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I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.

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    1. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 17 Nov 2014
      Replying to @ProtestManager

      @ProtestManager @bob_owens Changed my mind about what?

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    2. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 17 Nov 2014
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      .@slatestarcodex @bob_owens About "Ferguson [being] case of police misconduct involving race"?

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    3. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 Nov 2014
      Replying to @ProtestManager

      @ProtestManager Tried to be noncommittal there. Any time somebody gets shot is a subpar outcome, but not accusing cop of personal failure

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    4. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 18 Nov 2014
      Replying to @slatestarcodex

      .@slatestarcodex Any time someone gets unjustifiably shot that's a sub-par outcome. When a rapist for example gets shot? That's a good thing

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    5. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 Nov 2014
      Replying to @ProtestManager

      @ProtestManager If indeed some people are better off dead, I prefer to let courts decide that through usual capital punishment process.

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    6. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 18 Nov 2014
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      .@slatestarcodex The almost never happens capital punishment process? Esp. when the "innocence Project" gets involved http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/duped-by-innocence-project-milwaukee-man-now-free-b99386015z1-281852841.html …

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    7. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 Nov 2014
      Replying to @ProtestManager

      @ProtestManager So are you proposing police should be able to shoot anyone they think is a criminal?

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    8. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 18 Nov 2014
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      No @slatestarcodex I'm proposing that victims should be able to shoot the criminals attacking them. And that's more likely to get the guilty

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    9. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 Nov 2014
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      @ProtestManager Victims should use deadly force to defend selves as last resort. Still best if doesn't have to happen, normal process

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    10. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 19 Nov 2014
      Replying to @slatestarcodex

      That, at least @slatestarcodex is how it appears from over here. How do you see it?

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      Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 22 Nov 2014
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      @ProtestManager Reply too long for Twitter, posted at http://pastebin.com/JG4aFUWz 

      12:25 AM - 22 Nov 2014
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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          I’ve obviously not communicated my thoughts clearly enough @slatestarcodex so, let me try again. 1: I do not think police, prosecutors cont

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          .@slatestarcodex and judges should be freed of all constraints. I do think that MOST of the “rules” do nothing to stop the corrupt (cont)

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          .@slatestarcodex while at the same time often get in the way of actual justice (my def: punishing the guilty & protecting the innocent) cont

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          My main point about the structure of justice @slatestarcodex is that I think the vast majority of us can agree on that def of justice cont

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          and that while the “professionals” need to be bound by the rules @slatestarcodex the amateurs can be a lot freer. Someone tries (cont)

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          to rape you? @slatestarcodex Shoot him. That is justice met. Police officers “hunting”? That would NOT be justice. Sorry if I gave op imp

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          .@slatestarcodex 2: My point about politics v. Justice is that it appears the Left / Blue tribe utterly rejects the concept of formal rules

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          No one can claim @slatestarcodex to believe that “the Constitution is a living document” and claim to believe in rules that everyone follows

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          Because @slatestarcodex the whole point of the “living Constitution” is that judges who agree with you are expected to rewrite laws (cont)

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          according to their beliefs @slatestarcodex rather than obeying the actual written Constitution, and the actual passed laws

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          Or @slatestarcodex take Gruber and #ObamaCare Obama lied about what he favored, lied about what it would do, gamed the CBO (cont)

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          to lie about the costs of #ObamaCare @slatestarcodex And has continued the lying to this day, (cont)

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          with the lies about how many people were covered by #ObamaCare @slatestarcodex & w/ changing how Census asks about health ins coverage cont

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          So the Census data can’t be used @slatestarcodex to get honest numbers about #ObamaCare’s effects. Gruber BRAGGED about (cont)

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          the #ObamaCare lies @slatestarcodex at multiple academic conferences, and not one person there say anything wrong with it (cont)

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          Imagine a prosecutor bragging @slatestarcodex about hiding exculpatory evidence because “he knew the guy was dirty.” (cont)

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          How is what Gruber bragged about with #ObamaCare @slatestarcodex any different? How can ocare have a shred of democratic legitimacy? (cont)

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          How can we have a functioning political system @slatestarcodex when the Blue Tribe is not bound by democracy, rule of law, or Constitution?

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          Red tribe members don’t do the OBL / Thatcher switch (you see any cheering the deaths of Left politicians?) @slatestarcodex

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        1. Protest Manager‏ @ProtestManager 1 Dec 2014
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          When Bush got elected @slatestarcodex what he pushed through Congress was exactly what he ran on, up until 9/11

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