Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

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@Cyborg_pony  
You have argued for a claim that is as wrong as the original claim. Both cannot be right because no one knows if the leakers’ claims of Donald’s illiteracy are true or not.
 
Then, you committed an ad hominem, attacking the other by using their confirmation bias against them.
 
And then, you used lack of evidence as a disproof, in which it is not, and shifted the burden of proof upon me for claims whose proof and disproof I do not know of.
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By the way, just so we’re all clear, the report in question is this one from The Washington Post, dated August 4. It only mentions Trump’s short atten–SQUIRREL! in passing, as part of a larger piece about his Afghanistan strategy.  
Trump had little time for in-depth briefings on Afghanistan’s history, its complicated politics or its seemingly endless civil war. Even a single page of bullet points on the country seemed to tax the president’s attention span on the subject, said senior White House officials.
“I call the president the two-minute man,” said one Trump confidant. “The president has patience for a half-page.”
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Reading the page before (including Cyborg_pony and Thanotos being their obvious usual self), I find the topic of anonymous sources being quite interesting.
 
On one side, it enables whistle-blowers to reveal the problems and weaknesses found within government and society, and shows the world the dirty truths that exist regardless of the possible effects. And yet on the other side, it is literally impossible to prove whether or not it is real, making it easily abuseable and holds no weight in any argument other than theories or speculation.
 
While I am not a fan of anonymous sources, I am not ignorant of their purpose within society. Honestly for those here, I hoped that you people would treat all anonymous sources with a grain of salt instead of just accepting it as fact instantaneously (looking at you, Thanotos).
 
Anonymous data should NEVER be seen as unwavering truths. Skepticism is extremely important and instead of attacking people because you heard a rumor, do your research.
 
If what Trump did is real, then you are right. If it isn’t, then you are wrong. Regardless of whether you are right or wrong, it will not change what it is. It’ll make you angry or betrayed or some other irrelevant feeling, but the effects will not change.
 
Right or wrong doesn’t matter unless you act upon it. But you don’t and being correct only exists to feed your petty ego. All in all, I’m disappointed in all of you.
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@HJSDGCE  
It’s collaborated by other stuff we know including leaked memos about needing to add Trumps name to reports to keep his interest up, i see no reason to be hyper critical of more of the same knowledge we already had,
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@Thanotos Omega  
Are you really gonna argue with me about this, Thanotos?
 
Many centuries ago, people treated the Earth being the center of the universe as a fact. One philosopher decided to become hyper critical about it and we learned that we weren’t ever close to the center. Since he could not prove it in a way that people can understand, he was killed. Only many years later did people start believing in his words after seeing the data he accumulated.
 
Treating any information with skepticism is a survival technique. Especially in a world whether information can travel ever so freely without any checkpoints, anything can be treated as “truth” with enough supporters. Not expecting proof, hell even rejecting it, is a sin in my eyes.
 
Take this to account. If there were hundreds of people telling you how jumping over a cliff would give you powers, many of them you don’t know but are said to be scientists, engineers, local media and government officials, would you do it?
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If I can make a stance on Donald’s literacy, I say that he can read and write, but he is lazy when it comes to writing, which I say because his books are ghostwritten.
 
That is my opinion on Trump’s literacy, and really, what does his literacy matter? That Trump is a con-artist (Trump University) is a lot more important than him being illiterate.
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@Shirani
 
I mean, when someone in your company claims that women are neurotic, they probably aren’t gonna be good for your PR.
 
Has less to to with totalitarianism and more with just looking out for business. Companies fire liabilities.
 
Either way, this feels like a calculated move. Guy says a bunch of over-the-top controversial shit, gets predictably fired, and gets hailed as a right-wing hero for it. I would not be surprised in the least if he was hired by Breitbart or some other right-wing website where he’d be able to live the dream of getting paid to post his shitty opinions.
 
Either way, guy’s probably gonna be just fine.
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@Shirani
 
He made the argument that women are less suited to these jobs due to innate biological differences, not simply that they’re less interested in them, which on its own would have been fine.
 
Claiming that women are biologically less capable of certain jobs is a ridiculous notion that borders on modern-day phrenology.
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@Shirani
 
Men and women have biological differences, obviously.
 
But those differences do not make one sex less intelligent or less capable of success than the other, as Damore argues.
 
That’s what’s ridiculous; Not that we have biological differences, as we obviously do. But the notion that those differences make people of one gender less capable of certain professions than people of the other.
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@Dr. Eggman  
Exactly, hell even if you want to argue for things involving physicality it’s more balanced by modern tech and such, that and most jobs won’t be affected by a 10-15% difference in lifting capacity, i mean we live in a world where most super powers have begun to let women into all parts of the service because they can be perfectly effective soldiers, but some POS thinks they can’t handle typing on a fucking keyboard.
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@Shirani
 
The section “Personality differences” makes the case that any gender gap is due to perceived biological shortcomings of women compared to strengths of men. That women are too focused on feelings and prone to neuroses, while men are simply more “driven” for success and status.
 
It’s an argument that pretty much boils down to, “There is no sexism, women are just kinda worse.”
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