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I'm more than willing to listen to arguments about the sanctity of protecting unborn life. I have a great deal of sympathy for the argument. However, I have yet to meet a pro life person who is willing even to entertain arguments related to concerns the state's intrusion on a woman's most...

Here's the thing, I've never disputed the existence of liberal bias in the mainstream media, not once. I concede the point. You've been arguing over and over a assertion I never made. Next time, try actually reading what I, or someone else, write before launching into your prepared talking...

Here's the point, anyone without engineering training can reasonably conclude if a bridge collapses that the engineer who designed erred (assuming it was an issue with design & not with materials or shoddy workmanship). Same if, for example, a space shuttle blows up, a non-expert can reasonably...

Explanation accepted. I apologize.

Perhaps, but I trust you, so I'll take your word for it. Although interpreting what I wrote (as inartful as it might have been typed in haste) as advocating for scientists to usurp the policymaking role seems to me to be a bit of a stretch.

I don't believe that's what you actually thought I meant.

Dictate, as is informing the policy choices, the elected officials obviously make policy. A simple proposition: policies that involve science should be based on (dictated by) actual science, not psuedo-science or political ideology masquerading as science, although obviously other factors...

Reference to Dunning Kruger is something that is being co-opted by everyone these days to put down their opponents. That said, our Doofus-in-Chief is a walking, talking embodiment of the Dunning Kruger Effect. People will always have opinions, even on things well outside their areas of...

The terms are inaccurate, per se, as identifiers; there are distinct differences in skin tones. Where the construct has problems is that people tend to load up the identifiers with attributes that are associated with them. In similar vein, there are clear differences between men and women in...

You obviously missed the point.

Not trying to be harsh? LOL, you can be harsh as you want. Since I don't value your opinion very much, I'm not offended, I assure you. Why criticize me for thinking my POV is better than yours when you obviously think your POV is superior to mine? That's just a dumb thing to say. As if...

You don't evidence much understanding of what peer review is and how it works. That's quite a different thing than how media presents scientific news. You want to know what the state of science is, you need to look at what is getting published in peer reviewed scientific journals. This has...

I concede the existence of a left-leaning bias in many mainstream news sources. I stated as much. My points are as follows: 1. Despite conservatives' whining about liberal bias, they, on the whole, don't object to bias, only to left leaning bias. Thus, their long-voiced objection to bias...

Agreed. Thus my point that conservatives who for so long have whined about media bias don't oppose media bias, per se, just the wrong kind of media bias. They should stop pretending that they care; it's plainly obvious they don't.

One thing I've always found so fascinating about some public policy debates is how so many people with so little actual scientific training or knowledge feel so confident opining about scientific matters, often in contravention to scientific consensus, largely on the basis of political ideology...

I don't believe it, sorry. It happens all the time to liberals. There are no end of right leaning media sources; any conservative will have absolutely no difficulty finding media that will reflect his/her world outlook. Thus the ongoing persecution complex within the right is silly. The fact...

You obviously have a blind spot with regards to how your many, many posts came across and how they were reasonably interpreted to reflect backwards views on race issues. You'll excuse me if I see this long-after-the-fact explanation as being somewhat convenient and insufficient to negate your...

C'mon CJ, we all know that "Hopper" is code word in your case. There are many ways to say the N word without actually saying the N word. You have a long voluminous history of posts indicating that your views on African Americans are not of the "enlightened" variety.

Just jumping in here to note that if you think this piece, which is essentially, an Op-Ed piece written by Trump Jr. that does little but cite anecdotes, constitutes "proof," you have a very, very loose definition of the term. Also, since the Right is so dead set against Gov intervention in the...

Done.