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Comment on 30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s housing crisis in ~life
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Comment on Hey, Tildes, what's a strong opinion you hold, but which you also feel like is the minority opinion? in ~talk
AllMight Link ParentHaha well I hope that’s true at tildes def not true in real life.Haha well I hope that’s true at tildes def not true in real life.
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Comment on Hey, Tildes, what's a strong opinion you hold, but which you also feel like is the minority opinion? in ~talk
AllMight LinkIn most cases our votes don’t count and don’t matter and therefore voting isn’t important. I’m from the US. cola is gross all cola. Pepsi, coke, and any other kind all super gross. There are a lot...In most cases our votes don’t count and don’t matter and therefore voting isn’t important. I’m from the US.
cola is gross all cola. Pepsi, coke, and any other kind all super gross.
There are a lot of people who are stupid and it isn’t their fault and there is nothing anyone can do to help them. And it’s a major cause of poverty.
Baseball is as boring as golf and should be taken off television.
Illegal immigration is illegal and should be prosecuted as a crime.
We should allow more legal immigration.
Well now everyone hates me, time to change my username. :)
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Comment on Jair Bolsonaro, far-right populist, elected President of Brazil in ~news
AllMight Link ParentIn the simplest form pain and suffering leads to hatred and tribalism. What are possible causes of pain and suffering? Lack of: proper health care, economic prospects, purpose, community, failure...In the simplest form pain and suffering leads to hatred and tribalism. What are possible causes of pain and suffering? Lack of: proper health care, economic prospects, purpose, community, failure to assimilate( thinking of older folks assimilating into technologically driven culture), health problems ( coming with an aging population, addictions, family problems. ETC.
If I had to make a bet I would say the mostly likely combination of right wing driven extremism are young men with few economic prospects and 50 year old plusers who have been driven out of the economy mixed with an awesome cocktail of facebook/youtube progranda machines. But that's just wild conjecture.
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Comment on Calling prophet Muhammad a pedophile does not fall within freedom of speech: European court in ~humanities
AllMight Link Parenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_the_United_Kingdom This is quite interesting based on the Wikipedia page about UK Hate speech laws it would seem the UK had much stricter speech...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_the_United_Kingdom
In the circumstances of hatred based on religious belief or on sexual orientation, the relevant act (namely, words, behaviour, written material, or recordings, or programme) must be threatening and not just abusive or insulting.
This is quite interesting based on the Wikipedia page about UK Hate speech laws it would seem the UK had much stricter speech laws and then dialed them back a bit. So this i far less strict than I thought they were. Thanks for challenging my bad assumptions! I guess the slippery slope can slide two ways...
Once again my opinion is shifting a bit do this conversation, it seems a society can have some carefully defined speech laws without causing too many problems. But it still frightens me that governments have access to such broad and impactful legislation. I don't trust governments.
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Comment on Calling prophet Muhammad a pedophile does not fall within freedom of speech: European court in ~humanities
AllMight Link ParentI'm sure the proposed legislation around protecting religion is more complex than your synopsis, but I will take it as I understand from your explanation. I think in word this sounds nice, but in...I'm sure the proposed legislation around protecting religion is more complex than your synopsis, but I will take it as I understand from your explanation.
it's not okay to insult a person who follows a religion just for because they are a follower of that religion.
I think in word this sounds nice, but in practice it's a bad idea. What if someone is following a miserable awful religion. Hypothetically we could say a new sect has popped up that's an off shoot of "Christianity" and one of their core beliefs is populating the earth with believers and they believe that taking wives of any age is permissible to move that goal forward. Like they honestly believe that this is what god wants them to do. Would it be against the law to tell someone that following this cult is awful and they are a terrible person for participating? Would it be illegal to disparage a political opponent who has had involvement in or support such a group?
How would the government be stopped from expanding this regulation to the "play the ball" part of this where one is criticizing a religion instead of a person. Or if someone criticizes a particular practice of a religion and the person in front of them is practicing that thing, would that be considered attacking the person for a being a part of that religion. How do we ensure this type of legislation will be evenly applied? Will Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus and others get equal protection?
This is really my issue against this type of legislation it's so broad and open to interpretation that it gives the government way too much power and offers a path to expand this sort of thing. As a person living under the Donald Trump administration I desperately desire for the government to have as little power over my life as humanly possible. Can you imagine what trump would do with legislation like this ? Or what if someone worse than trump comes next? People often think it's silly to be afraid of the governments intrusion on our lives but the current administration should be reason enough.
