IDW Topic-of-the-Day
This group is IDW.community website announcements and a few "Topic-of-the-day" type posts. Please note that "Topic-of-the-day" posts may contain some positional bias in hope to foster discussion. The bias may not reflect my personal views or this website's.
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Wanted to get your feedback on a possible text change on the main page for new visitors. It currently says:
"Do you value free speech and civil discussions? Join the IDW movement!"
Thinking something more descriptive such as:
"Do you value ...
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Dec 28, 2019
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Dec 28, 2019
Are you a "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" person? Either way, best wishes to you and thanks for participation this past year!
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Dec 24, 2019
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Dec 24, 2019
Is it time to rebrand this site away from the "Intellectual Dark Web" and into something more general about cognitive liberty, freedom of speech and Enlightenment values? Our guiding goal is to elevate truth and undermining the false narratives that...
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Dec 24, 2019
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Dec 24, 2019
Happy to announce that after almost a year of development, Dave Rubin finally announced his online platform for creators - a mix of Patreon + YouTube + Facebook (with Twitter in the works). It's called Locals.com ... see [locals.com]
I'm one ...
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Dec 7, 2019
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Dec 7, 2019
Is all fair in love and war? I got an email today requesting that I join 1000 others in (falsely / indiscriminately) accusing PragerU of racist “hate“ speech. Could this ironically be considered an act to incite violence on a speaker? Are ...
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Nov 7, 2019
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Nov 7, 2019
Is the homeless "epidemic" getting better or worse? The media portrays the cities of the US west coast as teaming with homeless people while national rate of homeless is going down. Is this due to a migration of homeless or something else?
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Aug 10, 2019
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Aug 10, 2019
After the terrible El Paso shooting (young white man targeting "Mexicans"), commentators on the Left quickly put the blame on Trump, guns, and the "Great Replacement conspiracy theory" [thedailybeast.com] while those on the Right blamed liberal ...
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Aug 9, 2019
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Aug 9, 2019
Is it time to stop using the word "Racist"? That is, if the word has so many different meanings depending on the context, speaker/author's demographic or the political view of the audience, does using such an ambiguous word create more harm than ...
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Jul 25, 2019
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Jul 25, 2019
Are poor black Americans already receiving "slavery reparations" in the form of receiving more from the government than collected in taxes? If so, is it enough? If so, why is not mentioned? Should it be?
Every election cycle, the topic of ...
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Jul 19, 2019
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Jul 19, 2019
What films would you suggest young Liberals watch to better appreciate classical liberal values - such as a limited government and the freedom of the individual. If you make a list, please sort it by the ones you feel will make the most positive ...
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Jul 6, 2019
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Jul 6, 2019
Can we stop the "civil war" in Western countries from escalating? While it's debatable if the present circumstances constitute a type of civil war (see ), we seem to be heading in a dangerous direction. If all war is politics and ...
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Jul 1, 2019
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Jul 1, 2019
While watching the first round of Democratic debates last night, I was struck by how choreographed and transparent the Left's overall strategy was laid out. As they were clearly speaking to the activists on the far-Left side of their party, I ...
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Jun 27, 2019
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Jun 27, 2019
Reddit restricts access to the very popular "The_Donald" subreddit over alleged policy violations by it's members - averaging 1-2/day (see [reddit.com]. While we understand the challenges of running an open forum, Reddit makes over $100M/year and ...
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Jun 26, 2019
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Jun 26, 2019
Google as fake news?! Finally a smoking gun on Google bias against conservatives (or even classical liberals)? See
UPDATE: Youtube has since removed the video. see: [projectveritas.com] BTW, if you put a bitchute link in a post, we ...
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Jun 24, 2019
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Jun 24, 2019
How would you respond to someone of high intersectionality who claims to be systematically oppressed by straight white cis-gendered (not transmen) Christian men? For example, "Are there some benefits of being LGBTQX, not-white, transpersoned, ...
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Jun 22, 2019
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Jun 22, 2019
Is political bias in media/youtube centrally coordinated or emergent from each outlet trying to maximize views/clicks? If it is centrally coordinated, who or what are the organizations setting the agenda or narrative? With the latest round of ...
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Jun 15, 2019
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Jun 15, 2019
Is science-denialism the same on the Left as it is on the Right? Conservatives (mostly in the US) often deny scientifically-backed man-made climate change [skepticalscience.com] whereas people on the Left deny scientifically-backed Race-IQ ...
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Jun 12, 2019
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Jun 12, 2019
What's your thoughts about adding a way for group members to voluntarily send money to the group owner without any fees by us? This is in response to the latest rounds of demonetization at Youtube including Stephen Crowder. Attached is a quick ...
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Jun 8, 2019
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Jun 8, 2019
POLL Are Liberals or Conservatives becoming more anti-Semitic or neither? A common theme of Liberal claims against Conservatives is that they are Nazis (inc., white supremacists). A similar theme of Conservative claims against Liberals is that they're ...
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Jun 6, 2019
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Jun 6, 2019
Nordstroms, a US retailer, happily sells "The future is female" T-shirts [shop.nordstrom.com] based on the 1970s slogan. Should a shirt that, in essence, is promoting a future without men, be considered similar to a shirt saying "F you, women"?...
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May 31, 2019
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May 31, 2019
Is there anyway to stop big tech firms from influencing elections? Last week, Youtube demonetized Carl Benjamin during his run for a seat in UK's parliament citing his history of making off-colored jokes in his tweets and videos [independent.co.uk]....
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May 18, 2019
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May 18, 2019
Thoughts on “Disadvantage Scores” in college admissions. [npr.org]
Getting the most value out of everyone is key to a successful society - for every capable person who's overlooked is a lost opportunity. It’s been argued that the college ...
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May 17, 2019
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May 17, 2019
POLL The Left-leaning media like to create and champion underdog stories where an identity-based victim group is being oppressed by straight, white men (SWM). Each of these groups focus on a single issue such as sexism, racism, religion, or sexual ...
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May 16, 2019
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May 16, 2019
POLL Can assholes help move a conversation forward? While our posting policy here may be summarized as, "don't be an asshole", there is a claim that sometimes we need mean-spirited troll-types to verbally "blow things up" so that cooler, and more reasoned...
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May 14, 2019
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May 14, 2019
Is there an antidote to third wave Feminism? Note: for simplicity, let's leave out Abortion in this discussion. As Feminism has racked up many mostly universally celebrated victories of equality for women (vote, anti-discrimination, birth control),...
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May 14, 2019
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