Recent content by Silent Protagonist

Can I just say how much I love the ridiculousness of 40K? It's packed to the brim with space vikings and rock&roll demons and robot skeleton aliens and yet for the most part it tries to play everything completely straight and serious. The 40K universe is hilarious and is made all the more...

To be fair I think your interpretation was close but stumbled on the intent at the end. I think the implications was "if you accept this premise, then you also accept this racist argument that uses the same logic" but the intent was not to make racism seem reasonable, but to point out that the...

I'm actually legitimately asking. I understand that may not have been obvious because I loaded that post with a counterproductive amount of snark but I am genuinely unclear what people mean when they accuse others of dog whistling. Some have told me that told me that dog whistles are these open...

I think the logic is that you were aware of a common argument made by racists, therefore you must be a racist, because only a racist would be aware that racists frequently point to crime statistics as some sort of proof of the inherent inferiority of certain races. Also,what does "dogwhistle"...

A more generous interpretation is that they are frustrated by the trap that is set up that even if you don't respond with personal attacks and solely criticize their viewpoint, arguments, or hypocritical behavior, those that support that individual or cause will turn it around as if those...

It's a bit of a catch-22 problem where you need to frame something in the most dire way possible to get people to notice, but doing so makes it easier to dismiss as alarmist and misleading. You definitely see this happening with climate change. I'm definitely not understanding the current...

I've heard various reasons given outside of generally being opposed to her message. The main one is usually how artificial her rise to be the face of environmentalism has been. Supposedly the reason why she exploded into fame as to opposed to any of the thousands of other young activists over...

I was a bit surprised Pete did as well as he did. I don't think Bernie bros need to worry about him too much since he apparently polls abysmally with black people which will actually become relevant outside of Iowa. I think the moderates have a lot more to worry about. The early concern was...

There is also the factor that there is quite a bit of unfortunate recent history(well some of it is still happening so maybe history is the wrong word) of people falsely claiming Native American heritage in order to profit either by enhancing their personal brand or to take advantage of various...

I always thought the prequels having more impressive force powers had more to do with the force users both being in their physical prime and having the benefit of training in its use for their entire lives rather than there being more force users alive in the universe. In the original trilogy...

I don't believe Bernie said " A woman can't be President". My guess is that he may have said something like "It would be more difficult for a woman to beat Trump" and now Warren's campaign is trying to twist that into something close enough to the truth that they can't be said to have completely...

I don't think characterizing it as a "I need a gun because criminals have guns" arms race is particularly accurate. The thing is, if a 250lb in shape guy with a baseball bat broke into your home with the intent to beat you to death, the vast majority of humanity would not be able to put up...

Another argument I've heard is that shotguns have certain ammo types that are significantly less likely to penetrate beyond the target or ricochet compared to even some smaller caliber bullets. I usually hear birdshot recommended for this because it is absolutely a lethal form of ammunition but...

I briefly tried to play the Witcher 3 but couldn't really get into it because I didn't really understand what was going on and the game seemed to expect me to know who all these people, places, and events were. Would watching the series be a good way to catch me up without playing the first two...

I more meant in the sense that you probably won't be a home invaders first or last, and notifying the police can help lead to their arrest and prevent more innocent people being harmed. And if you are their last, it's probably a lot safer to let the coroner handle disposal than to try to do it...