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Cool now do the data on crime in general and break it down by race. If we're having an honest conversation about the reality of crime statistics let's just handle one thing we aren't aloud to talk about normally. No one was denying that men commit more violent crimes but I need you to admit which race of men are the violent ones...

99% of rape in the US is committed by men. So are 85% of all homicides, and 85% of all violent crime as a whole. The one crime that women commit more often than men is child abuse, but that’s only because women spend much more time around children. When men spend similar amounts of time around children, they commit more abuse. That’s not bigotry. That’s just the facts.

@SkepticalRoot @peterboghossian Were you trying to literally prove his point as a joke or is it hitting you in the face as you read this reply?

@peterboghossian This is a dumb claim. But I guess if you only hang out in right-wing spaces, it might look like that.

Willingness to speak with people who disagree with your political views has become a right-wing position.

@thealthype @PalantirTech Absolutely retarded take. There is such a thing as American culture and it's open to anyone who believes in it and comes here legally. Leftists, progressives, communists, and fascists are incompatible with that culture though.

@PalantirTech The "country" is racially mixed though. There's no "philia", there's no such thing as an "american". It's just an economic zone.

Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software. 5. The question is not whether A.I. weapons will be built; it is who will build them and for what purpose. Our adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications. They will proceed. 6. National service should be a universal duty. We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost. 7. If a U.S. Marine asks for a better rifle, we should build it; and the same goes for software. We should as a country be capable of continuing a debate about the appropriateness of military action abroad while remaining unflinching in our commitment to those we have asked to step into harm’s way. 8. Public servants need not be our priests. Any business that compensated its employees in the way that the federal government compensates public servants would struggle to survive. 9. We should show far more grace towards those who have subjected themselves to public life. The eradication of any space for forgiveness—a jettisoning of any tolerance for the complexities and contradictions of the human psyche—may leave us with a cast of characters at the helm we will grow to regret. 10. The psychologization of modern politics is leading us astray. Those who look to the political arena to nourish their soul and sense of self, who rely too heavily on their internal life finding expression in people they may never meet, will be left disappointed. 11. Our society has grown too eager to hasten, and is often gleeful at, the demise of its enemies. The vanquishing of an opponent is a moment to pause, not rejoice. 12. The atomic age is ending. One age of deterrence, the atomic age, is ending, and a new era of deterrence built on A.I. is set to begin. 13. No other country in the history of the world has advanced progressive values more than this one. The United States is far from perfect. But it is easy to forget how much more opportunity exists in this country for those who are not hereditary elites than in any other nation on the planet. 14. American power has made possible an extraordinarily long peace. Too many have forgotten or perhaps take for granted that nearly a century of some version of peace has prevailed in the world without a great power military conflict. At least three generations — billions of people and their children and now grandchildren — have never known a world war. 15. The postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone. The defanging of Germany was an overcorrection for which Europe is now paying a heavy price. A similar and highly theatrical commitment to Japanese pacifism will, if maintained, also threaten to shift the balance of power in Asia. 16. We should applaud those who attempt to build where the market has failed to act. The culture almost snickers at Musk’s interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves . . . . Any curiosity or genuine interest in the value of what he has created is essentially dismissed, or perhaps lurks from beneath a thinly veiled scorn. 17. Silicon Valley must play a role in addressing violent crime. Many politicians across the United States have essentially shrugged when it comes to violent crime, abandoning any serious efforts to address the problem or take on any risk with their constituencies or donors in coming up with solutions and experiments in what should be a desperate bid to save lives. 18. The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service. The public arena—and the shallow and petty assaults against those who dare to do something other than enrich themselves—has become so unforgiving that the republic is left with a significant roster of ineffectual, empty vessels whose ambition one would forgive if there were any genuine belief structure lurking within. 19. The caution in public life that we unwittingly encourage is corrosive. Those who say nothing wrong often say nothing much at all. 20. The pervasive intolerance of religious belief in certain circles must be resisted. The elite’s intolerance of religious belief is perhaps one of the most telling signs that its political project constitutes a less open intellectual movement than many within it would claim. 21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. 22. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what? Excerpts from the #1 New York Times Bestseller The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West, by Alexander C. Karp & Nicholas W. Zamiska techrepublicbook.com

Are you so ignorant of the issues at hand here that you don't understand what's being argued for why we need DEI healthcare policies? Or are you just doing that normal leftist thing where y'all intentionally misrepresent reality so you can act like you're making an actual argument?

@1ABeliever @Olujimi_13 @ArtCandee So other unhealthy women that live during childbirth are anomalies? And what about healthy black women that still die?

"Do you have an idea of how we could solve the Black maternal mortality crisis if we can't say 'Black?'" I could watch Democratic House Rep. Summer Lee bat around RFK Jr. all day. She's magnificent.

@Olujimi_13 @ArtCandee There is nothing special about black women. The rates are higher because they're unhealthier than other groups. The good thing is they can just follow the same health guidelines as everyone else. They do not need special treatment.

@ArtCandee There is actual data supporting that Black women are dying at a significantly higher rate by childbirth than any other group. Facts don’t matter to white people like this. They label everything DEI that they don’t like. Which is profoundly stupid.

@XAVIAERD It's their response to the baby saying mama that's the problem. This is demonic shit and pretending otherwise is a lie.

Are y’all really acting like the baby understood what he was saying?

