Sexism and bigotry are wrong, and it cuts both ways. Institutionalized preferential or discriminatory treatment based on gender or race is sexist / bigoted. Attributing words to somebody “saying that an entire group of people are naturally inferior” when they never said it is just dishonest and anti-intellectual.

Ironically, the idea the rich steal everyone else’s wealth was the primary driver for 1930s anti-semitism, and the rise of nationalist parties which led to the holocaust. It’s a lie, and dangerous to society if widely accepted. Do people feel better about themselves today because they’ve replaced “The Jews” with…

Too much discussion on the rich, and none on NYC management. Why isn’t the subway making huge profits given its monopoly in NYC? WTF does it need a “bail-out” from tax payers? Sounds a lot like the USPS who continually fail to compete in their marketplace while others make billions. Same goes for Space-X, who is…

Label the opinions misogynistic and racist, and then you don’t have to think about them. Better yet, you don’t have to counter them with critical thinking. A lot easier to dismiss than to think.

It tells you something about a person’s psychology when they read their own context into everything. The author could have pointed out women have fewer beards than men, and the response would be the same.

Bernie Sanders ran for president as a Democrat, not some “anybody” who wants to run. I’m aware he didn’t receive the nomination.

That wasn’t Russia, it was the USSR... so technically he’s right. We run the risk of military escalation with Russia in Syria everyday now - holding separate military operations in the same space is risky. We should tread lightly. Russia holds all the cards in Eastern Europe, and as we saw with Ukraine, there isn’t…

I didn’t attack anybody... I simply said the ideologies of JFK (not making any judgments on these), when it comes to individual resiliency and contribution - are gone from today’s democratic platform. It’s an accurate assessment (come on, we had a self-identified socialist party candidate on the democratic ticket…

I was only commenting on the lack of context in a JFK quote, and added some quick analysis on how much the democratic party platform has changed since his time.

No, it’s just the people who label speech as “hate” are exclusively a product of the left. The right doesn’t label opposing opinions as hate.

What’s with the unnecessary racism? I’m sure the white people of Kentucky are the very definition of privilege... um, because they’re white! They couldn’t be descendants of hard working immigrants who built the country during the industrial revolution could they?

Ugh... context please! JFK was referring to accomplishing a hard technical/political achievement over the communist threat.

Yet another reason a wall is a terrible idea to secure the border. Remote sensing (GMTI, unattended sensors, etc) technologies are far more effective and cheaper than a wall. ...also a lot less damaging to the ecosystem.

Installing WMP does not = hacking the core function of vote casting. Anybody who roots their phone is suddenly a 1337 hacker!

So the government wanting access to government-issued SSNs to check government voter rolls is a privacy issue, while handing it over to Visa/Mastercard is perfectly ok?

I would have soiled my trousers, and I believe in the power of prayer. Didn’t the pilot know Malaysia is chock full of Wahhabists. The last thing you need is half the passengers prostrating themselves in the aisle praying it crashes into some Australian monument ala 9/11 part 2.

You’d be surprised how quickly people start praying when they’re facing imminent death; which they have no control over. You’d never believe how many atheists I met in Iraq who were always at Sunday service.

The defense industry sucks at software jobs in general.... although that’s mostly due to government not knowing how to buy it.