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@Max_Imum @PNS >Like anywhere there is places you don't want to go

That's just the problem though. There should not be any places "you don't want to go" due to safety reasons. That is a failure of the government to either fix the problem or allow the people themselves to fix the problem with proper self-defense policies.

In a non-directly political example, I recall the black hockey player that killed someone with his reckless maneuver was given a similar defense by Redditor types who stated, "He said he was sorry, he feels bad enough about what he did, so he should not get further punishment."

I cannot comprehend the mindset of someone who thinks that others should consider "saying sorry" is the same thing as taking accountability.

https://youtu.be/h1ylsXhn3cM?t=916

Timestamp at specific part. I have seen this happen too many other times where "they said they were sorry" is supposed to be enough atonement for whatever horrible act that they did. No, I will not accept the call to "just move on from this" when you know full well that they do not apply this standard to their opposition. The Left never accepts just saying sorry from the Right, but they want it to be different for themselves.

https://channels.im/@usluck/115414726507737102

As if Illinois is not already well known for having a gerrymandered map. So they are just going to do it again, but worse? Okay.

@sickburnbro That is yet another factor for why we such high levels of immigration. People already living in America have debt, so adding more people from other countries to the pool allows for more debt, thus kicking the can down the road. This will ultimately make things worse, as not only will there be more conflict in terms of the numbers of people, but also a worse rug pull when the system can no longer keep going.

@Will2Power @TrueMasterCole I had similar thoughts regarding the choice for the actor of Kyle Reese in Terminator Genisys. The guy looked liked he came out of a GQ magazine, not a war torned hellscape of a future.

@atomic The problem with this approach is that you push a lot of those who never had a genuine interest but were only doing so because they felt compelled to do it for feminism and equality. But the further you get into such a major, the less that compulsion has an effect and the reality hits on what the major really is about.

This is why so many pushes for equality fail. They only care about the surface level appearances.

@atomic True. I would not be surprised if the numbers are up for women in STEM. When I started college, my major had ZERO females. Then it ticked up to about 4 when I was graduating. So I do see that the trend could still be going up, but you are right about the dropoff rate. Though males also dropoff too, as many of them are also not cut out for it. But I would expect it to be higher for females because a lot of them are being pushed harder to start STEM because muh equality.

@atomic "There are more women in my STEM classes than men"

Which classes exactly? "Environmental science" does not really count. Perhaps some biology classes would have more women as well, but the closer you get to pure math, the less women you will see.

@merchantHelios no surprise kidney stones are worse than giving birth. You are not supposed to have kidney stones. If you have them, you most likely screwed up somewhere in your diet or you are just very unlucky. Women on the other hand where designed to give birth.

When it comes to motivating young men to do anything with the carrot and/or the stick, you better make sure the carrot is not rotten and the stick is not worn down too much.

We are definitely in the "carrot is rotten" part of motivation for young men, especially when it comes to relationships with young women. And even if the stick is fresh and ready, eventually it stops hurting when you use it too much.

@Shadowman311 They refer to her as a "single mother," but later bring up her dead husband. That makes her a WIDOW, not a single mother. I am sick of these terms being conflated, because they are most certainly not the same.