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Core 105 sec 27 (fall ‘20)

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⚡️ “WBG: Eichmann in Jerusalem II”

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@nd5963a let's not forget the Covid daily mortality rate as compared to 9/11 death too. Both are awful of course but the latter has turned into a civic pillar while over a third deny that the former even exists.

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@annabel_smoot great point--we forget how important apportionment is (and therefore how important the actual counting of people is)

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@RapkinAaron this is a very important point!

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@mlamerican seems pretty purposeful...

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@Faith43017711 a very fair point, and Alexander is not entirely clear in the proportion of people who have been subject to the retrograde revolution and those who benefit from more positive changes over time

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@Faith43017711 it is really tough to have a rational debate if there is only one rational actor in the argument

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@AndersSellAU it definitely IS victim blaming.

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@sydxd4 And yet we are told that we "have the right to an attorney" if arrested. Why hasn't America delivered on this promise?

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@mr2229a It is indeed shocking. One has to ask why of course. Why lean toward such punitive policies?

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@adam_billen this is a great point

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@adam_billen to some extent it is always the decision for many voters; but candidates who are in politics a long time can also change for the better! So yes important to ask why candidates held problematic views, but also successful if people can push them to embrace new positions

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@oalafriz107 this is a very apt and fair criticism (but I think it applies to every political party that has been around for a while)

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@GZopelis this is a great question--the cultural discussion of incarceration is focused chiefly on punishment as opposed to rehabilitation. Why?

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@GZopelis worth discussing for sure

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@ChrisBerning6 it is a very convenient narrowing of the definition of bias...

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@nd5963a also how they then call everyone else The Real Racist

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@Jonatha14152528 something to discuss today for sure

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@Jonatha14152528 would love to hear about this in class--both about the speaker and the reception

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@bradyt107 part of the problem is intentionality...who wants these successes? If we start there does it make things more easy to understand?

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@kristykchen24 culturally is there a problem (perhaps) in looking to enforcers of law as heroes? does it open the door to this possibility?