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throw16180339 commented on Why can't Ivies cope with losing a few hundred million? economist.com/briefing/20... · Posted by u/sneakerblack

otterley · 8 months ago

That’s not exactly what they held. They held that the President is immune from prosecution for official acts. Prosecutorial immunity doesn’t mean his conduct is not unlawful; it means he can’t be criminally prosecuted for it. That distinction is important because it doesn’t prevent courts from issuing injunctions. And, as stated by others, the immunity is extended only to official acts. What constitutes an official act isn’t super clear yet, but I think it’s safe to assume that golfing isn’t an official act.

throw16180339 · 7 months ago

The Roberts court invented the official acts immunity out of whole cloth for the sole purpose of keeping Trump out of jail. They're quite capable of interpreting everything he does as an official act.

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bilbo0s · 8 months ago

The guy's arguing all over the place. Not much of it makes logical sense unless you stop looking for logic in the arguments.

Suffice to say, like most ideologues, the beliefs make sense when analyzed in accordance with the logic rules of the holder of the beliefs.

Think of the beliefs being discussed more as doctrinal tenets of a pseudo religious sect, and you get a little closer to the thinking of the adherents.

throw16180339 · 8 months ago

Their beliefs are fairly simple.

Members of the in-group have divine right and shouldn't be bound by laws. Anyone who opposes them is the enemy and should be harmed or destroyed.

throw16180339 commented on U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent washingtonpost.com/health... · Posted by u/perihelions

nailer · 8 months ago

> is officially suspended the moment they threw a Nazi salute.

But they didn't. You know that. Unless you think Tim Waltz, AOC and everyone else who did that is a Nazi. I bet you don't.

throw16180339 · 8 months ago

White supremacists worldwide recognized it as a Nazi salute (https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250121-musk-salute-a...).

throw16180339 commented on U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent washingtonpost.com/health... · Posted by u/perihelions

rayiner · 8 months ago

Your comparison makes no sense. Bangladeshi Americans, as a group, are normal and healthy. They don't suffer from a medical condition that could be cured.

But to use a better example, south asians have a significantly higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Almost everyone in my family has it. It would be great to cure that or figure out how to avoid that. I'd be fine with the government collecting data about that, so long as there was an opt-out.

throw16180339 · 8 months ago

> Your comparison makes no sense. Bangladeshi Americans, as a group, are normal and healthy. They don't suffer from a medical condition that could be cured.

I was trying to give you a sense of why I interpret his comments as a threat. He's described all of us as if we're a burden when I've been supporting myself for decades.

Some autistics would want a cure, but others feel that their perspective is equally as valid as neurotypicals. They don't see themselves as sick and in need of a cure.

> But to use a better example, south asians have a significantly higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Almost everyone in my family has it. It would be great to cure that or figure out how to avoid that. I'd be fine with the government collecting data about that, so long as there was an opt-out.

My main impairments are face blindness and a severe difficulty with reading facial expressions - I'm in the bottom 5% of the population. I would happily take a cure for either of these if it was offered. If it's a more general personality change, then I'm not interested. I'm comfortable with who I am.

There isn't an opt-out for me and there's a long history of eugenics in this country, that's why I'm concerned about this.

throw16180339 commented on U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent washingtonpost.com/health... · Posted by u/perihelions

rayiner · 8 months ago

> RFK views autistics as undesirables

>> “These are kids who will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go on a date, many of them will never use a toilet unassisted,”

This is true of people with severe autism. I know someone whose autism is severe enough she'll probably never be able to live independently. Doesn't everyone view that medical condition--the condition, not the person--as undesirable? Doesn't everyone view being healthy as better than being unhealthy?

I have ADHD. I'd rather not have ADHD. I take a pill every day to control it. My kid has it too. He'll have to take a pill every day for the rest of his life. I'd love to avoid that outcome. Avoiding disease is a good thing!

throw16180339 · 8 months ago

If he had made the same statement about Bangladeshi-Americans and was collecting their personal information, how would you feel about it?

throw16180339 commented on U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent washingtonpost.com/health... · Posted by u/perihelions

rayiner · 8 months ago

Fixing diseases and abnormalities in humans is empathy and compassion.

throw16180339 · 8 months ago

Are you referring to the Trump government's treatment of trans people?

RFK views autistics as undesirables, so it's absurd to believe that he'll be any nicer to us.

> “These are kids who will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go on a date, many of them will never use a toilet unassisted,”

What makes more sense is that he's collecting our personal information for imprisonment and execution.

throw16180339 commented on U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent washingtonpost.com/health... · Posted by u/perihelions

47282847 · 8 months ago

It’s interesting to muse about the larger picture here. What is it that makes autism so dangerous? To me it looks like part of an almost spiritual war against empathy/compassion by traumatized individuals trying to fight their own Jungian Shadow.

throw16180339 · 8 months ago

RFK has been quite clear that autistic people are undesirables. They're collecting our personal information so that we can be imprisoned or killed.

throw16180339 commented on DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower krebsonsecurity.com/2025/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

grandempire · 8 months ago

Financial auditing does.

throw16180339 · 8 months ago

DoGE exists to dismantle branches of government that Republicans disapprove of, enrich the Republican elite, and use the federal government's data for their personal benefit.

Musk has openly reassigned some contracts to SpaceX for personal gain and fired people investigating his companies, so it's a given that they're also privately lining their pockets.

The federal data will be used to harass and disenfranchise their opponents. Musk, for example, can use the NLRB data to identify complainants about his companies, so that he can pay them off or have them sent to El Salvador. The data can also be used for the Safeguard Voting Eligibility Act (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...), which is intended to prevent women, blacks, and other groups from voting.

Financial auditing doesn't really enter into it.

throw16180339 commented on DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower krebsonsecurity.com/2025/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

grandempire · 8 months ago

> a straight-up script kiddie

Why is the age such a talking point? An insight in startup culture is that the public underestimates young people, especially when it comes to business skills with objective results and tight feedback cycles.

It just seems like now that HN is skewed older we no longer believe that?

throw16180339 · 8 months ago

There's ample evidence of incompetence from DoGE, including obvious coding security holes, firing people who ensure the safety of our nuclear arsenal, and other mistakes that you would expect from an unmotivated intern.

This is supporting evidence that they were picked for ideological reasons - namely, being young white supremacists who wouldn't ask any questions. That's why Marko Elez was rehired. Musk, Trump, and Vance all share his views, he was just dumb enough to express them in public.

throw16180339 commented on DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower krebsonsecurity.com/2025/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

grandempire · 8 months ago

> past attempted rapes

You are spreading misinformation.

throw16180339 · 8 months ago

How?

It's certainly possible that none of the numerous allegations or proven cases of sexual assault (https://19thnews.org/2023/10/donald-trump-associates-sexual-...) were rape attempts, but that's at best an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence.