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Ok just read it. In a riot, the crowd’s size and proximity to each other cause the escalation you’re describing. Isolated shootings don’t have that effect. That argument is essentially trying to invent a new mental framework from scratch that justifies removing people’s rights. Rights that Gladwell probably doesn’t believe are important. He might not even think they’re valid. It’s quite creative. I’ll give him that.

I said nothing of the sort. It’s fascinating that is what you synthesized from my post.

What’s the emergency?

I’m not mad. It’s relevant she’s been given this specific focus, similar to Pence and COVID.

Wait, is this the same guy that has spoken favorably of Australia’s policy?

Don’t shoot the messenger

My avatar has that effect on people

I can’t believe there’s not a thread here for her. I’ll start with a funny tweet. Now to more relevant matters.

You’re saying the Psaki video does it? She says some migrants that have already been set for deportation, and therefore don’t need a court date, are being released without one. That’s not the same thing as what the NBC news story is saying. They actually link one of these documents releasing someone with court date TBD. That didn’t debunk shit. I’m just glad that we’ve gone back to taking White House spokesperson’s word at face value. You can take what they say to the bank.

Very interesting development. Participating in the network is a bigger step than even Saylor has done. This could lead to a lot of different possibilities eventually. Extremely bullish for lightning network. Lightning node in every Tesla? Streaming micropayments? This is off in the future, but could be huge.

Also the same with Winfield. Laser 4.59 is plenty fast, even for Gerry.

I can’t read this whole thread. Was he going to standard Houston Rub and Tugs? If they have credit card receipts of him going to known places, then it doesn’t look good.

How was NBC wrong? They’re saying there has been a recent change in policy. Your article citing 99% of asylum seekers showing up to court was under a different framework. Although if you release people without court dates I guess they don’t have dates to miss. That’ll help keep the numbers up.

I said that when the supply of labor is increased it lowers the cost of that labor, specifically on the lower paying end of the spectrum. You said that assertion was a “wide source of disagreement”. So not disproved or proven. Great, so we get to have a source off where nobody is convinced. You also said “illegal immigrants and citizens generally are not competeting for the same jobs.” So would you say that there is some competition for between illegal immigrants and citizens for the same jobs?

I’m for loosening restrictions on our lawful citizens here. Do we actually know the numbers of Covid positive coming in? Thanks for sharing that vox column from 2020. What started the conversation was the recent change in policy from the Biden administration that was reported by GQP outlet NBC News. You know, the one that said they are being released without court dates. Actions speak louder than words, bubba. A couple points here. 1) Thanks for sharing the most recent data from, let me check my notes here, January 2021. Nothing has changed since then. 2) The country is different now than it was then. Our manufacturing and working class have been hollowed out further over the last 15 years.

That is what it is. Although the smart people here denied that. If the politics of it were so good, they would be transparent about it.

The biggest one that comes to mind, and should be relevant to significant portions of Biden’s electorate, is by increasing the supply of cheap labor they reduce the wages of our working class population that is here legally. Also, against the backdrop of COVID, allowing thousands of potential new carriers through our open borders and turning them loose is careless at best. It’s also laughable that they use COVID as an excuse for not allowing reporters to visit sites, but aren’t doing anything to deter spread of the virus across the border. Dems lean hard towards locking down everywhere except at the border. Usual political hypocrisy. Those two came to mind first.

siri, what do you call a policy where people are allowed illegally across borders without documentation or repercussions?

Hadn’t heard of debilitating tinnitus as a lingering symptom.

No. It’s the tone of coverage I’m talking about. They escalate coverage of events to the point that people think these things happen everyday. Far from the truth. In other news, defacto open borders policy has predictable results.

You don’t think it’s spreading dangerous disinformation to widely publish that the President is disregarding Russian bounties on American lives before it’s actually confirmed? Probably not, because you like how it makes people feel. Here’s an interesting selective escalation. The mainstream media loves to play up our racial divide and issues. It must get good ratings. Look at this survey. A small sample but if this is close to the results for our general population it’s amazing how misinformed they are. https://www.skeptic.com/research-center/reports/Research-Report-CUPES-007.pdf Over 50% of those respondents who identified as “very liberal” believed that over 1,000 unarmed black men are killed every year. Only off by a factor of 40-50x. That includes a substantial amount that believes it’s 10,000 or more. Of those that identify as “liberal” 38% think it’s 1,000 unarmed black men killed. And again that includes people who think it’s 10,000 or above. Where do these people get their news? No wonder so many people want to burn things down. A significant number of them thinks the problem is 100x bigger than it is. That’s selective escalation is a form of disinformation that is indisputably dangerous.

It’s a matter of perspective. One man’s selective escalation and intentional omission is another man’s knowingly spreading dangerous disinformation and lies. It’s a nice both sides issue.

Where were Dr Jill or Kamala?