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@Lunatic
I am even night VIG plus a random message goes out to a random person, town or mafia, that has to confirm the kill.
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@Lunatic
I remember a game where you were vig and I think we lynched mafia DP1 and you shot a town in the night as vig.
I think we lost that game.
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@Bringerofrain
I'm an educator so this is a hot topic for me.
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There are various CDC reports on it or you can read a layman's article.
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@Bringerofrain
It's wrong because closing the school isn't making the teacher significantly safer over a teacher getting Covid from known existing vectors regardless of school closures.
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@Bringerofrain
School Unions are the main driver for keeping the schools closed, not science. They are blatantly using the lockdown as a bargaining chip to extort more federal funds.
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@Bringerofrain
Kids are not a vector for transmitting the disease if you follow the science and not the politicians.
It's far more likely a teacher will contract Covid around adults than children.
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@Bringerofrain
That's not wise if there's more town than scum.
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@ILikePie5
A person receiving government welfare cannot be ungrateful yet still deserve the welfare?
Note that this prompt has nothing to do with need.
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@ILikePie5
So this is a No? Sorry but I'm specifically looking for yes or no answers with a justification.
If RM continues to follow his logical train of thought down the rabbithole he will probably be the 1st (and honestly no offense, I think he is the only one capable of those participating on this site) to come up with the correct answer to this specific prompt.
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So far your response is the only one in this thread that is rooted in rational thought.
To the original prompt,
Yes or no?
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@ILikePie5
Can you answer yes or no with a Justification?
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Charity is the pure love of Christ.
So Charity is an instrument of a far-right Theocracy?
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@fauxlaw
Is this a no response?
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@FLRW
A far-right wing Theocracy is the justification for the Yes?
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I'm just going to assume the first 3 responses are Yes responses.
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As the title says, just want to get an idea of your opinion and maybe some justification.
Thanks!
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@fauxlaw
Hearsay is straw-manning another person's speech.
Or gaslighting if you prefer.
Written, Electronic or Video evidence is far more reliable than brain cell memory.
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@Athias
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@3RU7AL
DO YOU REALIZE THAT PTSD DOESN'T ONLY HAPPEN TO PEOPLE WHO SEE THEIR HETEROSEXUAL PARTNER DIE BEFORE THEIR VERY EYES?
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@ILikePie5
Can you become gay or is it not possible?
The science is pretty clear brain chemistry and hormonal balance drives attraction, not choice.
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@TheUnderdog
Milton Friedman stated that the only desirable immigration is illegal immigration when you have a welfare state.
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The difference between saying Trump is "wrong" over Trump is "evil" is that one is a violation and one is not.
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@Barney
My purpose is to distinguish among (a) lies done deliberately with intent to deceive (If you like your doctor), (b) mistakes (mistaken answers), (c) changes brought by reconsideration or new evidence (Bush, Sr. new taxes), (d) hyperbole (exaggeration for effect), and (e) sarcasm ("I can shoot anyone and get away with it ..."). I said that it is fair to point out a change of direction and to decide if that affects who you vote for. But it is not fair to consider everything equivalent to a lie conjured up to perpetuate a scam. "If you like your doctor .." was a flat out lie told to perpetuate a scam. Deciding to tweet was a change in policy based upon subsequent experience.
This is the only important takeaway from the entire conversation.
The toxic Virtue Signaling environment we have today emotionally rewards people for labeling all people they do not like as liars without even superficially pretending to go through the process of evaluating the intent of the source. Little wonder there exists a frequently accessed archived repository of incalculable amounts of "Trump Lies."
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@3RU7AL
Since when did you stop giving a shit about George Floyd?
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@3RU7AL
Your logical fallacy is: FALSE DICHOTOMY
Yep, there's the postmodernist bullshit for a clear yes or no question. Here's your sign.
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@3RU7AL
Your fallacy is "refusal to answer a yes or no question."
