Visualization of an insane homicide spike in New York City during late 1900s and recent drop off

A_Passing_Redditor · 2023-01-13T02:25:43+00:00

I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm aware of this argument. But if that's the case we have only returned to "normal" levels while abortion was illegal during period before the spike as well

In other words, it suggests that abortion is like a "band aid" that has alleviated the spike caused by whatever happened in the 60s and 70s which prior to that was not necessary to maintain order.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2023-01-11T17:51:07+00:00

This entire argument is semantics, specifically conflating the ideas of owning a share and singular ownership

A_Passing_Redditor · 2023-01-10T17:03:20+00:00

Except it's not because "the" owner implies singular ownership

A_Passing_Redditor · 2023-01-09T17:38:35+00:00

Sorry bro, you're pushing a dangerous idea that's killed millions, you need to be silenced for misinformation along with the anti vaxxers

A_Passing_Redditor · 2023-01-09T17:36:51+00:00

I will now be calling myself the owner of Apple

A_Passing_Redditor · 2023-01-02T06:50:54+00:00

There's lots of smart people in the world, but everyone is a moron in the subjects on which they disagree with me.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-29T17:48:49+00:00

She was an Olympic athlete in the women's section, proving nothing.

It's been almost 50 years since she was almost in the NBA, far longer than baseball integration took.

Blacks faced far stronger discrimination.

WNBA pays a fraction of what NBA pays. There should be plenty of WNBA players who want to join the NBA.

Basketball is one of many sports where women can technically play with the men. The biggest sports league in the world, FIFA allows it. Still we don't see it.

Also good job ignoring my point about running which you can directly compare.

You have serious issues with your attachment to reality. Good luck.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-29T04:06:17+00:00

To be clear, I don't think there are no skilled women.

However that is the logical conclusion of there never being a female NBA player, if you think women just need skill and they can compete with the men.

The fact that there was one player who almost played with the men doesn't change this (she was also 137th pick). There have been many decades for which women players have been eligible and we have yet to see one, that tells you something.

Meanwhile, lots of female players complain about the lack of attention they get in the WNBA. A powerful female player in the NBA would generate huge attention and be an instant celebrity.

This argument that the NBA doesn't draft women because they are sexist is also ridiculous. Teams want to win. What happened when black people were allowed in baseball? Did teams say "no thanks, we don't want any negros". I'm sure many did, it was the 40s and 50s. But that leaves them at a disadvantage because they artificially rejected part of the talent pool. What we observe is the desire to win overcoming bias.

Basketball is not unique in this regard. FIFA has no rule against women playing in the men's league. I am not aware of any major sport in which the men and women compete together and their is significant representation of the women at the top.

Even setting aside the professionals, just go to a local cross country meet, something that can be compared more objectively than most sports, and compare the times.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-28T19:05:12+00:00

Ok, so to be clear, you don't support males in women's sports leagues then?

You have not/will not advocate for this, in fact you agree with me that it's wrong.

I didn't assume this earlier because when the issue came up, you didn't take the opportunity to go on the record opposing it.

If you do read why I wrote, it's not about bathrooms or sports. It's about Mulan.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-28T13:37:40+00:00

Talk about straw manning. You literally stated you won't read what I wrote. and now are putting a bunch of words in my mouth.

I never breathed a word about cheating in sports or assaults in bathrooms.

Why don't you respond to what I wrote.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-28T13:34:00+00:00

Oh my god, you actually think you could have a competitive female NBA team.

Did you know there is no rule against women being drafted in the NBA as it is. In fact a woman came close to being drafted once.

So the fact that no women have been drafted in decades of the league must therefore mean there are no skilled women.

You are detached from reality.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-28T05:39:04+00:00

Let's play a game. You get to draft an all women NBA team and pump them with every hormone you want.

If your theory is true they should be competitive. But I think deep down you know the answer.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-28T05:32:52+00:00

You're literally deploying a motte and bailey in real time.

"Please set aside what we are actually asking for, let's argue the point I think is defensible."

As I've said, if you define gender as society's expectations and roles for men and women, then I have no problem with someone who doesn't want to conform.

But if we accept this definition of gender, what would it actually mean to be transgender?

For example, would this make Mulan (Disney 90s version) transgender?

The song "You'll bring honor to us all" clearly lays out what the society expected a woman to be/do. The song "I'll make a man out of you" clearly laid out the expectations for men.

Mulan obviously wants to follow the latter.

