Wuorg

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[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 4 points 21 minutes ago

I hate that Americans are so "war on terror" pilled that all we need to be ok with civilian casualties was that there was a guy that the government says was a terrorist there.

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 2 points 25 minutes ago

Terrorism is...checks notes...taking material actions to stop a genocide (as required by international law)?

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 3 points 45 minutes ago* (last edited 28 minutes ago)

So, what you are describing is the false dichotomy that proponents of scientific racism rely on to convince people.

The accepted scientific consensus agrees with your take. It isn't radical to say "there are biological differences between men and women, including in how they think." Quite the opposite. The issue is science isn't very good at promoting itself (partly due to how precise scientific studies are--"men are better at spatial awareness in this specific circumstance, with these specific parameters, but our study is not conclusive in the general case. More work is needed." That kind of thing. People want more concrete answers than "hormones definitely affect how we think, but figuring out precisely how is more difficult."), so grifters come in with half-truths and "common sense" takes that convince people that don't know any better that scientists are dumb.

More to the point with regards to race, there are differences between ethnicities. They just aren't what proponents of scientific racism say they are. The actual differences are mostly aesthetic or related to things like body type, eye/hair color, and height, that kind of thing (I should also mention that even defining a specific "race" is a significant hurdle in and of itself--we say race is a social construct for a reason). And, to reiterate, this isn't a radical stance in the actual scientific community. "Scientific racism" is a misnomer--there's nothing scientific about it beyond aesthetics.

Edit: I've edited this with clarifying statements like a dozen times already, so I should stop lol. I hope you all get my meanings.

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 8 points 4 hours ago
[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 27 points 1 day ago

Is this the fabled past Republicans were hoping for?

Who am I kidding, at this point they'd probably say "yes."

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 2 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah. I might not agree with every single thing Jasmine says or does, but this is exactly the energy the Dems need to be putting forward.

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Worth mentioning this one probably has nothing to do with what you think it does. See here.

Also worth mentioning that hacking machines isn't the only way to interfere with an election. (I shouldn't need to mention the potential for corruption when a small handful of people control voting blocs this large and important, but even that notwithstanding there's good ol' fashioned voter suppression that was applied liberally in 2024).

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 9 points 1 day ago

Thanks. Frustrating that that is basically what I had assumed, but thanks.

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 7 points 1 day ago

The party of "empathy is a sin."

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I try to remember that most of them are legitimately brainwashed into an actual cult, and stuck in one hell of a bubble. There's certainly a lot of underlying prejudice at play--this is America we are talking about, after all--but they are also being misled. Lest we forget the real perpetrators of Jan 6th, who have yet to be punished; I have a hard time imagining I'd have taken a different course of action from those rioters if I truly thought an election had been stolen and no one in power was doing anything.

That said...I think many of these people are beyond help at this point. At least as far as interactions with non-family/friends goes. Use your best judgement when interacting with them, eh.

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 4 points 1 day ago

I hope they never get a moment's rest when visiting another country ever again. Also, when they are in our country too.

[–] Wuorg@50501.chat 10 points 1 day ago

I hate that he even has an approval rating. Like mentioning Bezos's approval rating. Isn't this the exact same kind of deep state shadow puppeting that conservatives love to imagine George Soros is doing? Funny how little that seems to matter now. Hell, they are probably still blaming George Soros for their problems.

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