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				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 30, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
People here keep saying Democrats “lied about Project 2025.” What are they actually saying about it? What has Trump said, other than “not knowing the guy?”


I think if you take Trump seriously but not literally, or just assume that he doesn’t have many plans to choose from, he’s probably going to end up picking a very Project-approved slate. Kind of like the Federalist Society list of justices. He’s never had any problem delegating before.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 16, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Wow, a story based on one dude on Twitter has been corroborated by…one dude on Twitter. I suppose I could suggest that the account is lying, the police report is fake, or its author was mistaken, but I’ll assume for the sake of argument that it’s perfectly true.


Consider the following statements:


    

  1. Humans occasionally eat weird things.
    2. 

  2. At least one of the Springfield Haitians has eaten a weird thing.
    3. 

  3. The Springfield Haitians are more likely to eat weird things than Springfield’s other residents.
    4. 

  4. Haitians in general are more likely to eat weird things
    5. 

  5. Haitians have an overwhelming reason to eat weird things such that it should be expected.
    6. 



This tweet is evidence for 1 and 2. It says little about 3, less about 4, and almost nothing about 5. Unfortunately, almost everyone agrees on 1 and 2. That makes tweets like this pretty useless as wedges.


But that doesn’t matter if one can move the goalposts! Democrats say “no evidence,” which means they’re denying 2, which means this owns them with FACTS and LOGIC. Republicans complaint about squatting and driving and geese, which means they’re building consensus for 4, which means they’re GROSS and RACIST.


We did it! We scored the points! The goalposts are over there, but that’s okay: we’re BOUND FOR STREET.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 29, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Okay, the queue is just full of  your comments. You are consistently picking fights with other users, other mods, and the general concept of things you don’t like. In this particular example, you’re doing so while also speaking for a number of people who may or may be on board.


Take another week off to cool down. Quit trying to rally the troops.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 22, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That sounds like Russell conjugation. “I am firm, he is obstinate, you are making up norms as you go.” I expect the people cancelling, uh, Justin Timberlake insist that cultural appropriation is very serious business.


You’re right to be skeptical when a Twitter tankie suddenly discovers that cancellation is immoral. The converse is skepticism towards people announcing that, hey, this cancellation thing feels pretty good! Perhaps they don’t have the purest of motives?


I think there’s a solid case for reluctant enforcement of this critical taboo. I don’t think that it’s the most likely explanation for what we’re seeing. Triumphalism is usually a sign of the same old tribal psychology; this case isn’t any different.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 3, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don’t know how many layers of irony you’re on. It doesn’t really matter. We have banned you numerous times already for picking fights and spitting the laziest possible hot takes. Your last warning was a month ago, but you clearly didn’t take it to heart, because this is nearly indistinguishable.


Banned for a month this time.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 2, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Stefferi’s explanation fits my mental model of Trump. He rewards his friends, and he doesn’t think those countries have been very friendly lately. Thus, they deserve the short end of the stick.


As for goodwill? Mine lasted from the election until about 90% of the way through his inauguration speech. You can identify the exact moment my expectations started sliding.


I personally resent the guy, and I despise the way he encourages political tribalism. I’m sick and tired of listening to smart people jump through hoops to explain how he’s actually totally aligned with their principles. FCfromSSC has suggested that the last decade is something like a distributed search for ways to hurt the outgroup; while I don’t want to believe it, no one exemplifies the idea better than our President. He will continue to trample the commons and loot the treasury, sometimes literally. He will collect immunity to the various consequences which apply to us little people. And he will be praised for any damage he does so long as he hurts the right people.


The Republicans are going to do fine in 2026.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Okay, so how has “the vetting of USAID” exposed Ukraine corruption? How is the Burisma scandal (or Clinton’s uranium deal, or whatever else) a “similar operation?”


Graft is a symptom, not a cause.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 25, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
This isn't a very realistic model of academia.


"Back in my day" is one of the easiest and most natural criticisms to make in any field. I think you should take what this guy said with a grain of salt.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 18, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Here is what I actually think a reasonable framing of this question is: "can men with a cross dressing fetish involve non-consenting women in their crossdress-play?"




This is about as reasonable as asking why we tolerate bondage fetishists in the police force. We don’t; the handcuffs have a practical, unobjectionable, non-sexual purpose. Anyone abusing such privileges for sexual gratification can and should be punished.


Has McBride done or said anything to convince you her presentation is sexualized? Because if you’re going off base rates, I think you might have the wrong idea.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 28, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Who knows what Athens would have done if they didn’t have CCTV?


More seriously, this is a problem with scaling. The peak voting-eligible population of ancient Athens was probably under 60,000. That’s around half the eligible voters in modern Athens, GA. You need a solution that still works at 2,500x the size.


So we do implement most of those features. Physical, printed ballots. Adversarial counting. Cameras. Even the states which hate requiring ID use some form of proof.


The big ones we’re missing are transparent boxes/individual envelopes and a full voting holiday. Sure, I’m in favor of both. I’m even fine with photo ID requirements. But they aren’t free, and I’d argue that they wouldn’t actually reduce the amount of bitching that goes on after an election. Trump and people like him will seize on the counting, the certification, any possible vector for sowing doubt. They have already baked into their worldview a far-reaching conspiracy against him, personally. That’s license to doubt even the most secure process.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 21, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If a “real” October surprise felt likely, it wouldn’t be a surprise, would it?


