow replied to beecee's topic in Ecology and the Environment
Looks like that one is no longer available on the platform. Magnetic touches on similar themes but in a totally different way -
Incredible documentaries on worthwhile Human Endeavour:
iNow replied to beecee's topic in Ecology and the Environment
This one resonated deeply with me -
That’s obviously a miscarriage of justice that must be addressed. It’s also such a marginal example... so rare and extraordinarily uncommon... so remote a possibility that one wonders why we need a thread with over 4 pages already to explore it. Except, I don’t wonder. We’ve had this conversation before here and elsewhere. There’s an agenda being pushed.
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The funny part is that already represents my dialed back response. Perhaps after the Kavanaugh thread I'm tired of having to push back on the same strawmen that smell an awful lot like they're coming from incels. You and I both know he'll provide no source for his baseless claim. He's nothing if not consistent on that front. He's arguing from a position of fiction
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I already know you'll ignore this, too.. but how often? Got a source that isn't your colon in support of this assertion? The strength of your belief is irrelevant. If someone says the earth is flat and another says the earth is spherical, the most acceptable position is definitely not to "start from the middle," no matter how strongly they believe it. One of these positions is far more evidenced and far more likely to be true than the other, much like in these cases of sexual violence and harassment. The equivalence you suggest as your preferred starting point is a false one.
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Sexual assault and sexual harassment against women is endemic. It makes covid look like a shy introvert living in it's mothers basement and never going outside. False allegations exist, but are exceedingly uncommon. Men are FAR more likely to be raped themselves than to be accused falsely of rape. When millions upon millions of women tell us decade after decade after decade that we have a problem with this issue in our society, presuming these claims are rather likely valid does no harm to the actual justice being meted out in our courts of law. EVERYONE here in good faith agrees that each case is unique and that misapplied punishments should be avoided. Focusing on that miniscule sub-fractional handful of misapplied punishments, however, does more to illustrate an extreme blind spot and likely agenda from the speaker than it does to "protect the innocent." If justice and protection of innocent lives are so very important to you, then let me recommend you instead consider focusing on the tens of thousands of times women come forward with genuine claims that later get dismissed or swept aside (or which cause them to face retribution and retaliation) instead of focusing upon that one or two bros who maybe had bad luck once.
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Your thinking is quite sloppy. You were told that conspiracy theories and slurs against large groups aren't welcome here, not that personal opinions not be offensive. The guide you seek is in the rules to which you agreed when creating your user profile. Those rules are enforced by humans who will make subjective judgements with which you may not always agree. If that's a problem for you, you're under no duress to continue participation here. Oh, pull-eez... cry me a river. Hyperbole and drama much?