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				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 5, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Also, masking was not low cost but high cost. It retarded development in kids, caused psychological issues for all who wore them (ie reinforced the idea one should panic), and seemed to create build up of CO2.




I don't know if it has been studied but I suspect they also greatly increased crime.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 11, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


With Trump's first impeachment, the evidence that he did what he did was conclusive; the only question was whether such behavior merited removal from office.




No, whether it was impeachable was also and remains a question.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 30, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
"Fortunately" they're also running public schools so poorly that attendance rates are plummeting.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				USA Election Day 2022 Megathread
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think what's going on is that the villainization of Republicans is so pervasive across schools, government, and media both institutional and social, you have a large class of people who are not politically engaged and whose impressions are formed only by the cultural miasma of "Republicans are villains".  The DNC has figured out how to get these people to vote anyways.


I'm pessimistic that there's any real counter to this.  Because it is a strategy that relies on politically disengaged and low-information voters, it's basically immune to actual issues or platforms.  It's about in-group and out-group, good guys and bad guys, high-status and low-status.  The institutional and cultural capture has been a decades-long process and the storyline so firmly entrenched, it's probably no more reversible than Luke Skywalker being the good guy and Darth Vader being the bad guy.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of December 18, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Of course, all Republicans are "fascists", but do you truly not see a difference in the tenor and hyperbole over Trump?




Not really, no, just the effects of increased polarization driven by other factors, mainly social media.  I absolutely think the polarization would be no less with any other Republican.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 6, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I am not sympathetic to Hamas.




This contradicts your earlier statement that, under similar circumstances, you would take similar actions.




if Israel killed my whole family, who have nothing to do with Hamas, in pursuit of killing some Hamas member my first response would be to start Hamas 2




I take this to mean that you find it understandable and morally acceptable to engage in the actions Hamas has engaged in, as revenge for unjust acts that have affected them.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 25, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


which btw is a good example of "technically true as accounting goes but wildly misleading in substance"




Misleading how?  We now know for certain that billions are being spent to payroll Ukraine's entire civil service as well as provide direct subsidies to small businesses.  It is definitively not all expired weapons writeoffs.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Also I suppose now the witness could be sued for perjury if they stood by their testimony after losing the case.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 1, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


but putting a convicted criminal in prison for longer does not require revoking civil rights.




I'm fairly certain it does, unless your entire conception of civil rights is purely procedural.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 21, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Do you not think it is desirable for white to become a minority?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 14, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Probably true, but they can for example teach that homosexual sex is perfectly normal and desirable.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 13, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


That was the plan this year until I had to make an unanticipated trip into Pittsburgh and I didn't get to the polling place until after 6pm by which time there was a line. Not a long line, mind you, but it was still probably 10–15 minutes, and was rather irritating.




I don't find this very responsive.  OP was criticizing mail-in voting, not early voting.  Why not simply go early vote in person a week or two ahead of time, on a day and time that is convenient for you?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Judges determine sentencing, not juries. Juries determine the verdict prior to sentencing.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 14, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It's a trust issue.  People are familiar with the conduct of lawyers with an axe to grind, and simply know better than to voluntarily place themselves in front of that buzzsaw.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 22, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Gas is not like electricity.  There are buffers in the system as well as alternate supply options, but the prices will adjust accordingly.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 20, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That's interpreting a provision that is generally applicable to the public as also applicable to the President, which I still think is questionable for the reasons I suggested.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 22, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Disagree


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 27, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I recall ChrisPrattAlphaRaptor had some very good ones.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 30, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Because they weren't actually okay with it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 23, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Cops don't determine sentencing, or even charging for that matter.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 9, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


There's other causes, certainly, but I've never once heard a good argument for why one of the oldest concepts in economics doesn't apply here.




Presumably it's the same "induced demand" explanation as for traffic jams: the demand curve is highly horizontal, so adding housing won't lower prices, it will just enable more people to pay the existing prices.  If there are a large number of people who would pay existing prices but are effectively prevented from doing so by lack of availability, they will enter the market to keep the price the same.  So now you have an even more crowded city that's just as expensive - maybe even more expensive, unless you also increase supply of every other good and service available at the same time.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 2, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If you decry samizdat, what then do you think is a proper response to information suppression?  Start your own mainstream media?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 2, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes but the shaming is not always for the purpose of affecting the behavior of the target, but rather pour encourager les autres, the other readers.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 2, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I think the concept of people changing their politics as they age is probably less useful than people staying the same and the politics changing around them.




I agree, and it points to one possible explanation that hasn't been floated, which is that despite dominating the culture wars, left politics has not been particularly effective at changing policy.  Thus the positions that they adopted while they were young are roughly the same ones that Democrats are pushing today.  In this case, the explanation is that it's not the people that have failed to change, but the politics.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 7, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Unless it's something that feeds negative habits, enjoy the stuff you enjoy. There's plenty of high status stuff that is either trash or not useful to you.




Admittedly, I do sometimes read things in secret, because it's much easier to deny reading any books at all than to explain choosing not to read the important books.  However,




For the most part, screw status




This is one of those lies we tell unpopular teenagers and lonely young men.  It actually really does matter how other people perceive you.  It's a very large factor in a person's success in almost every endeavor in their life.  Getting the things that you want out of life is probably going to require not engaging in low-status behavior such as smelling bad, hating sports, or choosing to read Tom Clancy novels instead of White Fragility.