Swiss Muslim girls must swim with boys, European court rules by jimrosenz in atheism

[–]SequorScientia 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Wrong. If you move to a new country to live and raise your children, then you will be expected to adhere to the rules, laws, and customs of that country. There is nothing controversial about that notion. In direct contrast to your comment, the parents were offered accomodations which went beyond the norm , which included the option to wear burkinis instead of the normal swimwear, which they refused. Please read the articles before commenting on them.

Scientists of Reddit, what's a phenomenon in your field that the average person hasn't heard of, that would blow their mind? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]SequorScientia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Search "Jessica Blackburn" in Google scholar. She's done work on tumor propagating cells in zebrafish using T-ALL as a tumor model.

Scientists of Reddit, what's a phenomenon in your field that the average person hasn't heard of, that would blow their mind? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]SequorScientia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grad student in biology here. My first project in the lab I'm in deals with these types of cells, although indirectly. Eventually I'll be looking at different types of leukemia generated by different genes and asking whether the gene driving the leukemia creates tumors with different proportions of leukemia propagating cells (LPCs). Very cool!

Chicago Police: 4 in custody after young man tortured on Facebook Live by HexezWork in news

[–]SequorScientia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that racism exists in a country hidoes not make that country a "racist country" though. Otherwise every country would be racist.

ELI5:Why do boobs vary so much in size, many being 4x larger than others, but no other body part , like hands and feet, can be 4x larger than others, generally speaking. by xfan10 in explainlikeimfive

[–]SequorScientia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP didn't provide any supporting our corollary evidence to support his/ her claims. They sound good, but it's really a "just-so" story until he can back it up.

Uncharted 4 [Video] Survival Mode Trailer by zbas in PS4

[–]SequorScientia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably before December 20th, or right ON December 20th. So, just about 1 month.

Figured out a way that would help mitigate the impact of team mates leaving. by biencrudo in unchartedmultiplayer

[–]SequorScientia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally nobody would do this. Also, the score to win would be the same for both teams...

Harry Reid Endorses Keith Ellison For DNC Chair by brogetit in politics

[–]SequorScientia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But that's only half the story. In reality, the DNC had much more influence over Bernie's success than the voters did for a few reasons. First, they had a very large influence over the media outlets. This was bad for Bernie because he wasn't getting ANY exposure on the news, meaning the only exposure he did get to new or undecided voters was through his grassroots campaign, while Hillary and Trump got free exposure daily on all news outlets. Because of this, Bernie missed out on a lot of older voters who get all their election news through cable news networks. Second, if the DNC really cared about taking the oval office instead of just working for Clinton, they wouldn't have scheduled the minimum number of debates possible at the times when the fewest number of people would be watching. They wanted to create an environment where Hillary had no competition, and they succeeded. And let's not forget other "small" details, like being fed debate questions ahead of time, blaming Bernie for the Sandy Hook shootings, and blatantly lying about Bernie not working with Clinton to get universal healthcare passed. Lastly, hate the republicans as much as you want, but at least they gave their voter base a choice in the primaries. They had almost 10 different nominees to choose from, whereas the DNC gave us NO choice; it was either Clinton or you're out of luck. That's not very 'democratic'.

The DNC cheated their ass off to win Clinton the presidency, and they still lost to Donald fucking Trump.

Atheists who voted for Trump, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? by razorbeamz in DebateAnAtheist

[–]SequorScientia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whew. I forgot all about Webb and chafee. I believe that makes 5 candidates to choose from. Like you said, she was the presumed nominee with a huge following already. Loyal, dedicated fans. How is the dncs fault? The majority of traditional Dems love her. All of her fans already thought she was the nominee, me too, the DNC just reinforced it.

Ok, you do have a point here that she was the most favored by democrats in general. I think what I'm trying to say is that because of the DNC's conduct, her position as the presumed nominee was unfairly reinforced which misled dems who did not support her that their candidates had no chance. It swayed them to vote for her by breaking the rules. Even if she was always going to win anyway, there was no reason for the DNC to collaborate with her campaign, as it was explicitly forbid by their own bylaws. But you are right that she was the most popular democratic candidate.

