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@sadolite
There is not a single word you wrote that I can disagree with.
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@Sidewalker
You mean like the way your boy Trump is so selfless?
So you completely agree with everything I said because I don't like Trump either. Fair enough.

If that is the way your brain works, I respect it.
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When did White Privilege End?
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@Double_R
 You think black office workers are feeling the strength of their domination?
The ones from 2 parent homes sure as hell are.
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@Double_R
and it’s clear who’s doing better overall there. 
The ones growing up with a father in the home? Not surprising at all.

If I were to come back as a black man, I would demand a 2 parent nuclear family.
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@Double_R
In today's world 100% I would want to be identified as a black person without hesitation. I would try hard to resist the urge to abuse the privilege modern society bestows upon me due to my skin color.

America right now is in an openly admitted apartheid where 14% of the population dominate every discussion and are listened and valued above any other. For the 1st time in all of American History, 2 people, Kamala and Justice Jackson were openly selected due to the color of their skin.
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Biden, why dont you attack North Korea now?
Biden will attack North Korea when the weapons contracts in Ukraine expire.
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My God, Governments Are Starting to Vaccinate Bees!!!
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@Reece101
this thread sponsored by Pfizer.
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@Double_R
So just to be clear, employers who, say, hate black people and therefore refuse to hire them, all of a sudden treat black candidates just as favorably as white candidates because the law says they have to. Is that correct?
It's a sticky point, the difference between de-jure equality and de-facto equality.

While there are examples you can show on your side, I can show as many if not more on the other side, especially in employment opportunities in entertainment and academic careers. I think the solution to promoting de-facto equality would be to eliminate the advantages on both sides.

Agree?
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@TWS1405_2
I think you are being too harsh on DoubleR.

He rarely engages in adhom arguments, and usually argues in good faith.
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@Sidewalker
Why is it a good thing to have career politicians? Shouldn't politicians put people before their careers?
Pelosi failed to deliver a massive amount of promises over a period of decades with no consequence. Is that what you hold as the gold standard for modern government? Pelosi? Seriously?

If AOC and the progressive squad got even half of the concessions from Pelosi that the HFC got out of McCarthy, you would have had medicare for all by now. Just think on that.
Instead, AOC's progressive squad was sold a bill of goods, empty promises, and token seats of power, with veiled threats as well.

If you want your voice to be heard, you cannot forever be afraid to offend anyone.

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How racism fuels the pro gun movement
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@ILikePie5
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@Double_R
Maybe if you’re trying to pass as something other than a lame white boy, but either way that’s highly debatable
Not really. There was no possible way Obama would have been president as a lame ass white boy. Feel free to debate that though.
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@Double_R
in order to determine proper congressional representation and proper taxation?
Allow me to enlighten you. Slaves were neither represented, nor taxed. What the 3/5 compromise ensured was that privileged white slave owners would have power over northern white victims. Also ensuring the north paid more taxes with less representation per taxed person.

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@Double_R
Well, we already know in the 1800's, if you could pass for white, you nearly always claimed white. In 2023, and ever since the Obama days, if you could pass for black, you most certainly identified as black nearly every time.

That is the privileged state today.
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How to get conservatives to back planned parenthood
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@TheUnderdog
Planned Parenthood doesn't care about "being accepted"

They care about money. And there is only one path for money in today's government.

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They came up with a "new" definition of the word Woman.
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@TheUnderdog
this is a good read:
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How to get conservatives to back planned parenthood
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@TheUnderdog
I am just saying, don't fall for the lie that there are no competing interests on the left. There are plenty.
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@TheUnderdog
I do believe that America shouldn’t have political parties, but while they are here, what a right winger and left winger believes is fairly predictable.
There are plenty of "traditional feminists" (or terfs) that are exclusively left-leaning. These feminists represents the desires of women, not men pretending to be women to gain advantages or destroy privileges exclusive to women.
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@TheUnderdog
These are just names that describe states with real, geographic boundaries, which arguably are far more important than a simple name. especially for legal purposes.
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@Double_R
Humans also thought slavery was ok for most of human history, until we realized it wasn’t. Our previous usage of gender is irrelevant to what makes sense now.
Much of slavery was justified through the use of very bad science, including phrenology (a thoroughly debunked theory)

You already asserted that today's positions on gender are not rooted in any real science, but rather psuedo-science, much like the science that justified slavery.

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@Novice_II
For a lot of people, that is how they concede points. This is a debate site, so it seems more productive to address points of contention rather than concessions.
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@TWS1405_2
3/5 compromise was a legal measure that gave some whites privilege over other whites. It had absolutely nothing to do with the level of representation of blacks.

