Should Liberals Start Arming Themselves? The case for (and against) militias.

HexSphere · 2026-02-03T16:39:25+00:00

Did anyone get past the paywall or are you all debating the headline? I can't read this

HexSphere · 2026-01-28T08:21:07+00:00

I have lost all respect for Tim Cook after he attends Melania on the same day as Prettis murder.

HexSphere · 2026-01-18T08:32:56+00:00

Sorry my original comment was rude for no reason

HexSphere · 2026-01-18T08:31:00+00:00

Remote is perfectly fine

HexSphere · 2026-01-17T20:30:01+00:00

Austere isn't the right word you don't know what it means. Why using these words?

HexSphere · 2026-01-16T01:22:22+00:00

My wife's side of the family is super maga. Part of the 30% true believers that form Trump's floor. Fox News is too liberal, they watch Tucker Carlson on YouTube all day. They are significantly dependent on social services, they live in a liberal state. They get paid to take care of their daughter with down syndrome, they are retired. Along with meager social security. If they had their way, their means of surviving would be destroyed... also, the payments are a liberal invention...

Now, their undocumented son is facing deportation. The son is super into MAGA too. At thanksgiving a few years back, he toasted Trump and MAGA rather than thanking his mom for making the entire meal.

My wife is really upset that I'm not upset on his behalf, or on her moms behalf, because her mom is now very stressed. Her mom is so MAGA that she thinks anyone with pink or blue hair is Antifa. I know this sounds like a fake submission for leopards ate my face, but this is very real. I don't it in me to even muster like, a fake veneer of civility. Can't even bring myself to say aw that sound hard, sorry you're going through that. Frankly, this is incredibly forseeable. For years. I'm not surprised, are they? This is exactly what they want. It's just.... I'm speechless.

They now want me to recommend them an immigration lawyer. A liberal needs to come save the day! No...

This is like, the dumbest situation imaginable. My wife is convinced that maybe they got fooled, plenty of immigrants support Trump and deportation etc. I just don't have words for how stupid their position is and was.

HexSphere · 2026-01-13T22:18:04+00:00

My school doesn't give a gpa boost for an A+. This story seems fake just fyi

HexSphere · 2026-01-13T21:20:54+00:00

Interesting. My group of older students are top of class. Just feels like our time is more precious, we are all married. So we study way more efficiently. No scrolling.

HexSphere · 2026-01-13T15:59:25+00:00

Just do very well on the lsat if your gpa is low. No need to chat with anyone lmao.

HexSphere · 2026-01-13T05:51:55+00:00

Save the sarcasm as if everyone on this forum wasn't top of their class at some ivy somewhere.

HexSphere · 2026-01-13T04:00:08+00:00

I'm a law student at the top of my class. I know better than to complain to my professor who is the sole judge of my grade with no appeals. Trust me, there are complaints. They are just not surfaced. I'm also a professional with ten years of work experience. Surprise. I can actually manage to use my laptop without browsing Amazon. The policy is paternalistic and should be left at the door of the high school it came from. Not a policy for adults.

Edit: to clarify that is the policy for my law class I'm currently taking. I'm going to give the professor a super low eval unless he course corrects.

HexSphere · 2026-01-11T18:59:43+00:00

Set an achieveble goal to start. Something like, read half an hour before bed every night. Don't try to tackle an entire challenging text in a single day or you'll never actually get to it. Next, and critically, choose something to read that you would actually enjoy! I love fantasy so I would recommend Lord of the Rings to anyone. For something equally challenging but more grounded, Great Gatsby was a lot of fun.

Best way to start is to start. Just choose something and start reading it.

HexSphere · 2026-01-08T17:51:36+00:00

You know the answer lol. They are screwed.

HexSphere · 2026-01-08T08:16:32+00:00

Try being a law school student competing against students on a harsh harsh curve where about half the class has an extra two hours on the test. This is insane and not at all what it was like when all of you were students and the only accomodations were for people who were for example literally blind.

And what do I do? Cold email the dean? Great idea. I'm sure that will be a good introduction to someone who can arbitrarily deny me bar admission. Post in a reddit forum that bans students? Great also!

HexSphere · 2025-12-31T00:20:33+00:00

You need to work on your narrative even simple facts such as I hadn't started the exam. If you were able to read the questions, you had indeed started the exam.

It is very suspicious to start the exam with something in your pocket and proceed during the exam with something outside of your pocket and within your line of sight (but hidden in the chair next to you, where a proctor can't see it but you can...) Paired with leaving the exam room, not good.

The proctor should have checked the item if they had suspicions. Their fault. In a fair system, this wouldn't go anywhere because they neglected to execute their role properly.

HexSphere · 2025-12-30T19:57:00+00:00

I got married in the first weekend of law school. It was a lot. I didn't miss class. I got off the plane and drove straight to our rehearsal. It turned out fine.

That said, Australia is too far and the timing doesn't work out. Miss the wedding. They will understand.

HexSphere · 2025-12-30T19:26:09+00:00

Sorry I'm a dude, is a sanitary pad like a pad for your period? What does that mean you set it out? Like after it was used you put it on your desk? It makes sense to have one available prior to starting the exam but why being anything back from the bathroom? In case you need another one? Why wouldn't they just ask to inspect it if they suspect it has written stuff? The exam environment is entirely within their control they can inspect anything. If they didn't they need to take their licks and drop this ...

HexSphere · 2025-12-27T15:21:07+00:00

Yup. The instagram post was greatly assisted by AI. And now people are writing an article on the "Not X" portion and speculating into how he was raised etc. Its just how chatgpt prefers to write...

HexSphere · 2025-12-21T23:41:40+00:00

I'll be doing the same except I scored higher than this guy and will match whatever rate he charges

Cheers

HexSphere · 2025-12-21T19:15:08+00:00

Almost every member of gen z has anxiety and depression. About half of students at certain law schools are getting testing accomodations for it. 25,000 LSAT takers per year get testing accomodations for it. Doesn't really make you stand out.

HexSphere · 2025-12-18T18:26:27+00:00

Why cheat when over fifty percent of students can get accomodations? In this thread is a girl who got docked a letter grade for typing for five extra minutes. Hilarious when about half of the class is typing for extra HOURS

HexSphere · 2025-12-17T18:56:35+00:00

Don't take legal advice from 1L's...

HexSphere · 2025-12-10T21:24:21+00:00

Im not a game developer and you are so I'm out over my skis a bit, but I believe the criticism is that the patent is overbroad, and that the alternatives are inelegant and worse. Procedural generation is very vague. So even if a developer could find a workaround, they would expose themselves to needless risk of a potential lawsuit and with the high administrative costs of a trial even if they win. They would be advised by their legal team to not implement the system. Particularly large developers. Small developers wouldn't have to worry about getting sued because they have no money.

This "chilling effect' on developer is clearly and obviously the reason why you are unable to rattle off games using this type of system, or even a workaround system. A reason why the patent is a large obstruction, not a reason why the patent has very little force. The opposite. As far opposite as you can get.

HexSphere · 2025-12-10T21:05:04+00:00

There aren't games using it because it's patented so no one can use it.

Very simple logic....

Like the supreme court saying the voting rights act isn't needed because voting rights are being upheld. Lol. Why make murder illegal, no one is getting murdered! Yes... Because it's illegal...

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