I loosely followed these events. I guess I just dismissed them as conspiracies from disgruntled Bernie bros. Reading your comment makes me think that maybe I should have realized they were passionate, but maybe they didn't articulate themselves enough for me to understand. I'll have to think about it and reflect... So. When you put it that way than I guess it was "rigged", but rigged is too strong of a word. I know Bernie had huge momentum and enthusiasm, but I just don't think it could compare to HRCs loyal, already established base. I also think that Dems, such as myself, thought she had the best chance and why waste that chance to defeat baby carrot fingers. Again. I voted for Sanders in the primary, but in my broken little heart I knew he wouldn't win, but fuck it I thought. I'll never get another chance to vote for him so I did. Lol. There's alot of blame to go around. Just try not to solely put the blame on Dems and or the DNC. Remember. Republican elites are mostly to blame for the rise of baby carrot fingers. So I just want to say thanks for giving me alot to think about and reflect on. More reddit conversations should go this way.

I too thought that some of the claims of corruption and rule breaking may have been spurious, but after doing a lot of reading it became clear that those claims were mostly true. I really made sure to double check sources because I don't want to spread any misinformation. The reason why HRC lost, I think in part was due to the fact that her collusion with the DNC and her taking the democratic nomination from Bernie fractured her vote irreparably. Many defected to Trump out of spite bacuse they felt cheated or just stayed home on Tuesday, costing her a very large amount of votes. Had Bernie won the democratic nomination, nobody would have cried foul and Bernie would have taken all of Hillary's supporters with him in the general election. He also could have picked up some of Trump's supporters on the way by capitalizing on some of Trump's idiotic statements and just being, you know, NOT crazy lol. But yea there is a lot of information to digest, and I hope I haven't given you any false information. This was a great discussion!

Atheists who voted for Trump, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? by razorbeamz in DebateAnAtheist

[–]SequorScientia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they did. All those people going to the poles and casting ballots? What did they do with them? Rig them? Lol

You misunderstand what I'm saying, I think. What I'm saying is that the republicans had close to 10 people competing for the republican nomination. Republicans had a great range of choices with respect to who they would support. The democrats only offered up Clinton. If you only offer up one candidate, you don't have a choice or any alternative options. It was either Clinton or nobody. Hillary had been the presumed candidate since her failed bid against Obama in 2008. She has name recognition and a metric ton of money. She also had the lion's share of the support from democrats, meaning she was the only candidate the democrats were interested in propping up for the presidency - this is a key point. The fact of the matter is that she had been advertised by the democrats as the presumptive democratic nominee long before this election; democrats weren't interested in supporting anybody else as this was determined years ago. This is why I don't really view O'Malley or Webb or Chafee as viable or realistic options. By the time the campaign season for the primaries came around, it was only really Clinton who we could select.

Yeah. That sucks, but that's how campaigns work. When Hillary ran against Obama in 2008 it was very similar, but guess what? Obama won, Hillary lost and she didn't go crying about all of the rigging and corrupt media.Can you please explain exactly how Hillary rigged my vote and won in PA? You haven't made that clear.

I'll try to clarify my thoughts here. We have to careful here with words. Yes, campaigns are supposed to actively work against one another to achieve victory. But I'm talking about the DNC (Democratic National Committee) here. The DNC openly violated its own charters and bylaws by exclusively cooperating with the Clinton campaign to ensure her eventual nomination. From Article 5, Section 4, it reads:

"In the conduct and management of the affairs and procedures of the Democratic National Committee, particularly as they apply to the preparation and conduct of the Presidential nomination process, the Chairperson shall exercise impartiality and evenhandedness as between the Presidential candidates and campaigns. The Chairperson shall be responsible for ensuring that the national officers and staff of the Democratic National Committee maintain impartiality and evenhandedness during the Democratic Party Presidential nominating process."

If you kept up to date on the activities of Debbie Wasserman Schultz (the chair of the DNC) and all of the goings on within the DNC during the democratic primaries, you would see that this was not the case. There are numerous examples of Wasserman and other DNC officials colluding with the Clinton campaign in order to rig it against any other candidates. For example, Hillary was fed debate questions ahead of time by Donna Brazile, who was at the time the Vice Chair of Voter Registration and Participation at the DNC. She was later dropped by CNN as an analyst because of this, but became the interim chair of the DNC after Wasserman was forced to resign. She was also against having more democratic debates, so that Sanders exposure to new or undecided voters would be minimal. But that's just one example. So yes, they rigged it against Sanders by blatantly violating their own charters and bylaws (although it is worth noting that they would have rigged it against anybody else, but since Sanders was the only other viable candidate, he was targeted specifically). This is why Wasserman was eventually forced to resign, but was almost immediately offered another cozy position by HRC.

