Shila

--> @Shila

We don't need to know this data, but here's where the answer will be: "Additional information from this survey and a full demographic breakdown are available to Platinum Members only."

It doesn't matter with Blacks because they are voting themselves most racist anyway.

So it's only Liberals who buck the trend with this: "Among liberal voters, 27% see most white Americans as racist, and 21% say the same about black Americans." That 6% gap isn't going to be enough to cover all the other gaps from the other demographics (White, Asian, Hispanic, Republican, no strong political belief etc.) 

Hence, unless the poll is absolutely stacked with 95% Liberals (which would make it unfairly biased towards one demographic), we don't need to know the exact demographic number breakdown to conclude that Blacks are the most racist.

It was the democrats that voted for Obama a black candidate and did it again to have Obama re-elected. This time they voted for Biden who is white.

So Democrats have proven they are not a racist party.

Your arbitrary standard is laughable.

Lol.

I don't believe in a god that is perfect and yet created us with the desire that we worship him, because a perfect being would have no deficiencies and therefore have no need for others to worship him.

There are plenty more, but we can start there.

--> @Tarik

That discussion was over the definition of subjective.

Which we clearly disagree on, making your 

*subject to*

emphasis meaningless.

This is what running out of arguments and realizing you cannot support your own position looks like.

--> @Shila

--> @Shila

Humans were better suited for survival and outpaced every other animal species.

That is the biggest load of old bollocks I have ever heard. Humans are the most unsuited species for nature than any single species on earth. Humans will very rarely last one single night in his natural state in the wild. 

Humans dominate planet earth nearing 8 billion in population.

 So what!?

Humans go skinny dipping at night in his natural state.

 So what!?

Humans don’t have mating seasons. They can mate anytime of the year.

 So what!?

Animals live in zoos. Humans live in planned cities.

 So what!?

--> @Shila

For an Indian to believe that god probably doesn’t exist is no different than the British who did not believe the Indian gods exists and invaded India. They were probably met by Indians Ike you who agreed with the British and let them in.

This is just a silly opinion. The problem with British colonialism was the colonialism, not the rejection of some particular god’s existence. 

Disagreeing with the religion you’re born into is normal and acceptable. 

--> @Shila

--> @Shila

--> @Amoranemix

I feel like You have been working on this response  post for close to four month now..  

But you got it out. 

Nice post man. 

How can you be so sure?

“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” – Bertrand Russel

Yes, the intelligent meaning Bertrand Russel.

How can you be so cocksure?

Wait: ““The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” – Bertrand Russel.”

Because it is not me I am trusting in. Bertrand Russel relied on his little old finite self.

1 Corinthians 1:19

New American Standard Bible

19 For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

And the understanding of those who have understanding, I will confound.”

Russel was confounded because wisdom comes from a greater source than himself. 

--> @Shila

The suspect was black. Why the cops didn’t shoot him is still a mystery. 

Wow. You're showing yourself to be as wholeheartedly ignorant as the author of this thread is. I mean really, JFC. 

Police more reluctant to shoot blacks than whites, study finds - Washington Times

Racial Bias: Police More Willing to Shoot Whites, Study Shows - The New American

Man accused of kidnapping child in Greenville County in custody, deputies say (msn.com)

Shippensburg police take suspect into custody (msn.com)

Atlanta Police takes female suspect into custody in deadly Midtown shootings – Tampa Bay Now (cbslocal.com)

--> @Shila

Does your attitude towards black have anything to do with your police training?

Blacks would like to see the police defunded.

Black institutions have to be profitable to set an example to the community.

Blacks built America with their free labour as slaves. They also  kept  the white women  satisfied as the white men explored homosexuality and other distractions.

I have no "attitude" towards anyone. I hold positions based on fact-based truths. Truths written of in studies, books, research, and personal and vicarious experience. Not JUST my training and experiences in law enforcement. 

No, blacks do not want to see the police defunded. 

No, financial status has no cause and effect on the positive outcome by way of any measure of example to the community, and BLM has proven that 100% factually accurate.

Blacks did NOT build America, that is an asinine ignorant Afrocentrist re-writing of history. 

