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  1. Comment on Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids in ~news

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    The "rape is about power" hypothesis is a myth that has become unfortunately widespread. We shouldn't use it as a basis for lawmaking.

    The "rape is about power" hypothesis is a myth that has become unfortunately widespread. We shouldn't use it as a basis for lawmaking.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on The tech baron seeking to “ethnically cleanse” San Francisco in ~society

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    Not a single commenter here realizes this is satire? He’s describing the current landscape. He inserted “grays” as a new team, but any time he talks about a “gray,” he’s talking about Democrats...

    Not a single commenter here realizes this is satire?

    He’s describing the current landscape. He inserted “grays” as a new team, but any time he talks about a “gray,” he’s talking about Democrats today. When describing how to treat “blues,” he’s describing how Democrats treat Conservatives today.

    This is so obviously a ridiculous, Swiftian proposal and yet everyone here believes it.

  3. Comment on What is your favourite episode of a podcast? in ~talk

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    Nazi Summer Camp by Radiolab. Makes me tear up every time I listen to it. What a strange story of humanity in the middle of WWII.

    Nazi Summer Camp by Radiolab. Makes me tear up every time I listen to it. What a strange story of humanity in the middle of WWII.

  4. Comment on In Cold War II, the US risks playing the Soviet role in ~society

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    This is a very strange take--things are not going well for China and won't unless something big changes. Their declining population is a massive problem for them, and it's not a problem for the US...

    This is a very strange take--things are not going well for China and won't unless something big changes. Their declining population is a massive problem for them, and it's not a problem for the US and other western nations because we have large amounts of immigration in comparison.

    16 votes

  5. Comment on Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That’s one out of every 200 people. in ~misc

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    It absolutely is not a war crime to force civilians to evacuate from military targets. See my comment in response to @mantrid above.

    It absolutely is not a war crime to force civilians to evacuate from military targets. See my comment in response to @mantrid above.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That’s one out of every 200 people. in ~misc

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    You are sorely mistaken. They are not bombing homes—they are bombing military targets that were built on or near civilian structures because they know it works. This situation is very specifically...

    You are sorely mistaken. They are not bombing homes—they are bombing military targets that were built on or near civilian structures because they know it works. This situation is very specifically addressed by international humanitarian organizations. From the ICRC:

    The laws of war prohibit direct attacks on civilian objects, like schools. They also prohibit direct attacks against hospitals and medical staff, which are specially protected under IHL. That said, a hospital or school may become a legitimate military target if it contributes to specific military operations of the enemy and if its destruction offers a definite military advantage for the attacking side.

    If there is any doubt, they cannot be attacked. Hospitals only lose their protection in certain circumstances - for example if a hospital is being used as a base from which to launch an attack, as a weapons depot, or to hide healthy soldiers/fighters. And there are certain conditions too.

    Before a party to a conflict can respond to such acts by attacking, it has to give a warning, with a time limit, and the other party has to have ignored that warning.

    https://www.icrc.org/en/document/ihl-rules-of-war-faq-geneva-conventions

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That’s one out of every 200 people. in ~misc

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    That's disingenuous and you know it. Israel goes to great pains to warn nearby civilians of coming attacks on Hamas military targets. If they want to stay, it's their prerogative. If Hamas wants...

    That's disingenuous and you know it. Israel goes to great pains to warn nearby civilians of coming attacks on Hamas military targets. If they want to stay, it's their prerogative. If Hamas wants to force them to stay, then they prove themselves to be the monsters they so far appear to be.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That’s one out of every 200 people. in ~misc

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    I don't understand how you can think what Israel is doing in Gaza is targeting civilians. They are targeting Hamas, and Hamas is forcing the Palestinian people, often at gunpoint, to die for the...

    I don't understand how you can think what Israel is doing in Gaza is targeting civilians. They are targeting Hamas, and Hamas is forcing the Palestinian people, often at gunpoint, to die for the cause. The global community has continually refused to depose or otherwise unseat Hamas, which may not be the wrong move, but the Palestinian people are suffering deeply for it.

    6 votes

  9. Comment on Fresh Album Fridays: Sampha, Jane Remover, The Rolling Stones and more in ~music

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    This album kicks way more ass than it has any right to. Can't believe how well the Stones have, for decades, avoided sounding too clean and slickly-produced while almost every other contemporary...

    This album kicks way more ass than it has any right to. Can't believe how well the Stones have, for decades, avoided sounding too clean and slickly-produced while almost every other contemporary band has fallen into the trap.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on AP psychology effectively banned in Florida over lesson on sexual orientation, gender identity in ~life

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    Saying that you must use pronouns with respect to a person's sex does not mean they cannot be differently-gendered, as evidenced by the many people who identify as transgender but request the...

