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  1. Gadarene

    Misogyny hate crime law debated in Parliament

    Hansard transcript here: Misogyny as a Hate Crime - Hansard Online BBC piece on it here: Could catcalling be a hate crime? I’m not super wild on hate crime laws generally (in a climate where accusations of prejudice are two-a-penny and mostly spurious) but I don’t see any reason why gender...
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    Matt Damon has a “Maaaatt Daaamon” moment

    Matt Damon Opens Up About Sexual Misconduct And It’s Kind Of A Mess What’s this, Matt? Having an unsanctioned thought about MeToo? Well, we can’t have that, can we, even if you may be correct about bad behaviour being on a spectrum, something that seems to have been forgotten during all the...
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    ‘All men responsible for stopping abuse/harassment’ - good cover for an abuser?

    Or someone with a guilty conscience? E.g. Not all men are guilty of violence and sexism – but all men have a responsibility to stop those crimes As well as thousands of similar, cringeworthy articles in the wake of Weinstein/#metoo about how men have to ‘do better’ because of the actions of a...
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    Another International Men's Day event (York University) blocked by feminists.

    But they're like, totally for equality u guise http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/how-can-we-help-men-talk-if-we-wont-talk-about-mens-issues/ Transcript of original statement by York Uni on IMD: Whinging nonsensical open letter in response: https://yorkopenletter.wordpress.com/...
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    Feminist MP laughs at suggestion for International Men's Day debate in Parliament

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11962537/Whats-so-funny-about-a-mens-rights-debate.html As usual, the objections to men talking about their issues are being driven by feminists.
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    Swapping genderswapping

    There's a much more obvious title I could have used here, but I do want people to click on the thread. (Have a read of the OP and try and guess to see which title I could have gone for ;) ) So one of the things I do remember picking up from a feminist writer online that I actually found very...
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    #ChangetheCover

    DC Comics pulls Batgirl variant cover featuring The Joker after online protests - News - Books - The Independent In short, variant of latest Batgirl cover (see link) offended some people - they complained to the point where the cover was pulled from shelves. More meddling from the terminally...
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    Elite: Dangerous

    Any fellow CMDRs here? ;)
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    No-platforming: speech, or a restriction on speech?

    There have been a few cases that I've noticed in the news recently of debates or public addressed being called off because of protests. There have been a couple of university debates here in the UK called off because of this, in the US so far as I am aware Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Bill Maher...
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    No-platforming: speech, or a restriction on speech?

    There have been a few cases that I've noticed in the news recently of debates or public addressed being called off because of protests. There have been a couple of university debates here in the UK called off because of this, in the US so far as I am aware Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Bill Maher...
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    No-platforming: speech, or a restriction on speech?

    There have been a few cases that I've noticed in the news recently of debates or public addressed being called off because of protests. There have been a couple of university debates here in the UK called off because of this, in the US so far as I am aware Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Bill Maher...
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    No-platforming: speech, or a restriction on speech?

    There have been a few cases that I've noticed in the news recently of debates or public addressed being called off because of protests. There have been a couple of university debates here in the UK called off because of this, in the US so far as I am aware Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Bill Maher have...
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    "Liberal" vs. "progressive"

    Open question: Do you consider "liberal" and "progressive" to be equivalent terms / synonymous? If not, why not? Ta v much :wave:
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    Dark Souls

    GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH as you were.
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    Any nontheist Quakers in the house?

    Went to my second meeting today. Really liking the vibe there.
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    Metro

    Or "Metpo" as I insist on calling it, lolcyrillic Any fans? Any fans of the novel? Just finished playing Last Light. Thought it ended a bit suddenly, but overall I enjoyed it. I'm a big fan of bleak Russian games, need to dig out my STALKER series at some point ;)
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    System Shock 2 rerelease

    on GOG.com. First rerelease of a classic horror FPSRPG in about a decade. I strongly encourage people to try it and discuss here.
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    Possible resolutions of the Euthyphro dilemma

    It's a classic - is something moral because it is commanded by God, or does God command it because it is moral? The usual dilemma imposed is that if the former, morality is arbitrary; if the latter, then morality occurs independent of God. The typical attempt at a resolution is to say that...
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    Trying to identify a particular informal fallacy

    I'll give an example or two of it: Premise: Occasionally scientific theories are found to be incorrect. Conclusion: Therefore the specific theory of global warming is wrong. Premise: Some people who disagree with Barack Obama are motivated by racism. Conclusion: Therefore person who is...