The rest of your commentary just speaks volumes of the level of ignorance that you are displaying. 

--> @Shila

--> @Amoranemix

I feel like You have been working on this response  post for close to four month now..  

But you got it out. 

Nice post man. 

How can you be so sure?

“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” – Bertrand Russel

Yes, the intelligent meaning Bertrand Russel.

I mean, there are NO women with dicks, just men with tits. And for those so-called transwomen who enjoy sex with other men (even other transwomen), that's just homosexuality. For those transwomen who go both ways, that's bisexuality. Same applies to transmen too. There are no men with a vagina, just women with no tits and a lot of body hair.

A body found Monday has been identified as that of a kindergarten teacher who was abducted during an early-morning jog last week in Memphis, authorities announced Tuesday.

First the  Uvalde, Texas mass shooting at a school and the incompetent response by law enforcement. Now this. These Republican led cities and states are just havens for violent crime. So poorly managed.

--> @Shila

Blacks are hoping to bring public awareness that Black Lives Matter. If the movement is getting rich then it must be working. After all blacks are seeking compensation and reparation for slavery when  black lives mattered little.

Which black lives matter? Seriously! Which ones!?! Because blacks in America have made it perfectly clear that the ONLY black lives that matter are those shot by police or a white person. None of them care about the rampant intraracial violence or the disproportionate number of abortions black girls/women have; and they certainly do not care about those that try to succeed in America, labeling them coons, Uncle Toms, N&**ers, traitors to their own race, and ostracizing them, even with threats of violence. Kind of hard for the public to take notice let alone care when even blacks do not even care about black lives on the whole, only selectively (i.e., race baiting).

The movement is not getting rich, just the founders and corrupt leaders within the organization are.  A recent lawsuit was just filed by one chapter against the parent organization for theft of over $10M. BLM is no different than the Jesse "Shakedown" Jacksons and Al Sharptons of the world.

Blacks in America no more deserve compensation or reparations for slavery than any other blacks taken from Africa. I mean really, America is the ONLY country where blacks bitch whine and moan about getting something for nothing, everything for free and still demanding more and more. There is no reason for it and it is a bad idea, period. 

--> @Shila

What are you referring to

Going back to our previous conversation about this. I don't think I am an active "member" of any cult(ure). 

It is impossible for humans to be infallible. So I think everyone believes things that a patently false. Does that make one a member of a "cult(ure)?"

I don't think so. At least not an active member in any way.

But I'm also going off these definitions:

Member: one of the individuals composing a group [1]

Cult: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious (see SPURIOUS sense 2) [2]

Religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith [3]

Active: engaged in full-time service especially in the armed forces [4]

So, I would say that I am not an active member of a "cult(ure)."

But, this also means evolution, scientism, environmentalism, republicanism, democratism, etc. are all cults.

One could argue Voluntaryism is a cult. I would respond that, ultimately, I accept the teachings of the Bible above voluntaryism and that voluntaryist thought is largely undefined. It is centered around just one idea: voluntary participation in anything and zero coercion in society.

If agreeing with that puts me in a cult, then, once again, I argue I agree with it until it disagrees with the Bible.

SOURCES:

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/member

[2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult

[3] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religion

[4] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/active

--> @Shila

Some areas look like the Third World in the US. I’d tell you what they have in common, but I don’t think Roosevelt would like me telling you (the mentally handicapped one, that is. The physically handicapped one would say it is common sense)

--> @Tejretics

Why did you choose to study in the US? And how’re you liking it? 

Also, how have your political views changed over the last few years and why? 

--> @Ehyeh

I'm not going to argue that reincarnation is not unfalsifiable- triple negative.

You must prove that there is such a thing as a human soul and that when a human dies, that soul is provably transferred to another animal.

If you're not arguing that then you're not really arguing for the existence of reincarnation.

-> @Shila

Illegal votes should be suppressed. 

I must admit that the lockdown made me somewhat paranoid and acrophobic, but now I have had three jabs and I caught Covid, so I have decided my antibodies should be pretty resilient and I am now out and about again.

