Is Trump right about "political correctness" ?
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That's because there are two ways to look at Godwin's Law and one of them is that there are still a lot of Nazi's out there trotting out their poisonous attitudes and they need to be regularly reminded of the fact that we know they're there. Trump certainly ticks the box for fascist leader; regarding the checks and balances of the US constitution as the PC that stops him solving all the problems in one easy stroke. He's also clearly a racist. I'd say that was the two key determinants of Nazism.Steve3007 wrote: ↑November 25th, 2017, 9:29 pmBut Dachshund lost me at the point when he decided that people I know, who live in the country where I live, who happen to be Muslims, should be treated the same way that the Nazis treated the Jews. I know this is an example of the truth of Godwin's law, that all internet discussions sooner or later result in people comparing each other to Nazis, but in this case it actually appears to be a valid comparison.
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If they used yeast "grown" in NZ would it be acceptable? Interesting that Impossible Burgers never received FDA approval:
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The weakness of the beef gives you bowel cancer argument is that virtually every food type gives you some cancer or another, or another slightly less pejorative way of looking at it, different food types skew your tendency to get one specific type of cancer or another. Fish e.g. helps your bowel, punishes your stomach. Thus while I can give up smoking I cannot give up eating.
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I guess that along with Muslim, migratory birds should have passports too?
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Nah, just seasonal work visas.... and we should document that they meet crop damaging bug ingestion quotas, and that their nests meet environmental building codes and do not have Islamic architectural features. Last thing we need is more birds nests that resemble mihrabs!I guess that along with Muslim, migratory birds should have passports too?
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He is an ignorant bigot who deserves little more than to be completely ignored - if only that were possible.
I sincerely hope that the USA will look back on this period in its history with utter horror and embarrassment.
He is the biggest threat to the future of democracy.
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Not at all. That's akin to saying that eating both carrots and lard will make you fat. The research is both repeated and sound.Mark1955 wrote: ↑July 9th, 2018, 12:14 pmThe weakness of the beef gives you bowel cancer argument is that virtually every food type gives you some cancer or another, or another slightly less pejorative way of looking at it, different food types skew your tendency to get one specific type of cancer or another. Fish e.g. helps your bowel, punishes your stomach. Thus while I can give up smoking I cannot give up eating.
This does not mean not eating. Aside from the safe option of eating red meat as opposed to the unsafe option of overeating red meat, there are actually many millions of living people who do not eat meat but do still eat.
These people are known as "vegetarians". These extraordinary people do not eat meat yet they do eat food. This is because there are other food groups not derived from the carcasses of the once-suffering. These food groups are known as by common names such as "fruits", "vegetables", "grains" and "fungi". Remarkably, not eating carcasses results in a longer life rather than starvation!
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Another way is to remember that a comparison or an analogy is not a declaration of complete equivalence.Mark1955 wrote:That's because there are two ways to look at Godwin's Law and one of them is that there are still a lot of Nazi's out there trotting out their poisonous attitudes and they need to be regularly reminded of the fact that we know they're there. Trump certainly ticks the box for fascist leader; regarding the checks and balances of the US constitution as the PC that stops him solving all the problems in one easy stroke. He's also clearly a racist. I'd say that was the two key determinants of Nazism.
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