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> That in fact, blacks are poor because of their culture and not ongoing structural racism? I honestly feel that any worthwhile conservative arguments are being made by center-left thinkers.

What evidence do you have to suggest this is the case and that these conservative hypotheses are fairly investigated?

Sociologists are under a lot of pressure to prove leftist memes and there are many cases of fraud and very poor scientific standards.

Sociology research is effectively useless to me because of leftism. In fact, most political reporting is useless because I have to spend many more cycles tying to figure out if the person isn't just trying to virtue signal instead of be pragmatic and truthful.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/chump-effect/610143

> First of all, discriminating against someone because they hold intolerant beliefs is categorically different from discriminating against someone based on their religion

Religion is a set of beliefs... What?

Mainstream Islam literally calls for people to be put to death for drawing pictures of Mohammad or renouncing Islam.

> he needs to provide examples of the useful discourse we are missing out on.

Ben Shapiro is a great example.

> Frankly, the center-left vs hard-left feel like the debates we should be having as a society

No thanks, let's have a discussion about right vs left vs hard left.

parent hnamazon123 10 years ago

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