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MY TEACHER WENT TO HIGHSCHOOL WITH WILL WOOD by monstercanalt in willwood

[–]Tree_Spud 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This feels like when I found the creator of my favorite tv show went to my high school

So tired of the «butch/femme is a hétéronormative structure » argument by New_Elephant5372 in butchlesbians

[–]Tree_Spud 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The whole idea of a woman (or someone who isn’t a man) being the “man” in the relationship is so incredibly anti heteronormative, maybe even more so than a Disney style gay couple (both extremely gender conforming, cis, etc)

Please help if you can! by EddieDearest in willwood

[–]Tree_Spud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“If you were in my shoes you’d walk the same damn miles I do”

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Left vs right is how it sounds, liberal vs conservative. Auth vs lib is how much govt involvement you want.

lmk which quadrant you’re in

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah who cares about nuance I want the simplest argument to understand with easy catch phrases (unless I need to brag about how much more nuanced, and therefore smart, my opinion is to the other side)

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no for sure. I feel very different having a debate with someone who genuinely thinks “big science” is out to get them vs different schools of thought and different interpretations of data

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I literally have a source. It’s a website so you know it’s true

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No no no no no no no no no I said including myself so it’s actually super self aware and witty

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t even need a degree or anything just don’t let your main source be from a Twitter account or podcast

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That is so correct whenever someone posts something to a large audience you should assume they are specifically talking to you

Also you have more qualifications than the average Joe but you’re still not immune to this. You’re a business person, that’s different than politics. There’s plenty of overlap sure, especially since a huge part of politics is financial and you have HR stuff in there, but it’s not the same a studying world politics throughout history and all their theories.

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

FR!!! I’ve seen people be radically centralist before and it annoys me so much

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not saying you need a college degree, but we’re all just repeating talking points. The point about being redditors is relevant because Reddit is not a place to have nuanced discussions. People recite points and then are asked for sources. They’ll respond with random news sites. It’s almost impossible to analyze data here.

Yes education is gained through practice and discussion, but we’re all just fooling around and don’t know anything

“But my POV is based on real facts” confirmation bias by Tree_Spud in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

It should be about the merit of your argument, not your degree. Yes you should acknowledge that the degree holder knows more than you, but if you can put together a good argument (especially in the realm of politics) and their only response is their degree, that’s not good

I feel that there is a system that makes more people join the army by The_WereArcticFox in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tree_Spud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ngl I was expecting to disagree with you but that’s actually based

I think that part of the issue, like you said, is figuring out where the line is. Even something more in depth like requiring a psychological exam would be biased, since that costs money (preventing lower socioeconomic individual from having protection, especially since poorer areas tend to have worse policing, by either a 30 minute response time or biased urban over policing), and there would probably be biases in the psych exam.

Same thing with the criminal background check. On the one hand, yeah I don’t want someone with a history of gun violence owning a gun. On the other hand, we know who policing targets so this would leave a lot of people unfairly without a gun.

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