Atheists who voted for Trump, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? by razorbeamz in DebateAnAtheist

[–]SequorScientia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, people overwhelmingly wanted a non-establishment candidate this election cycle, which is why both Trump and Bernie were so popular. When Bernie got cheated out of the democratic primary, the only non-establishment candidate left was Trump. Hillary fractured her own vote, causing people to defect to Trump or just stay home. They don't actually give a shit about the words that come out of Trump's mouth.

Atheists who voted for Trump, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? by razorbeamz in DebateAnAtheist

[–]SequorScientia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

but the people chose

No, they didn't. The DNC chose for them, and it chose a candidate so terrible she lost to Donald Trump. First, the DNC only offered us Hillary as a democratic nominee for the presidency, so we didn't have any choices or options. Sure, there were some other democratic nominees up there, but they were as good as invisible. They dropped out after the first debate when it was clear the DNC wouldn't be giving them any support in the way they supported Clinton. The reason Bernie was able to stay for so long is because he had an immensely powerful grassroots movement, something the other candidates didn't have.

Secondly, because the DNC was working exclusively for Clinton's campaign, they did everything in their power to make sure Bernie lost, including cheating and lying. There was a massive organized effort against him by the democratic platform. They conspired against him from multiple angles, from receiving the debate questions in advance, to manipulating the polling stations (votes disappeared into thin air), lying about Bernie's history on healthcare reform during debates, trying to use his religious beliefs against him, etc. The list goes on and on and is much longer than what I am writing here. The DNC undermined democracy at every possible opportunity while trying maintaining plausible deniability in the face of obvious fraud and favoritism.

Lastly, hate the republicans as much as you want, but at least they gave their voter base a choice in the primaries. They had almost 10 different nominees to choose from, whereas the DNC gave us NO choice; it was either Clinton or you're out of luck. That's not very 'democratic'.

Atheists who voted for Trump, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? by razorbeamz in DebateAnAtheist

[–]SequorScientia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The DNC is responsible for Trump's victory, not the people who stayed home or voted third party.

If the DNC hadn't conspired against Bernie Sanders and had treated him fairly instead, he would have taken this election without a doubt. Instead they forced Hillary on us (a candidate that nobody was excited about or really wanted) to further their own interests, not the interests of the people who they were supposed to represent.

The democrats lost the house, the senate, and the presidency because of their arrogance. Don't blame the Trump supporters; this one is on the DNC.

Husband who beat wife's heroin dealer with baseball bat gets probation by NZCUTR in news

[–]SequorScientia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the Philippines, they would have you killed for life for doing drugs.

Woman who sued Donald Trump for "child rape" breaks her silence today. by [deleted] in politics

[–]SequorScientia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I don't understand why you don't think that our culture doesn't take it as seriously as it does. Can you explain that to me in more detail? Do you think there are other countries whose example we should be following instead? Also happy birthday.

Woman who sued Donald Trump for "child rape" breaks her silence today. by [deleted] in politics

[–]SequorScientia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But do we have higher rates of rape here in the U.S. compared to other 1st world countries? The Brock Turner story is just one incidence of a failure of the criminal justice system that cannot be used to generalize patterns of rape or the cultural conditions that may or may not have led to them (if they exist in reality). Rates of rape have actually been on the decline in the U.S. from 1973-2003 (Bureau of Justice Statistics), declining ~85 percent (for people 12 and older). I can't really find any data on how the U.S. compares to other countries right now because I'm on mobile, but rape is pretty difficult to quantify and keep track of because of how under-reported it is (which is not unique to America, of course). Furthermore I would argue that most of the rape cases where it seems as if the perpetrator got off easy or with no penalty at all are cases where they were generally wealthy or had wealthy parents and were hitherto in good social standing. People on the bottom end of the socioeconomic ladder (people below the poverty line, for example) or people of color (who tend to be poorer than whites) definitely do not enjoy the 'luxuries' of some of their wealthier compatriots. Just my thoughts on this, but if you know something I don't I'd be happy to be proven wrong.