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Do you agree with Affirmative Action?
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 6:31 pm
by tlsadmin3
Affirmative action is the policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups based on their gender race or nationality in education and employment. Currently, affirmative action is banned in ten states: California, Texas, Washington, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and Idaho.Do you agree with affirmative action or not?
Re: Do you agree with Affirmative Action?
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 6:43 pm
by mjb447
Well, there it is.
Re: Do you agree with Affirmative Action?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:39 am
by Joachim2017
In my experience, there are around 3-4 topics that will never, ever reach a resolution. The existence of God (religion in general I guess) is one example, and abortion may be another (though in the future, with increases in technological power, maybe abortion will come off this list).
But affirmative action will always remain on the list. As with religious beliefs, too many people are just too invested in their visceral priors to be susceptive to rational arguments from the other side about things like "merit," "desert," or "equality." There are exceptions (conversions?) but they're rare.
Re: Do you agree with Affirmative Action?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:48 am
by Rooks
Historically TLS never allowed AA debates in on topics. Now, mods are starting it. Who is this mod?
Re: Do you agree with Affirmative Action?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:58 pm
by nealric
Rooks wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:48 am
Historically TLS never allowed AA debates in on topics. Now, mods are starting it. Who is this mod?
Megan is a bit of a supermod as an employee of the site owner. If it were anybody else, we'd move it to OT.
Re: Do you agree with Affirmative Action?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:06 pm
by beepboopbeep
I assume it was "Megan", rather than a mod, that deleted my previous post (without a warning or any explanation about it violating the rules) suggesting that the lounge is a better place to post this crap. And it is crap.
Re: Do you agree with Affirmative Action?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:55 pm
by The Lsat Airbender
nealric wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:58 pm
Rooks wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:48 am
Historically TLS never allowed AA debates in on topics. Now, mods are starting it. Who is this mod?
Megan is a bit of a supermod as an employee of the site owner. If it were anybody else, we'd move it to OT.
So, to be clear, if I have hot takes about affirmative action that would normally be disallowed from this subforum, I can post them in this thread as a safe harbor?
Re: Do you agree with Affirmative Action?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:01 pm
by dabigchina
The Lsat Airbender wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:55 pm
nealric wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:58 pm
Rooks wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:48 am
Historically TLS never allowed AA debates in on topics. Now, mods are starting it. Who is this mod?
Megan is a bit of a supermod as an employee of the site owner. If it were anybody else, we'd move it to OT.
So, to be clear, if I have hot takes about affirmative action that would normally be disallowed from this subforum, I can post them in this thread as a safe harbor?
Anti? Yes
Pro? Based on the tone of these questions, probably not.