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It’s the socialism part I’m opposed to. We shouldn’t ignore its dismal and in fact deadly track-record. I was speaking of the poor, not an average per...

In which period, then, is the poor wealthier than they are today?

I am, in fact. What I disagree with are the statist prescriptions.

That’s the essential point of colorblindness, to refuse to judge by the color of another’s skin.

What I agreed with is that income inequality is inevitable in a free market system. I do not think free markets result in the poor getting poorer. The...

You’re right. I do not see income inequality as it’s own problem. Poverty is a problem, but wealth and success is not.

It’s obvious racism exists. I’m just surprised it’s being used in the spirit of ending racism.

I don’t doubt that there are racists who use color-blindness as a cloak to hide their racism. But we should also remember that people like MLK and Nel...

I don’t think so. I suspect my views would be more anarcho-capitalist, though I wouldn’t call myself one.

It seems that in most cases, racism is always presumed before it can ever be proven. Lacking the evidence of someone’s overt racism, the anti-colorbli...

Any example of these “(white) racists who boast about their "colour-blindness" while continuing to blithely practise personal and institutional racism...

I just want to get a grasp on this point. Is this falsehood about their identity false because only they can determine their identity, and therefor wh...

One doesn’t need to stop using these particular adjectives to refute the concept of race because, though they are not completely accurate, they are so...

I give the articles the full benefit of the doubt. I just don’t think giving the state more power over our private affairs is the answer.

Of course income inequality is inevitable. Luck certainly plays a role, but so do thousands of other factors. There is even income inequality between ...

Record employment and SNP? Thanks Obama. Future recession, deficit and debt? Thanks Trump. Anti-Trumpism in a nutshell.

All the talk of recession in recent months was born of propaganda and fear. The economy added another 128000 jobs alone. People are working and buying...

Yes, he asked the president of Ukraine to work with Barr, the attorney general, to look at the 2016 election and Ukraine’s hand in it. As you might kn...

It depends on the standards. Some are universal and some pertain to particular contexts. The universal ones should be held to everyone.

You, like everyone else, do not have access to the testimonies, only the opening statements that have been leaked by one side. At no point did the pre...

Do you believe we should investigate every allegation of wrong-doing? Let’s say I accuse you of abuse of power, should authorities be allowed to inves...

The whistleblower has not testified. A crime would be a good start. We cannot just investigate people because of a whistleblower who provides no evide...

Perhaps it was the writer’s negative biases that led him/her to kill the previous savior of humanity, a white dude, and replace him with a female ille...

They have to presume he is innocent as a matter of due process. No crime has been shown to occur.

If they are unjust allegations and the impeachment process is being abused for political gain, it is their duty to defend the president and oppose the...

Fair point. My statement “it’s simulations all the way down” is sort of a joke, but I see what you mean.

It’s just the idea that all individuals live within one reality, and that each individual can directly view and interact with that reality. I don’t be...

The distinction, I think, is that the Dems are using it to take down the duly-elected president, while the GOP are using it to defend the president.

What is intrinsically bad about pain, that it is painful?

It leads to bad speaking and writing no matter the concessions we make. Only using proper nouns would be repetitive and cumbersome. Pronouns are neces...

Consciousness is more a verbal trick than a thing. It’s the adjective “conscious” with the suffix “ness” attached to it, giving solidity to pure wind.

I’ve said nothing of “amplifying someone’s voice”. They can amplify their own voice, and I will defend to the death their right to do so. None of that...

They ought not to be speaking in a manner that belittles or dehumanizes the trans person. On that we can agree. But we do no service to the trans pers...

The main reason I defend free speech is for the marginalized voices, especially for those who risk death for the mere act of speaking. What I will not...

I never said nor implied any speech was completely fine, only that no one can coerce you to speak how he wants you to. Think of it this way: imagine i...

That’s not quite true. The rules and justifications still apply, it’s just that everyone isn’t forced to use them via threat and coercion.

Yes, defences on the grounds of free speech applies to all speech. But it also applies to the voices of the oppressed and marginalized, including the ...

You used racial slurs and I did not once demand you speak otherwise. It does disturb me that you use racial slurs, but I am quite proud to defend your...

I’m sorry but is this some form of argument I’m not aware of? I appreciate you mirroring my argument but copying and pasting them for me is a little m...

Exactly right. Do you believe the same or would you refer to him as the n-word to others?

If someone demands that you call them the n-word, will you refer to them as such in conversation with others? Why or why not?

I take offence to your use of that term. Do I demand you speak otherwise? No. Pronouns are an important functional element to speaking. The n-word isn...

I did not claim that, as is evident from my post. They can demand anything they want. By the same token I can refuse. None of this involves casting as...

Even if I grant all that, a person who claims to be a woman but appears to me to be a man has neither the right nor the justification to demand I conf...

Likewise, any claim is a dime-a-dozen. Anyone can claim literally anything. It’s not only a lazy argument, but not even an argument. In this case, the...

But who is speaking the untruth? If I see a person asserting what appears to be the opposite of the case, their “truth” can be doubted,

It’s a pretty common take on reality, that it exists independently of us. What can you not make sense of? These sorts of questions can apply to all pe...

Besides being ugly, the hubbub over gender pronouns is not the use of these terms, but the demand for them, that people must conform to your language ...

I hold that there is only one reality, and anything “subjective” is merely the point and position from which it is viewed. I appreciate the clarificat...

The Democrat’s impeachment rules resolution reveals the farcical nature of their unjust inquiry. For example, the house minority will be allowed to su...