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@ShivAroor
How do you view relations between India and the US? How about between India and China? I hate to be the one to break it to you, but if Bangladesh and India are not equals, then India is not equal to those countries either. What a reductive world view.
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@JohnMonty53590
@GayLaVie
Bam. Even if you don’t collect it would be worth it for the meltdown it would precipitate.
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@ElieNYC
How many were denied communion for turning a blind eye to child rape? Oh I guess that’s not as bad.
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@YashRMFC
Agreed. I'm not a Ronaldo fan but what sort of question is this? Who would trade their entire (extremely successful) career for a single tournament triumph? It's a meaningless, frivolous, gotcha question.
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It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you’re not using up all your diplomatic capital to try to secure a job at the WHO for your underqualified daughter
UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshis jailed for protests
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@cosmos_raj
when your whole personality is trying hard to not be "basic" ... what are you, 13?
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Odd from one who has spent so much time complaining about foreign interference in Bangladesh. How is it India's job to ensure any such thing? Isn't that saying the quiet part out loud?
Joy urges India to ensure elections within 90 days in Bangladesh
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The Gen Z Revolution
Make no mistake, it was the young men and women of Bangladesh who brought freedom to this land
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@voxdotcom
This essay would be more persuasive if the author didn't consistently and perniciously misrepresent what Adichie said and if they didn't project their own interpretation of what language means onto others.
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@jamieharrisnyc
What does being able to transition have to do with competing in women’s categories?
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@AbigailShrier
What gets me is not just how wrong they are on the merits but how they seem to have no frame of reference to comprehend the concerns of the other side outside of calling it hate and transphobia.
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@LittleMammith
Also, how would anyone know that he is no longer protected by the law? Perhaps he should wear a badge of some kind? Or maybe a letter?
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@HairyLeggdHarpy
It's absolutely insane to me that you can change a birth certificate to record something that wasn't true at the time the certificate was issued.
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Brahma Chellaney doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He should stop peddling propaganda dressed up as ‘analysis’
Fact or Chellaney?
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@Docstockk
Going ballistic when a woman refuses to have sex with you is the most male thing I can think of. What a tell.
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@ArtemisRising81
@HarleenQzel40
And it’s not even different opinions. What was she supposed to call the server? Hey You?
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Vitriol from India paints BD as a hotbed of militancy and the student-led people’s movement as an Islamic revolution, neither of which true. Nor are Hindus under attack in BD, though Indian media/social media is painting the govt of Dr Yunus as the second coming of Aurangzeb.
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@Slatzism
This is going to the Supreme Court and one guess what they will rule. As a thought experiment, ask yourself: what if the client wanted a cake in Russian flag colors that depicted the whole of Ukraine as part of Russia. Does he have to bake that cake too?
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@BenjySarlin
There was this story some years ago about this kid who was the top legal adviser on some legal website, who learned all his law watching TV and using common sense.
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@jonstewart
Please address the points raised directly. I'm sorry, but the show was just embarrassing. Andrew didn't do a very good job of articulating his position, but you didn't do yourself any favors either.
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A small corrective to the tidal wave of misinformation and disinformation that abounds on Twitter
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Khela hobe! Congratulations Arafat!
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@benstokes38
Yeah. No, that's not what happened. P.S. I've never seen you poke a Windies player in the chest. I wonder why
#BANvENG
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@cathydevine56
I don't understand how it is possible to change your birth certificate to recording something which was not true at the time of your birth.
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@RichLowry
If you're talking about actual policy/budgets and not empty sloganeering, she's absolutely right.
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@TraitorTrumpKFC
@billmaher
@washingtonpost
If you think Bill Maher is right wing, you’re part of the problem.
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@eric_lang
Please explain why and how it is acceptable to use the terms "men" and "non-men." I'm sincerely baffled and interested to hear the thought process behind it.
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@megszzzzzzzz
Wait … is this for real? The lawyer rally said “I put it to you” like this is something out of Perry Mason?
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@jonathanjewel
@billmaher
@mdt2of3
@washingtonpost
Nope. He’s the same. The goalposts shifted, he didn’t. Now in your eyes this may be good or bad, but don’t misdiagnose the problem.
