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I don't think they are downvoting as a disagreement in this case. The answer seems self serving and less about fostering discussion about the information presented so much as self-…

That idea is not new, either -- we just have a collective propensity to forget hard lessons. >Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people n…

Woah now, let's not make any wild leaps here. The Roman Empire was fantastically multicultural at its high points and its low. The United States has never been homogeneous, no matt…

> The ageing mill towns of East Lancashire, UK, still enjoyed a culture of trust and respect for your neighbours such that you could leave your front door open without fear of thef…

I almost didn't want to type this, because not really sure if trolling or if typing this out doesn't count as pointing out the obvious -- but the implication is that Shen is a vict…

> It is a risk that ruling by executive decree entails. The problem is the gross disconnect between Local, State, and Federal interests. Polls have support for the Paris agreement …

> If the US was able to survive the loss of the Vietnam war and the Bay of Pigs where many people who bet their lives on the US died after being abandoned by them, the US will surv…

> When did American exceptionalism turn into "It's too hard so I'm going to do nothing"? That's been a painfully common refrain in the current generation of political discourse (th…

The early predictions were based on the early polls, and the later predictions were based on data after election results started to come in. A lot of the States that ended up swing…

> The explanation is that the polling data was simply made up. You don't feel like you are oversimplifying a bit, and applying your own bias? Any pollster knows (and I realize you …

That is kind of a false statement, though. If he were to say that Freedom of the Press is no longer protected, the press would be very angry with you -- but I don't think it would …

Obama's inability to get much done can be, objectively, attributed largely to an obstructionist Congress. While not wholly to blame, it certainly both slowed his agenda, and often …

>CNN for sure did not cover these issues proportionately to their gravity. This is a very reasonable statement, but ultimately does not encapsulate the rhetoric that has been levie…

Trump is a more long term threat due to the long term fallout and international perception of the United States as a result of his actions. Yes, his Immigration related EO does not…

The linked Reuters article said their polls showed a 90% chance of a Clinton win, but the polls across all boards proved to be unreliable after the fact. What they did that advance…