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Comment · 7 years ago
This conversation would go so much smoother if we used the actual descriptive term for "alt-right" and "far right": fascism.

However conflicting it may sound, arguments against freedom of speech and freedom of expression cannot be supported in an economic of free speech / expression. This is not actually a dilemma, because fascist politics are incompatible with these freedoms; one cannot exist when the other is the norm.

And just like in any culture and community, the best way to counter fascism is not incarceration and bans but heavy investment in high quality education, on the one hand, and heavy communal shaming and stigmatization of fascist politics and policies, on the other hand.

Comment · 7 years ago
Anyone who ever interacted with any animal who had trauma in their part already knows this. The experiences of "other"s that people are too ready and wanting to ignore simply because those experiences were not rubber stamped by academic journals is astonishingly depressing.
Comment · 7 years ago
You just listed 30+ countries and regions yourself and proved parent's point.

I'm sure they weight a ton or more when combined.

Comment · 7 years ago
> There’s only one extensive app store for android

This is incorrect. F-droid is quite extensive.

Comment · 7 years ago
That means a global / multinational movement against governments cutting trees (eg for lucrative construction deals) is needed.
Comment · 7 years ago
They do though.
Comment · 7 years ago
I cannot find a link to the study or studies mentioned.
Comment · 7 years ago
Do we really want to see more of the iceberg and see how badly we keep hitting it though the countless genocides and systems of torture?

I don't think so, no.

Comment · 7 years ago
The subtitle of tfa:

> Research by author reveals corporations and aristocrats are the biggest landowners

Comment · 7 years ago
To the contrary, she told you what the actual diagnosis was and why she put on paper what she put.

Get a second and third opinions.

Comment · 7 years ago
OP link worked in Firefox mobile
Comment · 7 years ago
Unless you want your own dns server used at all times.
Comment · 7 years ago
They are actually $5 at microcenter in the US.
Comment · 7 years ago
> You may be living in an unjust society, but if you can score X on this test, you will get Y.

In an unusual society, those who are disadvantaged will also be disadvantaged on this test if it becomes important enough to predict one's future prospects. Think private tutoring, specialized schools, summer camps, all focused on teaching you to get a good score on the test, and all expensive as ever (ie inaccessible). And now, your education system develops you for the test, not for life or jobs.

It's an easier sell, but it's a lemon and not a well designed and performant product.

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