I laugh at the idea this is a coordinated blitz, though. It’s the most natural place for prospiracy: thousands of journalists desperate for something, anything to say about the Bad Man. One of them apparently asked him about the remarks in an interview, and it was off to the races. Even then, the results are blog columns and one-paragraph reports. It’s about as weak as it gets, and I’m confident you could find equivalent surges every month. Trump just has that effect.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 21, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I had this strange deja vu, and what do you know.


Have you gotten any new evidence since then, or are you just going to keep demanding we roll the dice again? Maybe it'll come up in your guy's favor this time.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 30, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Is this one of those things where the statistic is wrong as bait to get people complaining about real numbers? Cause I do not want to go through that again. Goalpost movement is not admirable.


Anyway. I generally agree that no single policy works as a vote purchase. That includes helicopter money. People don’t generally want a handout; they want a system which subsidizes whatever they were already doing, but makes it socially acceptable. Unfortunately, everything that resembles such a system is laundered through the lawmaking process and then tossed in the tumble dryer that is our economy. If the cycle lines up and we get a Good Economy, the program was a success and will never be removed. If it runs into a Bad Economy, it was obviously the only cause; anyone involved ought to be run out of town on a rail.


On the other hand, there are lots of ways to buy your opponent votes. Class warfare. Scandals and/or witch hunts. Doing anything that can be remotely tied to a Bad Economy.


These are powerful incentives for incrementalism. Any bold plan is a point of failure. I suspect this is why none of the Presidential candidates since Obama have pitched a signature policy. The closest we got was Trump’s wall, which appears to have been overcome by events. As with the ACA, the popular underlying concept has given way to a series of last-minute compromises tolerated by both parties.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 5, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don’t think it was a lie.


In the primary, he was certainly more moderate than Sanders. In the general, he played the straight man to Trump’s firebrand; I’d say both of them turned out pretty moderate indeed.


Like most administrations, Biden’s has had boring responses to boring problems. What was the moderate/normal version of dealing with inflation?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 29, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Want to bet? Here in Texas, we’re still having that exact problem.


There is zero incentive for the Texas legislature to make a clean definition. There is negative incentive for the AG’s office to be helpful or clear, since they score political points every time the scary word ends up in the news. Abortions are rare enough that most people aren’t directly affected by it, and get to cheerfully keep voting R.


So let’s make a bet: when do you think Texas will pass a more narrow law? When do you think they’ll leave the “wacky” regime behind in favor of that elusive common-sense situation?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 27, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Speaking of rules, we have several. Of particular interest are “Write about specific groups” and “don’t just boo your outgroup.”


For your third offense of the exact same thing, three day ban.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
From the source propublica article:




“Dr. Totorica states to not move patient,” she wrote after talking with him. “Dr. Totorica states there is a slight chance patient may need to go to ICU and he wants the bedside ultrasound to be done stat for sure before admitting to room.”






Though he had already performed an ultrasound, he was asking for a second.






The first hadn’t preserved an image of Crain’s womb in the medical record.“Bedside ultrasounds aren’t always set up to save images permanently,” said Abbott, the Boston OB-GYN.






The state’s laws banning abortion require that doctors record the absence of a fetal heartbeat before intervening with a procedure that could end a pregnancy. Exceptions for medical emergencies demand physicians document their reasoning.




You can read the relevant statute here is §171.205. The additional regulatory burden is not an accident. It’s one of the main mechanisms by which Texas is reducing abortions performed in-state.


I expect the goalposts to recede into the distance as the usual suspects try to place the blame somewhere, anywhere but on the pro-life bloc.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of December 23, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You can take this response elsewhere.


One week ban for yet another low-effort zinger. Just because it's snappy doesn't mean it actually adds value.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 18, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The Republicans shook off their policy wonks and status-quo enthusiasts in favor of idpol, populists, and shameless accelerationists. Is that really encouraging regarding the Democrat response?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 18, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Is there anything a leftist could say that wouldn’t invite you to post like this?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 28, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It’s not happening, and if it is, it’s a good thing?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 28, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
There’s literally nothing innovative about arson. In related news, my parents went to see Conclave last week.


I disagree that a couple hundred votes, lost in a fire or flood, would sway the election. Too well-documented, I think. In the inevitable court case, you’d actually be able to point to the abuse, and…hmm. I suppose I don’t know what the remedy would be. Runoff? Cage fight?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 16, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Where are you seeing this?


The ever-trustworthy Daily Mail says




'Reports of explosives being found at the site are unfounded,' said Nassau County Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryde.






'There is a person who is being questioned who may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site. The individual with the bomb dog falsely reported explosives being found and that individual is currently being detained by police.'




This…raises its own set of questions, but isn’t exactly Operation Valkyrie.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 9, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Why would it change the social dynamics? The suggestion that men would start living in fear was always a bogeyman.


Anyway, the Trump/Carroll lawsuit probably counts.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 26, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
In this thread: “I can’t believe systems accept government ID!”


Also in this thread: “I can’t believe systems accept self-ID!”


Obtaining legal sanction—as Tickle apparently did—is a strictly higher bar than checking a box on the app.


Giggle’s method is something like an insurance company which ignores marriage certificates in favor of requiring a hand photo with your ring. Maybe they should be allowed to do so, but it’s hard to be surprised that the government definitions favor government-issued documents.