US Politics Mega-thread - Page 1168

On March 01 2019 01:47 IgnE wrote:
why would you hide the rules from people who want to know what they are? seems cruel

On March 01 2019 02:31 TheTenthDoc wrote:


Under the same rationale that (game company of your choice) doesn't divulge criteria or methods for detecting botting or cheating tools, I'd imagine. It's certainly cruel, but primarily to botters and cheaters (and to the false positives, but that's what appeals and reasoning are for).

On February 28 2019 23:37 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
No. "ethno-nationalism" is not the same as heterogeneity and homogeneity or variance. That doesn't even make sense. They don't even interact. One is used in science, the other is politics, with totally different meanings.

It's like saying heterogeneity and homogeneity is your(in layman's terms) "democracy". lol!"

An entry in the Oxford English Dictionary (2008) simply defines racialism as "[a]n earlier term than racism, but now largely superseded by it", and cites it in a 1902 quote.[12] The revised Oxford English Dictionary cites the shortened term "racism" in a quote from the following year, 1903.[13][14] It was first defined by the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition, 1989) as "[t]he theory that distinctive human characteristics and abilities are determined by race"; the same dictionary termed racism a synonym of racialism: "belief in the superiority of a particular race".

On March 01 2019 04:10 IgnE wrote:


you know, I think a lot of sociopaths have a pretty good understanding of the rules. that’s what allows them to circumvent them. most people explicitly asking about the rules want, i think, two things: to understand the rules, and to understand their justification.

On March 01 2019 04:19 iamthedave wrote:


I don't think point two is accurate actually. Most people just want to know what rules they have to follow and then go on with their day/life. It's a minority who want to know - or even particularly care - about the justification unless the rule is annoying or inconvenient in some fashion.

Like 'do not walk on the grass'. I doubt many people actually care about the reason behind it.

On February 28 2019 12:19 Nebuchad wrote:
It's one of the ways in which we can demonstrate the intellectual bankruptcy of the right, btw. There are statements that are common within the right that should lead to racism, but at the same time they aren't allowed to say it, and so they don't, and they are left with a premise that has an obvious conclusion that they can't make.

It's more obvious in more extreme cases, for example differences in IQ (that I believe xDaunt is into? I don't want to put words in his mouth but I don't think I'm misremembering). If it is true that race is a factor in IQ, and that IQ is an important factor, then why wouldn't you be racist? It makes no sense to pretend people are the same if they are truly different. Racism is the only logical follow-up to this belief.

This one is more extreme but there are more common ones. "Black people commit more crimes" is one that we hear a lot if we discuss killings by police in the US. At this point we can point out that killings by police and criminality aren't related, and that's a fine response. But we can also ask ourselves, if someone believes that race is a factor in criminality, why wouldn't they draw the conclusion that racism is logical? They should.

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...Overall, non-Hispanic whites have the highest incidence rate, followed by blacks, Hispanic whites, and APIs. In the analysis of survival, significant racial differences exist when stratified by gender, age group, histological type, stage, location and treatment strategies. Racial differences exist among UBC patients in the United States in terms of characteristics, incidence, and survival. Future studies may collect and analyze more data for comprehensive description and interpretation of the racial differences.

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On March 01 2019 05:03 IgnE wrote:


perhaps, but then most people dont ask what the rules are, they operate in one way until they are told to act differently. it seems to me that most people who respond to being told to act differently by asking the question are after something kore

On March 01 2019 05:03 IgnE wrote:


perhaps, but then most people dont ask what the rules are, they operate in one way until they are told to act differently. it seems to me that most people who respond to being told to act differently by asking the question are after something kore