That’s probably because I live in another country which works very differently, so what I’ll say is not a judgement about the veracity of your comment, but I find incredible that $14’000 a month could be in any capacity considered a mediocre salary… the French president earns that in euros!

Ah, you’re Estonian?

Because if you did, you’d learn that Muslims are normal people. Some are assholes, some are not. Some are straight and homophobic, others are proudly queer. You could argue that Islam is bad because it encourages homophobia, that’s an acceptable opinion. But saying that all Muslims are homophobic is bigoted and just plain wrong. The difference between legitimate criticism and hate is not hard to understand… unless one wants to blur the line, probably to hide one’s hatred.

A lot of Islamophobs are atheists too, you know.

You haven’t met a lot of Muslims, have you?

Criticizing an ideology or a religion, Islam like the others, is always okay. But considering every Muslim as a violent, hating, misogynistic, homophobic, racist and sexist person is bigotry.

Pretty sure this guy is an Islamophobe who pretends to be a Muslim

That’s the internet I love: educational.

For a while, maybe, but two whole days?

Good try :-)

From the article :

For one thing, it’s not even clear that the claim that Chinese women have small fingers is even true. Research on global hand size is lacking, but one study found that the average Chinese person has a hand size approximately equal to that of the average German. An analysis of hand size around the world, though it didn’t include China, found that even the largest average differences in women’s hand size between countries was negligible.

This is not the dubious claim.

It is dubious.

Follow your own advice then, you’ll learn that it’s the role of the journalist to qualify wrong and offensive statements reported, or it is implied that the journalist approves of the position.

Beautiful propaganda.

admitting to not studying it.

Where did I admitted that?

Disagreements on opinions and beliefs are sane, normal and even cool. I love a good debate! Disagreements on facts aren’t.

But you’ve already condemned any representative representative body administrating things

No, I never did that.

If you think workers had anything to say in the USSR, you’re delusional.

No. I defined what’s socialism for me (owning of the mean of production by the workers), and all can see that the USSR and friends weren’t that. Then I gave Marx’s definition of socialism, even if I’m not Marxist (a mode of production were the usefulness replaced the price as value), and all can see that the USSR and friends weren’t that. Thus they’re something else, and I used a term that Lenin himself used: state capitalism (which wasn’t limited to the NEP). Please stop with your strawmen.

And state capitalism doesn’t become socialism just because you call it that.

It’s more: koala bears are marsupials, even if they’re called bears.