The #uk #government would make #singlesex #toilets #mandatory in all #public #buildings https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uk-g.. This is a great move as the #debate around #sexual #identity continues. With the #detrans movement gaining traction, there could still yet be a change in the winds ahead.
I #listened to the #oxford #union " #debate " on #meritocracy and the #conclusion I came to is that few of them knew what they were talking about: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AeRHkFw9fYw Firstly, only few of them even knew the #definition - secondly, half of them #debated a different #proposition - thirdly, #sharonchau et al attacked their #opponents #character - the list goes on. Essentially it is a debate of #communism vs #capitalism at its root - not that any of them understood this.
Finally #aardvark comes down on the right side of the #covid #vaccine #passport #debate in #nz https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/1119.s.. Bare in mind, a #vaccination #card *will not work anyway* - the #delta #variant #spreads irrespective of getting a #jab ... This is unbacked by #science and only serves to #erode #freedoms !
When people say "there is no #issues surrounding the #trans #debate and it's just #bigots #arguing against their existence" - point them at this: https://www.lotuseaters.com/12-trans-sex.. Bare in mind, at least some of these newly formed #women still look like #men , have #male #genitalia , were #imprisoned for #sex related #crime and will be now put in the space of #vulnerable #women ... It will not end well.
The problem with #debates is nothing to do with #trump - it just became obvious that there was an issue to many people in 2016: https://lemire.me/blog/2021/09/09/how-i-.. I agree that the ability to #debate is fundamental to a civil society and #democracy ... I believe the largest problems are the #platforms themselves only promoting #short and #fast #snippets - rather than #long and #reasoned #replies ...
I have a really cool #idea - a #debate #platform #inspired by #longbets but for #topics that can not be easily #measured on current issues: https://longbets.org/ The idea is that both sides would agree to a set of rules and then would be allow to respond to one another over time. I might do a blog post about this...
@barray on Thu Aug 05 22:41:30 UTC 2021 said: &eThe #livedebate on #youtube the other day that happened with #laurensouthern has had a quite a big fall out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3wa035H.. How can it be so hard to have a genuine #discussion / #debate / #argument about #massgraves of #indigenous people?Currently watching a #live #debate on #youtube with #laurensouthern about #canada 's #massgraves of #indigenous people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZfh9_0l.. Currently it's not clear whether it even happened, apparently tonnes of these sites haven't actually been dug up, it's only be inspected using #radar ... It seems like there is a lot more technicality and nuance than #mainstream #media want to really let you in on. Interesting - debates were really the golden era of Yotutube!
Currently watching a #live #debate on #youtube with #laurensouthern about #canada 's #massgraves of #indigenous people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZfh9_0l.. Currently it's not clear whether it even happened, apparently tonnes of these sites haven't actually been dug up, it's only be inspected using #radar ... It seems like there is a lot more technicality and nuance than #mainstream #media want to really let you in on. Interesting - debates were really the golden era of Yotutube!