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@Philosloth
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I had a paper published for the first time! Check it out here https://t.co/llyKf1UIwt
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@pmhadden @JoelBaden "Beyond the intentions of the author"? But it's not like we can ask them..... All we have is the text.......
@bimbotheory @dmt4dmt Yeah prep can be annoying. The dr who did mine described one step as "sandpaper in a tube" then squirted some on my chest and started rubbing, and to his credit, the description was accurate. Bearable but annoying
@JoeDudekJD @LissaJoStewart But SCOTUS did find that discriminating against trans people *just is* discriminating on the basis of sex in Bostok v Clayton County. Using the logic from that case, if someone asks a dr for estrogen, whether the dr can rx it is based *entirely* on the sex of the person
My 1L orientation is ramping up, and today I was assigned an article by @OrinKerr! It was about how to read a case, but it was funny to be like "hey, I know that name. He's from Twitter!"
@BasedMikeLee So? Certainly we're allowed to think they're wrong and act accordingly. We still have a conscience and agency to make our own evaluations
@RBehiel @FrodoLivesPOD @hankgreen But it isn't a muddying. That's the point. Some things are rights. Some rights are rights to access. If you own a piece of property, you have a right to access that property, you have a right to exclude others from that property. Human rights are rights humans have inherently
@FrodoLivesPOD @RBehiel @hankgreen I mean, I studied philosophy in school and read a lot of Locke and I basically agree with you. Why should we care what any one particular person thinks? We should try to find the best ideas and go from there. Some might? be from Locke, but that doesn't mean all his ideas are good
@FrodoLivesPOD @RBehiel @hankgreen Right! We all can see how certain rights are rights against interference and others are rights to access. We shouldn't have to say that every single time we have a conversation about this. Arguing about what words to use instead of what actions to take is annoying
@RBehiel @hankgreen Explicitly using that doesn't add anything. Some rights are pos and some neg. It has nothing to do with if they ought to be rights. It only matters what kind of thing they are. Saying "healthcare is a human right" always means it's a pos right because healthcare itself is access
@RBehiel @hankgreen Locke is wrong about a lot..... And the distinction you're thinking of is "negative" v "positive" rights. Neg rights are rights against interference (free speech), pos rights are rights to access (roads, military protection, firefighters etc)
@NeverKnowsStuff, I just watched your videos on MMO history and future. You make several good points, and while I was in school, I took classes on similar issues. I think you would enjoy Albert Borgmann's Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life—it extends your analysis
@maklelan @senatordavis13 My dad did this to my sister (who was born in 2001!) It was pretty wild
@ReichlinMelnick Like, Alito, that may be true, but discretion is, you know, discretionary. Meaning you can't rely on any body to always exercise its discretion in exactly the same way every time (that's one reason there are rules) so there is a risk of irreparable harm based on how FDA would act
@Heritage @BasedMikeLee I mean, the federal government controls more territory and people than every state in the country combined, so I'm not sure we would think this is surprising?
@JaredHa72225207 @BasedMikeLee Mocking a powerful group (Christians) is different than mocking a not powerful group. And in any case, I'm fine with beliefs being made fun of, as long as those beliefs are understood and it isn't motivated by trying to harm a less powerful group. Punch up, not down
Mormons are Christians or they're religious minorities, you can't have it both ways
Nothing says “let’s bring people together”—as Anheuser-Busch claims to do—quite like hiring a spokesman who got his start in entertainment by ruthlessly mocking the beliefs of religious minorities.
@4RealSamMillar The way Lee is using "minority" implies a status of being discriminated against on the basis of being a minority. This isn't true if Mormons in America right now
@Fubeca97 Obviously Mormons were discriminated against. My claim is that they no longer are in any meaningful way
@BradRTorgersen Lol. Lmao.
Wow! It's so awesome having a senator who takes the time at 1am to dunk on constituents. Thanks Mike!
@Philosloth Yeah, just like all of the other Christian sects in America that were ordered exterminated by the governor of Missouri on October 27, 1838.
@jbeardsleymath Nothing:
https://t.co/l24IJ3UhgG
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