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Please elaborate on how this comment is a political or ideological battle? A person asked a specific question about US history, and I replied with relevant historical documentation…

I'm more concerned with what that implies about the content of their character, rather than color

>"The National Museum of African American History & Culture wants to make you aware of certain signs of whiteness: Individualism, hard work, objectivity, the nuclear family, progre…

There is lots of evidence of the US supporting gangsters throughout the middle east and then later going to war against them. So much so, that the intelligence agencies responsible…

Yep, it's definitely not easy. Nothing worth doing is. Many prefer poisonous fast food to a healthy home cooked meal, just as many prefer to read twitter comments and click bait th…

Studying human history and philosophy provides much greater insights into human affairs than reading click bait or partisan propaganda

As a thought experiment: are there any examples that you can personally think of where self proclaimed liberals used hate and fear to shape public discourse?

>alternative that does the work of collective discovery. The library

>How do I tell the difference between an honest citizen journalist, a propagandist, a liar, a lunatic, or a troll? Critical thinking skills, independent research, and open dialogue…

How many examples would it take to convince you? And do you think it's possible for humans to claim they are driven by altruistic, while actually being primarily hateful, deceitful…

Maybe if there weren't already countless other supporting, self-evident examples in recent history

You're assuming a false dichotomy in which one obscurely defined group is subjectively deemed to be marginally better than the other excuses the synergistic absurdity of both

Not surprising considering the extreme consolidation of mass media corporations over the past 50 years.

The irony is inherent in the ideology. This is just one of many examples of that irony on full public display, cannibalizing itself.

>it would be VERY hard to convince me that they have done it at the same level of concerted effort. What exactly would it take to convince you of that?

What's silly, precisely? Seat belts are cool, so no, you're wrong. Homemade masks (as opposed to N95) and handkerchiefs are only marginally effective against reducing transmission.…

Why doesn't the state also mandate exercise, diet, and sleep?

>18 of those will have permanent heart damage for the rest of their lives. Adding critical context: Nearly half of americans are obese and/or have heart disease, and ~650,000 are k…

>That jackboot that has been stomping my face in, I wonder if it fits me? "If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to…

Why do you focus so narrowly on "fighting" speech, rather than the ongoing actions that are dehumanizing humans of all types?

Nature abhors monoculture

Can you see how the former is a link in the same "chain of destruction"[1] as the latter? [1] https://youtu.be/c8N0TDsjpkE You may be disinclined to watch this short video, but per…

It's funny (and quite stupid) how people try to define slavery and racism as a uniquely white American problem from the past, and not a human problem of the present. Slavery still …

There is a comical irony to how those roles have flip flopped over these recent decades. Evidence of how we humans do in fact have so much more in common than we give ourselves cre…