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For some reason, I strongly doubt OP is giving an unbiased, objective account of the situation, with full context.

This feels like a distraction from the whole "left-wing terrorist" thing, and much of the left's abysmal reactions (such as acting like Kirk deserved it), which many people on the left hated. You can't retroactively justify Kirk's death by pointing a finger at the right's reactions. Y'all sure weren't forgiving Kirk. So this is hypocritical at best.

He also acknowledged Erika had a differing opinion, and they might be able to convince him he's wrong. Literally in the same breath.

Also, it's kind of hilarious for folks who've openly hated and accused Trump of being the worst kind of person imaginable for a decade now to say "he shouldn't hate us back!"

A major function of a funeral is to celebrate the life and legacy of the departed. The memorial was beautiful and the only people who didn’t like it are idiots who hate everyone involved anyway.

For some reason, I strongly doubt OP is giving an unbiased, objective account of the situation, with full context.

This feels like a distraction from the whole "left-wing terrorist" thing, and much of the left's abysmal reactions (such as acting like Kirk deserved it), which many people on the left hated. You can't retroactively justify Kirk's death by pointing a finger at the right's reactions. Y'all sure weren't forgiving Kirk. So this is hypocritical at best.

He also acknowledged Erika had a differing opinion, and they might be able to convince him he's wrong. Literally in the same breath.

Also, it's kind of hilarious for folks who've openly hated and accused Trump of being the worst kind of person imaginable for a decade now to say "he shouldn't hate us back!"

"You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death," Kirk said at a Turning Point USA Faith event on Wednesday, as reported by Media Matters for America. "That is nonsense. It's drivel. But I am—I think it's worth it.

"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational. Nobody talks like this. They live in a complete alternate universe."

So his actual take was more nuanced. And I assume he was including self-defense deaths.

Gee, I wonder why westenraskiss turned off the reblogs on a post where they justify terrorism.

>I said “death.” Very big difference, pal.

"You can't make inferences from context because I didn't explicitly make excuses for murder and only implied the guy deserved it in some way."

So somehow someone who's 200% aware of how they say things...somehow didn't realize their OP could be interpreted as condoning murder, and only disavows it after multiple challenges.

At best, you phrased OP extremely poorly. At worst, you're lying.

Which means you're wrong about your awareness, or you're wrong about defending terrorism.

I shouldn't have to say this, but nobody hostile ping them, or harass them in any way. This is not some sort of deniable statement. I 100% mean it.

And even then they were mostly concerned with the right wing escalating in response, and not the actual wrong of the murder itself, you'll note.

Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (Celeste Davis, Oct 6 2024)

"White flight is a term that describes how white people move out of neighborhoods when more people of color move in.

White flight is especially common when minority populations become the majority. That neighborhood then declines in value.

Male flight describes a similar phenomenon when large numbers of females enter a profession, group, hobby or industry—the men leave. That industry is then devalued.

Take veterinary school for example:

In 1969 almost all veterinary students were male at 89%.

By 1987, male enrollment was equal to female at 50%.

By 2009, male enrollment in veterinary schools had plummeted to 22.4%

A sociologist studying gender in veterinary schools, Dr. Anne Lincoln says that in an attempt to describe this drastic drop in male enrollment, many keep pointing to financial reasons like the debt-to-income ratio or the high cost of schooling.

But Lincoln’s research found that “men and women are equally affected by tuition and salaries.”

Her research shows that the reason fewer men are enrolling in veterinary school boils down to one factor: the number of women in the classroom.

For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied.

One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in extra tuition! (…)

Since males had dominated these professions for centuries, you would think they would leave slowly, hesitantly or maybe linger at 40%, 35%, 30%, but that’s not what happens.

Once the tipping point reaches majority female- the men flee. And boy do they flee!

It’s a slippery slope. When the number of women hits 60% the men who are there make a swift exit and other men stop joining.

Morty Schapiro, economist and former president of Northwestern University has noticed this trend when studying college enrollment numbers across universities:

“There’s a cliff you fall off once you become 60/40 female/male. It then becomes exponentially more difficult to recruit men.”

Now we’ve reached that 60% point of no return for colleges.

As we’ve seen with teachers, nurses and interior design, once an institution is majority female, the public perception of its value plummets.

Scanning through Reddit and Quora threads, many men seem to be in agreement - college is stupid and unnecessary.

A waste of time and money. You’re much better off going into the trades, a tech boot camp or becoming an entrepreneur. No need for college. (…)

When mostly men went to college? Prestigious. Aspirational. Important.

