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Recent content by probinson

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    Under RFK Jr.'s Leadership, CDC Launches Large Wasteful Study on Vaccines and Autism

    While I am sure that more consistent diagnosis is a large factor in the number of people diagnosed with autism, the idea that we've always had the same percentage of autistic people amongst us but just didn't know it because they weren't being diagnosed seems like peak gaslighting, no matter...
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    DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence

    Yes, we've all experienced deep and devastating sorrow. But I would wager that none of us has ever had a spouse assassinated in front of us. I've even seen comments on social media posts where people didn't think Erika Kirk looked or acted sad enough for their liking. "How could she get up in...
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    DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence

    I am claiming that I can't possibly understand how it feels to have my spouse assassinated right in front of me. Are you claiming you ARE capable of understanding how that feels?
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    DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence

    :rolleyes: Why do you think it's beneficial to pretend like you can understand how someone else feels? In what way do you believe that is helpful to the other person?
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    DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence

    If you like. But apparently, you imagine that you can vicariously understand how Erika Kirk feels. I have no idea why you think that, or why you think it's in any way helpful, but to each his own I suppose.
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    DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence

    It's amazing to me that you think you can empathize with Kirk's wife. I can't even pretend to understand how it must feel to have your spouse killed right in front of your eyes. I can share in her grief, I can feel compassion toward her, but I have no idea how she must feel.
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    DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence

    Thanks for that guy's opinion. Objectively, words have meaning. Nothing about "sympathy" implies "disconnection" as Dr. Brown posits.
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    DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence

    :rolleyes: What a ridiculous statement. Sounds like what you're doing. Look at me! I'm empathetic! Not like those other power-thirsty people who can only muster compassion! Compassion is not looking down on others. You have to know that's true, which makes me wonder why you would make such...
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    The Trump DOJ goes "woke" and will target free speech.

    Who said anything about it being "illegal"?
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    The Trump DOJ goes "woke" and will target free speech.

    I'm not sure specifically what you're referring to with Facebook, but Zuckerberg told us that he was being pressured by the government to censor certain posts and people during COVID. Likewise, it sure looks like the Trump FCC was pressuring Disney to cancel Kimmel's show. I hope you can...
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    DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence

    This line of conversation started because someone took a quote from Charlie Kirk out of context where he said that he didn't like the word empathy. The purpose of me posting all of this was to explain why he might have said that. Regardless, the reason people post that quote from Kirk removed...
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    The Trump DOJ goes "woke" and will target free speech.

    I'm not so sure about that. I guess it would depend how far it goes. There's just plain bad taste, and then there's incitement to kill someone. Fine line, I guess. But even if you're correct, just because one has a constitutional right to say something doesn't mean that they can way it wherever...
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    DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk's Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in 'Far More' Political Violence

    You're missing the point. How can you experience the pain as they experience it if you don't know know they feel? Right. You experience pain for them, not as they experience it, which is all but impossible to do. We'll have to agree to disagree here. My position is that if you try to...
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    Under RFK Jr.'s Leadership, CDC Launches Large Wasteful Study on Vaccines and Autism

    To be clear, the study referenced is talking about pregnant women who take acetaminophen during pregnancy having a higher risk of birthing children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Trump should never be the spokesperson for anything health related.