Let me help you... it was only supposed to be for the ultra wealthy but government greed and democrat envy are never satiated so now I'm paying income tax as a regular working class American. So any time an properly historically educated person hears "it's only a tax on the ultra wealthy" they know the person claiming it won't expand beyond the ultra wealthy is either ignorant or lying.

@LawrWatcher @SAFCPaddy I know it used to be 91% in the 1950s for the top bracket. And then Ronald Reagan brought down to 30% and there ended the greatness of USA. Rich Started getting richer, middle class remain same place.

I will never understand why working class people fight tooth and nail to defend billionaires

@discount_50pcnt @JeffBrees @DarrigoMelanie Just admit you all are communists at this point. The selfish entitlement of the Left is disgusting and inhuman.

@JeffBrees @DarrigoMelanie Not as much as they will, but keep dickriding, it's going great!

If one of the scariest things you’ve ever seen is a tax on a second home that you don’t live in that’s worth over $5 million, then you’ve lived a very privileged life.

@MRLOVELIFE3 @BOptimist1973 @harlot_scara @micah_erfan Based on the recent criminal referrals you're about to have a really rough time mentally coming to grips with the reality of what occurred in 2020 and back in 2015/2016.

@1ABeliever @BOptimist1973 @harlot_scara @micah_erfan Bless your heart.

Imagine how much right wingers would loser their shit if Kentanji Brown gave a speech attacking conservatism.

@bellabee13 Ok groomer

@allenanalysis You really need to take a step back and look at the reality... they lied to impeach Trump.

BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard just referred the whistleblower who triggered Trump’s first impeachment for criminal prosecution. Also referred: the Inspector General who called the complaint credible. Let that sink in. The government is now prosecuting people for telling the truth about the President. This is not normal. This is a purge.

Stealing the 2020 election was absolutely worse than January 6th and y'all are still denying what happened and that is actually gaslighting. Or how about when the Obama administration spied on the Trump campaign by lying to the FISA courts and then cooked up the Russia Collusion hoax? That was definitely worse than January 6th, which by the way how many Feds were in the crowd?

@harlot_scara @micah_erfan Are you fucking serious?? (if not, this is straight out gaslighting). During Clinton, Obama and Biden the calls and plots and stocking up on weapons was endless. Progressives never did anything like Jan 6 or the Oklahoma City bombing.

@micah_erfan You just going to lie and pretend she doesn't do this in her legal arguments?

@JoeValaNYC @kingcarps @DavidAFrench @thescottbarber In action they've supported illegal immigration. Just own it, don't lie about what our church support agencies have done.

Catholic Charities (the ones sanctioned by the bishops) support secure borders + humane treatment + legal reform. They do not support “open borders.” If you see claims that they do, those usually come from critics interpreting their humanitarian work as de-facto encouragement of illegal immigration. The organizations themselves, their websites, and the U.S. bishops’ statements are unambiguous on this point. Biden also supports abortions.

Horrible. Hard to see this as anything other than retaliation.

@JoeValaNYC @DavidAFrench @thescottbarber Are you tired of our church facilitating mass migration and tge destruction of our country? Catholic doctrine does not necessitate allowing mass migration. We can help these people in their home counties without supporting human trafficking.

@DavidAFrench @thescottbarber I am Catholic and I voted for Trump and I regret there is not a third party to vote for. I am tired of this Catholic Hate Campaign.

@DavidAFrench Retaliation for the Catholic Church facilitating illegal immigration and human trafficking seems like the right thing to do.

The argument is in the name of our country. We are the United States of America and we are not a democracy, we are a republic made out of individual states. If you support a national popular vote you are inherently against the core values of this nation. While we're at it repeal the 17th Amendment.

There's no good civic argument for the electoral college. It was arguably necessary to ensure the ratification of the Constitution, but it's an anti-democratic device that gives some American citizens far more voting power than others, based purely on where they live.

Always? They sat on this for years until it was politically necessary to destroy him because the Republicans were about to win the CA Governor race due to the stupid jungle primary system and Porter and Swalwell splitting votes. If Democrats actually cared about any of the things Swalwell did they would have destroyed him years ago.

My thoughts on the Swalwell stuff. Notice how Democrats always hold their own accountable and Republicans just yell fake news, no matter how vile the evidence is?

@wallachiamn @legendarygal87 @EBr11ll @blondesnmoney Worked so well for the Brits appeasing Hitler. "Peace in our time?" Ever read a history book?

@legendarygal87 @EBr11ll @blondesnmoney I think paying a country to not develop nuclear weapons is very reasonable thing to do If I was running a country you'd have to pay ME a LOT of money if you wanted me to voluntarily not build the "nobody ever invades me again" button

You better open the Strait Absolutely not I'm warning you, this is your last chance to open No way Ok, fine. Strait is closed. No one allowed in or out Wait, what? You heard me, no one is allowed in or out Wait -- what about There'll be no more discussion, it's closed to everyone Wait a minute, actually, maybe we could open it a little bi-- No. It's closed Actually, I want it opened. I've always wanted it open. Why don't we just-- You might have to pay a toll WHAT

@DoomScroling It's literally sacrificing a child so you can indulge in the life you desire. Just say women's perceived happiness is more important than a child's life and own that statement.

Abortion access is a human right. Abortion is part of comprehensive women's healthcare. Abortion is 100% a matter of bodily autonomy. No amount of dramatics & sheer ignorance of anti choice fanatics will change these facts.