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Beer is too bitter. I like fruity drinks.

I’m a bit of lightweight, so I can’t have too much of them. I underestimated a fruity drink once. Never doing that again!
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Just by familiarizing yourself with these, you can spot them in your opponents’ arguments easier
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Nah
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@Shila
I’m not a beer drinker, but flavored rums are good.
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Wtf?! Based 7000series?!?!?!
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@Double_R
That has nothing to do with my point. Of course every news outlet is slanted, but when nearly every outlet that actually employs journalists is slanted left, along with every fact checking organization, every major scientific organization, etc. etc. that should raise an eyebrow.

Again, there's two ways you can deal with this; you can accept that this is the case because they're more closely aligned with reality or you can claim it to be some sort of conspiratorial takeover by the left of all of society. The latter defies Occam's razor. So you can write it off as liberal smugness and disregard these facts, or you can engage in honest rational thought and attempt to construct a worldview where all of this makes sense.
This is just appeal to the majority combined with appeal to authority.

Also, it’s not complicated to think that political biases affect research fields. Confirmation bias is human trait and our so-called “experts” are not immune.

It doesn’t need to be a central conspiracy either- the fundamentals of human behavior would result in this, given how intolerant of competing ideologies progressivism is.

It’s also not complicated to think people in power will grift to keep their power. If you follow the money, there’s a pretty hefty incentive for our media, academia, and govt to act not in our interests, but in theirs.

Are you familiar with the concept of “the cathedral?” It explains how decentralized narrative collusion happens. You take a few power-hungry grifters have them employ social pressure and convince a few newcomers to join their side (most of whom don’t even realize the grift), they make their way into institutions and exert further pressure, and eventually reach the majority, at which point all dissidents are cast out.

Here’s a great video on it. This guy is extremely well researched. https://youtu.be/tMKrDxFUZWk

But to your point, I don't take issue with what you're saying. What's ironic is that the only time it becomes an issue is when the administration decides to inject politics into an organization like this, which is exactly what Trump is doing. As long as he sees government funding as a tool to crush dissenting voices I fully support getting rid of funding for NPR because otherwise he'll just turn it into another extension of his propaganda apparatus.
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but did you just argue that he’s defunding certain agencies as part of his propaganda effort, while simultaneously arguing his defunding of them is what saved them from being a part of his propaganda effort?

He is the one getting rid of NPR funding (through Elon Musk), so I doubt he was interested in turning NPR into govt propaganda. As a matter of fact, he’s getting rid of govt propaganda, given that NPR has been subsidized by the govt until now.

As for the govt agencies, keep in mind that the departments are part of the executive branch- they serve at the president’s pleasure. Trump has every right to get people aligned with his agenda in those departments- the same way Biden did when he was president. If hiring and firing people based on the president’s vision is considered “propaganda,” then every president since their inception has been guilty.

There is a legitimate criticism of Trump that does arise here- he doesn’t go far enough in his defunding efforts. If his usage of presidential powers to influence the government is a problem to you, then it’s a good argument for  the closure of at least most of the departments (and for the abolition of executive orders!) on principle.

Personally, I think Trump is being foolish in thinking he can save these departments by having them in allegiance with his agenda. There is nothing stopping the next Democrat in office from doing the same thing- hell, a new republican establishment to replace his could do the trick.

I believe that for most of these departments, our country is better off leaving things in the hands of the private sector.
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Final result of my bracket: 95.4% accuracy, 1500 points scored.

If it weren’t for Houston beating Duke I could’ve gotten Top 25 in the “Fans of Notre Dame” group. Ended up finishing 210th.
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Florida won. You a fan of theirs?
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Welcome to DART btw
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Higher quality games at this event. Just be aware that MU is full of leftprogs lol
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scum would know the entire setup and which roles were in the game.
Bruh.
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Not it
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can we all agree this game does not count
Oh it counts
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I’m lowkey regretting picking Florida over Duke. Duke looks really really good.
Wow. Nevermind
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Anyone else have a bracket they wanna post?
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@FLRW
I’m lowkey regretting picking Florida over Duke. Duke looks really really good.
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@RemyBrown
I can argue with Europeans without being part of a globalist “paradise” lol.

Europe should not have business in what we do, otherwise we damage our culture.

