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LGBT News A Dark Day - US votes against condemnation of LGBT death penalty

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by wickedwitch, Oct 11, 2017.

  1. wickedwitch

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    I hate the direction this country, especially its government, is going.
     
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    ^ that's an understatement in my case, but still agree 100%. Not just the direction, but it doesn't seem like anyone's doing anything, the country is only catering now to nazi, triple k, hicky rednecks and their religious beliefs. Has any other argument for hating gays come up other than religious? Their only defense in hating gays is their little book written centuries ago. Actually, it's not a mattet of hating or liking- at least in my opinion, they can hate me all they want, as long as they live and let live and leave me alone to let me live my life. There are people I hate, but I don't set out to destroy them, I just don't want them to bother me while I go through life.

    Long tangent out of the way, yup, this country is complete garbage. All of the redneck, nra, christian, nazi, triple k, incestuous-promoting, gay-bashing, etc ad infinitum southerners have a bright future ahead of them with this country.
     
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    This is exactly why I've stopped reading the news. Can't wait for the robot revolution..
     
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    So the administration's argument for voting no was that they were afraid of undercutting the death penalty in the US? Gimme a break. 31 out of 50 states still have the death penalty on their books, including the federal government. I seriously doubt that condemning it in regards to LGBT people would affect current statutes, which are directed at actual crimes in this country.
     
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    Robots will only make things worse not better.
     
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    I'm tired.
     
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    Not necessarily. Robots are logical and not diluted by senseless and petty judgement.
    Replacement of the current elected pea-brained organics will have an estimated increase in efficiency by 543%.

    ...Jokes aside, well, not even humor is cheering me up right now. A moldy cabbage would do a better job governing our country.
     
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    Yeah until robots gain artificial intelligence and kill us or until we humans become technology.
     
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    In that case we humans becoming technology is the more appealing option, and considering recent advancements in prosthetics and how we already incorporate technology into our bodies (think pacemakers and other artificial organs) we're already well on our way to becoming cyborgs.
     
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    Pretty soon we'll get emails in our brain and will say ooh I got a bmail.
     
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    This thread makes me sad, the vote was against banning the death penalty AS A WHOLE. The Obama administration did the exact same thing as the Trump administration. people need to stop spinning the facts to fit their narrative.
     
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    lol rip me then
     
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    I'm more saddened by the electorate than by the elected ones. Politicians can rise and fall, but "work" must be done on the electorate, on society.

    AI can absorb any prejudice when it's trained on prejudiced human behaviors. I remember one bot started thinking in a "racist" way making the equation: "white : black = rich : x" ---> x = poor. Another bot wrote racist texts and was removed from... twitter?, I don't remember. AIs deduce non logical info from what they're trained on, ex. twitter posts, and are able to understand the mood inside a text: """"robots"""" can't feel emotion I guess, but they aren't emotion-blind anymore.

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    Lol.
     
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    I think this is yet another case of anti-trump propaganda. CNN has be shown to make up stuff. They were caught lying about the reporter who 'saved' the life of a man during hurricane Harvey and in the released wiki leaks were shown to have conspired with Hilary to sway votes in her direction. Contrary to popular opinion, Donald Trump DOES support gays. You can best believe I made sure of that back when I was trying to decide on who to vote for!
     
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    Like on most issues, Trump doesn't really give a shit. It's all politics, just as it is with most politicians. He doesn't have any real opinions except that he has the right to grab women. That Access Hollywood tape is our example of him being who he really is.
     
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    Heh. Now if only we could also avoid imprinting our biases on those robots on the way out.
     
  18. It’s times like these when I’m ashamed to even be an American.
     
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    Half of them people don't even go to church let alone follow the laws of God. They still covet their neighbor's wives, eat shellfish, etc. The sad truth is this place is filled with people who can only feel tall by keeping others on their knees.