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  1. TheLeviathan
    When you are talking about larger social trends and human behavior (which is what most of us have been doing so far as I can see), generalizations are part of that. Every human action is, to some degree, unique. No one is disagreeing with that. But even in those unique actions there can be shared thoughts, trends, instincts, biases,prejudices, etc. Talking about those shared parts is not to make each person or action "indistinguishable" from one another, but to avoid getting stuck in the weeds. Ultimately none of us can know if Kinsler is actually racist. It's hard to even know if our own selves are racist and how our biases alter our perceptions, thoughts, and actions. So trying to plant your flag in what seems to be "Don't call me biased, you don't know me! (Or Kinsler! Or whomever...)" is really missing the forest for the trees. That's not what nuance is. That's just confusing what the object of discussion is. The question is whether this particular tree wandered into the forest of racism. I think it did. And there is plenty of general evidence about the biases we have to support that conclusion.
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    This and Fargo returning next month make me very happy.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Your first paragraph is really muddled with strange phrasing, to the point that I can't glean anything coherent from it. I'm confident his words echo a recurring theme in baseball that is especially harsh on Latin players. I believe that harsh theme has latent racism entwined in it. There is important nuance there.
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    No offense, but you haven't exactly come off as interested in looking at the nuances. I agree that racism is a grave accusation, one thrown around too often. (even here, I can attest to that personally) But anything of this complexity is going to have generalization and uncertainty. If that's your bar for ducking out, you pretty much should duck out of any serious social analysis altogether. Why you ventured in at all becomes a bit of a mystery then.
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    Well, that's a crappy explanation. That might be true, but we seem to be holding against him an emotional reaction none of us would hold ourselves to.
  7. TheLeviathan
    I might have moped too if I worried about what it might do to my arm. Trevor May might have a thing or two to say about it as well. And I think it's even more ridiculous to expect these guys to be chipper and happy about something like this. If you suddenly got reassigned to something you didn't want to do at your work and that you feared my hurt your ability to continue working in the future...I doubt you'd be skipping to work every day either.
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    There might have been a less wrong answer though...
  9. TheLeviathan
    And yet if you've every watched a Twins broadcast, you'll hear an old-school guy deride the very existence of bullpens. They are for the weak who can't finish what they start after all. I think the real truth is everyone sort of holds bullpens and their stats in a slight degree of contempt. Mostly because it's easy to pin defeats on their poor performances.
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    I think they're all suspect.
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    Hell, keep it simple - there is well documented evidence of the advantages reaped by those that are physically attractive vs. less attractive people. Our brain has all sorts of subtle heuristics, biases, and other shortcuts that lead to many problematic thoughts and beliefs in terms of how we treat people fairly. I don't think any of us are arguing Kinsler is a racist because he said something that echos a lot of racial overtones being thrown around baseball, but he nevertheless joined that chorus. Why? I don't know, but I can judge the statement without judging the man. And his biases may play a role in that, among a host of other possible explanations.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Those four teams should feel bad about themselves.
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    Ah yes, that one was outstanding.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Yup, that experience is jarring. And so beneficial if you approach it the right way.
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    I'm going through this right now as a teacher. To leave the terrible district I'm in means leaving my family of four without insurance for three months. (Previous employer stops June 1, new doesn't start until Sept. 1) And taking Cobra might as well cost me an actual arm or leg. It's stupid and companies/employers use it as leverage to do exactly what you say.
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    I think Kirby falls into the mistake of thinking a bias/stereotype is something he has control over or a choice in. These are things hard-wired into our brains, some amplified by our experiences, that dictate to us. As you said, it's not something you just turn on or turn off. It's there, it's how you react to it and train yourself to react to it that matters. You become especially aware of these when you really immerse yourself in another culture or race. My time working with inner city kids in Chicago totally blew this idea up for me.
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    Some good stuff in here, I appreciate all the thoughts. This isn't an area I know nearly enough about, so it's cool to hear all the thoughts. It's also abundantly clear our system is a complicated ****-show.
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    Staircase scene right?
  19. TheLeviathan
    I'm going to predict the Twins finish ahead of the Sox, but I would be far short of shocked to find out the Sox finish ahead of us in the end.
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    I think one of the big mistakes people make on both sides is to misunderstand what a bias is. Same with a stereotype. Over the course of decades we have given this words a negative connotation but they are not inherently negative. Our brain simply can't function without them. They exist (and have been developed throughout our existence) as shortcuts for our brain. Saying they exist shouldn't be controversial and they aren't inherently a bad thing either. What we do with them on the other hand...
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    We have bigger fish to fry. And dozens of them at that.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Sadness. That's what I've got with this bullpen. Especially that one.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Yeah...but for how long? Already Republicans are talking about having McConnell bypass that rule so they can push legislation through.
  24. TheLeviathan
    One of my biggest worries is that the Trump win turns the Democrats into the post-2008 Republicans. This is a key time to resist that.
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    Where was that suggestion? The last paragraph suggests otherwise in fact.
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