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Re:Earnestness by JoeAltmaier on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:51PM (#25402551)
That's pretty much just opinion? Of course they include politics, as does history, anthropology, literature. That means nothing.

Strawman PC gender studies you have encountered may have poisoned it for you. That doesn't mean its worthless, or even wrong.

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Re:Earnestness by eloff on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:55PM (#25402579)
No, but that is my opinion. I think it's a net negative to society until I see evidence to the contrary. Links welcome.
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Re:Earnestness by eloff on Saturday December 12, 2020 @09:09PM (#25403695)
Also, that's not how you use the term strawman in an argument.
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Re:Earnestness by JoeAltmaier on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:56AM (#25406957)
...and yet, you apparently understood. So it was a useful, effective use of the term.
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