Let’s talk about the Vox Adpocalypse and situation with Carlos Maza from Vox, and Steven Crowder, and YouTube. #voxadpocalypse

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Original viral thread from Carlos Maza https://twitter.com/gaywonk/status/1134263774591037441

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Is the argument for not eating meat the same as the argument against abortion?

Some references:

Kindness (practicing vegetarianism) including references in scripture – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindness#In_literature

Cooperation – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operation_(evolution)

History of abortion law (mentions scripture) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_abortion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_abortion_law_debate

Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked with intelligent Animals – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_(Maguire_novel)

Modifying intelligence-linked genes in animals – http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141001-why-supersmart-animals-are-coming, https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/12/18306867/china-genetics-monkey-brain-intelligence

Cetaceans seen as non-human persons by governmental body http://ens-newswire.com/2013/05/20/india-bans-captive-dolphin-shows-as-morally-unacceptable/

Great ape personhood https://web.archive.org/web/20100203225450/http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_rose/20070802.htmlhttps://www.statista.com/statistics/225975/share-of-americans-who-are-pro-life-or-pro-choice/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Factory_farmed_chickens_in_Finland.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aborted_baby.jpg

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A chat with James Damore. We talk about his memo, get an update on his lawsuit, discuss double standards with hate crimes, sexual harassment in the workplace, how identity politics ignores the international perspective, politics in tech, etc.

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Brendon Marotta, filmmaker for the award-winning documentary American Circumcision, speaks about the most common surgical procedure in America: circumcision. We speak about the procedure, the debate surrounding it, and the ethics surrounding gender, the medical industry, culture, and parenting.

You can learn more about the film and Marotta at https://circumcisionmovie.com/

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