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There is always condemnation for “fat-shaming”. But not everyone has a “hormonal imbalance” or a medical condition that makes them 100lb or more overweight. Some people are just fat (yes I said it) because they consume too much sugar and eat too much processed food and drink too much beer. And they don’t do any aerobic exercises.  Bill Maher spoke…[Read more]

Also, no one had a problem at work telling me to go eat a sandwich. My GF is also very thin. At least 10 times a day she gets comments from random people. To me she looks like a normal person in the 1970’s.

Try telling an obese person to put down that ice cream cone. It’s like you are Satan. LOL Yet hundreds of millions of Americans are sick and…[Read more]

I am in favor of it. How about focusing on the actual root causes of hate instead of suffocating communucation?

What is the major ROOT cause of hatred of LGBT people? Lets fix that.

Does anyone have an actual opinion about extending free speech to the internet, workplace and in organizations and sportsteams?

In a democratic open society, yes religion is a choice as an adult. You may be heavily influenced by family and friends but there is nothing stopping you from changing your religion, if you are willing to deal with the social costs. But that is the same for ALL sets of ideas. If you come from a family of communists and realize you are a hard core…[Read more]

The American government CAN interfere with free speech, but only in retrospect. Free speech isn’t without a cost. You can be sued for forms of defamation and be penalized heavily.

Not all speech critical of others is actual hate speech (founded on rock-bottom hatred). For example, criticism of gays has a Biblical basis. The religious person may…[Read more]

Here is a good discussion from the BBC about social and artistic censorship.

note: Peter is the brother of Christopher Hitchens.

In a democratic open society, yes religion is a choice as an adult. You may be heavily influenced by family and friends but there is nothing stopping you from changing your religion, if you are willing to deal with the social costs. But that is the same for ALL sets of ideas. If you come from a family of communists and realize you are a hard core…[Read more]

Companies have censored content since the beginning of the US. Can you imagine The Gap doing nothing if an employee tapes a sign to the front door of a shop saying “The Gap is a bastard corporation”? Or if an employee went around telling all the female employees they had nice tits? I’m pretty sure the employee would be fired and you wouldn’t see…[Read more]

I think supressing any and all non-violent forms of expression is..well repressive and prefer if the government does not do that.

Now we have social media companies censoring posts and uploads……..but according to what rules? Very subjective.

They will start pulling down Hitchens’ videos before you know it. I am sure many Catholics are…[Read more]

I’m not concerned with hate speech in public. That’s legal in the U.S. (mostly) and not in Canada/Europe/NZ/Australia. Those countries have made their decisions and have to live with the consequences. Hate speech is widely reported in the U.S. and so are hate crimes. You can interrupt a funeral and tell grievers that he deserved to die “because…[Read more]

I believe that hate speech should be protected right up to the point of direct or implied violence as far as criminal law is concerned. For civil law….take your chances….

There is some interesting info on this site (which seems legit). How or where do you get to see a breakdown of the individual donations that each candidate gets. Similar to this from the NRA.

Is there any merit to thinking that Trump might become his own worst enemy when the campaign really gets going? Will there be such a thing as Trump fatigue,…[Read more]

I also like Hickenlooper, but that name. President Hickenlooper. OK we can do that, I guess. LOL.

Detailed Maps of the Donors Powering the 2020 Democratic Campaigns (as of July 2019, per New York Times)

Focus is mostly on Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Harris, Biden, and O’Rourke, with mentions of 15 others.

I’ve neglected to follow the debates, but am hoping/wishing that Dems can favor a moderate candidate that can more likely beat Trump.…[Read more]

Here is some graphed data on internet research by people interested in the democratic candidates during, and before the debate. (Vox story link).

Unseen wrote:
handicap the election

Not sure what to take seriously (if anything) here, but I’ll say anyway that if big money corrupts campaigns, more of it will just invite even more corruption and undesirable opportunists.

I’m betting on candidates voluntarily greatly limiting big money donations, founding or finding an internet-wide platform…[Read more]