DradisPing
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DradisPing
1d ago
So I think she's being inaccurate. I wanted to go with dishonest initially but that isn't the right word... she's not purposely being deceptive exactly, she's just trying to piece together a plausible sounding argument to get the outcome she wants and hasn't thought it through.
Feminists have been talking about the importance of female role models for women for over 40 years. Probably much longer. They also constantly throw in "as a woman" or "a woman's perspective". It isn't possible for her to have missed it. Particularly since her talk about patriarchy shows she's no stranger to gender discussions.
She just takes it for granted that women need female role models and men can't fill that void. However she isn't willing to accept that men want male role models and women can't fill that void.
DradisPing
1d ago
I was never satisfied with the Wilf - Miller debate. I felt that Wilf was out debated.
Specifically Wilf didn't get into the weirdness of the Wuhan lab. It's known that Chinese researchers stole flu virus samples from the lab in Winnipeg and brought them to Wuhan. That's important because it implies that the Wuhan lab had a habit of keeping virus samples around without putting them in the official database.
Perhaps it was just to get ahead in publishing virus research, perhaps it was some CCP bioweapons program, perhaps they were stolen samples from an American bioweapons program. It doesn't really matter.
The debate is important because in the case of a lab leak then we're at a point where it's clear that modifying infectious human viruses has killed far more people than it's saved. It should probably be completely banned for the next 30 years or so.
DradisPing
1d ago
The social status games in DC are actually incredibly important to understanding what happens and doesn't happen there.
I phrased that as a bit of a fun jab, but for a verifiable example some of the injunctions against the USAID defunding / merging with State Department were granted by judges with wives who were active in NGOs receiving USAID money. With all of the lawsuits its a jumble mess to sort through, but I believe they were eventually overturned. So that does give some evidence that the legal reasoning was motivated to begin with.
DradisPing
1d ago
I suppose Presidents have largely not felt a need for it.
The thing is that's clearly not true. Right now it's common to set up tents on the lawn to host large events.
I think opposition being motivated by exclusivity is a weird take.
It's counterintuitive, but that's why I wanted to post it. Right now the East wing isn't suitable for a large event so it isn't an option. Once there is a larger venue people will have to face the reality that there is a more prestigious option, but they don't qualify.
DradisPing
1d ago
So on a lighter note the Trump ballroom is continually in the new. The two most interesting questions about it aren't addressed often enough.
Why isn't there a Presidential ball room already? Also why is there so much opposition?
What you need to understand about DC is that there are multiple power structures. Many of which aren't connected to directly to the President or WH.
The ballroom creates an issue because it will immediately become the most prestigious ballroom in the area, and arguably the US.
Right now rooms used for prestigious events are also commonly used for much less prestigious events. There's no cachet in just being at an event in any of them.
The WH ballroom changes things. There are a lot of powerful connected people who aren't going to get an invite to the WH ballroom anytime soon, even under a future Democratic presidency. So it's a blow to their egos, and they are very upset about it.
There are DC judges evaluating suits trying to find a justification to block it, and their motivation is primarily that their wives aren't going to be invited and they're going to hear about it for the next 10 years.
Of course the second reason is that by naming traditions of DC, it should be referred to as the "Trump Ballroom" for the next 100 years. And that is clearly no bueno.
You're thinking of Hillsdale College.
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