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Unpopular tax cuts

mardi 21 novembre 2017 à 01:00

The GOP Has Done the Impossible: Make Tax Cuts Unpopular.

Banning assault weapons

mardi 21 novembre 2017 à 01:00

Almost half of millennials oppose banning assault weapons. Is this the influence of video games?

Flat-Earthers

mardi 21 novembre 2017 à 01:00

Flat-Earthers have jumped on the bandwagon of "Don't trust experts; believe only what you see." That approach entails giving up the benefit of science and going back to the ignorance of the stone age.

'inappropriate behavior'

mardi 21 novembre 2017 à 01:00

A BBC TV personality has been taken off the air due to vague, unstated accusations. They don't say what he allegedly did, only that someone considered it "inappropriate".

"Inappropriate" is not concrete enough to be a valid accusation. It stats a judgment call on which people can disagree.

Thus, my response when someone is accused of "inappropriate behavior" is, "Every accused deserves a concrete accusation, which has a clear definition. No one should be punished for a vague and insubstantial accusation. Those should be disregarded."

Delegitimizing taxes

mardi 21 novembre 2017 à 01:00

"Republicans have delegitimized taxes in order to delegitimize government."