ChickenOverlord
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ChickenOverlord
1d ago
As the person who said such a thing in a recent thread with @HereAndGone2 that definitely isn't my position. I don't want women to go back to working in coal mines, I just want consistency from feminists who largely seem to only push for greater female representation in cushy white collar jobs. Or, alternatively, an admission from feminists that there are actually fundamental differences between men and women, and each are better suited for different jobs and roles in life. I am not claiming that men are superior to women when I claim they are fundamentally different, though that tends to be be the kneejerk assumption feminists make when I say such a thing. I do believe that when women attempt to live like men and assume male roles in life, they generally end up effectively becoming inferior males. But I believe the same is true of men who assume female roles.
It's mildly refreshing to see a trade organization appear to be consistent about gender equality, though I believe the real motives behind their statement are not so high-minded. I am also extremely doubtful that there will be any significant follow-through in terms of hiring trends (i.e. discrimination against men), outreach programs, etc. like we've seen for women in STEM. Most construction jobs require significant physical strength that most women are lacking, and it's far harder to paper over those differences than it is in less physical fields.
ChickenOverlord
1d ago
This is usually called a "pre-prosecution diversion" program or PPD. For a well-known (fictional) example, this is what happened to Saul in Better Call Saul that led to his law license being suspended for a year
ChickenOverlord
2d ago
Roadside Picnic
I have to wonder how many of the developers of various clones/knockoffs of the Stalker video games are aware of the franchise's origins.
ChickenOverlord
2d ago
Would you consider Salazar's Portugal to be fascist? Because it committed no mass murders, the only significant civilian deaths his regime caused were in various conflicts to maintain control of Portuguese colonies in Africa etc. And it doesn't seem like his track record there is any worse than the other European colonial powers. And certainly far better than literally every communist regime ever.
ChickenOverlord
2d ago
Also even if we assume it true that all men are created equal, there's no reason to assume that they remain forever equal.
ChickenOverlord
3d ago
Children insisting upon receiving the full rights and privileges of adults would be a congruent third leg but at least so far almost nobody seems dumb enough to push for that.
We did have that one guy (I think his username was something to do with baseball?) who wouldn't ever talk about anything other than child emancipation. I think his arguments were retarded, but really his biggest flaw is that he was unwilling to talk about literally any other topic, it was always the same points rehashed over and over and over.
China imports about 70% of its oil. About 13% of that imported oil is from Iran. That means about 9-10% of China's oil supply is being cut off here.
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