And please spare me the predictable postmodernist bullshit that there are no absolutes therefore there are no yes or no answers.
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@3RU7AL
Did the general electorate of Minneapolis elect this guy?
George Floyd most likely did not.
Conflation is the worst justification for intellectual laziness.
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@3RU7AL
Did the general electorate of Minneapolis elect this guy?
George Floyd most likely did not.
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@3RU7AL
They not only apply to private unions, they apply to CORPORATIONS AS WELL.
No, they don't and I will happily set up a debate where I can show you wrong. Will be the easiest debate ever.
I suggest you actually read the article before accepting the debate though instead of skimming what makes your amygdala tingle.
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@3RU7AL
THE UNION MEMBERS ARE THE VOTING PUBLIC.
ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY not.
Did you elect the school union leaders that are now locking your children out of schools you paid for?
How utterly a ridiculous statement you just presented, Unions represent union members only.
The entire voting public isn't a member of one collective union in a public industry.
Did you elect the school union leaders that are now locking your children out of schools you paid for?
Most people did not, yet the public union officials have more power than even Joe Biden.
BUT I GUESS IT'S SOMEHOW PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE WHEN CORPORATIONS HOLD GOVERNMENT HOSTAGE.
Twitter banned Trump in an effort to hold the government hostage. It didn't work because Twitter doesn't have a monopoly on services like the government does.
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@3RU7AL
All of your stated objections apply equally to "both" types.
Absolutely not. Read the article, and also take note of the 3 bolded reasons I posted in post 140 that DO NOT APPLY to private unions.
Conflation is the worst form of ignorance.
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@3RU7AL
Why are you singling out "unions"?
Stop conflating public unions with private unions.
Read the article and educate yourself.
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@3RU7AL
The problem is lobbyists
All Unions lobby and public unions lobby against the public.
Courts across the nation also generally held that collective bargaining by government workers should be forbidden on the legal grounds of sovereign immunity and unconstitutional delegation of government powers. In 1943, a New York Supreme Court judge held:
To tolerate or recognize any combination of civil service employees of the government as a labor organization or union is not only incompatible with the spirit of democracy, but inconsistent with every principle upon which our government is founded. Nothing is more dangerous to public welfare than to admit that hired servants of the State can dictate to the government the hours, the wages and conditions under which they will carry on essential services vital to the welfare, safety, and security of the citizen. To admit as true that government employees have power to halt or check the functions of government unless their demands are satisfied, is to transfer to them all legislative, executive and judicial power. Nothing would be more ridiculous.
The very nature of many public services — such as policing the streets and putting out fires — gives government a monopoly or near monopoly; striking public employees could therefore hold the public hostage. As long-time New York Times labor reporter A. H. Raskin wrote in 1968: "The community cannot tolerate the notion that it is defenseless at the hands of organized workers to whom it has entrusted responsibility for essential services."
Another common objection to collective bargaining with public-employee unions was that it would mean taking some of the decision-making authority over government functions away from the people's elected representatives and transferring it to union officials, with whom the public had vested no such authority. In this view, democracy would be compromised when elected officials began sharing with union leaders the power to determine government employees' wages, benefits, and working conditions. Furthermore, collectively bargained work rules could alter what public servants did day to day in ways not condoned by either elected officials or the voting public.
This is why American children cannot go to school right now.
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@3RU7AL
The ancient Spartans actually encouraged romantic relationships between soldiers who fought together.
There's a big difference between a guy with a spear going bananas and a guy with a bomb.
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@3RU7AL
The Americans With Disabilities Act FORCES BUSINESSES TO ACCOMMODATE DISABLED CITIZENS.
When everyone is Disabled, nobody is disabled.
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@Death23
It's basically saying we can't have public policies to accommodate the majority of people with classically high Estrogen or High Testosterone, which affects the behavior and choices, and needs of a person since that's no longer the sole marker of gender. Have you seen the balls on the people identifying as women today? They are huge!
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