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  1. ImmortalFlame

    How the Law (doesn't really), define "gender identity"

    Then stop using them. You know as well as I do that they're meaningless buzzwords that dishonest actors use to dismiss all views that they don't agree with. Oh, well that makes this discussion much easier: it's not, and there's no evidence it is. End of thread.
  2. ImmortalFlame

    How the Law (doesn't really), define "gender identity"

    Sound bites like "woke" and "kool aid" and "identity politics".
  3. ImmortalFlame

    How the Law (doesn't really), define "gender identity"

    You mean, like by people who continually fail to understand the distinction between sex and gender, or tend to conflate those terms? How on earth is this in any way related to "identity politics". Please explain that absurd connection. Or do you believe that, because this is about a social...
  4. ImmortalFlame

    Is multiculturalism a good or a bad thing ?

    So, you're just talking about cultural preservation in a educational sense, like through museums and such? Sure, I can get behind that. Also, that building looked dope. We need more "buildings shaped like actual things" in society.
  5. ImmortalFlame

    Is multiculturalism a good or a bad thing ?

    Could you give an example of a way in which a countries "cultures and races" can be "dutifully preserved" that aren't explicit laws based on either race or culture?
  6. ImmortalFlame

    How the Law (doesn't really), define "gender identity"

    That's not how these things work. I've already explained that social constructs are not democracies: they aren't DETERMINED by committee. They're just FORMED and DEVELOPED in societies, but how each individual relates to and understands the construct themselves can still be (and is almost always...
  7. ImmortalFlame

    How the Law (doesn't really), define "gender identity"

    They kind of do, though. When I was growing up, to refer to something as "gay" was to suggest it was in some way generally negative. Of course, we don't do that any more and it's strongly frowned on, but it's an example of how language is part of sociological phenomenon that can be influenced...
  8. ImmortalFlame

    How the Law (doesn't really), define "gender identity"

    Or literally any non-mainstream social phenomenon.
  9. ImmortalFlame

    How the Law (doesn't really), define "gender identity"

    Again, you're just repeating something that is patently false. Social constructs aren't determined by how many people agree with them. That's not a thing. The ways in which people identify as and with homosexuality as a social construct. To what degree? How attracted do you have to be to the...
  10. ImmortalFlame

    Ukraine has become a dictatorship, it's official

    Nah, that's something they're right about. America's involvement in the Middle-East has been pretty uniformly horrific. There are other contributors too, of course.
  11. ImmortalFlame

    Ukraine has become a dictatorship, it's official

    It's another detail certain people tend to miss out when discussing Yanukovych. Funnily enough, they often tend to stop at the "fairly democratically elected" bit, and then skip over all the human rights violations and possible war crimes and collusion with Russia. Funnily enough, those same...
  12. ImmortalFlame

    Ukraine has become a dictatorship, it's official

    It's a way of framing the discussion that has been doing the rounds. The idea that "the west" (or, more specifically, America) outed Yanukovych is a fairly common talking point, but when you look at the history you realise that's far from accurate. I have to kind of love it when the "anti-West"...
  13. ImmortalFlame

    Ukraine has become a dictatorship, it's official

    That is correct, although there are some details missing in-between that were fairly pertinent, such as the president in 2012 attempting to remove political opposition, failing to follow-through on promises to create closer ties with the EU, censoring the press, and multiple corruption scandals...
  14. ImmortalFlame

    How the Law (doesn't really), define "gender identity"

    So, you think that because most people agree on SOME social constructs, you think most people agreeing is a requirement for something to BE a social construct? There has not always been agreement on what those things actually meant socially, though. You'd have to ask someone who uses that...
  15. ImmortalFlame

    How the Law (doesn't really), define "gender identity"

    Where did you get that idea? When did sociological concepts become democratised? False. Even a niche idea can still express a socially rising phenomenon, even if a vast majority of people disagree. Not too long ago, people would use this very argument you are using to deny the humanity of...
  16. ImmortalFlame

    Biden "Israel killed civilians by USA bombs"

    I think at this point it goes beyond cognitive dissonance, because that would imply they - at least, in part - genuinely oppose ethnic cleansing and war crimes. The kind of arguments and responses I have seen from these last few posts alone display an explicit and conscious willingness to engage...
  17. ImmortalFlame

    Biden "Israel killed civilians by USA bombs"

    It's literally the implication of the post I quoted. Your argument against someone rightly pointing out that Israel can be legitimately criticised for their actions (in a manner that was incredibly even-handed and sympathetic, even) was basically just "7/10 and other bad things happened to...
  18. ImmortalFlame

    Biden "Israel killed civilians by USA bombs"

    "Look, guys, what you're ignoring here is the fact that this specific bad thing happened to Israel, and it's really bad; and for that reason we need to ignore all of the numerous bad things Israel is currently doing and never suggest Israel is accountable for the consequences of its actions...
  19. ImmortalFlame

    The Dead Count in Gaza - Revised Numbers

    Deliberately misleading OP. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/13/middleeast/death-toll-gaza-fatalities-un-intl-latam/index.html Thread done.
  20. ImmortalFlame

    How do you detect "design"?

    Also true.
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