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He believes that he shares the same values as Christians and that all religions must band together to save America from the godless heathens who have seized control of the country with their "religion of secularism, woke-ism, trans-ism, COVID-ism"

An open border is no border.

I hear this a lot, but it's not true if you put a little thought into it. All borders are open to some degree, they have to be for trade and other purposes, so they operate more like doors. Sure, you could try to say an open door is no door, but if you go with that logic, a closed door isn't a door either; so it's like trying to argue a border isn't a border.

Okay intersex people do muddy that water.

I mean, 9 is just stating fact, we have three branches in the federal government. Executive, Judiciary, and legislative.

Considering that intersex people are only 1.7% of the population meaning 98.3% of people are male or female, it's still generally safe to say that there are 2 sexes outside of extreme rarities. Unless you want to include the mega extreme rarities like XY chromosome females (0.000064% chance, 166 recorded instances).

"He's correct if you ignore the millions of people whose existence proves him incorrect" is sure one definition of truth.

Again, 'there are two genders' is a dogwhistle: he won't be putting up with any woke nonsense from the LGBT+ community.

It's the attack helicopter joke without the joke.

Ramaswamy doesnt consider himself a culture warrior; he insists that he is merely speaking the truth. He presents his ideas as self-evident, eternal truths. I asked him if he believes that truths can change over time. For instance, what did he make of the fact that most white Americans used to view it as a truth that Black people were genetically inferiorthat they werent fully human?

I dont think thats true, he said.

It is true, I said. Thats partly what justified slavery.

But it was a justification; it wasnt a belief, he said. Look at emperorsSeptimius Severus in Rome. He was Black. He had dark skin. They viewed dark skin as the way we view dark eyes.

This is how a debate with Ramaswamy unfolds. Hell engage with your question, but, when needed, hell expand its parameters. If that fails, hell pivot to thoughts on the existence of a higher power. I dont think that human beings ever accepted that Black people were not created equal in the eyes of God, he said. (His favorite president, Thomas Jefferson, believed exactly that.)

Considering that intersex people are only 1.7% of the population meaning 98.3% of people are male or female, it's still generally safe to say that there are 2 sexes outside of extreme rarities. Unless you want to include the mega extreme rarities like XY chromosome females (0.000064% chance, 166 recorded instances).

There are a ton of people born without two arms or two legs. That doesn't mean it isn't true to say that humans are born with two arms and two legs.

ai is right though that Ramaswamy's actual intention behind his statement is just another way of saying the "2 genders" thing

1. God is real. Debatable
2. There are two genders. Wrong
3. Human flourishing requires fossil fuels. Wrong
4. Reverse racism is racism. Wrong
5. An open border is no border. Seeing as how hard it is to become a citizen i would hardly say our borders are open. wrong
6. Parents determine the education of their children. True
7. The nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to mankind. Wrong
8. Capitalism lifts people up from poverty. Debatable
9. There are three branches of the U.S. government, not four. This is the only true thing but ive never heard anyone say there's 4
10. The U.S. Constitution is the strongest guarantor of freedoms in history. Wrong

But "there are only two genders" is demonstrably untrue. "If you ignore 150 million people, it's true" makes it not true.

The following numbers are made-up, but humor me. If there are 3 species of shark that make up 95% of the population, but 20 species of shark total, "There are only 3 species of sharks" is a factually incorrect statement, regardless of intent.

For humans, there is only one human species. The 98.3% of people that are male or female do not discount the existence intersex people, but they do establish that there are standard rules to human biology. "There is male and female" is false only if you're being needlessly technical for the sake of it.

A better mock analogy would be if it was like "These vaccines won't fail. They have a 98.3% efficacy rate." and then someone responding with "No that means they can fail. There's still a 1.7% chance"

Traditionally that refers to media/journalism, iirc.

13) All lives matter, Blue lives in particular

No one thinks the media is a branch of government. It is however protected by the first amendment.

No one thinks the media is a branch of government. It is however protected by the first amendment.

No one thinks it's a literal branch of government, anyway. Most people understand the purpose it serves well enough to get why it really is the Fourth Estate.

Wtf is #9 in reference to

I was apparently off the mark anyway. Ramyswamy is referring to the "administrative state" as the fourth branch. Wants to gut all federal agencies.

I feel like the 4th branch might be refering to their martyred god, Donald, being persecuted by the DoJ, FBI, DEEPSTATE, or similar. But I guess he might mean the press.

Whose gods, Vivek?

I don't care that he's a practicing Hindu. What bothers me is that he's trying to LARP as a Christian warrior.

I'm always disgusted with the hostility shown towards irreligion or assuming that Jews are on board with Christians.

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