“Use it or lose it?” If we joined such a union it would be literally that. If Europe is to stubborn to be convinced, they could simply vote to install all the hate speech laws from their countries into American law… I don’t think anyone interested in protecting American culture would take that risk.
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Yeah I kinda felt like all the 1 seeds were too good to get upset this year
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Bet
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Apparently “tornado tourism” is a thing. Certainly an activity for thrill seekers I suppose. And fools.
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Stained Glass Windows. Yeah like, its pretty cool.
Yeah, stained glass windows are great
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Liberation Day is here
Tariffs are objectively harmful to an economy- I understand the merits of counter tariffs and their usage for a negotiation tactic, the price of goods will rise as a result of these tariffs. 

I would love a world where no country tariffs another country but that doesn’t seem possible right now- not while other countries want to tariff us. Ideally, this would be effective in getting countries to pull their tariffs on us and get those trade deals. If not, it’s gonna backfire hard.

I am very skeptical of this, so Mr Trump, it better fucking work. If this fails you cost the American right the midterms.
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@RemyBrown
I’m not gonna live in a world where Europe gets to decide how we live because they outvoted us.
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@RemyBrown
The difference is that a vasectomy doesn’t kill an unborn child lol. If you wanna talk bodily autonomy, how about the child’s?

Would you prefer your parents aborted you?
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I’m realizing I’ve under-appreciated basketball for a large portion of my life.
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@FLRW
The choke by Texas Tech just saved our asses lol
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@RemyBrown
Do you understand what a vasectomy is?
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@RemyBrown
One European country was bad enough; no thanks!
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@Greyparrot
Our press hasn’t been free for some time. Too much influence from our government and corporate ownership. They truly are an enemy of the people.

The result has been a rise of freelance and citizen journalists. Most of them lack ombudsmanship and professionalism, but there are a few good ones… although slanted reporting is still an issue.

If we can get a new generation of objective, honest freelance/independent journalists, who reject partisan slant, then the problem will be solved via the free market. But we’re not quite there yet.
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I will never understand people who wear crazy expensive watches in public. Why would you want to store $10,000 on your wrist? You don’t need it, and you’re just asking to get robbed.

If I ever get rich, I don’t think I’ll drop crazy money on anything- heck, I’d still be hesitant to buy a new car. My shitbox still gets me from A to B- and it’s better than most shitboxes.

Perhaps contentment is its own form of wealth.
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Credential worship is midwit cope.
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I love my country so much.
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Just when I thought Canada couldn’t be any more of a cucked nation…

And btw, hell no. There is zero chance the US joins the EU. We did not declare independence from those guys just to have them ruling over us again
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As is often pointed out, reality has a liberal bias.
I’ve seen this type of smug reply before and it isn’t exactly a great look. It’s pretty obvious that every major media outlet in America has some sort of slant, and to ignore it because most outlets are slanted in your favor is ludicrous.

At the heart of the issue, your response doesn’t seem to defend the fed giving money to media outlets… which is the ethical concern here. Like it or not, even our nation’s esteemed journalists have an incentive to report on their backers favorably… which is why government-backed media is frowned upon. It does in fact, lead to propaganda. 
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It’s amazing how old some sports leagues are. You can read about champions, teams, and players from over 100 years ago that were apparently famous back then- but are pretty much forgotten today.
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@RemyBrown
Canada has immigration laws and can deport people as well. Baby murder isn’t as important as free speech and arms as well- as a matter of fact, I would argue it’s in  the libertarian interest to protect rights- including for the unborn (in spite of what the libertarian left says) I will also add the US respects private property rights a bit more. And whatever you think of Trump, I can assure you it remains that freedom of speech is most respected in the US.
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@Shila
Mine does not. I just like driving it.
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@RemyBrown
How do you define, "libertarian"?  Weed is legal federally in Canada (as is blue America).  Canada is a knock off of blue America basically.
Blue America is not libertarian lol.

In America, you have greater rights to speech and arms… I’d argue those are more important for a libertarian country than legalized marijuana.
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@Lunatic
You can put me as backup #2. I doubt you’ll need me but whatevs
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My bracket is still doing ok, I guess.
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Page 50. A milestone!
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I find driving a car therapeutic. I don’t know why.
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Cheetozard debunks Marx. IYKYK
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Do people still play Among Us? I forgot that game existed.
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@RemyBrown
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@RemyBrown
Do you realize how weird you look when you say stuff like that?
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