I know you guys don't believe me, but the 1st amendment is in mortal danger.

Senators can lie and slander with out recourse. Remeber Harry Reid "Romeny didn't pay taxes" he later admitted saying it worked, right.

The question is Pratel, do you think that the leftist law professor would give you the same leeway?

Because that is a serious violation of the basic laws of the country

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2018/09/17/raising-kids-with-religion-or-spirituality-may-protect-their-mental-health-study/#601d89003287

Eat that, Radical Atheists!

damn, that explains a lot

@grant I was trying to remember who said that. Pretty Much. I got a feeling DiFi is rehashing an old trick here.

@Blackhawk342 Nope. But the real question is what anyone would do about it.

Basically that report is: if you meditate in some way, regardless of reason, you have better mental health.

Or at least if you choose a random person from a crowd and they tell you they meditate/pray they're more likely to have better mental health. It could be a correlated rather than causal. Maybe there's something else about the raising of those kids that is improving their mental health which is more likely to be found in families that are spiritual.

Or maybe the meditation only is a big help if you're in an abusive family, or something else of that nature, and so wouldn't be needed in many families, but for those whom it is needed it helps.

America should return to a confederacy so heavily blue states can live out their socialist dreams and libertarians/centrists/any political ideology? I think so.

america is too big to not be one honestly, we should have never stopped being one

so long as we use the same currency it should be fine, or at least have it be worth the same value across all states and just let them design the bills however they want.

Absolutely.

Everything in the US constitution language basically sets forward that the big decisions that affect you should be at state level at the highest.

The Federal Government is supposed to serve as a framework, with congressmen essentially operating as stewards of the Union.

The spirit of the first 10 amendments were all limitations on the government, not the people.

And the 10th Amendment is an important one. Powers not given to the Federal Government or restricted from the States by the Constitution are to be given to the States, or the people.

Utterly ignored today.

Meanwhile, overseas, we've got members of British parliament saying verbatim that the people should be accountable to the government...

One of the founding principles of the United States is that the Government is accountable to the People, always.

I just had a super dumb thought, but I could be onto something

If Social Justice Warriors believe that white people are inherently privileged, doesn't that mean they believe white people are superior just because they're white, therefore making SJWs apologetic white supremacists...?

@Vigil
Yes, basically

I think the opposite is also rather telling

For one to be superior

Another will be inferior comparatively. If they say whiteness itself has something superior to another.

Thats also imply all other races are inferior.

@Vigil That is the conclusion many people make. But you also could say because of inheriting wealth, education etc. other races will always be disadvantaged.

Another argument is that the police are biased against non-whites

Sure but bias is harder to measure than inheritance

Personally I think police bias lines up neatly with per capita crime stats, but that's not an airtight arguement against privilege.

Bias is subjective

At least until we finally get mindreading figured out
Then the world will finally be equal!

How is a white cis male who lives in South Africa as a farmer more privileged than Beyoncé

By ignoring qualities other than sex and race, e.g. geographical location, education, parental guidance and occupation, social justice becomes a sexist and racist theory by making life revolve around sex and race

@Vigil sure there are some people who would make a stupid argument. In that case you are right. But all the social justice advocates I met are fairly reaonable people.
I usually disagree more on HOW to vombat inequality not whether it exists

Oh yeah, there's definite cultural issues. I just don't believe they're defined by race or sex at all

And looking at some issues through the lens of being sex and race related, e.g. aiding minority presence in higher education through affirmative action, is ridiculous

Yes, each sex faces unique issues