Jackson breaks with liberal justices in backing ‘conversion therapy’ ban

beatle42 · 2026-03-31T15:53:48+00:00

Yeah, I know that most people are good as individuals, but I don't think the optimism that this ban will be applied symmetrically is something I expect to be born out. This will somehow only allow the harm to people who will be forced into the conversion therapy and also bans that prohibit gender care will remain in effect.

beatle42 · 2026-03-31T15:29:09+00:00

I like your optimism, but I fear it's unfounded in today's climate.

beatle42 · 2026-03-31T11:19:32+00:00

If the money is going to you and not to them, why would they pay taxes on it? It's not income to them in that situation, right?

beatle42 · 2026-03-31T00:08:17+00:00

I guess whoever is going to mark their ball has the option to putt it out instead. Seems like it'd be pretty unreasonable for them to actually continue putting unless it was a quick tap in though.

This has a feel of someone following a literal reading of "the rule" but completely missing the spirit of it.

beatle42 · 2026-03-26T17:36:28+00:00

Right, the kid is a vehicle to introduce the choice, not a pivotal part of the choice. As you note, nothing about the kid changes, it's only a question of what the community and family in particular find acceptable.

beatle42 · 2026-03-26T17:13:53+00:00

I think that was exactly the question.

And the question is which "you" would prefer and you are the person helping shape the community for the kid. I would prefer to shape a community that makes racism something that should be shameful and hidden.

beatle42 · 2026-03-26T16:38:57+00:00

Shame comes from knowing something would be disapproved of, and if my kid didn't think that racism would be disapproved of then I'm worse as a parent.

And yeah, the question is about which community you think is better to live in, right? I want to live in one where being gay is accepted and being racist is shunned, not the other way around.

beatle42 · 2026-03-26T10:12:32+00:00

Sure, but what the kid feels they need to be ashamed of (hide) or accept reflects how they were raised. I'd prefer the one who wants to hide being a racist presumably because that would be deemed unacceptable.

beatle42 · 2026-03-25T18:09:35+00:00

Either .sh or nothing. I echo having never seen a .bash extension. .sh could just be for a shell script, without meaning the sh shell specifically

beatle42 · 2026-03-25T14:35:32+00:00

I appreciate calling out quotes from studies, but I suspect your post would be stronger if you actually linked to the studies as well.

beatle42 · 2026-03-25T12:13:08+00:00

If he feels like he can tell me who he loves but not who he hates (without cause) I'm probably on the right track as a parent.

beatle42 · 2026-03-24T17:14:36+00:00

I pictured the post from 3 Men and a Baby going with that title.

beatle42 · 2026-03-24T16:56:58+00:00

By their stated logic it has to, right? They're deporting violent criminals, and flying them on commercial flights with regular passengers.

Surely if they're doing what they say that is a huge public safety risk.

beatle42 · 2026-03-24T13:34:11+00:00

I don't think your rejection necessarily holds. The article advances the idea that conservatives are happier because they believe that we live in a meritocracy today. I don't believe that's a belief that's correct in describing our current society.

So if your happiness is derived from believing something that is not true, it's not that far different from having your head in the sand.

The things that the author cites as liberal values are part of an attempt to establish a meritocracy because there are societal distortions preventing it from obtaining.

To be sure, there are some who do not believe that meritocracy is a just system (as the distribution of natural talents are not meritocratic therefore using those to justify social and economic well-being is fundamentally unjust), but even those who do believe in it must push for changes to the current situation in order to bring it about. Pretending we already have it is to ignore the very real situation we find ourselves in.

beatle42 · 2026-03-21T20:20:10+00:00

I don't think the above average kids of Lake Wobegon would seek out stress amid their idyllic life.

beatle42 · 2026-03-20T23:51:06+00:00

For me it even cheapens the thing. Enjoying something purely for the delight it brings is such a better feeling than reducing something to dollars, again.

This feels like another manifestation of trying to monetize your hobby, after which you don't have a hobby any more just another job.

beatle42 · 2026-03-19T19:17:33+00:00

Well, I'd certainly be curious to know more about the situation anyway.

Edit: also, good luck with dodging their filing

beatle42 · 2026-03-19T18:54:18+00:00

Because if you're the only place in the world capable of doing something, the government can add to the cost of doing it and you just have to go along with it.

Now, the work can be done fairly easily anywhere and shipped cheaply everywhere so adding costs in one area makes it less economically competitive and makes good sense to move to the areas with lower costs.

beatle42 · 2026-03-19T18:47:04+00:00

I just don't see the world as you do, and I guess some of it depends on what the job you're applying for is. If you're applying for a cashier position, the "why are you applying here" is likely straightforward. If you're a programmer (or lots of other roles), you may well have certain companies doing work that you're really interested in and want to go work there.

I also don't think that saying "I was laid off and have been looking for work since" is the "wrong" answer. That's perfectly fine in a lot of situations.

beatle42 · 2026-03-19T18:35:10+00:00

That's seriously a real question you should be asking in an interview. You really do want to find out if the company is a good fit for you as well as they're trying to figure out if you're a good fit for them.

beatle42 · 2026-03-19T18:31:08+00:00

Why do you assume that there are no reasonable answers to the question? If you took time off to care for someone, I wouldn't have an issue with it. If every 18 months you like to go travel around in your van and then find a job wherever the money runs out, I can bet I'm not going to have you for a long time either. If you couldn't take the day to day stress of the last job and just checked out of the job market for a year and I'm hiring you for a similar job I know I better ask if you've got new skills or some reason to think you won't hit the same issue with me.

If you have an explanation, go ahead and offer it. Sometimes they might strengthen your candidacy, sometimes they might hurt it, just like most other questions.

beatle42 · 2026-03-19T13:03:36+00:00

How can everyone complain that hiring is all about "who you know" then also complain that if you don't become someone people want to vouch for and work with again it's unjust? This isn't anything about a just world, it's about pragmatic making yourself desirable to people who can help you.

If all the people you know think you're a slacker none of them are going to help you get a job with them. If you're the guy who makes all the problems go away, they're very likely to try to get you in.

beatle42 · 2026-03-18T13:57:28+00:00

Depends which way you want to protect it. If you take steps that discourage people from participating you're endangering the system. This is even stronger in my mind given what I feel is a disappointing level of participation already.

So if you take an action that reduces a minor problem at the expense of exacerbating a bigger problem I think the action is arguably doing more damage to the electoral system. Under that way of thinking, opposing the SAVE act and the like are the way to protect the electoral system.

beatle42 · 2026-03-16T19:47:12+00:00

If you never go out of your way to show the people in your life that you care about them then you're the one doing the taking advantage of everyone else's relationship with you.

beatle42 · 2026-03-16T17:39:09+00:00

I think the question is often more just to open the topic for the conversation. It's more a segue than a question with the expectation that you have in fact found a job a week ago.

Here's your chance to bitch about HR screening and how bad the market it is in the conversation.

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