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Post by CapstanRoller »

bityard wrote: post #207
jkubicek wrote: post #148

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When folks say stuff like this, I feel like they're imagining two buddies arguing over tax reform or something. I'm absolutely fine being friends with someone who has conservative economic beliefs. What I'm not fine with is being friendly with someone who supports policies designed to hurt my friends and family.

It turns out that befriending people who hold opposite and even toxic opinions is actually a great way to bring them back to more moderate and rational thinking. There is a Jordan Harbinger podcast about a black man who single-handedly dismantled multiple KKK clans literally by befriending them. The trick is to approach the other person with curiosity and reason, not with judgement and adversity. Not everyone can be…

Why are you putting the onus on victims to befriend and "convert" their oppressors?

Seriously, what the fuck.

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Post by [deleted] »

CapstanRoller wrote: post #190
dffdsa432 wrote: post #133

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What percentage of gays and minorities were shot in Provo or Lincoln compared to cities like San Francisco and Chicago? I am assuming you have statistics to back your statements. The highest gun violence rates are in heavily blue cities like Detroit, St. Louis, Memphis and Baltimore.

Shooting isn't the only form of repression. It's not even the most prominent or insidious form. There's a big difference between murder and a hate crime . Cop violence isn't counted in murder stats, by the way, because it's "lawful" and they're effectively above the law.

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Post by ESTheComposer »

CapstanRoller wrote: post #190
dffdsa432 wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What percentage of gays and minorities were shot in Provo or Lincoln compared to cities like San Francisco and Chicago? I am assuming you have statistics to back your statements. The highest gun violence rates are in heavily blue cities like Detroit, St. Louis, Memphis and Baltimore.

Shooting isn't the only form of repression. It's not even the most prominent or insidious form. There's a big difference between murder and a hate crime . Cop violence isn't counted in murder stats, by the way, because it's "lawful" and they're effectively above the law.

In 2020 California had more hate crime than Texas: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crim...

Edit: Actually I checked 2017-2020 and every year had way more hate crimes than Texas. CA has ~33% more population, but had triple the hate crimes. In 2021 CA somehow dropped from thousand+ hate crimes to like 40, so I'm guessing something is up with the data there.

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Post by somewhat_drunk »

porkbeer wrote: post #141
krisoft wrote: post #119

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> What's wrong with your kids being LGBT? Why wouldn't you support that? There is nothing wrong with your kids being LGBT. I believe you are misunderstanding HDThoreaun. They are talking about why they wouldn't want to live in a red state. Read their comment again with that context in mind. It says if they were living in a red state they couldn't tell their LGTB child that they support the child. Presumably because H…

You are supremely out of tough if you think red states preclude you from being vocally proud of your kids. Most conservatives got over the lgbt thing decades ago. Dont give voice to the extremeists of either party as if they are the norm.

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Post by hifromLA »

baby wrote: post #117
SeanAnderson wrote: post #8

I live in SF and spend a fair amount of time thinking about its poor 5-year economic outlook. It's not great, but I am curious how it compares to other metros? If I were to move from SF, wanted to live in a metro area, and was uncomfortable living in a very red state - where should I consider? Where is thriving? I have a good amount of friends in Portland, but Portland is adjacent SF in terms of poor economic recover…

I don’t think you received great answers besides New York. I myself am trying to move from SF to New York. The reality is that in the US New York is the only city that seems livable if you are not a car. Chicago is the only one I can think of that’s dense and has life as a pedestrian, but the winter there is intense. It’s too bad because real estate is cheap there.

I agree even though you’ll always get responses talking about other US cities where it’s technically possible to live without a car.

I found living without a car in SF not so ideal because it ultimately means living your life in a pretty small subset of the overall metro area. That slice of the metro area is also disproportionately gentrified and has that kind of yuppie vibe (with prices to match).

I feel the same from visiting other cities like Seattle, Chicago, DC, Philly, etc. New York is the only US city I’ve been to that I would say is actually comparable to other global cities. All the other US cities pale in comparison.