--> @sadolite

MAGA Republicans are a threat to this country. January 6 assault on the capital was proof. Now they are planning to steal the next election if their voter suppression efforts don’t pan out.

We don't need to know this data, but here's where the answer will be: "Additional information from this survey and a full demographic breakdown are available to Platinum Members only."

It doesn't matter with Blacks because they are voting themselves most racist anyway.

So it's only Liberals who buck the trend with this: "Among liberal voters, 27% see most white Americans as racist, and 21% say the same about black Americans." That 6% gap isn't going to be enough to cover all the other gaps from the other demographics (White, Asian, Hispanic, Republican, no strong political belief etc.) 

Hence, unless the poll is absolutely stacked with 95% Liberals (which would make it unfairly biased towards one demographic), we don't need to know the exact demographic number breakdown to conclude that Blacks are the most racist.

--> @Shila

Avery is convinced only rape can turn her fantasies into reality. The evolutionary advantage Rape brings has convinced her to solicit such pioneers.

I've explicitly said, throughout the entire thread, that rape is not an evolutionary advantage.

Here are some examples that took me two minutes to find:

"It's not evolutionarily advantageous." ... "Rape may help the ugly, hopeless loser, but that doesn't help the gene pool in the long-run (hence, isn't evolutionarily advantageous)." Religion is an evolutionary advantage (debateart.com)

"In the plainest English: rape is an evolutionary disadvantage."  Religion is an evolutionary advantage (debateart.com) 

"Nope. I've argued that it's disgusting **because** it's evolutionarily disadvantageous."  Religion is an evolutionary advantage (debateart.com) 

You are simply not reading what I say.

--> @Polytheist-Witch

If Trump isn't running for anything how are they supposed to defeat him? 

I think Trump almost has to run for President again at this point.  It is his best argument against going to jail

--> @Shila

Blacks are not more racist. Blacks react more strongly to racist discrimination. BLM is not a racist movement. It is an appeal to recognize discrimination.

Yes, blacks are in fact more racist; and when they cannot find actual cases of racism against them, they make shit up like Jussie Smollett did. You know, like the Duke volleyball player and her hoax of racism against her. 

BLM is very much a racist movement. Even against their own. 

We don’t need a faux org like BLM (where those who started it steal millions for themselves, creating a lavish lifestyle (while taking money away from those they claim to help) and forgetting all about their involvement with BLM.

Not during the debate, but maybe after depending what I am arguing. (I stopped debating awhile ago)

--> @Shila

Polytheist-Witch: Are you going to quit posting under an alias or continue to be a douchebag?

Right now, people can get double vaccinated and then additional booster shots.  They also have the choice to wear masks if they please.  And over time, covid variants have gotten less deadly.  

If Covid lockdowns was the reason you weren't going to the gym, wouldn't you be going to the gym currently?

If Covid lockdowns were the reason why you avoided meetup groups, travelling and other social activities, wouldn't you be doing them now?

I don't genuinely think people are afraid of covid.  They're just accustomed to their 2020 lifestyle of staying home on social media and video games.

Who is the best debater?

The Trump-style Republican that wants to turn the US into a corrupt banana republic and personality cult is bad.

But the Cheney-style of Republican that wants to indefinitely fight wars in the middle-east is no better.

Hi! I’m Tejretics. I joined DDO in 2015, and DART in 2018. I was this site’s first Voting Moderator, and was on the DDO Hall of Fame. I’m currently a college student in the United States studying math and economics, and am from India. I’ve got a fair bit of experience doing formal parliamentary debate, and care a lot about effective animal advocacy and international development. Ask me anything!

Some things I can talk about:

• My thoughts on trends in modern competitive debate 
  
• Any of my political views
  
• Anything about India
  
• My honest opinion of you, if I have one 
  

That’s a non-exhaustive list!

> @Lunatic @RationalMadman @Sum1hugme @Theweakeredge

Any thoughts?

--> @RationalMadman

I fear this place will just use up mod after mod until it becomes an unmoderated ghost town like DDO.

..." very day, on average, 316 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides and suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention.