Now that mostly women go to college? Unnecessary. De-valued. A bad choice. (…)

School is now feminine. College is feminine. And rule #1 if you want to safely navigate this world as a man? Avoid the feminine.

Interesting definition of "confidence" you have there.

The irony is that mocking men for being weak sissies is actually traditionalist, Patriarchal, "toxic masculinity" standards.

Of course, feminists do that a lot.

So he talked his daughter into becoming a regular doctor. Jr. stayed a vet. Even worked with dad.

Herrior also noted that vets were becoming more pet-focused and indoor at the time of writing (70-early 80s).

Women make workplaces incredibly hostile for men the second they’re in charge, which usually happens long before they’re the majority.

Women utilize HR at much higher rates than men do, and men and women prefer different things in the workplace.

So I’m sure there actually is some validity to the concept of male flight, but it’s not about the public perception of a profession’s value.

Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (Celeste Davis, Oct 6 2024)

"White flight is a term that describes how white people move out of neighborhoods when more people of color move in.

White flight is especially common when minority populations become the majority. That neighborhood then declines in value.

Male flight describes a similar phenomenon when large numbers of females enter a profession, group, hobby or industry—the men leave. That industry is then devalued.

Take veterinary school for example:

In 1969 almost all veterinary students were male at 89%.

By 1987, male enrollment was equal to female at 50%.

By 2009, male enrollment in veterinary schools had plummeted to 22.4%

A sociologist studying gender in veterinary schools, Dr. Anne Lincoln says that in an attempt to describe this drastic drop in male enrollment, many keep pointing to financial reasons like the debt-to-income ratio or the high cost of schooling.

But Lincoln’s research found that “men and women are equally affected by tuition and salaries.”

Her research shows that the reason fewer men are enrolling in veterinary school boils down to one factor: the number of women in the classroom.

For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied.

One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in extra tuition! (…)

Since males had dominated these professions for centuries, you would think they would leave slowly, hesitantly or maybe linger at 40%, 35%, 30%, but that’s not what happens.

Once the tipping point reaches majority female- the men flee. And boy do they flee!

It’s a slippery slope. When the number of women hits 60% the men who are there make a swift exit and other men stop joining.

Morty Schapiro, economist and former president of Northwestern University has noticed this trend when studying college enrollment numbers across universities:

“There’s a cliff you fall off once you become 60/40 female/male. It then becomes exponentially more difficult to recruit men.”

Now we’ve reached that 60% point of no return for colleges.

As we’ve seen with teachers, nurses and interior design, once an institution is majority female, the public perception of its value plummets.

Scanning through Reddit and Quora threads, many men seem to be in agreement - college is stupid and unnecessary.

A waste of time and money. You’re much better off going into the trades, a tech boot camp or becoming an entrepreneur. No need for college. (…)

When mostly men went to college? Prestigious. Aspirational. Important.

Now that mostly women go to college? Unnecessary. De-valued. A bad choice. (…)

School is now feminine. College is feminine. And rule #1 if you want to safely navigate this world as a man? Avoid the feminine.

Interesting definition of "confidence" you have there.

The irony is that mocking men for being weak sissies is actually traditionalist, Patriarchal, "toxic masculinity" standards.

Of course, feminists do that a lot.

So he talked his daughter into becoming a regular doctor. Jr. stayed a vet. Even worked with dad.

Herrior also noted that vets were becoming more pet-focused and indoor at the time of writing (70-early 80s).

Women make workplaces incredibly hostile for men the second they’re in charge, which usually happens long before they’re the majority.

Women utilize HR at much higher rates than men do, and men and women prefer different things in the workplace.

So I’m sure there actually is some validity to the concept of male flight, but it’s not about the public perception of a profession’s value.

In my experience, if you actually go to the trouble of "constructing [gender] identities" for other people to adopt, they love it and it goes amazingly. If you do it with any skill, at least.

But anyways, to channel BA a bit, such a thing cannot happen because it could result in a creation of a positive identity men could have. Under identitarian progresivism, cishet men as a group cannot be allowed to have a positive identity because that would interfere with the goal of herding them into accepting their lot as ideological cannon fodder.

They’ve developed organically over thousands of years of societal interactions, and they are what they are because they describe something real and true about men and women.

I saw this posted under the hashtag "dinluke".

If Anakin wanted grandkids, why the hell would he be pushing for Luke and Din to get it on?

Did nobody teach these children how babies are made?

Also, figurative uses of terms are a thing, and the first panel lady isn’t even claiming to have social anxiety disorder, just to be socially anxious.