Basic concept here.
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@Double_R
You didn't specify where in America, and that's a huge oversight. Some northern states gave a lot of advantages to blacks that Appalachian whites could never hope to have.

Class transcends skin prejudices now as it was back then. I don't think any black person would want to live at the same level as a lower class white person when they could have a much higher standard of life in the north. In the end, standards of living are the foundations for all metrics of equality.
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Happy Ray Epps Day!!

CIA/FBI operation to censor Biden corruption.

Think the death count is around 250K Ukrainians now.

Think of the millions of Iraqis slaughtered because people in Iraq were also likely censored criticizing Bush on his "weapons of mass destruction" lie.
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Conservative double standard
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@IlDiavolo
Scientifically speaking, evolution accelerates under environmental stress, and war is the best example of that.
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Happy Ray Epps Day!!
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@ILikePie5
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BSH1 MEMORiAL PROFiLE PiC PiCK of the WEEK No. 40- STAND with UKRAINE
Thousands Of Ukrainian Deaths CENSORED From European Commission Head’s Speech!


Daily reminder for Republican asslickers of Chief neocon Lindsey Graham.

-"We will fight Russia to the last Ukrainian!"

Ukraine was destroyed by the west, just like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam.

All hail the conquerors.
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Cracks in the Uniparty.
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@ILikePie5


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RM the underestimated.
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@Barney
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On economic ignorance
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@PREZ-HILTON
Yes wage increase can contribute to inflation.
Correct, if said wages are subsidized by brrr moneyprinting subsidies. More often than not it's actually government printed pensions that are a bigger factor than wages since they accumulate exponentially.
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On economic ignorance
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@cristo71
Fools and their Money are oft parted :)
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@TheUnderdog
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@TheUnderdog
has the potential to get us out of debt
Even if we took in 100 million immigrants, they would all have to pay an average of 15,000 in Federal taxes just to make up the yearly deficit assuming no expenditure increases to accommodate a massive surge in population.

That's the math.
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@zedvictor4
But changes nothing.

I'd say suicide is a big change when you can no longer lie to yourself about who you are.
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@Intelligence_06
because there will always be things only they will do.

Name 5 things.
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@thett3
Another horror story.

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@Double_R
The discussion over gender has absolutely nothing to do with science.
Sadly, this is true.
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Happy Ray Epps Day!!

Never forget....
















to forget.
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@Wylted
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@ludofl3x
"Pushing this agenda" refers to what? Is the government telling everyone to get gender reassignment surgeries? Or the left? 
I don't think it's a deliberate agenda, but only responding to the latest Munchausen fad where many of life's problems can be solved through gender reassignment. 

When social groups promote specific therapies, the symptoms manifest themselves, which is why this happens.


Assimilation is a genetic feature of millions of years of herd instincts, so if it isn't gender identity, it will always be something else.
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@zedvictor4
The chief distinctions are obvious
Not for a lot of people lol.
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@zedvictor4
pretty sure man needs to breathe and sweat too.

heat stroke and hypoxia will kill you a lot faster than constipation or celibacy.

nose could also be considered 2 openings for most people with 2 nostrils.
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@zedvictor4
You forgot the bronchioles and skin. Pretty important in/out systems.
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@YouFound_Lxam
Just came across this story to show men gaming the law by using this tactic.

So apparently, the legal definition of a "woman" isn't set in stone in some countries.

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Top 10 problems completely solved with Government Spending.
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@PREZ-HILTON
How would dedicating a portion of everyone in a communities paycheck to disaster relief harm their ability to respond to disasters? Especially when you are pooling money from multiple communities who want to benefit from disaster relief? 
Logically, no person would willingly donate to the Red Cross voluntarily if FEMA could do the exact same job with extorted taxes.
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@PREZ-HILTON
This is already done. It's a well documented fact that volunteers and private charity groups along with private entrepreneurs are the 1st ones on the ground restoring services way before FEMA actually does anything. it can take many months for anything FEMA does to take effect.
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Top 10 problems completely solved with Government Spending.
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@Intelligence_06
Who cares...
Many people on the left are obsessed with merit that is based solely on gender or race. If the bar to qualify is exclusively a gender, then meeting that bar by simple identification would be a significant advantage for ambitious people.

It can also be a precedent for identifying as a preferred race for the same reason of meeting that high bar of qualification.

Technically, this can already be done. I have been self-identifying as African-American for over 10 years to gain the advantages of expedited government welfare. Not one Federal agent has asked me for a DNA test.
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@YouFound_Lxam
I do not think the legal definition has changed, but correct me if I am wrong.
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DEMOCRATS should NOMINATE LIZ CHENEY for SPEAKER of the HOUSE TOMORROW
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@ILikePie5
This is the "Democracy" we thought was under threat from one guy.
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