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Post by frozenport »

bityard wrote: post #78
SeanAnderson wrote: post #8

I live in SF and spend a fair amount of time thinking about its poor 5-year economic outlook. It's not great, but I am curious how it compares to other metros? If I were to move from SF, wanted to live in a metro area, and was uncomfortable living in a very red state - where should I consider? Where is thriving? I have a good amount of friends in Portland, but Portland is adjacent SF in terms of poor economic recover…

Personal politics, IMO, is not a good reason to avoid living in certain areas. I'm a liberal-leaning moderate but many of my favorite people (friends and family) are conservative, and many of my hobbies tend to be populated mainly by the conservative demographic. You'll always find people here and there who won't give you the time of day if you're not on Team Blue or Team Red, but my take on it is, if I can't make fr…

Red states fuck up the eduction system. What you going to do if your kid tries to make America Great Again, daughter needs an abortion.

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Post by tayo42 »

CapstanRoller wrote: post #211
bityard wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It turns out that befriending people who hold opposite and even toxic opinions is actually a great way to bring them back to more moderate and rational thinking. There is a Jordan Harbinger podcast about a black man who single-handedly dismantled multiple KKK clans literally by befriending them. The trick is to approach the other person with curiosity and reason, not with judgement and adversity. Not everyone can be…

Why are you putting the onus on victims to befriend and "convert" their oppressors? Seriously, what the fuck .

Life is to short to put up with that. If others want to do that and make it something important in their life good for them.

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Post by tayo42 »

baby wrote: post #117
SeanAnderson wrote: post #8

I live in SF and spend a fair amount of time thinking about its poor 5-year economic outlook. It's not great, but I am curious how it compares to other metros? If I were to move from SF, wanted to live in a metro area, and was uncomfortable living in a very red state - where should I consider? Where is thriving? I have a good amount of friends in Portland, but Portland is adjacent SF in terms of poor economic recover…

I don’t think you received great answers besides New York. I myself am trying to move from SF to New York. The reality is that in the US New York is the only city that seems livable if you are not a car. Chicago is the only one I can think of that’s dense and has life as a pedestrian, but the winter there is intense. It’s too bad because real estate is cheap there.

Never thought of it buts it's funny in away that the cities with the shittiest winters are the best walkable cities.

Really so cal, texas, South east, and west should be walkable but their car centric nightmares filled with traffic

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Post by gautamcgoel »

wenc wrote: post #202
imbnwa wrote: post #13

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Chicago?

Chicago is a great city. Cold climate, warm people, actual downtown with actual transit, great food, great diversity, affordable, actual amenities and great intellectual life. The cold climate isn’t too different from Toronto (and no it’s really not that windy).

Fun fact: Chicago became known as the windy city due to the "long-winded" speeches it's politicians were giving.

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Post by DangitBobby »

_gabe_ wrote: post #166
slg wrote: post #115

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>Personal politics, IMO, is not a good reason to avoid living in certain areas. I'm a liberal-leaning moderate but many of my favorite people (friends and family) are conservative, and many of my hobbies tend to be populated mainly by the conservative demographic. This is a comment that originates in privilege. The concern for many people is not simply that they would have to be friends with conservative people. The…

> places like Kansas City because local abortion laws rule out certain medical procedures that could save the mother's life What? The headline of the article you linked literally says: > Missouri, Kansas hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law Also from the article you linked: > But federal law, which requires doctors to treat patients in emergency situations, trumps those state laws > In Kansas, when…

It's now difficult in many states for a doctor to know ahead of time if actions they take for the health of the mother which risk terminating a pregnancy will be determined criminal in a court of law. And in some states, literally any relative of a fetus has standing in civil court to sue a doctor if the doctor's actions result in termination of a pregnancy, with huge minimum payouts for successful litigation. Idaho for example [0].

0. https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/01/05/idaho-supreme-court-u...

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