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Tedesche

@ Tedesche @lemmy.world

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    Why is Chicago so violent?

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  • Chicagoan here. Chicago does have a problem with violence—but it's really limited to certain areas. Chicago is a highly segregated city by today's standards with a long history of neglecting and abusing it's Black population on the South side of the city. The CPD is famous for corruption and racism, going back decades at least. Like any major city, gang activity is a major problem in the poor areas, and I suspect its in those areas that one can truly be shot "out of the blue."

    Don't get me wrong, I love Chicago, and it's a great city everyone should visit. But like any major city, it's got its dark sides, and you're right, we can't do anything about that until we acknowledge it.

  • Lemmy, what conservative fearmongering do you find laughably incorrect?

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  • In the U.S., that crap about how the Democrats are actually a cabal of pedophiles and the entire organization is just a front for a global sex trafficking ring for children. Like, how do you get substantial parts of the population believing what QAnon says? Unbelievable.

  • Once I said to my therapist "I'm sure you hear this kind of thing all the time", and she said "No, this is like top 5".

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  • Therapist here. I’ve had clients say this “I’m sure you hear this all the time” line to me before. It’s always a little surprising to me, because while, yes, we do hear a lot of the same type of traumatic stories, we’re trained to regard every single patient as unique. And that’s because they are. No one’s story is like any other’s. There may be similar elements, but they’re ultimately all very different due to the details. Just as you regard everyone you know as highly different, we see our patients the same way.

    Don’t ever be afraid that your therapist sees you as “just another X-type person.” And if you get the sense they do, get a different therapist.

  • What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?

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  • You seem really set on insisting that there’s a link between intelligence and morality, and at this point I don’t think I have the energy to disabuse you of that notion. Suffice it to say, you’re wrong on both the individual and societal levels. Much of the history of civilization is war, and involved in that comes conquest and reorganization of societal boundaries. Pretty much every society today is the product of a chain of wars. Are you going to say all societies are bad, just because there’s blood in their foundations?

    The world isn’t as black-and-white as you’re painting it. Intelligence isn’t linked to morality and morality itself is more gray than black-and-white. That latter part is something you should definitely have learned in your ethics class.

  • What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?

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  • Yes, morals utilize reason and logic, but that doesn’t mean you’re necessarily more moral if you’re smarter. At best, it might mean that certain moral perspectives are easier to grasp if you’re smarter, but even if you grasp them that doesn’t mean you hold them.

    "eugenics is unwise"

    Is a statement describing applying reason to derive a moral understanding.

    No. It’s a statement asserting that eugenics has flaws and drawbacks that will ultimately prove detrimental to its own goal. This has nothing to do with the moral argument against it.

  • What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?

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  • There is no contradiction there. The "although, it is" simply acknowledges that eugenics is unwise; the point is that that isn't what makes it a morally bad idea.

    And there's no magic going on. Morality and intelligence just aren't the same thing and aren't linked in any way. Smarter people are not necessarily more moral or vice versa.

  • What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?

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  • No, you're missing the point: don't conflate intelligence and morality. Eugenics isn't a bad idea because it's unwise (although, it is); it's a bad idea because it's unfair and takes people's fundamental human rights away.

  • What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?

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  • Intelligence doesn't make you more ethical. If they "won," the future intelligent people they created would still be raised by parents who believed in eugenics, and so they too would likely regard it as good.

  • how many people came to this platform due to leaving / being banned from Reddit?

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  • I left during the API thing, went back briefly later on, and left again when I realized how messed up moderation and subreddit rules had become. As usual, dumb business people are ruining that site for everyone.

  • Texan Moved Fam to Russia to Flee Woke—Now He’s Headed to Ukraine Front Line

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  • Social darwinism at its finest.

  • Oops! All woke!

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  • It’s not about trans rights as much as it’s a highly metaphorical film about trans experience. So metaphorical in fact it could be argued it fails (failed) in its messaging. Even after the Wachowski sisters broke the news to everyone, the film still isn’t regarded that way. It’s a nice after note and I’m certainly not trying to rag on trans rights or issues here, it’s just that The Matrix didn’t do much of anything for trans people.

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  • Because without police, criminals flourish. Because with police that are established and controlled by a democratically elected government, you get police who are established and controlled by gangs and cartels.

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  • Even if 100% of the police officers in the country need to be replaced, we still need police. Are you truly debating this?

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  • If you’re simply against the establishment of having police, you're by default “pro-criminal.”

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  • But I like shitting on the sidewalk. 😉