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[Prof David West]

It is of little importance because it is idiosyncratic, but: while I have never had anyone from right or left put a gun in my face or try to run me over with a car; I have experienced, multiple times, physical violence from "leftists" purely because of political expression.  Yes, I was asking for it, e.g. being deliberately provocative by wearing a MAGA hat in a public venue where I knew it would not be "welcomed."

[[  IT WAS AN EXPERIMENT! I AM NOT PRO TRUMP!!!  ]]

And, also personal experience only, I have been the recipient of violence from troglodytes who took me for being gay (was with my friend Frank dressed in all black with long hair, me in paisley shirt and fringed buckskin leather jacket ala John Voigt — accosted in men's room of a movie theater in LA) and too many episodes of violence from "patriots"  who (more or less correctly) saw me as a "hippie commie punk'.

However, physical violence is far less of a concern, for me, than the economic, social and psychological violence that, as far as I can tell, originates pretty much exclusively from the "contemporary left," i.e. the "woke."

davew

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020, at 12:37 PM, uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ wrote:
> QB: I can't find it now. But there was a fantastic survey paper on 
> several places where quantum superposition affected (central or not) 
> biological processes. I'll look for it when I get the chance. It's 
> probable a bit old now ... 2014 maybe.
> 
> FS: There's an important role for regulating one's intensity. I can 
> justify the 52% vs 32% by saying Trump is a threat to democracy, yet 
> Biden is not. If the poll asked about, say, Bernie or Warren, then the 
> ratios would probably be more similar.
> 
> Is there such a thing as the Tyranny of the "Woke"? No. The reason I 
> say that is not because it *couldn't* happen, but because it *hasn't* 
> happened. I'll take the tack the atheists take. These "woke" people 
> won't shoot you in the face if you disagree with them. The neanderthals 
> we call "far right" *will* shoot you in the face (or run over you with 
> their car) if you disagree with them. We see this all over the place 
> today ... carrying guns to their "protests", pulling handguns on people 
> who ask them to wear masks in Walmart, etc. The worst I get when I 
> offend a snowflake is lots of frowns and name-calling. The worst I've 
> had when I offend a right winger is literally death threats, weapons 
> brandished ... along with spitting in my face, lots of name-calling, 
> etc.
> 
> If you really go out and get some experience offending people 
> face-to-face, you'll *feel* the difference. I'll take 1000 offended 
> "woke" over a single offended right winger any day.
> 
> 
> On 8/5/20 11:12 AM, Prof David West wrote:
> > ... that might merit comment.
> > 
> > quantum biology:
> > 
> > Erithacus Rubecula (European Robin) migrates from northern Sweden to southern France (sometimes North Africa) using an "inclination compass" that works because of quantum entanglement of free radicals in cryptochrome receptors in the bird's eyes. E.g., the bird navigates using ('sensing") quantum entanglement.
> > 
> > I once mentioned that the human eye can detect a solitary photon. Nick suggested that, while true, it was irrelevant because such a weak signal would be lost in the "noise" of the optic nerve, etc. Evidently, E. Rubecula's sensitivity to quantum effects are not lost in the noise.
> > 
> > free speech: (stats from an /Atlantic/ article I read a few days ago)
> > 
> > more than 2/3 people in the US fear to voice, and hence self-censor, their opinions and ideas lest they encounter hostile reaction from those around them.
> > 
> > 32 percent of "far right Republicans" believe that a CEO's donation of personal funds to the Biden campaign would be sufficient grounds for removal from the position.
> > 
> > 54% of "far left Democrats" believe that a CEO's donation of personal funds to the Trump campaign would be sufficient grounds for removal from the position.
> > 
> > Is there such a thing as the Tyranny of the 'Woke'?" If so, has it eliminated the Constitutional right to free speech? Is it possible to have a Democracy, let alone a decent conversation, absent the right to free speech?
> 
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