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> I think they need stronger motivation.

I've been using `exa` for over a year now, and I use it as an alias for both `ls` and `tree`. I don't really notice any benefit compared to using `ls`, but I really prefer its tree mode over the default `tree` command. It's nice being able to use the same CLI args and have a similar output format for both `tree` and `ls`.

The "hate" section is about political censorship. It's full of people Facebook doesn't like, but can't throw under "crime" or "terror" because they aren't actually dangerous. Notice how the only groups in there are pro-white or white nationalist groups? Not to defend these groups, but by deciding to vilify these people while ignoring all other forms of racial and ethnic pride/nationalism/hatred, Facebook is sending a clear message that they favor some groups over others.

There's also a higher percentage of whites vs Asians in prison, and of men vs women. I guess that proves the justice system is biased against white men.

> I had a coronavirus called a cold last year; does that mean I'm immune this year?

There are supposedly over 200 different viruses that can cause the common cold (https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/underst...). So it's quite possible for immunity to any individual strain to last a very long time and still get multiple colds per year.

> Usually viruses become more transmissible and less lethal in response to rational behavior in their hosts--but humans are proving we're not rational.

Our own "rationality" doesn't matter much, if a virus leaves you bed-ridden or dead, that makes it very hard for you spread it regardless of your choices. The fact that we have so many different viruses which essentially cause more or less the same "common cold" proves that there is very strong evolutionary pressure for a virus to behave this way.

One theory I've heard is that hunting for fruit was probably a major driving factor in human color vision, as well as that of other primates. Good red/green vision would've helped our ancestors search for ripe fruit (usually red) by being able to easily distinguish it from foliage and unripe fruit (usually green).

I think you're misreading this. The real issue here is that Youtube does in fact have policies and algorithms in place to censor right-wing and "conspiracy" content, but it seems that now some left-wing orgs are upset to find that these same rules also apply to them. Dozens of popular conservative channels have been permanently banned over the last few years, including Alex Jones, Stefan Molyneaux, Nick Fuentes, as well as many others, but I'm guessing The Daily Beast or Right Wing Watch weren't complaining when that happened.

> My guess is it’s neurological, since there aren’t discernible hormonal, genetic, or anatomical differences between trans and cis people.

That's exactly the point. If someone's "gender identity" doesn't refer any observable characteristic other than their "gender identity", then the entire concept is circularly defined and therefore meaningless. It's like if I were to say my biological height is 5'7" but my "height identity" is 6'3". What meaning does "height identity" have and why should anyone take a concept like this seriously?

The problem is this sort of logic can be applied to any position. You can always cherry-pick an example of someone with views that you don't like engaging in violence, and then use that to justify silencing anyone else that holds similar views on the grounds that it "may lead to violence".

Of course, the people who make these types of arguments never apply them consistently. I find it incredibly difficult to believe that someone still talking about a car accident in Charlottesville four years ago, while not mentioning the numerous murders, assaults, arsons, and other crimes committed by BLM activists, is someone that is genuinely concerned about "inciting violence".

It's political censorship disguised at fact checking. If they were really concerned about "fake news", they would apply the same standards to the other side. Remember how just a couple years ago almost all of the major media outlets were pushing a conspiracy theory about "Russian Collusion"? Yet nobody is talking about shutting ABC, CBS, NBC, or MSNBC down, kicking them off cable, or banning them from the internet.

That's a new one. I'm surprised they didn't go with the usual "hate speech" or "white supremacy".

A better example would be: "Islam is right about women"

I always laugh when I see someone bring up Fox News in this context. You realize your just proving his point, right? I can name dozens or hundreds of major media outlets that that lean left (MSNBC, CNN, NYT, WaPo, HuffPo, BuzzFeed, etc.), but you can only name one or two that lean right.

The fact that you are posting this using your real name is strong evidence that it's not actually "unsayable".

You conveniently left out some important statistics:

- Despite being 13% of the population, blacks commit 53% of homicides and 37% of all violent crime: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-....

Maybe that explains why they have more trouble with cops. It's easy to craft a simple narrative of good vs. evil when systematically ignore all the sins of one side.