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@MoSalah
Merry Christmas from a fellow Muslim who celebrates Christmas for the joy of my young kids. OK fine I love it too! 😊
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@AnuAnwarLive
@ShivAroor
Exactly. But try telling Indians that! If the divide between India and BD is a small valley (in fact BD is far more advanced than vast swathes of India), the gulf between India and China is the Grand Canyon! Yet somehow they think they are in competition. Too funny!
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@helenstaniland
Agreed. Serena Williams is not inferior to Roger Federer. She is every bit as much of a champion as he is. But there is a reason they don’t compete against one another. This isn’t complicated.
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@eva_kurilova
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
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There are no words
Three children killed by stray bullets during quota movement
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Tashnuva Anan becomes Bangladesh's first transgender news anchor
#TransIsBeautiful
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#transrights
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This. Superb piece by Dr. Fahmida Khatun. There is nothing that ails our economy that cannot be fixed if the goal of our financial stewards is to build a strong economy and not loot the treasury.
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@razibkhan
Tom Wolfe wrote a couple of marvelous essays on Wilson that talked about how he and his ideas were pilloried by the establishment. Really eye-opening stuff for a layman. Prophetic too, come to think of it.
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@ggreenwald
Vast majority? You have numbers to back this up? Or are you just going by how it seems/feels to you?
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@John_Pettigrew
@helenstaniland
@Insalora
@PriyamvadaGopal
So let me get this straight -- if a lesbian with a hand is allowed in women's private spaces, that means a transwoman with a penis should be too?
That's what you're going with? Really?
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Given the fevered rhetoric coming out of India, this is an immensely important article to read. It shows the AL = Good for the Hindus, Everyone Else = Bad for the Hindus framework is untenable.
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@sharrond62
Exactly. Women are just as much champions as men. We don’t ask them to compete against men any more than we ask Floyd Mayweather to fight Tyson Fury. Women must be permitted their own category to compete in. This shouldn’t be controversial.
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@Glasgow_Raptors
@Scotlandteam
Why don't you invite transwomen into the men's team? Doesn't sound very inclusive to me. Good of you to invite transmen in though. Let us know how many take up your generous offer.
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@helenstaniland
@thejamesmax
I can't believe that this pillock is equating women only private spaces such as locker rooms and spas with men only clubs. I mean, seriously? You can't advocate for one without having to logically support the other?
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Dhaka Tribune editorial on August 15. Many may disagree, of course.
Bangabandhu belongs to all of Bangladesh
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@Woke_Misogyny
I just rewatched Annie Lennox singing Sisters Doing it for Themselves on YouTube with my daughter. TRAs would be telling her she’s not really a woman because of how she “presents.”
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That's two killed in nine days. Actually, the only people killing Hindus in Bangladesh right now appear to be Indian Border Security Force
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@Serena_Partrick
You’d think not being able to compete in elite sport would be a small price to pay for living your authentic life
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It is important to listen to Rohingya voices. The writer is a Rohingya poet-activist, student, and educator living in the camps. Only in Dhaka Tribune.
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@CathyYoung63
There's no real point in engaging with Ben. He's a polemicist and will always spout the party line. It's what he does. There's no critical thinking involved. He's smart enough but his intellectual dishonesty makes it difficult to take him seriously. He's part of the problem.
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In the days after Hasina’s ousting, Indian disinformation narratives misrepresenting or exaggerating widespread persecution of Hindus and other religious minorities skyrocketed.
Made in India: The disinformation factory sowing division in Bangladesh
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@WackyPidgeon
@JeckShep
@janeclarejones
@AliceDreger
Conservatives: the woman should do the dishes
Gender critical feminists: men or women can do the dishes
Trans rights activists: whoever is doing the dishes is a woman
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@judysquirrels
Years ago when I introduced Seinfeld to my brother, we’d be watching reruns every night and I’d be like: Oh this one’s a classic. Every night.
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@JENFL23
Would you care to address the point he is making? 65% of Americans don't go to college. Why should they subsidize the 35% who do?