    Saying that you must use pronouns with respect to a person's sex does not mean they cannot be differently-gendered, as evidenced by the many people who identify as transgender but request the pronouns of their sex. They absolutely are not saying that non-cisgendered people do not exist. They obviously do.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on AP psychology effectively banned in Florida over lesson on sexual orientation, gender identity in ~life

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    Setting aside the bit about pronouns (that seems like obviously stupid governmental overreach), everything else you've quoted is... true? Literally every statement you quote about sex is factual....

    Setting aside the bit about pronouns (that seems like obviously stupid governmental overreach), everything else you've quoted is... true? Literally every statement you quote about sex is factual. Like, Biology 101. The mushy bit everyone argues about is gender, not sex.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on AP psychology effectively banned in Florida over lesson on sexual orientation, gender identity in ~life

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    I was aware of the expansion (which isn't even what people are saying it is), and I was simply responding directly to the bill that was linked, which was the prior version of the bill. I'm just...

    I was aware of the expansion (which isn't even what people are saying it is), and I was simply responding directly to the bill that was linked, which was the prior version of the bill. I'm just reading what people are sending me.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on AP psychology effectively banned in Florida over lesson on sexual orientation, gender identity in ~life

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    Thanks for the link! I responded to @stu2b50 above.

    Thanks for the link! I responded to @stu2b50 above.

  14. Comment on AP psychology effectively banned in Florida over lesson on sexual orientation, gender identity in ~life

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    That says it was expanded to K-8. Once again, reading the text you linked:

    That says it was expanded to K-8. Once again, reading the text you linked:

    Classroom instruction by school personnel or third
    parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur
    in prekindergarten kindergarten through grade 8, except when
    required by ss. 1003.42(2)(n)3. and 1003.46. If such instruction
    is provided in grades 9 through 12, the instruction must be     3 or
    in a manner that is not     age-appropriate or developmentally
    appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.
    This subparagraph applies to charter schools.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on AP psychology effectively banned in Florida over lesson on sexual orientation, gender identity in ~life

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    No, "certain grade levels" is referring to K-3, and after that it must be age- and standards-appropriate. Read the actual text of the bill, section 3:

    No, "certain grade levels" is referring to K-3, and after that it must be age- and standards-appropriate. Read the actual text of the bill, section 3:

    Classroom instruction by school personnel or third
    parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur
    in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-
    appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in
    accordance with state standards.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on AP psychology effectively banned in Florida over lesson on sexual orientation, gender identity in ~life

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    Maybe I don't understand--why wouldn't an AP Psychology course be allowed to discuss the issues mentioned in the article? By any reading of the law, it seems totally above board.

    Maybe I don't understand--why wouldn't an AP Psychology course be allowed to discuss the issues mentioned in the article? By any reading of the law, it seems totally above board.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on The Court of the Hague orders Meta to unmask anonymous Dutch user accused of repeated defamatory posts in ~tech

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    Did you actually just wish that Meta banned half the population and then call them intolerant? Does that really not raise any alarm bells in your mind?

    Did you actually just wish that Meta banned half the population and then call them intolerant? Does that really not raise any alarm bells in your mind?

    5 votes

  18. Comment on On being a c̵o̵m̵p̵u̵t̵e̵r̵ ̵s̵c̵i̵e̵n̵t̵i̵s̵t̵ human being in the time of collapse in ~comp

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    What a terrible talk. It's a man having a personal existential crisis (which I hope he is dealing with) but then moralizing it and, even worse, preaching its virtue to his students. The doomerism...

    What a terrible talk. It's a man having a personal existential crisis (which I hope he is dealing with) but then moralizing it and, even worse, preaching its virtue to his students. The doomerism I'm seeing as of the last few years is staggering and, to my mind, the biggest impediment to fixing our problems. These people are violating basic tenets of cognitive behavioral therapy. History shows us how silly and insignificant our fears of impending doom are.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Newborn babies, baby registries, first year of life, and sustainability in ~life

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    I just want to say that baby wipes are the shit. My kids are beyond needing them now but we still keep them around the house because they're so damn useful for so many things.

    I just want to say that baby wipes are the shit. My kids are beyond needing them now but we still keep them around the house because they're so damn useful for so many things.

    6 votes

  20. Comment on Now political polarization comes for marriage prospects in ~life

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    If you enter this conversation with the idea that "they" should be more introspective (i.e. because they're "wrong"), then it certainly sounds like you're not being very introspective about your...

    If you enter this conversation with the idea that "they" should be more introspective (i.e. because they're "wrong"), then it certainly sounds like you're not being very introspective about your ideas, either. Things like interracial marriage were seen as minority and deeply unsettling perspectives, once. Thank God we didn't let popularity get in the way of them.

    4 votes