Depression does have a commonly used non-medical definition, and even the clinical form can manifest in many ways other than wanting to die, or being unable to get out of bed.

Chronic depression can manifest as sadness or suicidality, but has little to do directly with either

Depression is merely a lowered or "depressed" mood. It is essentially a deficit of any of a number of "positive" moods and traits.

Michael Westen : [narrative]  Not all hiding places are created equal. Generally speaking, a good hiding place is hard to find but easy to access. On rare occasions, for the most sensitive material, you have to go a step further and find a hiding place even you can't get to. (418 - Last Stand)

Also, Batman punches anyone who’s threatening others, including supervillains, mass murderers, and rich people.

He also donates a great deal to charity.

Magneto is a straight up racial supremacist. He has tried to create an  ethnostate for der ubermenschen.

It’s ironic that a progressive supports him just because he’s an Angry Minority™.

…Ivy has mind-controlled, enslaved and murdered people. 

That’s literally her main shtick.

That episode where he held a little girl’s hand while she died was from an episode of Batman Beyond that tied in with Justice League. Ace from the Royal Flush gang had some kind of brain tumor or some shit that gave her the ability to read minds and put images into them. As time progressed her condition worsened and her powers became too much for her to control. Her mind was bending the very fabric of reality. It was decided she was too dangerous to be left alive. SOMEONE had to go in and kill a child to save Gotham. Batman volunteered with no intention of killing her. Ace was a villain, she has tried to kill him and the rest of the Justice League before when Joker was manipulating her. She’s still just a kid. She’s dying, she’s alone, and she’s afraid. What she needed more than anything in the world was a friend so he went in to be with her and comfort her in her final moments before her condition killed her.

There was also an episode of the animated series where Harley Quinn got released from Arkham. To reward herself for her hard work she bought a dress. Due to a misunderstanding she accidentally set off a shoplifting alarm and not wanting to get arrested she ran. Bruce just happened to be out shopping and saw the whole thing so he suited up and chased her around Gotham trying to talk her down before someone got hurt. When he finally caught her she had to go back to the loony bin for a little bit, but as a reminder of all the progress she made Batman made sure she got her dress.

There’s also a villain who is also a victim. There’s this vintriloquist with a double personality. He thinks his dummy is a real mobster and he is forced to serve him. After he got out of Arkham Bruce got him a job at Wayne Enterprises working in the mail room. Ex-cons have a hard time finding a job after they get released, but Bruce wanted to take a chance on him because giving him a leg up to rebuild his life will help prevent a relapse.

I could be wrong because I can't be bothered to look it up, but I'm pretty sure this is backwards.

For most of human history we got by just fine without sex ed.

It seems to me that what we would expect from econ 101 is that when the supply of a good is low relative to the demand, the price would increase, thus tending to distribute that good to people who have more wealth, and away from people who have less wealth.

My poor understanding of the market is that what it succeeds at is, when there is a small supply of goods relative to demand, market forces spur the creation of more of the good to meet demand.

But that of course entails that it's actually possible to supply more of the good, i.e. that it is *not* scarce.

In situations where the supply is inherently constrained in some way, wouldn't we expect the price to remain high?

As a concrete example, my Dad's cancer treatment cost him half a million dollars. He does not have half a million dollars. Luckily for us, he has medicare.

So you believe that you don’t understand capitalism, but you also believe you understand how to replace it? Yeah, you are an idiot. 

that it is *not* scarce.

In a situation where the supply of a good can't easily be increased so as to meet demand, wouldn't we expect the price of the good to increase, thereby tending to funnel it towards the wealthy?

Someone pointed out that those sandwiches are all different. I personally pointed out how many fast food joints regularly introduce new products to lure people in.

This courts decide that we have a “right to die.”  This lead to extremely hasty laws put into place, to stop people from killing grandma for the inheritence.  The expectation was that it would be expanded later.  The vast majority of Canadians don’t have an opinion, and don’t want to have an opinion and where people should be allowed to die.  We find the whole thing horrifying.

"You mean 'mummy'."

A…library that runs on taxpayer money and is controlled by the state is “punk”?

Or the ones that exist because powerful capitalists gave away a lot of their money? Like the  Rockefellers? Or Andrew Carnagie?

Also, that academia she complains about? Heavily funded by taxpayers and private donations. 

Most US college loans are federal.

@ancappunk

It probably won’t surprise anyone to learn that thejennnster has me pre-blocked. Ironic for someone who wants to paint themselves as an edgy rebel. fighting against conformity.