Every day, 210 people are shot and survive.

• 95 are injured in an attack
  
• 10 survive a suicide attempt
  
• 90 are shot unintentionally
  
• 4 are shot in a legal intervention
  

Every day, 106 people die from gun violence.

• 39 are murdered
  
• 64 kill themselves
  
• 1 is killed unintentionally
  
• 1 dies but the intent is unknown
  

115,551 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, or by police intervention. "....

This does not include all of the big guns/weapons used in war.

https://www.teamenough.org/gun-violence-statistics

--> @Shila

They were just as stolen on day 1 as day 500. I don't know why the FBI gets a free pass on this. I expect more out of the FBI.

--> @Public-Choice

I am willing to hear your experiences with guns if you'd like to talk about them

IVe owned one gun. Single shot .22 home made stock{ with crack in it }, with springfield IL stamp on barrel. I was a good shot. My brother passed it on to me. Shot a bird with it once, and felt bad that I did  that, afterwords.

Killed a frog with it and agin felt bad, so at this time, 1970 or so, I took gun and threw it out in the far in of hog pen. Many years later my friends told me that found the barrel. So I shot shotguns with other friends as teenager, and shot 457 mag. with some other friends. One of those finally stuck his pistol in his mouth and shot himself some years after I have left town.

Las time a shot couple of guns was some 40 years later I was at a Turkey shoot, where I borrowed guns from others, and I got first prise in shootoff with couple of others.  The sheriff had the exact 22 rifle I had as the rifle my brother gave me..

So ive owned several knifes and once skinned a cow and pegged out the skin to try and make leather.  Didnt work out for me. I had much better luck with carving art pieces out of wood poplar and cedar.

Never killed any animals with a knife. I remmber my mother, killing chickens in backyard by wringing/breaking their necks, and then chicken would run around yard in circle before collasping. Have killed couple of rats by stomping on them with shoe/boot.  Killed mice with traps. I did see a muskrat once, lumbering along side of paved road not too far from the rive. Never ever saw another one, and dont care if I ever do. The are like a huge hariy rat from out of sci-fi movie. Haha

Another best friend from childhood was killed by his wife with a gun. I dont know circusmtances, as he wand I had split ways some years.  Last time I saw him he was still single man and dressed in his high collar white and all sparkly Elvis costume.  When we first met in 7th grade, he used always say I looked like Elvis. So I heard from his younger brother, about the incident, but never got any details of the circumstances. Only wife shot him dead.

He was devout Christian type like his parents were.  

SkepticalOne: Yes, there were two polls referenced in the OP - one reflects the views of a group of right leaning Americans and the other views of South Africans about South Africans. Neither prove black Americans are more racist than other races. 

--> @Shila

And? If it were so important to secure the documents, Somebody in the FBI should have been fired for taking 500 days to do it.

Polytheist-Witch: There has been some ridiculous and scary shit posted at this site since the lockdown. People did not handle it well. 

Polytheist-Witch: The Indians still mostly view God as one being with many faces. They believe God can manifest into different aspects so that they can address certain issues. They don't necessarily believe that there are thousands of gods it's thousands of faces for one God.

--> @Double_R

In fairness, you could also say the FBI "sat" on the information that Trump had unsecured documents for over 500 days.

--> @Shila

Blacks are more racist than whites - The Race Card Project

"Black People Are MORE RACIST Than White - One News Page VIDEO

You must be a very lost individual, Avery. I hope you find some truth which can lighten your heart from such odd beliefs.

--> @Shila

You aren't making sense. Either the rate of births is the same as Islam or it is not, yet here you are telling me about abortion rates in the west being the same as in Africa. In Islam women are not allowed to terminate a pregnancy. In Islam the man can have more than one wife. Yet here you are telling us that the rates of births are the same.

Islam is outgrowing Christianity all around the world.  Christianity is on its last legs and the only growth is shown to be in only some African countries.

There were more Christians than Muslims.

There may well have been, but you can be assured that Christians are being outnumbered all over the world. Christianity/Christians is/are in decline. These are facts.

Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world.

Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world | Pew Research Center