Criticism from the outgroup is often the most valuable kind of criticism. Ingroup biases are almost always stronger than outgroup biases. This is why it has taken Americans so long to come to grips with the atrocities committed by Americans against black people and American Indians. This is why sport’s fans never…

YIKES. What kind of psycho would wish that upon their city, even metaphorically?

Oarsman is awesome. Have you had Evil Twin’s Nomad(er) Weisse? It is pricy, but if you like Oarsman, it’s worth getting that ET as a special treat- even if you just buy a single can to split with a loved one.

All Day IPA is my go-to-doing-lawnwork-or-gardening-beer.

Yeah, that was my reaction.

What the hell is wrong with people today!?

I don’t really understand where you get the idea that freedom of speech is less protected in the E.U. than it is in America?

I think almost everyone here is misreading the true intentions of those who prominently display the flag.

Yeah, it’s gross. I flip the script on them though.

I could be wrong, but wouldn’t his lawyer have to make it about gender since his lawsuit rests on Title IX?

There are many myths about how and when you can sample music. You are perpetuating them. Back in the day, many hip-hip DJs sampled at will, realeased their music as their own, and no one bothered to sue. This is no longer the case. If you borrow any section of anyone else’s work, and then distribute it, you must get…

Your understanding differs from mine. In fact, I’m pretty sure you’ve got it sort of backwards. Ethics deals with the systematizing of right and wrong. Morals are principles that lead to judgements of what is right or wrong, but don’t necessarily hinge on the concept of right or wrong. Ethical systems can be applied…

Ideologies are like hammers looking for nails.

Do we really want our laws to mirror our ethics, though? It seems to me that this isn’t always desirable. I think it is unethical to be a communist, but I don’t want it to be illegal to be a communist. This is just one example among many.

but from a practical point of view do the rights of alleged rapists to have a clean transcript trump the safety of other students?

I love when commenters try to come for the writers and then get all butthurt when the writers are like gurl bye.

You have a degree in genetics or a related field, yet you don’t think genes can affect behavior? Care to provide a counter argument over the MAO-A gene? How about twin studies on measured personality types? You are well-read, I assume. This should be easy for you. (the twin studies is pretty much the nail in the…

I don’t think you understand basics of science or scientific law and theory. This is how people get caught up in pseudoscience.

If it was ever proven that a certain gene codes for certain behavior

I didn’t walk back anything. I picked my words carefully in both comments. My exact words were: “...genetically predisposed...”