Jam5quares

Jam5quares t1_jbfjvj1 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in In testimony and rally, crowds oppose Republican-backed bills targeting LGBTQ youth by kitchinsink

I'm not commenting on the bills, I'm commenting on the obtuse and ignorant suggestion to "Trust the experts".

The government, at this point, is virtually indistinguishable from the institutions...acadamia, media, corporations. They are working hand in hand. The "experts" in this space 100% have big governments blessing, we have state officials who feel otherwise.

If you want my comment on the bills, I don't think the government should have any role in this, however as I just pointed out they most certainly do and these bills are the backlash against it. I am more supportive of the second bill, though I would rather have this topic resolved within the cultural sphere.

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Jam5quares t1_jbfg124 wrote

Reply to comment by kitchinsink in In testimony and rally, crowds oppose Republican-backed bills targeting LGBTQ youth by kitchinsink

"we" trusted the experts when they told us there were WMDs in Iraq.

"We" trusted the experts when they told us the lab leak theory was simply racists and unplausible.

"We" trusted the experts when they said masks, lockdowns, and sanitizer worked

"We" trusted the experts wheb they told us they were not collecting data on Americans illegally

Should I go on? The statement "Trust the experts" is absolutely backwards, how about the experts earn out trust. We should be holding experts accountable. More often than not, the "experts" are just corrupt and self promoting, and at the end of the day they are humans and make mistakes, in the best case, and are malicious or corrupt in the worst case.

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Jam5quares t1_j9uox27 wrote

Reply to comment by Competitive_Bit_1455 in Sununu calls for eliminating 34 licenses, 14 regulatory boards by rocio719

Electricians aren't on the list of proposed cuts. Even so, the state license is not what actually qualities someone to do the job or ensures good outcomes. An electrician for example would still take electrical courses and vet experience in the field with a qualified company or apprentice under a master electrician. You as a consumer are still allowed to ask for their experience and qualifications, ensure that they are insured, etc.

If an electrician fucks a job up bad, they won't be in business very long. The free market has more expediant and balanced ways for handling this type of failure than the government does.

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Jam5quares t1_j8gxlc3 wrote

Reply to comment by sufferinsucatash in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

Does it say you are protected or that you have a bit more protection...very different.

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Jam5quares t1_j38ne3o wrote

Reply to Tolerance for the Free Speech of Outgroup Partisans [Both sides of the political divide expressed high overall levels of support for free speech - Republicans more so than Democrats] by i_have_thick_loads

An absolute free speech policy is critical for a liberal democracy. The best way to expose bad ideas is to allow for it to be debated, mocked, and ultimately discarded out in the open. Otherwise you push these ideas to the fringe, underground, where they develop momentum. We have literally witnessed this time and time again. We have too many authoritarians in here.

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