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Comment on Calling prophet Muhammad a pedophile does not fall within freedom of speech: European court in ~humanities
AllMight Link ParentWell that’s a convincing argument for the particular system Australia has implemented. I suppose you are forcin to think a bit more about this. It seems like it might be theoretically possible to...Well that’s a convincing argument for the particular system Australia has implemented. I suppose you are forcin to think a bit more about this. It seems like it might be theoretically possible to have some tight well defined and narrow laws that stop certain kinds of useless speech.
However I worry a lot about the slippery slope. And we definitely need a much longer leash with which to criticize religions and groups claiming to be religious. Being a certain ethnicity doesn’t carry much baggage in terms of the spread of ideas but religions purpose is to spread ideas and philosophy.
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Comment on Calling prophet Muhammad a pedophile does not fall within freedom of speech: European court in ~humanities
AllMight Link ParentChina, Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, Germany had a bad stretch but recovered we will see how it goes. I’m assuming you meant more in the direction of the hate speech type laws though, I think...China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, Germany had a bad stretch but recovered we will see how it goes.
I’m assuming you meant more in the direction of the hate speech type laws though, I think the jury is still out as many of those laws are more recent. Probably destroy was a bit over the top but I expect that in Canada, Australia, the Uk and other western nations with speech laws we will see a greater negative impact than we will see a positive impact.
Depending on how the negative impacts are handled it could certainly lead to poor outcomes for many societies.
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Comment on Calling prophet Muhammad a pedophile does not fall within freedom of speech: European court in ~humanities
AllMight LinkAs a Christian I’m thankful I live in a country were anyone is able to deride, impugn, and hurt the feelings of religious people. People say awful unjustified things about my religion everyday,...As a Christian I’m thankful I live in a country were anyone is able to deride, impugn, and hurt the feelings of religious people. People say awful unjustified things about my religion everyday, but freedom is far more valuable than comfort and feelings.
Thought and speech laws will destroy a society faster than anything. If people are afraid to criticize and shame bad ideas, bad people, and bad historical figures then those ideas breed and grow destroying the good things in society.
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Comment on Does anyone here share a passion for spiritual development, the occult, metaphysics, or fringe science/academia? in ~humanities
AllMight LinkI'm a devout christian. There are a lot of spiritual aspects that many Christians are unaware of or don't believe. But the primary spiritual work Jesus asked us to do was to love God and to love...I'm a devout christian. There are a lot of spiritual aspects that many Christians are unaware of or don't believe. But the primary spiritual work Jesus asked us to do was to love God and to love others. It literally says so in the bible. In word it sounds easy but in practice it's very difficult.
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the great and first commandment.
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”There are also spiritual aspects of Prayer, Meditating on God's word, Getting in tune with the will of God and so much more. Christianity is very deep but many people live it out in a shallow self serving way. Which is the opposite of what Jesus taught.
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Comment on Getting Started as a Developer from Scratch in ~comp
AllMight LinkI graduated college in 2012 and have been doing professional software development most of the time since then. I've written code in python, java, scala, php, javascript, nodejs and others...I graduated college in 2012 and have been doing professional software development most of the time since then. I've written code in python, java, scala, php, javascript, nodejs and others langauges/frameworks.
My main advice is just to pick a language and work your through as many projects as you can manage. There is no substitute for raw experience. That being said picking a language specific book will definitely accelerate your progress. Also remember to start small. For your first projects think about maybe building a simple command line tool that takes an input, makes a few small changes, and returns something to the command line.
A small guide on the languages I've used:
python
Getting Started: Easy
Strictness: Strict
Tedium: low
Resources: MediumNotes: Great for small projects difficult for more complex projects
Java
Getting Started: Medium
Strictness: Medium
Tedium: High
Resources: LotsNotes: Great for someone who wants a lot of resources to dig through, but the boiler plate code required can get old fast.
Scala
Getting Started: Hard
Strictness: Low
Tedium: low
Resources: MediumNotes: Very complex language with a lot options, makes it hard to wrap your head around. There are many right ways to do things.
NodeJS
Getting Started: Medium
Strictness: Medium
Tedium: low
Resources: MediumNotes: Node is hyper popular and there are a good deal of resources but the framework suffers from rapid development. There are many many ways to setup and get started with node and it can be confusing to pick the correct options. On the plus side it is javascript based, highly adopted, and continuing to spread.
