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This is really neat, although it does not look slick enough to replace my own hacky word-around: What I have been doing is creating a separate Chrome application launcher for my di…

There is a problem with how parents are involved with their kids education. This is being too harsh on parents. My parents were very much involved with my own brother's education. …

The existence of people like Jessica is not just something the mainstream media needs to learn to acknowledge, but something feminists need to learn to acknowledge as well. There a…

I didn't answer your question because it was not germane to the discussion. Whether or not there is are innate differences in tendency, behavior is quite malleable via the proper c…

There is a saying that every generation is invaded by a horde of savages -- they're called children. Humans are savage by default, civilization is not natural. It took generations …

Honest question: how familiar are you with the actual history of these problems, and the actual situation on the ground? Have you read anything beyond standard zeitgeist sources (s…

Um, from taking walks a few blocks from my apartment and doing volunteering in such communities. Also just reading the local news. Also reading lots of ethnographies. Go read Ameri…

Only .7% of those in prison are there for marijuana possession as their only crime - https://www.ncjrs.gov/ondcppubs/publications/pdf/whos_in_pri... And among those possession coul…

I don't understand how no one talks about the systemic, generational poverty that a large proportion of the US black population lives in. It's just incomprehensible to me how peopl…

I feel like you're ignoring a whole host of variables with a reductionist statement like "they commit more crimes proportionally". First of all, how do you compare what "more crime…

" Why is prison even considered for young people? " Here are some crimes I've seen in the news: * A man was shot and killed during a robbery while he was getting robbed. He begged …

In the world we actually live in, sexism is true. Men and women are different. Now obviously, there is great variation among human beings. While men are generally physically strong…

I thought those movies were "sweet nerd girl gets the hot guy by being secretly hot"? There were those too, there were both types of movies. You seem to have some very absolute bel…

Seriously. The amount of "2+2=5" type writing in the New York Times is truly incredible.

should have never been a male/female differentiator. Sorry, you'll have to take up that one with the big guy upstairs. The truth is, if you cry, women will be less attracted to you…

As an American, I've sometimes been bothered by the use of thank you. It is fine as a pleasantry at a restaurant. But it always felt odd coming from a boss or from the company CEO.…

What makes a white neighborhood more "nice" than black neighborhoods, outside of the crime rate or the people that live there? Why is Roxbury/Dorchester in Boston "less nice" than …

Also Edwardian England is a compelling counter-example. Read "The Classic Slum" by Robert Roberts. British society around 1900 was massively unequal and lots of people were despera…

They used to have a lot more control, now barely any. Hence the rising illegitimacy rates across the board, for all races. Shared environment still matters a lot. One father has a …

"To argue that what culture they have is simply handed to them by the "blue tribe" liberals is shockingly ignorant and condescending." I will not deny the charges of being condesce…

It's a structural issue and is very hard to fix. Men, everywhere, do what is needed to get sex. If women and the institutions of society do not require a commitment from the man in…

" The family structure breakdown among the poor is directly, painfully correlated to the high incarceration rate. Absent fathers are absent because they're in jail, or expect they …

Why is that? Is it because of externally imposed social structure issues (the consequences of racism), or is it because of internal nature (blacks are less intelligent and moral th…