Important!!--Your attention please.
From this website "about us"
" Our current political system has become progressively more identity-based and tribal, which is destroying the ability to build consensus and effectively address important issues of modern life - such as climate change, income inequality, growing under-employment, and disparities in racial and gender outcomes
"Effectively address"---means that Admin sees these as major problems. These are all Leftist concerns, and are not goals for anyone valuing Liberty and free markets and small government.
Consensus can not be built on these issues, as they are mainly contrived worries of the Left.
And Warren's Mississippi speech from Mississippi yesterday:
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Perhaps because there is still science out there that has taken into account variable quantities other than solar radiation when accounting for total heat increase. When particle energy say from solar flares shows a drop in solar energy, the model does not account for particle energy as it accelerates through the atmosphere. This net loss of solar energy during solar flares is attributed to humans as a net increase since total heat produced has to be attributed to something. The present model is flawed, and they know it.
Income inequality: I'm a 60 year old Christian white male. Currently collecting unemployment. I was a social worker. I quit because my employer bought into political agendas and it was clear that Christians, and especially President Trump supporters, and free speech, pro second amendment rights supporters were driven out. Attitudes towards me changed and the work overload inevitably would result in failure. Even the mental health clients, poor people, were science experiments in a number of state models which significantly changed services hours, qualifications of providers, length of a provided service and all with more forms, more measures to submit with less funding. This continues through left and right since I've been doing it, 27 years.
Growing underemployment: yeah, like I said, I'm a 60 year old white guy with a college degree looking for work. You know those online applications. I have filled out countless hundreds, and sometimes I wonder what kind of response I would have when it came to the gender question, if I click on trans? ??
Gender and racial outcomes: JP does a great job with that citing several major studies.
I am a 60 year old conservative white male who was wheaned on the milk of leftist social workers. I know what consensus is. We had to actually practice it. You stick to conservstive principles in a leftist dominated society which is what a college campus is, and you don't have a very easy time of it. Not one conducive to education anyhow, and you get labeled as someone who has difficulty working with others. I was the only guy in my graduation class from the college of social work that year. Male bashing was the reason commonly given by the other men who transferred out of the program. Professors did not stop this outward anti male movement due to their feminist ideology. It's good to know their arguments. Ha, for 36 voting years I was them.
TomLeVasseur
Level 6
Apr 3, 2019
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Good point. You can't balance the scales with a thumb on the beam.
CuriousFury
Level 7
Mar 19, 2019
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I simplified the text now. Thanks for feedback.
Until they kick me off of here, I will freely and rationally point out that most of those things are myths. No website ever keeps the same Terms of Service for long, it’s purely the forum I’m here for. Maybe we’ll even convince a few of the admins ?.
StrykerWolfe
Level 5
Mar 19, 2019
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These subjects are moral panics, driven to the forefront to hide the real issues, and cause divisiveness. How I see it, this platform allows for the discussion without special algorithms to sideline certain viewpoints. It also doesn’t seem beholden to government or special interest sanction, and that scares the CNN’’s and Zuckerbergs of the world.
Harpoon
Level 6
Mar 19, 2019
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Still wondering who is supplying the money for the site. Only about 1200 total posts/threads at the present time. I'm suspicious that this is a trial-run or study of some sort by an intelligence agency or by an NGO with government or globalist funding--but who knows?
@Juliann, @MarPep I'm running this site personally as a non-profit. I want to keep a low profile for a while as I work out the messaging and coordinate with some key IDW people. Went live about a month ago and signing up about 500 people a day. Will give some more transparency later. Thanks! Also, I updated the missing text. More info here: "Wanted to get your feedback on our updated mission statement on the about us page (see https:/about ..."
@Admin you've kept the "main issues"--which are Leftist worries--and you've added or kept " Policy positions on important topics are becoming increasingly based on emotion, personal identity, and the dehumanization (and subsequent fear and vilification) of those with contrary views -" ---the use of emotion and "de-humanization" seems to be typical of the Left, and not the crowd that would be attracted to IDW type site, although anger is warranted against much of their self-righteousness. Government policy positions should be based on the duties assigned by the Constitution, and not on what some bureaucrat or paid lobbyist or a majority of knuckleheads thinks is fair or un-de-humanizing.
We should come up with our own list. Each one with the IDW that has spoken about it. I'll start:
Intersectional ideology: JP
Deplatforming of conservatives/libertarians: BS
VonO
Level 7
Mar 19, 2019
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Climate change - Scare tactic used to control youth.
Income inequality - Scare tactic to divide us by sex
Under - employment - Scare tactic to divide us by social class
Disparities- Scare tactic to divide us by race and gender.
We should be working to minimize the impact of all of the above but they are all being over hyped.
BrunosDad
Level 6
Mar 19, 2019
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These are not solely leftist issues but are known challenges to a stable future. Effectively address is open to debate.
Admin
Level 8
Mar 19, 2019
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VonO:
Ironically these are not only leftist issues (or, perhaps, issues addressed using leftist terminology) but they are leftist issues many of which the IDW has effectively addressed. JP on climate change, for example... or the Cathy Newman debacle on disparities.
Looks like admin could use a conservative and a libertarian to help write the 'about us' page 
Agreed, the topics selected are curiously all left-wing hot button topics. More stereotypical right-wing hot button topics would include the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, and the right to life.
However, I have this theory I've been working on: that most individuals, on both sides of the political spectrum, actually want what's best for all people. For example, I believe most people want a better economy .... we just disagree about how to achieve that.
We want better education .... we just disagree about how to achieve that.
We want people to be safer .... we just disagree about how to achieve that, which leads to a difference of opinion on the right to bear arms.
Etc, etc, etc ....
Perhaps the "about us" page can be updated to pose topics in a more neutral manner, neither left-wing nor right-wing focused?
This might better represent our welcoming attitude towards all perspectives and points of view, and showcase the opportunity to speak your mind on any topic here.
@jneedler @Admin @VonO
To be honest I did not really read the "About Us" page very closely. (My apologies to the Admin)
Yes I honestly agree that for the most part everyone engaged in political debate below the national political level is doing so for all of the right reasons. We all want to make the world a better place.
Making the About Us page may help but I believe most people are like me and just jump right into the comments section. I think that is where our opportunities lay. I have left many other social media sites because I was not learning anything, flame wars are not inspiring.
Exposure to new ideas, viewpoints and resources keep me up all night. That is why I'm here.
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