Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions

Post by oh_sigh » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 10:13 PM UTC

ryanobjc wrote: post #30

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So...what do you think about the women who are still voting for Trump(who number in the millions), even though they've probably seen the same video you have(and come to different conclusions about it being sexual assault). Are they too stupid to know what's good for them? Trapped in some kind of Trump stockholm syndrome? They enjoy being dehumanized?

I guess all I can say is that the truth isn't subject to voters approval. Human rights and LGBT rights, and women's rights are part of a natural truth. Maybe you can spin that as an opinion, but to me you're denying a logical sequence of reasoning that tells me that everyone deserves equality and respect.

Post by oh_sigh » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 10:34 PM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #33

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Sure. And just because you think something is true doesn't make it true. What percentage of black people were voting for KKK-associated politicians? Was it 43%? Why do 43% of voting age women disagree with your take on the matter? Are they all delusional? > Maybe you can spin that as an opinion, but to me you're denying a logical sequence of reasoning that tells me that everyone deserves equality and respect. 'I am p…

43% of voting age women aren't supporting Trump, as you imply. His support is around 43% overall , but it's much lower with women, and higher with men.

Post by oh_sigh » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 11:35 PM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #35

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I'm referring to here[1], which states that Clinton is +15 on average compared to Trump with women. Yes, I did assume that it is only a 2-person playing field because I don't know how those polls were conducted(was it "who are you voting for?", or "would you choose Trump or Clinton?") [1] http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-women-ar...

So, you conflated share of the voting age population with share of those planning to vote for one of the two major candidates, tried to get a number for that from percentage spread between the two major candidates among those planning on voting for any candidate, and then rounded favorably to your candidate. Resulting in an implausibly high number matching Trump's support in the general electorate even though the sam…

Post by peterhadlaw » Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 1:19 AM UTC

ryanobjc wrote: post #31

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No one is trashing rights. No one is denying LGBT people, their humanity. Thiel is literally a homosexual, why do you choose to ignore that. I don't think it is in his self interest to dehumanize himself.

It's quite well known that rich people are the least affected by policies like anti-LGBT. Thiel may not personally have much to lose if gay marriage was banned, but for many people it makes a huge difference. For example child rights, tax advantages, end of life decisions. Anyways, you're actually very wrong - people ARE trashing rights. People in Trump's camp ARE denying LGBT their humanity. Evangelicals for example…

Post by jbapple » Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 5:32 AM UTC

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Wow, I really couldn't disagree with you more. It's not left vs right, its humanity denying stances. Denying LGBT are human (which is what the "8" people were about) is a critical issue. Eich tied himself to the wrong side of history, and epically fucked up his CEO response proving he was a bad candidate for that role. He made his own bed and now lies in it. As for Trump... well, this is a presidential candidate desc…

One-time only service: for-all humans h, i: h can-marry i; has never been true. Marriage is not an individual human right, it never was. It's a dyadic operation, conjugal . The issue was (pre-Obergefell) US State (as in US Federal System) rule of law. If you don't accept this, and continue to insist any human can marry (or should be able to marry) any other human, you're making things up that are not reflected in rea…