thecurrentyear

Nah, I disagree. By telling an abuser to pick on someone their own size, you're pointing out that not only would they not do that, but if they did they would get put down. Because people instinctively defend themselves. And picking on someone smaller is the only way to ensure you don't get fought against. It is cowardly. Maybe I'm delusional, but I kind of think that the possibility of the abuser turning on the intervener or otherwise escalating the conflict is not such a bad thing. When done in public, it makes denial of abuse more difficult, alerts the community to their violent tendencies, makes them a social pariah, and may get the police involved. I could be wrong, but just where my thoughts went.

I love Steven Crowder's parody of them too.

http://www.fdrpodcasts.com/#/1820/freedomain-radio-sunday-show-january-2-2011

I would be interested as well if you're able to find it.

This part was very well-stated and resonated with me. I think you've clarified and provided nuance to the problem. Thank you.

I would just ask her what she meant by posting that. Is she speaking to you, or to Stefan? Is she even speaking? Posting a quote with no context is highly annoying. They are not the commenter's thoughts, they are the speaker of the quote's thoughts. What does your mother actually believe? She obviously did not argue with the content of Stefan's presentation, so maybe arguing with the content of her "quote" is a waste of time. Did you provide any context when you posted the presentation? If not, then you are about as far away from an actual dialog with your mother as you could possibly be. You are having a conversation with yourself (and maybe your internalized version of her), in your own head. If you hope to make any headway, I suggest you speak directly.

I saw that. So sad and disheartening.

Perhaps link to the time in the podcast where he says this?

Not just that, the title too.

Spell check, bro.

No, you look for it. And post the evidence for this theory of yours. Where is the evidence that different races in a particular culture have similar IQs?

What country would be a good example of that?

Hahaha. I see what you did there.

I think you're speaking in terms of an individual benefitting from the knowledge of more than one language. But it seems the assertion was in terms of multiple languages around the world benefitting all humans as a whole. I'm not inserting an opinion here, but thought there should at least be pointed out you're not talking about the same thing.

What's the definition in your dictionary? It was your assertion, and yet others are providing definitions for you. How about you make your own case?