If you have any more questions let me know!
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Comment on "Dear Transphobes", "Dear Disablists", a new campign from the Scottish Government in ~lgbt
AllMight Link ParentI would assume this is more of a deterrent to those who are borderline and are dabbling in bigotry, to keep them from crossing over the line. It's far easier to prevent something than it is to...I would assume this is more of a deterrent to those who are borderline and are dabbling in bigotry, to keep them from crossing over the line. It's far easier to prevent something than it is to reverse it. Just like anti-smoking campaigns, I know a lot of older people who haven't quit smoking but I know very few young adults that started smoking.
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Comment on Looking for opinions on how to moderate a community in ~lgbt
AllMight (edited )Link ParentI really feel like you and I could literally go back and forth on this forever. I think at the end of the day we have to agree to disagree on this one. I have a retort to this comment as well, but...I really feel like you and I could literally go back and forth on this forever. I think at the end of the day we have to agree to disagree on this one. I have a retort to this comment as well, but it has to end some where. :)
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Comment on Looking for opinions on how to moderate a community in ~lgbt
AllMight Link ParentI wonder if there are any reliable statistics or facts to settle the issue of what's causing the far right to grow? Cause I think this is the root of the issue. We each have an opposing opinion of...precisely the reason the alt-right is on the rise and their numbers have been growing... because there are countless incredibly wide-reaching platforms out there hosting such discussions and allowing their followers to "just ask questions".
I wonder if there are any reliable statistics or facts to settle the issue of what's causing the far right to grow? Cause I think this is the root of the issue. We each have an opposing opinion of what is causing the far right to grow.
I believe that pushing folks on the border line out of public discourse and into the shadows is causing an increasing number of people to join the far right. I think you believe that we aren't doing enough to push those views out of the public arena and that causes is the cause of the growing far right.
All in all it would seem we would both prefer less hate and extremism but we disagree on how to get there.
Fair enough... but that is still a form of neutrality since even with labels (which is unrealistic to expect to be applied in every instance) it's still granting those positions legitimacy by allowing them a space to be espoused on the platform and implying they have enough merit to be worthy of debate. There is no getting around that fact.
I think we define the world neutral very differently. If you publicly make a value judgement about something you can't be nuetral, IMO. I think webster agrees with me. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neutral#h1
Thanks for a lovely conversation.
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Comment on Looking for opinions on how to moderate a community in ~lgbt
AllMight Link ParentI agree with this and definitely did not advocate this. It seems that you equate allowing people to ask insensitive and/or leading questions with "Providing a platform for hateful ideology" I also...Providing a platform for hateful ideology to be expressed unequivocally does hurt minority members of that community regardless of whether the ideas being expressed are generally accepted by the community at large and regardless of whether those ideologies are being challenged.
I agree with this and definitely did not advocate this. It seems that you equate allowing people to ask insensitive and/or leading questions with "Providing a platform for hateful ideology"
There is absolutely no way to play neutral host to debate over hateful, discriminatory ideas that some deserve less rights, dignity or equal treatment than others without marginalizing those the ideas target and allowing the community to become a recruiting ground for hate towards them.
I also didn't suggest that anyone should play neutral host. "If a community clearly labels an offense and tries to correct it" <--- me
From your excerpt, I think this is great.
We find two major tactics to be the most effective. First, we educate. We know the danger in leaving suspicious but borderline questions unanswered, an emptiness that can be exploited. We reply to every suspicious question with a prewritten 1,600-word refutation of denialism
I personally know several flat Earthers and ignoring them only makes it worse. This could be a difference between real life and online discussion. I've found by politely engaging them and actually listening to what they have to say I can shift their stance a tiny bit at a time.
Finally, the holocaust deniers are a great example it's a super concrete issue and we know for sure what the truth is. So it's an easy issue to de-platform. But who gets to decide what issues should be de-platformed? that's a harder question.
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Comment on Looking for opinions on how to moderate a community in ~lgbt
AllMight Link ParentI'm not sure how encouraging folks to be more careful about their language and explaining issues to them makes are other people feel less safe. It seems to me that many interpret this as a zero...why should they take priority over the minority voices in that community who are made to feel less welcome and safe?
