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Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

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Johndicezx9 said:
*Ahem*

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/orde...nt-ahead-of-the-us-navy-even-with-more-ships/
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I understand, they having nothing that can stand up to a Nimitz class right now, let alone the Ford Class Carriers we are developing, but they are working very hard on it every single day. Once Hong Kong is completely under control, Taiwan is going to be taken by force, it will happen in our lifetimes.

Our nation broke its back defeating the evil of the Soviets. Now China is poising to seize global control calmly, efficiently watching as we self destruct. For the sake of the world, India needs to be ready to save us all.

gnahc79 said:
Wow, conspiracy theories now.. Achievement unlocked. No more for me in this thread.
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No conspiracy theories yet, my guess on the Chinese social engineering is just a hunch, just my gut and a healthy knowledge of current ongoing geopolitical events.

It makes an awful lot of sense that they would pick up the torch the Russians have lit with their BLM inciting and turn it to their own advantage. Time will tell. :dunno
 
We are rapidly hurtling towards a post-truth society, where facts are no longer discernable from propaganda or lies. And we have done nothing to prepare ourselves for it.

Everything we've seen thus far is just the beginning.
 
I asked earlier why now and expressed my mystification.

I have never felt more protective of my Asian countrymen and immigrants but I still feel like we are all being played somehow. I sure hope something comes of the interrogations of those caught in our local attacks. That’s what I really want to hear.
 
Asians just like Blacks and Hispanics are being played by those who push Identity Politics.

Hopefully Asians will not fall for the trap and will set the example that identity politics only serve to hold people back as seen with Affirmative Action.
 
Blankpage said:
Cops are shooting and killing people armed only with broomsticks. Imagine the outcome of every insecure and unstable joe blow walking around packing.
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Cops, like Doctors are bound by several facts:

- There are good ones
- There are bad ones
- They're both human and make mistakes

https://news.yale.edu/2020/01/28/estimates-preventable-hospital-deaths-are-too-high-new-study-shows

Statistically, one can make a solid argument that Doctors kill more people per year than the Police and I don't see people calling to "Defund Doctors".

Additionally, if every Secure and Stable person who chose to own and carry a firearm did so; they'd be able to protect themselves.
 
NSR500 said:
Cops, like Doctors are bound by several facts:

- There are good ones
- There are bad ones
- They're both human and make mistakes

https://news.yale.edu/2020/01/28/estimates-preventable-hospital-deaths-are-too-high-new-study-shows

Statistically, one can make a solid argument that Doctors kill more people per year than the Police and I don't see people calling to "Defund Doctors".

Additionally, if every Secure and Stable person who chose to own and carry a firearm did so; they'd be able to protect themselves.
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You realize the people that doctors "kill" all would have likely died without human intervention, right?

I've seen a lot of stupid comparisons here, but this is in the top five.
 
TylerW said:
We are rapidly hurtling towards a post-truth society, where facts are no longer discernable from propaganda or lies. And we have done nothing to prepare ourselves for it.

Everything we've seen thus far is just the beginning.
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Rapidly hurtling towards?

Please, we've been there already for years.

2000-2009 were the information age years.
2010-2020 were the misinformation age years.
IDNWTF 2021-2030 are going to be, but something worse
 
TylerW said:
You realize the people that doctors "kill" all would have likely died without human intervention, right?

I've seen a lot of stupid comparisons here, but this is in the top five.
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Denying medical malpractice is stupid.

The average killed by police per year is roughly around 1000.

The estimated killed by medical malpractice by year is between 200k and 400k. Even if you argue that some of those people would've died regardless of medical intervention, it doesn't change the fact that medical malpractice is the 3rd largest killer of Americans.

So, yes... Doctors kill more people than Cops.
 
Climber said:
Rapidly hurtling towards?

Please, we've been there already for years.

2000-2009 were the information age years.
2010-2020 were the misinformation age years.
IDNWTF 2021-2030 are going to be, but something worse
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True, we exist in a space where some find the truth to be a lot more flexible than it ought to be, and if they seek information that serves their cognitive biases, they will be served information that to them seems plausible enough to be true.

My worry is that in the next few years, even folks with stringent critical thinking skills and practiced fact finding abilities will no longer be able to determine fact from fiction.

I should have been more clear.
 
Yale is one of the top ranked law schools.

Medical malpractice is a term used by lawyers who make their living by suing doctors.

I will grant that mistakes are made, but I never trust people who have something to gain from what they claim. Claiming that numerous people are being 'killed' by doctors just increases the profits for lawyers.
 
TylerW said:
True, we exist in a space where some find the truth to be a lot more flexible than it ought to be, and if they seek information that serves their cognitive biases, they will be served information that to them seems plausible enough to be true.

My worry is that in the next few years, even folks with stringent critical thinking skills and practiced fact finding abilities will no longer be able to determine fact from fiction.

I should have been more clear.
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Agreed. The misinformation has become much more sophisticated and much more pervasive.
 
NSR500 said:
Denying medical malpractice is stupid.

The average killed by police per year is roughly around 1000.

The estimated killed by medical malpractice by year is between 200k and 400k. Even if you argue that some of those people would've died regardless of medical intervention, it doesn't change the fact that medical malpractice is the 3rd largest killer of Americans.

So, yes... Doctors kill more people than Cops.
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fair enough! Of course I knew about malpractice but had no idea the numbers were that high.
 
Eldritch said:
There is nothing political about that. All Americans are, "The Militia," as soon as they are willing to fight to protect their community from all enemies, foreign and domestic. This was established, again, in D.C. vs. Heller. It is law, there isn't much political about it at this point. Perhaps you are confusing The Militia with the crazy prepper groups that call themselves "Militias" and that is your malfunction?
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Your "malfunction" is thinking that the right to own a gun is a duty to own a gun.
 
GAJ said:
Your "malfunction" is thinking that the right to own a gun is a duty to own a gun.
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People say that about voting too. You have a duty to vote as a good citizen, or whatnot. Neither one are legal mandates. They are rights. Those who are expressing them as duties are relating their own moral philosophy, not legality.
 
bojangle said:
People say that about voting too. You have a duty to vote as a good citizen, or whatnot. Neither one are legal mandates. They are rights. Those who are expressing them as duties are relating their own moral philosophy, not legality.
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The "you should vote" idea is different in my view than "you must own a gun."

There are many things one must do as a Citizen and I'm happy to do them.

I am one of the weird few that actually enjoys in person voting.
 
GAJ said:
The "you should vote" idea is different in my view than "you must own a gun."

There are many things one must do as a Citizen and I'm happy to do them.

I am one of the weird few that actually enjoys in person voting.
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You are using different language, "should" verse "must". I am talking about the same language. Eldritch's moral opinion on the duty to own a gun mirrors many other's moral position on having a duty to vote. Just look at all the articles their are on a duty to vote, or questioning whether voting is a right or a duty.

https://www.google.com/search?q=dut...LjEwLjKYAQCgAQGwAQ8&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp

They are both the same. Gun ownership and voting are legally both rights, not duties. However, there are people whose moral opinions on both issues lean towards them being duties to fulfill the obligations of being a "good" citizen. But again, these are just moral opinions that do not hold legal weight.
 
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