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That's where I think the future of education is going to be, now that the academic institutions are faltering under the weight of their own hubris; people are going to have to educate themselves, using the tools available to them thanks to the internet.

Have you even taken online classes? I took a few on physics years ago, and the teacher may as well have not even existed. You just read the material, complete your assignments, pass some tests, and that's the class. The only thing the teacher did was grade our results, and show up in a chat a...

Unfortunately, it looks like some local governments are gearing up to do everything they can to stop that from happening: They're literally refusing to acknowledge the authority of the federal government, and things could escalate off of this into outright civil war.

After having given it a critical look myself, it is my opinion that nothing the feds have done in Portland in response to the riots is objectionable in any way whatsoever; most of the complaints and criticisms regarding their conduct is either based on misunderstandings, or outright lies. Look...

Their candidates keep getting worse every election; I cannot believe I actually used to consider voting for the Libertarian party.

Well the Libertarian party certainly seems interested in courting their votes, no matter how alienating it makes them to their core voting base.

Tim Pool gives his opinion on the events in Portland. In summary, people don't understand what law enforcement are actually allowed to do, and think being arrested works like it does on television; it doesn't, and so far nothing the feds have done is all that objectionable, especially...

In other words, you did it to deliberately antagonize people; not because you thought it was a legitimately good idea. Why am I not surprised?

It also buys into the regressive left's idea that "white people" are a homogeneous group who all have the same cultural identity and history, and is thus ultimately self-defeating.

The Democrats will have to either be reformed or replaced as a party; there's basically no other way forward for our political system. Until that happens, the division will simply grow more pronounced over time.

First of all, I'm not saying we need a new constitution; I'm saying we could use a few more amendments. You know, those things the founding fathers put provisions into our constitution for, and we have twenty seven of? That clarified, you do have a point that there is a lack of political will in...

I agree; the Constitution is in need of another update. Our current systems have proven incapable of dealing with the realities of the internet age, and certain institutional loopholes are in need of closing. There will always be conflict, in one form or another; what matters is how each...

It's survived worse, and this isn't the first time we've had to beat back the marxist hoards: https://status451.com/2017/01/20/days-of-rage/

Now hold on there; I think you're going a bit too far. There's no reason we should abandon the constitution; we merely need to be aware of the realities of conflict, and that we are currently in a struggle for the nation's survival.

Call me when someone gets waterboarded; this is a blatant nothingburger.

And people think this is Trump sending out the jackboots? This is pathetic.

So what exactly is making some people freak out about this then?

If there's one thing we've learned thanks to the months of riots, it's that the law protects no one so long as no one is willing to enforce it. Where was the law when rioters burned down buildings, destroyed public property, took over entire city blocks, and killed innocent people? But the...

I seriously doubt this was an attempt at intimidation; because if they were going to do it, why now, after this has been going on for months, and they've refused to do anything to stop them? And why in such a roundabout manner instead of, say, directly confronting the rioters?