I'm not sure how encouraging folks to be more careful about their language and explaining issues to them makes are other people feel less safe. It seems to me that many interpret this as a zero sum game. Like every time we engage with something who is wrong we are hurting someone who is marginalized by that view. This math does not work out for me. If a community clearly labels an offense and tries to correct it I don't know why anyone would feel unsafe or uncomfortable.
the views directly targeting them to be validated by allowing debate over them?
How does debating something validate it? In my experience debating usually does more to invalidate an argument because a person can offer a more nuanced and data filled explanation of why the other person is wrong. Refusing to debate often empowers people who are wrong by making them feel correct and/or superior in intellect.
Once again I agree completely that many sub-reddits do not need to host this type of discussion. It might be a great community practice to point them at the correct sub-reddit and provide etiquette based reminders.
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Comment on Looking for opinions on how to moderate a community in ~lgbt
AllMight Link ParentWow, this is a very thoughtful and super helpful answer. I definitely agree with many of your points. However, I do not agree with this point. I think ignorance and genuine curiosity are not the...Wow, this is a very thoughtful and super helpful answer. I definitely agree with many of your points. However, I do not agree with this point.
It's just when people don't employ the same general decency they do in other conversations and try to cover it up by claiming "ignorance" and "genuine curiosity" that's trolling.
I think ignorance and genuine curiosity are not the same trolling. My definition of trolling is someone with malicious intent the stirs up arguments using negative stereotypes and inflammatory language. The most important part of the definition is the intent. Bad outcomes do not equal bad intent.
So, that's my framework. Take the question your asking and replace the "sensitive" elements with non-sensitive ones. If it's rude, rephrase it.
This is a near genius way to instruct people on how to improve their civil discourse and avoid inflammatory remarks.
I think as a society -- this is not the job your subreddit -- we need to find a way to take people who are unable to participate in friendly discourse and help them upgrade their skills and think differently about how their words affect other people. I think it's a huge mistake to take ignorant people and cast them out as trolls/racists/bigots and whatever else. I also think the folks most at risk of becoming extreme bigots are people with few economic and educational opportunities and when we segregate them from discourse we drive them into the loving arms of the most hateful radical groups that exist.
Once again this is not your problem to solve, but maybe this should become part of high school and middle school curriculum. Some kind of class that gives all kids a tool set that will allow them to have discussions without starting flame wars and/or riots.
Thanks again for the incredible discussion and insight. I feel like I understand the issues much better and I feel like I've learned a lot.
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Comment on The iPhone’s new parental controls block searches for sex ed, allow violence and racism in ~tech
AllMight Link ParentI agree 100%. This is one of the reasons I love tildes. We just had a full conversation with disagreements and analogies and reached a consensus by being thoughtful. That's pretty amazing on the...I agree 100%.
This is one of the reasons I love tildes. We just had a full conversation with disagreements and analogies and reached a consensus by being thoughtful. That's pretty amazing on the internet!
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Comment on The iPhone’s new parental controls block searches for sex ed, allow violence and racism in ~tech
AllMight Link ParentJudging someone without considering their motives seems like a terrible idea. If a doctor killed someone due to a mistake in a surgery should they get the same punishment as someone who...Judging someone without considering their motives seems like a terrible idea.
If a doctor killed someone due to a mistake in a surgery should they get the same punishment as someone who purposefully killed someone? The end result is the same whether it's intentional. :)
Absolutely not because the intent matters.
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Comment on Looking for opinions on how to moderate a community in ~lgbt
AllMight Link ParentI think it's debatable whether labels are useful or not, but I suppose it's not the point. I'm very curious about your perspective on the opportunity that people have had to learn and grow in...I think it's debatable whether labels are useful or not, but I suppose it's not the point.
I'm very curious about your perspective on the opportunity that people have had to learn and grow in regards to how they talk to others.
Do you think it's true that some people have not had the opportunity to learn and to be taught about how to talk to other people about sensitive topics ?
Do you think there are people who have never been exposed to diversity and need more help than others?
Do you think there are people that have good faith questions but have a hard describing that they are presenting them in good faith?
I really sincerely have these questions and appreciate the time your are taking to discuss these issues with me. This is a very important subject for me.
Maybe there should be some kind of progressive federal tax on family dwellings. A US centric example could be the first and second home are subject to standard taxes, third home taxes double, fourth taxes quadruple, etc.
Would deter investors from buying up family dwellings and then they couldn't just jump across state line to avoid property taxes. It would also individuals to use their primary dwelling as a personal investment and maybe own a vacation home. But investors wouldn't be able to use family dwellings as a scaled investment asset.