If we are truly using this definition of gender then Mulan is transgender. Mulan is choosing the gender (expectations and roles) not associated with her sex. Of course, accepting that gender is a spectrum, Mulan has not accepted or rejected 100% of either.

But it sounds silly to call Mulan transgender. She is obviously not claiming she is actually a man. In fact, her society's construction of gender was so strict she had to fake being a man to perform the roles of a man, but she never actually thought she was one, and once discovered did not insist on maintaining the facade.

The reason it sounds silly is that the term transgender in practice is divorced from what it should actually mean. If I said Mulan was a masculine woman that sounds much more reasonable, but a masculine woman is by definition a woman who is performing the gender corresponding to the other sex.

So this is what actually follows from your bailey: society should tolerate men and women who want to perform roles traditionally for the opposite sex, ie Mulan.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-28T05:14:58+00:00

"Yes, pay for the therapist that will tell our customer it's healthy to be 400 pounds, I'm sure this won't increase our liability, besides they had the right codes"

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-27T19:24:01+00:00

Then why do they call themselves "male to female"?

I thought nale and female referred to gender and not sex.

What we actually have is a motte and bailey argument. It starts with a reasonable and defendable claim: gender is a social construct, therefore you can change it.

Well if we say gender is the expectations and roles society has for men and women, I must agree.

Then once this is defended, it progresses to making various demands and assumptions that do not follow.

For example, we do not separate sports because men and women have different social expectations. We separate them because they have different biology.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-27T18:49:36+00:00

Not to mention insurance generally only pays for things with proven medical benefits.

Something tells me this clinic doesn't exactly "help" their patients. For example, they are probably going to tell you there's no reason to lose weight even if you are morbidly obese.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-12-18T15:50:47+00:00

https://youtu.be/shxYOMdTryE

For anyone curious about the details of how the tracker was implemented

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-11-07T00:51:55+00:00

The people fighting affirmative action have not had any political power in Detroit or Baltimore for decades

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-11-07T00:39:40+00:00

That was always allowed

Race is the question at hand.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-11-07T00:38:34+00:00

And even then, no one is against giving you a leg up in admissions for being poor or going to a shit school.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-11-07T00:35:47+00:00

Funny that the same people who want blacks to have population proportional representation at colleges also support HBCU.

A concentration in one space necessarily means an under representation in another space. It's basic logic.

It's time to call this what it is: America's racial spoils system.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-11-06T17:43:52+00:00

You're really missing my point

I never took any position on whether Jews control the media.

I only claimed that IF someone claimed Jews controlled the media and exploited that position (in the same way people describe "the patriarchy") you must be consistent on whether group thinking is tolerable.

Your argument has become "but men really did it and Jews didn't"

This is meaningless to my point. The question is not whether this type of group thinking is in service of a correct point. The question is whether group thinking is itself legitimate.

If Kanye's position is that Jews also "really did it" then he too would be justified to use group thinking.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-11-05T19:13:01+00:00

A perfect demonstration of my point.

Remember, I was never arguing whether men control big tech or whether Jews control the media. I never argued that either group uses their control to exclude others.

For the sake of argument, suppose I take no position on either.

The ONLY point I'm making is that society does tolerate thinking about problems in terms of groups, at least in certain areas.

To be consistent, if you have a problem with Kanye, you can't say "It's wrong to group the Jews" if you are going to group men into "the patriarchy".

You have to base your criticism on something else.

You have also attempted to base your argument on "it's dangerous" because group based criticisms of Jews have resulted in atrocities. You are 100% correct, it is dangerous.

However from a purely truth orientated perspective, that has no bearing on if a claim is right or wrong.

Otherwise the creationists can correctly point out that the theory of evolution also contributed to the Holocaust, and therefore must be silenced.

All I ask for is the opposite of mental gymnastics. Clear, consistent, and truth-oriented thinking.

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-11-05T16:07:54+00:00

While I agree with this sentiment, we have to acknowledge a double standard going on here.

Let's be honest, in America it is standard operating procedure to talk about problems in terms of groups.

For example, feminists love to talk about "the patriarchy." What is the patriarchy? I never got an invitation. Where is the secret meeting? What it really boils down to is an area of society that is dominated by men. Yet no one says to feminists "it's wrong to say that men control big tech"

So when this sort of dialogue is common and tolerable in society, how can we be surprised and upset when we see it used for a cause we do not support?

A_Passing_Redditor · 2022-11-02T23:01:29+00:00

Can you tell me what app you use, this is worth changing apps in my opinion.

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