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@jonstewart
@sullydish
Please respond to his substack article. He makes a number of substantive points and I am interested to hear what your response could possibly be.
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@amscanlon
Funny how the voices that are strongest in favor of trans rights are the ones that think it is acceptable to call women "cunts."
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@TheFamousArtBR
But I know, have worked with, and been friends with trans people and am fully supportive of trans rights. What’s that got to do with thinking that women’s spaces and rights shouldn’t be encroached upon? Where I come from this is not an issue and the trans community agrees.
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@itsagir15496562
@SwimmingWorld
@Hogshead3Au
@coachblade
@Martina
@runthinkwrite
@Scienceofsport
This. There is no good answer. If Lia Thomas can compete in the Women's category, then there is no justification for one in the first place. How people cannot understand this simple, inarguable, obvious point is beyond me.
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Shah Ali Farhad in Dhaka Tribune
Why Sheikh Hasina’s approval rating remains high
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@AidanCTweets
@FallonFox
You’re the one always asking people to condemn those you deem their ideological allies. Here’s one of yours. You don’t like it up you, do you, mate?
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@DineshDSouza
What a dishonest article and headline!
1) Its a favorable/unfavorable comparison, not a who would you vote for poll.
2) It is well within the margin of error.
Clutching at straws much? 😅
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@shaun_vids
@jk_rowling
Why did you cut the video off right there before she had a chance to finish what she was saying?
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@stevemaythe1st
@EJWoolf
@Telegraph
I eagerly await QR codes on Gandhi and MLK statues, indeed on all statues. But something tells me that although everyone is complex and problematic, the scolds will give them a pass.
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@HomoLittlest
The Tom Jones comment is really rather revealing, if only he had the nous to contemplate what it might indicate.
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@Women___Exist
I think it helps to lay common ground. We are all for trans rights. Everyone should be able to live how they please and identify how they please. We can also recognize the vulnerability and discrimination trans people face. But trans rights cannot come at the expense of women's
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@sportbible
@KieranCFC88
Best I’ve seen in 47 years of watching the game. The fact that it was a World Cup final is insane.
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Another incredible piece of reportage from Shafiur Rahman. You will never find content that discusses the lives of the Rohingya in such depth as you will in Dhaka Tribune.
Asma Bibi's harrowing journey: A tale of survival, trafficking, and courage
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@AidanCTweets
@FallonFox
What, you’re not the Aidan Comerford reply guying JK Rowling and other GCs constantly demanding that they disavow this or that person? Where do you stand on Fallon Fox? Do you disavow this kind of hateful, violent rhetoric?
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@SVPhillimore
@billybragg
And … that was the last he was seen on this thread, brave Sir William
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@jordanbpeterson
I understand that molten salt reactors are radically safer than the older technologies. No solution which does not contemplate nuclear as part of the plan is workable.
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Except for MA, Bernie is winning in all the states Dem candidate is likely to win in November
#SuperTuesday
#Bernie2016
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@KarenKts11
@Lifelandlady
@optimusbyrne
You can be fully supportive and respectful of trans people without buying into the TRA ideology and agenda
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@mattyglesias
@jbarro
Tell us you don’t know much about sport and care even less about women’s sport without telling us.
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@mattyglesias
The meaning of the word “woman” changing over time is rather different from the meaning of the word “gay” changing, for instance. This is an impressively obtuse take.
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We need to ensure that everyone -- including Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq -- get their day in court and are afforded the full protections of the law.
We need to start now
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@ChrissieEvert
It's astounding that this even needs to be said. Thank you, Chris. I grew up watching you and Martina. Female sports stars are every bit as much champions as male stars, but they cannot compete against them. We need to preserve women's sports.
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@ripx4nutmeg
What was great about
@Trevornoah
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@JasmineA555
@jessesingal
18th century too, I’m guessing. Until then some bovines were bigger than others, some produced milk and had calves. Others didn’t. It was all a big mystery.
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@runthinkwrite
Yup. What's striking is how lazy and ill-informed it is. That's not a matter of opinion. That's just facts (which he liberally gets wrong). As you say, it would probably be possible to write a reasonably persuasive case for the policy. His piece wasn't it.
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